Osteopathic Approach to Small Animal Rehabilitation
Introductory Class

Required prequisite for all courses

Osteopathic Approach to Small Animal Rehabilitation Class Outline
Class Registration Form (pdf)

Students will learn:

  • Osteopathic and functional indirect terminology
  • Sacral mechanics and gait analysis
  • Joint mechanics specific for upper and lower extremities
  • Gluten's effects on animal motility

    Day 1:
  • Overview of the history of osteopathy
  • Functional indirct terminology and techniques
  • Identification of areas of greatest resistance
  • Kidneys - tightness and effects of gluten
  • Walking the gait cycle
  • Hierarchy of protective mechanisms

    Day 2:
  • Spinal mechanics
  • Tensegrity
  • Universal joints
  • Examination

    Day 3:
  • Hierarchy of protective mechanisms
  • Pelvic paradigm
  • Neutral and non-neutral spinal mechanics
  • Lumbar-sacral examination
  • Gluten

    Day 4:
  • Pubic and ilium shear
  • Hips
  • Cervical spine
  • Shock protocol overview





    		• neck exam pelvic paradigm

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