Structural Techniques

They are defined as such because they re-establish the mobility of the bone structure, correcting the spatial positions of the joints according to their axes of movement. The specificity of the manipulation allows the recovery of joint mobility. They have a strong neurological influence, as well as a purely mechanical one, as they favor the emission of correct impulses from and to the endings of the treated part.

Visceral techniques

It was developed by osteopath Jean-Pierre Barral who made known the benefits of Visceral Manipulation in a wide range of disorders and pathologies. Viscera refers to the organs and their soft membranes. The Viscera have slippery surfaces and are attached to the walls of the body cavities and the spine by ligaments. Every time your spine moves, the organs attached to it have to move. The internal organs must allow the trunk to bow and turn and the diaphragm to move during breathing. Organs move in certain ways, determined by the ligaments that support them. Adhesions and tensions can alter or restrict these movements and stress the organs and their functionality. When an organ can no longer move normally, it creates abnormal points of tension that your body now must move. This can happen gradually and only when someone tells you that you are no longer in an upright position is the moment that you realize that you are stiff and that some movements are difficult for you. Whatever health condition brings you to your Osteopath may also have a visceral component. Visceral Manipulation is effective in remedying functional and structural imbalances in the body, including musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive and lymphatic dysfunctions. It allows the evaluation and treatment of movement and suspension dynamics in relation to organs, membranes, fascia and ligaments. It also increases proprioceptive communication within the body, giving new energy to the subject, alleviating pain symptoms, resolving dysfunction and incorrect posture.

Cranial techniques

They are defined as such because they act in particular on the structure and liquid that surrounds the central nervous system, based on the existence of cranial mobility and motility "primary respiratory mechanism", i.e. that combination of bony, ligament, muscular and fascial parts that allow the rebalancing and harmony of craniosacral functions. Through particular skills and specific osteopathic techniques it is possible to "feel" that imperceptible rhythmic movement which is present in all the tissues of the body and which is defined as involuntary movement. The skull, made up of 26 bones joined together, thanks to its mobility can actually adapt to the involuntary movement of the brain that protects inside it. The cranial movement demonstrated by W. G. Sutherland has been shown to be vitally important to the health and immune function of the body, and to its essential self-healing potential. Cranio-Sacral techniques (OCS) is a non-invasive and effective method very suitable for newborns and children as well as adults.