Method and imagination are the keys to creative and adaptable osteopathy. For this three-day course we use the knee as our starting point and from there we go in search of the Ariadne’s thread that guides us across regions towards the foot and pelvis

A brief but concise theoretical introduction

• Principle of anatomical palpation (consistency, surface, depth, origin, termination, direction)
• Principle of rhythmic mobility techniques (short or long lever, fixed point, mobile point, tension, spatial orientation, direction of movement)
• Body position of the patient and practitioner

A practice-oriented journey through the lower extremity

• Palpation games: find your way around the body (focus on pelvis and lower extremities: bones, muscles, vessels, nerves, organs) by palpation
• From position to movement :
  Find mobility tests
• Compare symmetrical structures
• Rhythmic short and long lever techniques for joints and soft tissue
• Learn and develop gentle techniques that are useful for daily practice
• Try out position and room variations
• use your own body effectively
• Starting point knee: who can find the Ariadne’s thread to the pelvis or foot?
• Approach to the lesion chain