- Cost
$800
March 20-23, 2025
9AM-6PM MDT
To Register:
Jeffrey Burch
jeffrey@jeffreyburch.com- CE Credits
- 4 Elective CE Hours
- Location
- 5055 CHAPARRAL CT STE 103
Boulder, CO
UNITED STATES
Summary
Class Info
Non-DIRI Affiliated courses are offered by non-faculty members who have completed their Advanced Training. Certificates are issued by the member for Elective CE Credit. Inquire with the member regarding NCBTMB approval.
Details
In this course, you will learn to assess and treat fibrotic changes in synovial
capsules, including joint capsules, bursae, and tendon sheaths, and also some non-
synovial joints. In learning to assess and treat these numerous and vitally
important structures, we will work from general considerations to specifics in
time making a comprehensive tour of the hundreds of synovia in the body.
Joint capsules, bursa walls and tendons get stuck to things
they should glide on. In addition to becoming stuck to things they should glide on
these structures can lose elasticity and even be pulled short. These adhesions and
contractures create movement restrictions and alignment problems, often severe
ones. The general term encompassing contractures and adhesions is fibrosities.
All of our clients have numerous fibrosities of these two types. In this course, you
will learn to precisely identify and correct these adhesions and contractures.
There will be two additional modules offered by Jeffrey Burch in 2025
July 10-13, 2025
November 7-10, 2025
About the Instructor
Jeffrey Burch received a BA in biology from the University of Oregon in 1975. He then trained at The Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® in Boulder, Colorado, and received his Certification as a Rolfer in 1977.
Jeffrey Burch received his Rolfing Advanced Certification in 1990, after which he again began studying at the University of Oregon where he received a second BA in Psychology in 1993 and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology in 1995. His Master’s thesis “Alexithymia and Dissociation” explores topics related to psychosomatic conditions.
Jeffrey has been a member of the Rolf Institute Board of Directors. He served for many years on the Rolf Institute Ethics Committee. He founded the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI) Yearbook journal. He is a member of the Rolf Institute research committee.
In 1998, Jeffrey began intensively studying CranioSacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute, Cranial Manipulation with French Osteopath Alain Gehin, and Visceral Manipulation with Jean-Pierre Barral and his associates. Jeffrey completed the apprenticeship to teach visceral manipulation. He teaches internationally and offers foundational and advanced courses in assessment and treatment methods.
Starting in 2010, he began developing groundbreaking new methods to assess and release adhesions and contractures in joint capsules, bursas, and tendon sheaths. He now teaches these methods.
He has authored a book titled.
Assessment and Treatment Methods for Manual Therapists,
The Most Effective and Efficient Treatment Every Time
published by Handspring Publishing