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May 23, 2006
My Continuing Education Experience: Day 1
Today, I will recount the first day of the Visceral Manipulation class I took last week.
We started our class by going over general concepts concerning Visceral Manipulation. When we manipulate the tissue our intention is to balance tensions in the visceral system. We are "waking up a little something" which means we are tapping into the intelligence of the body and facilitating it inherent self-correction.
We started with the hard frame of the pelvis, the sacrum and coccyx. We went over the anatomy, form, function, related structures (which are many since we are affecting the nerves of the lower body) and techniques. In our hands-on lab, we tested for mobility, discerned restrictions and treated to release those restrictions.
Experiencing the work gives us insight into how the technique should feel to receive it. It also gives us awareness about about how the body changes so we can warn our clients about discomfort we might experience as our body integrates the changes. For example, adjusting my coccyx relieved a long-standing crick in my neck, but later that same day, my ribcage began to ache as the postural relationship of my thorax had changed in relation to how I was using my pelvis.
The last half of the day was a review of the bladder. Again we covered anatomy, function, and techniques with information more in-depth than the first time I had learned the techniques. The help of the teaching assistants was wonderful for increasing the awareness of the structures without heavy force.
I used this technique immediately on my mother who was visiting when I returned home. Her bladder was not emptying efficiently and she would get up many times in the night. Having had a hysterectomy, she also had bladder issues and she was concerned she would need surgery.
I did the bladder technique with her and she was happy to report that her bladder emptied normally. This work is gentle but powerful. And it is important to the people who are receiving it.
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Posted by linda at May 23, 2006 9:04 AM
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