Foundations of Morphodynamics in Osteopathy
An Integrative Approach to Cranium, Nervous System, and Emotions
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Foundations of Morphodynamics in Osteopathy
An Integrative Approach to Cranium, Nervous System, and Emotions
About this book
In 35 chapters written by the editors and a team of internationally renowned contributors the book covers the underlying principles of osteopathic palpation from a biodynamic and 'morphodynamic' perspective, and their application in the cranial field and the spinal cord.
It emphasises the importance of considering not just the patient's physical self, but also the inner consciousness.It teaches how to assess tissue-energy characteristics, and to use this understanding in managing the whole patient.
The work discusses biophysical, neurobiological and psychological interactions as well as the interplay of developmental dynamics and further epigenetic influences on the organism.
As well as the primary respiratory mechanism, various biological rhythms play an important role within osteopathic treatment; the book explores new insights that flow from chronobiology and rhythm research.
All osteopathic practice develops on conceptual foundations. Acknowledging the importance in the practice of osteopathy of such theoretical underpinning, the book discusses osteopathy with regard to the development of paradigms within the healing arts as well as from various philosophical viewpoints â such as postmodern, system-theoretical, Goethian and phenomenological. It examines thoroughly the multi-layered dynamics of development of human beings interacting with their environment.
The resulting implications for therapeutic interaction as well as principles of diagnosis and treatment form the core of the book. These fundamental principles are then specifically applied to the cranial sphere. This section focuses primarily on the treatment of the brain, as well as the developmental dynamics of the relations of the midline, cranial bones, dural structures, vessels and cranial nerves.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Forewords
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- 1 Paradigms of healing
- 2 The osteopathic object - reloaded
- 3 Biological rhythms and their significance in osteopathy
- 4 Physical principles
- 5 Neurobiological principles
- 6 The effect of formative and regulatory forces on living organisms
- 7 Regulative forces in embryology
- 8 Role of mechanical stresses in embryonic development
- 9 Developmental patterns and adaptive organization of body functioning: How tissue memorizes information
- 10 The Incarnating EmbryoâThe Embryo in us
- 11 Prenatal and perinatal worlds of experience
- 12 Evolution of the mindâbodyâspirit unit
- 13 Touch as a therapeutic intervention
- 14 What is health? What is disease? Thoughts on a complex issue
- 15 Somatic dysfunction and compensation
- 16 Thoughts on the significance of systems theory for osteopathic diagnosis and therapy
- 17 The osteopathic experience of fulcrums and the emergence of stillness
- 18 Principles of diagnosis
- 19 The practitioner and the therapeutic interaction
- 20 Treatment principles
- 21 Total rhythmic balanced interchange according to Becker
- 22 Midline: development and introduction
- 23 Hyoid bone and anterior midline
- 24 The fluid body
- 25 Energy bodies
- 26 Chakra system related to pre- and perinatal dynamics
- 27 Development of the cranium and an outline of the growth dynamics of cranial bones
- 28 Intraosseous techniques
- 29 Developmental dynamic approaches to treating the head, dura, diaphragm, neck, and pharyngeal arches
- 30 Development of the senses: a biodynamic perspective
- 31 The brain as a morphogenetic field
- 32 Osteopathic brain and spinal cord assessments
- 33 Treating the brain
- 34 Treating the spinal cord
- 35 Treating the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
- 36 Developmental patterns and influence upon body organisation
- 37 Polyvagal theory: an introduction
- 38 An osteopathic approach to the treatment of trauma and emotional integration
- Index