Gathering place for osteopaths
Advice for a Student!
My Classes start in April, I am keen to go and have been reading as much AT Still as I can, I have his three books, Carol Trowbridge's Biography, and his Autobiography is in the mail. It blows my mind what a huge pile of Awesome ATS is, the more I learn about him the more passionate I become about our field.
But is this the right approach, in our modern setting, to prep for classes, or should I just cool it and spend my time reviewing A & P?
Thoughts, Please!
Nathaniel
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Pallas on -
But I do dance like a half dead fish.
Clearly you have chosen your future profession with wisdom. You are already half way to becoming an osteopath!
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Permalink Reply by indikate on -
The other point to bear in mind is that we, unlike many professions, are the machine as well as the operator. You will physically emotionally and psyche-ic-ly engage with your patients. Possibly the most pressing matter to consider is from what your machine is constructed. Consider eating organic food and high quality water, base some of your diet on raw food. An investment in this will reap dividends in the long term as you will become more sensitive in the process of cleansing and staying healthy.
I often advise colleagues to refrain from drinking alcohol as this is an empathy killer and neurotoxin. And if you smoke cigarettes. . . your patients will know and your credibility will be on the line.
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Permalink Reply by Small Fry on -
Yes IK. When I stepped on the bathroom scales this morning I remembered hearing a proverb somewhere; "judge your guru by his waistline".
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Permalink Reply by Patrick Morgan on -
Marion Clark's Applied Anatomy
Is an anatomical exploration of disease for osteopathic students first published in 1906 you can buy a copy form the Institute of Classical Osteopaths or John Wernham College
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Permalink Reply by indikate on
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Hi Nathaniel hope you find some inspiration in the following; dubstep for osteopaths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXO-jKksQkM
Drumist said:But I do dance like a half dead fish.
Clearly you have chosen your future profession with wisdom. You are already half way to becoming an osteopath!
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Pallas on
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So who's going to diagnose the lesion pattern there? The poor guy can hardly walk
Hi Nathaniel hope you find some inspiration in the following; dubstep for osteopaths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXO-jKksQkM
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Permalink Reply by Steve Sandler on -
Hi Nathaniel
You could do worse than to contact Jane Stark. She is an excellent osteopath from Toronto whose DO thesis was on Still's Facsia.If you cannot find her address in the Canadian Register let me know. This is one of the best dissertations I have seen in over 30 years of marking DO theses. If Jane does not mind I will send you my copy and you can read it for yourself. She found out things about Still and the family history and the things he thought about and questioned than anything in the biographys etc. Or try Will POdmore at the BSO library and see if he has a copy.
Steve Sandler
ps Janes email is [removed by moderator for anti-spam purposes]
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Permalink Reply by Steve Sandler on
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Janes email is
[removed by moderator for anti-spam purposes]
Steve
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community teamPermalink Reply by Ronan O'Brien on -
Hi Steve, Great idea. Jane's thesis is an incredible piece of work. I have removed her email address though as putting it on a public forum is likely to increase her spam considerably. Nathaniel if you didn't get it please contact Steve directly (add as a friend so you can send private messages).
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