SIMA: Optimizing Health Care

​What happens after the treatment?

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This course is a webinar provided by The Institute of Classical Osteopathy

​​November 13th: 12pm

 

ABOUT

This webinar introduces the participants to Puchta Foundational Exercises (PFE) and proposes that PFE is a highly effective extension of the osteopathic treatment. Developed throughout the last twenty years of my practice, PFE is based on osteopathic laws and principles. The program captures Martin Littlejohn’s and John Wernham’s polygon of forces and effectively applies it to the excise system, which is both strikingly simple and profound.

 

Using the simple concepts of lever, fulcrum and axes through the musculoskeletal system, PFE facilitates a dialogue between structure and function, and invites the possibility of physiological interplay. By paying attention to peripheral reflexes, PFE accesses the autonomic nervous system, which in return allows inhibition and stimulation to create a natural flow of vitality.

 

PFE supports the ideas that 1) patients should be encouraged to play an active role in their health journey, and 2) that a systematic exercise program needs to be a fundamental aspect of a patient’s daily routine. PFE finds successful application in the fields of palliative care, rehabilitation, conditioning, mindfulness, and mental well-being.