- Cost
$800 per modutle
Registration Contact Jeffrey Burch jeffrey@jeffreyburch.com- CE Credits
- 30 Elective CE Credits
- Location
- Santa Fe, NM
UNITED STATES
Summary
Class Info
Non-DIRI Affiliated courses are offered by non-faculty members who have completed their Advanced Training, or other third-party CE providers. Certificates are issued by the CE provider for Elective CE Credit. Inquire with the CE provider regarding NCBTMB approval.
Details
Functional Methods (FM)
A large set of osteopathic and osteopathically derived assessment and treatment methods. The assessment methods are organized in a protocol to determine where in the body, at each moment, the structure can be worked on to produce the most positive change for the whole person.
Content and format have evolved over 20 years. Currently, 19 assessment methods and 24 treatment methods are organized into 3 modules, each lasting 4 days, with months in between to practice component skills.
One-third of the methods are my original innovations.
This is a foundational course series that provides a skill set applicable to many treatment modalities, including everything else I teach.
I edited and expanded the material in this course into a book, Assessment and Treatment Methods for Manual Therapists, ISBN 978 1839978746 . This book is now the textbook for this course and is required reading for all courses I teach.
Module 1 October 15-18, 2026
Module 2 January 21-24, 2027
Module 3 April 22-25, 2027
Instructor
Jeffrey Burch has BAs in Biology and Psychology and an MS in Counseling. His Master’s thesis research explores topics related to psychosomatic conditions.He was certified as a Rolfer in 1977 and received his Advanced Rolfing Certification in 1990.
Jeffrey has served on the Rolf Institute's Ethics Committee for many years, was a member of the Rolf Institute's board of directors, and currently serves on its research committee. He founded the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI) Journal.
Jeffrey completed the apprenticeship to teach Barral visceral manipulation. He trained in three schools of cranial work. He developed new methods to release fibrosities in joint capsules, bursas and tendon sheaths. He offers foundational and advanced courses in assessment methods and treatment methods. He studied one year at the Canadian College of Osteopathy.