Day 1 – Friday 10th September 2010
9.00 Registration & coffee
9.20 Introduction
9.30 Lecture - The Involuntary Mechanism – a brief review of osteopathic
principles, the history of the concept and an overview of the
involuntary mechanism in its ideal state
10.10 Participants’ histories
10.20 Introduction to practical –
10.40 Practical – distinguishing by palpation between bone, fascia and
extracellular fluid, introductory palpation of neurocranium
11.20 Coffee
11.30 Lecture – Reciprocal tension membrane and venous sinuses –
principle of reciprocal tension, anatomy, physiology and clinical
implications
12.10 Introduction to practical - reciprocal tension membrane -
12.20 Practical – palpation of reciprocal tension membrane – falx,
tentorium, spinal dura from sacrum
1.00 Lunch
1.40 Lecture – central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid – principle
of CSF fluctuation, physiology and clinical significance
2.20 Practical – palpation of CSF
2.50 Tea/discussion in small groups (DSG)
3.15 Lecture – Analysis of patterns of motion
3.45 Tutorial – patterns of motion
4.15 Introduction to practical – inducing motion
Practical – observation and palpation of patterns of motion
5.30 Tutorial
Day 2 - Saturday 11th September 2010
9.00 Lecture – recapitulation of day 1
9.15 Lecture – principles of treatment (1) – directional strains and
balanced membranous tension
9.45 Tutorial – patterns of motion
10.0 Introduction to practical – balanced membranous tension
10.10 Practical – treatment methods- balanced membranous tension
11.20 Coffee/DSG
11.40 Lecture – principles of treatment (2) – tissue quality and CSF
12.00 Introduction to practical – CSF and CV4
12.10 Practical – treatment methods – CV4
1.10 Lunch
2.00 Lecture – the fascial system and transverse structures
2.40 Introduction to practical – fascial system
2.50 Practical – palpation of fascial system and transverse structures
3.30 Tea/DSG
4.0 Lecture – Sacrum and pelvis – applied anatomy, physiological
motion and clinical implications
4.30 Introduction to practical – sacrum
4.40 Practical – palpation of sacrum for physiological motion
5.10 Practical – treatment methods – BMT at sacrum
5.50 Tutorial
Day 3 – Sunday 12th September 2012
9.15 Lecture – recapitulation of day 2
9.30 Lecture/demonstration – bones of neurocranium – sutural anatomy
and functional significance, axes of physiological motion, clinical
implications
10.30 Introduction to practical – palpation of osseous cranial base
10.40 Practical – palpation of osseous cranial base
11.30 Coffee/DSG
11.50 Introduction to practical - palpation of osseous vault
12.00 Practical – palpation of osseous vault
12.30 Lunch
1.20 Lecture – temporal bone – applied anatomy, physiological motion
and clinical implications
2.00 Practical – palpation of temporal bone motion
2.40 Introduction to practical – treatment methods - disengagement
techniques
2.50 Practical – disengagement techniques
3.40 Tea/DSG
4.00 Lecture – introduction to the face and its’ functional relationship to
the neurocranium (the speed reducers)
4.30 Introduction to practical – palpation of facial motion
4.40 Practical – palpation of facial motion
5.10 Tutorial
5.25 Head checking
Day 4 – Saturday 18th September 2010
9.30 Lecture - review of first 3 days
10.00 Demonstration of facial bones – anatomy, applied anatomy and
physiological motion – all tutors
10.45 Coffee/DSG
11.15 Introduction to practical – palpation of individual facial bones
11.25 Practical – palpation of facial bones
12.20 Introduction to practical – treatment methods – peripheral
structures/balanced fascial tension
1.00 Lunch
1.50 Lecture- treatment and management of facial conditions including
TMJ dysfunction
2.40 Introduction to practical - treatment of face
2.50 Practical – treatment of face
3.45 Tea/DSG
4.15 Lecture/demonstration – application and integration of the involuntary
mechanism approach into clinical practice
5.00 Introduction to practical – treatment methods – sacrum BMT and
intra-osseous strains of sacrum
5.45 Tutorial
Day 5 - Sunday 19th September 2010
9.15 Lecture – recapitulation of day 4
9.30 Lecture – The cranio-cervical junction, birth trauma and intraosseous
strains of the cranial base
10.15 Demonstration of neonate skulls
10.25 Introduction to practical – intra-osseous strains of the cranial base
(the condylar parts of the occiput)
10.35 Practical – disengagement of the condylar parts of the occiput
11.35 Tea/DSG
12.00 Lecture – clinical application of the involuntary mechanism approach
to the treatment and management of infants and children
12.30 Introduction to practical – balanced membranous tension
12.40 Practical – balanced membranous tension
1.30 Lunch
2.30 Introduction to practical – CSF
2.40 Practical – treatment methods – CSF – CV4, lateral fluctuation, vspread
3.50 Plenary session – practical considerations of applying the involuntary
mechanism approach in clinical practice
4.20 Resume
4.30-5.15 Head checking (tea available from 4.15 pm
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