The goal of this seminar is to make the immense complexity of the nervous system intelligible and useful to you in your practice. It is a hands-on exploration of ways you can work with both the central and peripheral nervous systems to improve structural function and balance and to reduce pain.

About Level I

Level I focuses on the nerves of the extremities and their effects on individual joints — both mechanically and neurologically. In the practical portion you will learn to palpate neural tissue, to distinguish inflammatory conditions and to assess and improve the “glide” of nerve trunks within their surroundings. While it may take months to become proficient in palpation, you can quickly learn enough to recognize compro-mised states and have a beneficial effect on them.

Discussion periods will elaborate the context for the techniques we use. Of particular importance is the concept of inflammation — especially neurogenic inflammation, which seems to be an affliction nearly everyone shares and has a profound efect on structure. Conversations about neuro-physiology etc. are designed to give you a background to integrate this work into your practice.

About Level II

After a review of the content of Level I, the course investigates peripheral nerve innervation of the girdles and other midline structures, and includes the cranial nerves and the pathology of headaches.

Level II begins a discussion of the interaction between nerves that share a common pathway, for instance how firing in one nerve generates excitation in the other, and how multiple nerves combine their influence - whether mechanical or neurological - to the disrupt the orientation of skeletal structures.

The goal is to have participants look at larger postural distortions in terms of the nerves that influence them and to be able to assess and work with nerves to improve structural relations.