Date TBA

The Cranial Approach of Beryl Arbuckle -
San Rafael CA

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT an AAO course. Do not contact them regarding this course.

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To register, contact Gail at lossingklein@gmail.com or by phone 415-454-8979

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Kenneth Lossing has recreated this course based on his studies with Robert Fulford, and interviewing a number of other Arbuckle students.

Beryl Arbuckle was one of the first students of William Garner Sutherland, and was on his teaching staff in the early days of teaching. At that time, observation, palpation, and motion testing made the diagnosis. She was keenly interested in anatomy, and was able to attend over 200 pediatric neurological autopsies. She observed that the dura had regularly arranged fibers in the areas where she found strain patterns, which she called “Stress Bands”. This expands the specificity of the reciprocal tension membrane from the falx and tent, to over 20 specific fiber directions. The German Embryologist Erich Blechschmidt found about 50% of the same fibers. The stress bands are used in diagnosis, can be treated directly, and can also be used as handles to treat the bones and sutures.

Another one of the early Sutherland students, Robert Fulford DO, found that he had difficulty in reproducing the treatment response that Sutherland produced, although he was able to do the techniques properly. He noticed that often the treatment response in Sutherland’s patients was a huge shift in the sympathetic nervous system, creating a sweating response, but he was unable to reproduce this. He noticed that Arbuckle often got the same response, so he went and studied with her.

Dr. Arbuckle also observed that the cranial bones were thicker in some places, which she call “Buttresses”. She used the buttresses in both diagnosis and treatment, which adds a deeper level of specificity to the sutures and reciprocal tension membrane, and expands and integrates the evaluation of the skull.

Dr. Arbuckle also used reflexogenic points along the spine to treat the viscera, known as Chapman’s points, on nearly every patient.

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Topics covered are: History, early diagnostic sequence, the boney keystone, sacrum simplified, SBS patterns, buttresses, the vault, fontanels, sutures, embryology, stress bands, and Chapman’s points.

Class limited to 20 participants

Dates: TBD

Table Trainer: Margret Klein, O.A. and Dan Bensky, D.O.

This course is in process to be sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Osteopathy. 22.5 hours of Category 1-A CME Anticipated.

Course Fee:

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellations must be received in writing on or before ...

Refunds will not be made after ...... or for failure to attend.

PLEASE NOTE: If the Shelter in Place has not been lifted by ..... for this type of gathering, your money will be refunded in full.

Location:

Course to be held at 1748 Lincoln Ave. San Rafael, CA 94901

Lodging:

Closest airports are San Francisco and Oakland.

Lodging suggestions: Airbnb, VRBO, hotels.com, Best Western Corte Madera Inn (reservations: 415-924-1502).

PLEASE NOTE: If you are not planning on renting a car, The Marin Lodge is almost right across the street from our office.

We recommend you book NOW as they often have No Vacancy signs out.

Here is the website: http://www.marinlodge.com/

415-578-2827 | info@marinlodge.com

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CLASS SCHEDULE

Friday

8:00-8:45 am registration

9-10:30 Intro and History

10:30-11 Small group discussion

11-1 Lecture/lab: Diagnosis & sequence

1-2 Lunch

2-3:30 Lecture/lab: Locked sutures

3:30-4 Small group discussion

4-6 Lecture/lab: Embryology and stress bands

6 Head check and adjourn

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Saturday

9-10:30 Lecture/lab: embryology, stress bands

10:30-11 Small group discussion

11-1 Lecture/lab: Stress bands

1-2 Lunch

2-3:30 Lecture/lab: Occipital condyles

3:30-4 Small group discussion

4-6 Lecture/lab: Buttresses

6 Head check and adjourn

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Sunday

9-10:30 Lecture/lab: stress bands

10:30-11 Small group discussion

11-1 Lecture/lab: Chapman's points

1-3 Lecture/lab: Pulling together stress bands, buttresses, SBS patterns, and sutures

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TO REGISTER, contact Gail at lossingklein@gmail.com or by phone 415-454-8979