Seminar Six: The Midline Continued
Occipital Triad and Cranial Base
~ Introduction to the 'inherent treatment plan', review of the wholistic shift and the action of potency within the fluids.
~ Venous sinuses and fluid dynamics.
~ Classical cranial base dynamics, the classic patterns of the sphenobasilar junction (SBJ) and clnical skills.
~ Introduction to force vector issues and force vector entrapment.
~ Traumatic impacts of cranial base patterns.
~ Clinical applications and connections.
In this seminar, the concept of the “inherent treatment plan” is introduced and palpation sessions explored. Emphasis is on letting go of conditioned motion, orienting to the wholistic shift and primary respiration. The “occipital triad”, the occiput, atlas and axis, is explored via palpation. The concept of intraosseous lesions is introduced and viewed within the context of occiput-atlas-axis dynamics. Compressive issues between these relationships are explored within a clinical context. The “unit of function” of sphenoid-occiput- atlas is also introduced as an extension of this enquiry. Students also work with the dynamics of the venous sinus system. Sensitivity to fluid congestion is developed and approaches to venous sinus congestion are presented.
Clinical issues relating to fluid congestion are explored within the wider context of the fluid tide and the fluid drive of the system. In this seminar, the classic cranial base patterns are introduced within a biodynamic framework and clinical approaches are presented. The traumatic impacts and clinical issues relating to cranial base patterns are discussed. Within this context, further trauma skills will be developed and force vector issues will be explored via palpation.
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