Details

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 9781839978746 . This book is now the textbook for this course and is required reading for all courses I teach.
 

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.