The Fundamentals

This course is the gateway to developing your skills in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (the indirect Osteopathic technique, including cranial osteopathy.) It is delivered over three days of face-to-face learning, supported by pre and post course online learning resources. Certificates of completion are provided when all online and face to face components have been completed.

The Fundamentals course is designed to present the key theory developed by Dr Sutherland, the key techniques as well as discussion of research, practice strategies, questions and answers. The 1:4 tutor to student ratio allows the tutors to teach the practical sessions to the level of the student. The clinical application of the course content is discussed in these small groups with tutors during our table sessions. Thus the Fundamentals caters for those who are new, through to those who are doing their second, third or further refresher.

The course will include an understanding of the five phenomena of the Primary Respiratory Mechanism, the anatomy and physiology of the cranial bones and sacrum, develop to palpation of the body and the diagnosis and treatment of infants and children.

Completion of this course is recognised in the United States and the United Kingdom, and counts towards prerequisites for US and UK courses.

This course is held annually. What you’ll learn:

-applied anatomy and physiological motion axis’ of each of the cranial and facial bones.

-understand the CSF system, ventricular purpose and position, and CSF flow and function. 

 ⁃ learn about meninges, layers, sutures and the blood brain barrier.

 ⁃ learn to sense and palpate the Primary Respiratory Mechanism (PRM) in the cranium and sacrum via the core link.

 ⁃ Understand the 5 phenomena of the Primary Respiratory mechanism, and develop the palpation skills to identify them.

 ⁃ Utilise the various techniques within Osteopathy in the Cranial Field (OCF) to provide healing assistance to your patients.

 ⁃ Learn common clinical strain patterns within the PRM, how to diagnose them and best of all how to TREAT them.

 ⁃ HEAPS of practical time ( approx 5 hours each day) with one experienced faculty helping four participants. All to best support your individual learning goals. 

 ⁃ Clinical presentations that can respond well to OCF: headaches, migraine, TMJ, concussion, balance issues and vertigo, tethered oral tissues, neck pain, energetic deficiencies and metabolic syndromes, sore low back, continence challenges, vision difficulties, dental trauma , and much more. 

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