3600 – Intro. to Manual Techniques

Advanced / Pre-Symposium 8-hour Pool Workshop

Fort Myers, FL / Monday, June 30 - 7:30 am-4:30 pm - 8.0 credit hours equal to 8.0 CECs/.8 CEUs

Classroom: 7:30-10:00 am

Pool: 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Lunch: 12:00-1:00 pm

Pool: 1:00-4:30 pm

Faculty: Michael Dufresne, BA, DO

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The major therapeutic principles of traditional osteopathy (compression/decompression, reciprocal tension, induction, oscillation, pumping, and thrust) and their adaptation to the aquatic environment will be reviewed and described. The notion of therapeutic fulcrums in water will be discussed, along with the clinical applications of these principles. Experience the pros and cons of the absence of external fulcrums. In addition, we will experiment with how to implement these therapeutic principles into a wide variety of soft tissue techniques that are used in clinical settings. We will cover myofascial release, balanced reciprocal tension, Hoover, pumping, recoils, rhythmic (undulations), and cranial and visceral Techniques that you will be able to implement as part of your treatment sessions upon completion of this course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

· Discover the six major therapeutic principles of osteopathy.

· Determine how warm water complements traditional osteopathy.

· Experiment with a wide array of soft tissue techniques.

· Experience the pros and cons of the absence of external fulcrums.

FACULTY: Michael Dufresne, BA, DO, holds a degree of Osteopathy from Le College d’Etudes Osteopathiques de Montreal (C.E.O.) and a Bachelor in psychology from Bishop’s University, Canada. He practices traditional and aquatic osteopathy in his current practice in Canada. Michael has co-written a research paper on the adaptation of therapeutic principles of osteopathy into the aquatic environment and does extensive research in this area. He holds seminars and workshops on Aquatic Osteopathy internationally and has been a faculty instructor with the Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute since 2000.

Michael also is an assistant professor at C.E.O. in Montreal (Canadian Campus of the University of Wales, England), where he has been teaching clinical approach to the treatment of disabled children. Michael brings a practical approach to multiple musculoskeletal dysfunctions with the use of Aquatic Osteopathy techniques in the area of osteoarticular, visceral as well as cranial systems.