Forewords
Prefaces
Contributors
1 Paradigms of healing
Torsten Liem
2 The osteopathic object - reloaded
Peter Sommerfeld
3 Biological rhythms and their significance in osteopathy
Torsten Liem, Maximilian Moser
4 Physical principles
Lorenz Fischer
5 Neurobiological principles
Lorenz Fischer
6 The effect of formative and regulatory forces on living organisms
Torsten Liem
7 Regulatory forces in embryology
Torsten Liem
8 The role of mechanical stresses in embryonic development
Lev V. Beloussov
9 Developmental patterns and adaptive organization of
body functioning
Patrick van den Heede and Anne Jakel
10 The incarnating embryo - the embryo in
us
Jaap van der Wal, Guus van der Bie
11 Prenatal and perinatal worlds of experience
Ludwig Janus
12 Evolution of the mind-body-spirit unit
James McGovern and Rene J. McGovern
13 Touch as a therapeutic intervention
Tsafi Lederman with contributions from Eyal Lederman
14 What is health? What is disease? Thoughts on a complex issue
Torsten Liem, Matthias Flatscher
15 Somatic dysfunction and compensation
Torsten Liem, Michael M. Patterson, Jochen Fruhwein
16 Thoughts on the significance of systems theory for osteopathic diagnosis and therapy
Peter Sommerfeld
17 The osteopathic experience of fulcrums and the emergence of stillness
Stephen Paulus
18 Principles of diagnosis
Torsten Liem
19 The practitioner and the therapeutic interaction
Torsten Liem and Michael Habecker
20 Treatment principles
Torsten Liem
21 Total rhythmic balanced interchange according to Becker
Torsten Liem
22 Midline - Development and introduction
Torsten Liem
23 Hyoid bone and anterior midline
Patrick van den Heede and Anne Jakel
24 The fluid body
Torsten Liem
25 Energy bodies
Torsten Liem
26 Chakra system related to pre- and perinatal dynamics
Terence Dowling
27 Development of the cranium and an outline of the growth dynamics of the cranial bones
Torsten Liem with the contributions by Marie-Odile Fessenmayer
28 Intraosseous techniques
Torsten Liem
29 Developmental dynamic approaches to treating the head, dura, diaphragm, neck and pharyngeal arches
Torsten Liem
30 Development of the senses
Brian Freeman
31 The brain as a morphogenetic field
Patrick van den Heede, Rudiger Goldstein and Torsten Liem
32 Osteopathic brain and spinal cord assessments
Bruno Chikly, Torsten Liem
33 Treating the brain
Bruno Chikly, Torsten Liem
34 Treating the spinal cord
Bruno Chikly, Torsten Liem
35 Treating the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
Torsten Liem, Bruno Chikly
36 Developmental patterns and influence upon body
organisation
Patrick van den Heede and Torsten Liem,
37 Polyvagal theory
Stephen Porges
38 An osteopathic approach to the treatment of trauma
and emotional integration
Torsten Liem
In 35 chapters written by the editors and a team of internationally renowned contributors, the book covers the underlying principles of osteopathic palpation from a biodynamic and 'morphodynamic' perspective, and their application in the cranial field and the spinal cord.
Torsten Liem MSc DO is Joint Principal of the German School of Osteopathy, a practising osteopath, lecturer in cranial osteopathy and head of several osteopathic MSc-programmes in Germany and Europe. He is the author and editor of several books and has written numerous articles. Torsten Liem is organiser of the international osteopathy symposia in Berlin; founder of an osteopathic teaching clinic and of the charitably financed centre for paediatric osteopathy in Hamburg. A board member of the German and European Societies of Pediatric Osteopathy, Torsten Liem is also co-founder and coeditor of the journal Osteopathische Medizin (Elsevier), member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, and co-founder of Breathe Yoga. His core vision is the implementation of osteopathic principles in practice, and connecting them with the principles of classical Chinese medicine and yoga, and with psychological and energetic aspects.
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