The Beauty of Simple Osteopathy: Lessons I Have Learned

The Beauty of Simple Osteopathy:
Lessons I Have Learned
• Karen M. Steele, DO, FAAO
• Professor Emeria, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
• Former AAO President
The bicycle wreck
A young woman with sinusitis
Simple facial effleurage changed a young person’s life
“You do everything well. Take
lessons in something you do not do
well.”
Keep the beginner’s mind, and also their awkwardness, so
that we remain humble
A young man with chronic low back
pain
We do not always know when a healing event has occurred.
“Quit thinking so hard, child”
Sometimes the models get in the way of our understanding
A young man with ileus, receiving
thoracolumbar inhibition
There is another part to the autonomic nervous system
“It can’t be that simple”
The postural evaluation is golden
A young child with ear pain
Galbreath mandibular drainage is also golden
“Thank you for listening to my
story”
Our patients deserve to be heard
And now for the rest of the (bicycle
wreck) story
Remember the basics
Lymphatic system
Sympathetic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Osteopathy in the cranial field
Visceral treatment