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

Join Jeffrey Burch for a comprehensive anatomy-rich exploration of the head and neck. This course series offers a comprehensive tour of the structural landscape in this vital region, incorporating assessment and treatment methods throughout.

Course Highlights
~ Bones and joints of the skull and neck
~All cranial and cervical spinal nerves
~A layered approach to fascia
~All Vasculature from the heart through the neck and head
~ Anatomy of the airways
~Embryologic perspectives that illuminate structure and function
~ Meningeal membranes of the cranium and neck

Participants will gain a deep structural understanding that enhances precision and integration in clinical practice.

Textbooks & PDF
Textbooks:
Atlas of Manipulative Techniques for the Cranium and Face
Alain Gehin. ISBN 0939616025

Assessment and Treatment Methods for Manual Therapists
Jeffrey Burch ISBN 1839978740

In addition to the textbooks, a PDF will be emailed to participants before the class

Note: The focus of this class is structural. For those wishing to study Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy, this course provides a thorough grounding in anatomical structure that is essential for Biodynamic studies, but it is structural, not energetic.

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 that, he continued his studies at the University of Oregon, where he earned a second BA in Psychology in 1993 and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology in 1995. His Master’s thesis, titled “Alexithymia and Dissociation,” examines topics related to psychosomatic conditions.

Jeffrey has been a member of the Rolf Institute’s Board of Directors and served for many years on the Ethics Committee. He founded the Yearbook journal of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI) and is also a member of the Rolf Institute’s research committee.

In 1998, Jeffrey began an intensive study of CranioSacral Therapy at the Upledger Institute, with French Osteopath Alain Gehin specializing in Cranial Manipulation, and Jean-Pierre Barral and his associates focusing on Visceral Manipulation. Jeffrey completed his apprenticeship in teaching visceral manipulation. He completed the first year at the Canadian College of Osteopathy. He now teaches internationally, offering foundational and advanced courses in assessment and treatment methods.

In 2010, he began developing groundbreaking new methods for assessing and releasing adhesions and contractures in joint capsules, bursas, and tendon sheaths. He now teaches these methods, which he now teaches.

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.