Basic 1

Fundamental skills

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Background

The course establishes the practical and conceptual foundation for achieving truly excellent results with cranial osteopathic treatment—a comprehensive field that the basic training program unfortunately only touches upon, and where targeted continuing education provides a noticeable boost in practice.

Central to the teaching is the development of the ability to establish and maintain optimal contact with the tissue—a skill that is fundamental to achieving the desired effect.

The practical curriculum includes grounding, centering, fulcrums, motion present, and neutral as key elements, as well as an introduction to Balanced Ligamentous Tension (BLT) and Balanced Membranous Tension (BMT).

Professional awareness

A particular area of focus is cultivating the ability to wait for the tissue's own response – something that requires both patience and technical finesse, and which is important for the tissue's ability to self-correct.

Working in the cranial area places special demands on the practitioner. There are two typical pitfalls:

The first is lack of presence – “spacing out” and losing contact. It requires both mental self-discipline and technical precision to maintain your presence in the meeting place with the system.

The second is to become too intense and induce vectors in the patient yourself. This prevents self-correction from occurring, and you even risk adding self-created lesions – and instead feeling your own "footprints" of lesions in the system rather than the patient's.

Here, you will gain the necessary knowledge and receive supervision on how to maintain yourself in the best possible physical and mental condition – so you can go home with skills you can use from day one in the clinic.

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About the course

Take that home with you

You will learn to adjust and adapt your contact precisely and consciously when treating your patients.

You develop a deeper perception that enhances the quality of all your manual methods—not just cranial work.

You will experience firsthand how effective it is to let your body's self-adjusting powers do their work, with the osteopath acting as the fulcrum for the process.

You will gain access to a professional language that makes it easier to read and understand the classic literature of W.G. Sutherland, Viola Frymann, Rollin E. Becker, Robert Fulford, Harold Magoun, Robert Lever, James Jealous, and many others.

You will gain insight into Sutherland's professional journey and his close connection to A.T. Still's original philosophy.

Worth knowing

Date and time

Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Prerequisites

Osteopath DO, osteopathy student, veterinarian EDO®

Classes are held in English if there are foreign participants.

Number of seats

8

Location

Rådgivningshuset, Rustenborgvej 7A, 2800 Kongens Lyngby

Catering

IKO provides tea/coffee/snacks during the morning and afternoon breaks.

The lunch break on Friday is approximately 1 hour, and participants are asked to bring their own lunch. There is a refrigerator at the course venue.

You can buy lunch nearby. For example, Frøken Friis café in Bondebyen, Coop 365 on the main street, or Zætteberg café.

KFU/CPD accreditation

The course counts as 7 lessons of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for members of the Danish Osteopathic Association.

Tutor

Lotte Brath Jensen, Certified Osteopath DO, MDO, FSCCO

Price

3,250 DKK including VAT. See payment and cancellation terms below.

Continuing education courses are subject to VAT.

Practical information

  • The full amount of the course must be paid upon registration. See the cancellation policy for applicable rules regarding refunds if you are unable to attend.

    It is free to reserve a place on courses where this is possible. This option is indicated in the text on the red registration button. IKO will contact you with a binding registration when the course is approaching.

    You can pay with the following cards:

    Mastercard, VISA, VISA electron, and American Express.

    No account or credit card details are stored in connection with electronic payments. Credit card details are handled exclusively in Terapeutbooking's closed payment system provider's system, and IKO receives no information other than that the payment has been completed.

  • If cancellation is made more than two months prior to the start of the course , the course fee will be refunded minus DKK 1,250 including VAT in administration fees.

    If cancellation occurs later than 2 months before the start of the course, the course fee will not be refunded.

  • If rescheduling more than two months before  the course start:
    The amount paid will be refunded minus DKK 1,250 including VAT in administration costs.

    If rescheduling less than two months before the course start:
    This is treated as a cancellation; see above.

    A rescheduling is only valid for a maximum of 2 years. After that, the amount will be forfeited.

  • All cancellations/changes must be notified by email to be valid.

    Email: info@iko.dk

  • IKO reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses in the event of insufficient enrolment, illness, or circumstances beyond our control. In the event of cancellation, the course fee will be refunded.

    Those who have registered will be contacted by telephone or email in the event of any changes. IKO cannot guarantee that canceled courses will be rescheduled at a later date.

    IKO will only refund the course fee in the event of cancellation or postponement of the course.

“All of us who practice osteopathy become observers of the highest order. Once in contact, we become observers of the state of things as they are.”

-Anne L. Wales, DO