The Thorax by Valéria A Ferreira

FRI 26 FEB 2027 – SAT 27 FEB 2027 | GHENT

This two-day workshop invites participants to actively develop their touch sensitivity and interoceptive, exteroceptive, kinaesthetic, and proprioceptive embodied awareness while assessing and treating. The embodied and enactive approach will be integrated throughout the course as participants engage with fascial and visceral techniques.

The diaphragm will be viewed and taught as an assessment structure that balances the thoracic and abdominal cavities and guides the osteopath to areas that may not engage during respiratory cycles.

The techniques have been purposely selected so that participants can easily integrate them with a more structural and biomechanical concept of the body and health.

Indications and contraindications will be discussed throughout the 2 days.

Learning objectives

Competently perform a variety of osteopathic techniques and design adaptations that are appropriate to the patient’s needs and justified by knowledge of the relevant principles.

Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of human biomechanics and how dysfunction in one area may lead to altered function elsewhere in the body.

Integrate current healthcare models to reach a diagnosis and an effective management programme for the patient.

Reflect on the relevance and nature of osteopathic intervention possibilities within various clinical presentations.

Evaluate the patient-practitioner relationship and the importance of the responsibilities implicit in the relationship.

Schedule

Day 1

09:00 – 09:45

Introduction and expectations

09:45 – 10:20

Embodied, enactive concepts in Osteopathy

10:20 – 10:40

Break

10:40 – 12:00

Diaphragm, diaphragmatic assessment and techniques

12:00 – 13:00

UEX assessment (GH, SC and AC joints), anterior thorax, cervical fascia

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Techniques – UEX – lateral and anterior cervical fascia, clavipectoral and subclavius fascia, axillary and periscapular fascia, upper arms, forearms, face and scalp.

15:30 – 15:50

Break

15:50 – 17:00

Continued Fascial techniques – UEX – lateral and anterior cervical fascia, clavipectoral and subclavius fascia, axillary and periscapular fascia, upper arms, forearms, face and scalp.

17:00 – 17:15

Break

17:15 – 18:00

Recoil technique sternum and mobilisation of the acromioclavicular joint + recap.

Day 2

09:00 – 10:00

Mobilisation of the hyoid, thyroid, cricoid and tracheal cartilages + Tracheal cartilage traction (supine)

10:00 – 10:45

Mobilisation of Sternocostal joints prone + upper shoulders (active mob)

10:45 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Mobilisation of the Mediastinum (side lying), Oesophageal traction and mobilisation

12:30 – 13:00

Surface projection of the bronchus and fascial mobilisation

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:50

Suspensory ligaments of the pleura

14:50 – 15:40

Surface projection of the fissures of the lungs

15:40 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 16:50

Recap

16:50 – 18:00

Self-care, Q&A, closure

DO, MSc. Ost.

Valéria Alves Ferreira (PGCAP, MSc Ost, DO) is a Brazilian-born osteopath and lecturer based in London since 1989. A committed educator and practitioner, she is registered with the General Osteopathic Council.

Valéria qualified from the College of Osteopaths in 2000 and completed an MSc in Osteopathy at the European School of Osteopathy in 2006, researching osteopathic treatment for Endometriosis. She has been a higher education teacher at the UCO School of Osteopathy, leading the visceral elective for several years, and, since 2022, has been delivering sensorimotor skills development (SMSD) sessions to full-time and part-time students.

Valéria also teaches CPD courses in the UK, Europe, Dubai, Hong Kong and Brazil, integrating structural, fascial, visceral, and cranial approaches. She runs a private practice in London and is currently pursuing a PhD in Educational Psychology at Brunel University London, focusing on the best ways to learn sensorimotor skills in Osteopathic education.

Date: 26 February 2027 - 27 February 2027
Duration: 2 days
Language: English
Target Audience: Osteopaten DO of Master of Science in Osteopathy
Price: €599*

Coffee breaks, lunch and syllabus included.
Accreditation
Participants: min. 15 - max. 30

Location

Campus Gent Bollebergen 2B, 9052 Gent

The Thorax by Valéria A Ferreira

FRI 26 FEB 2027 – SAT 27 FEB 2027 | GHENT

The diaphragm will be viewed and taught as an assessment structure that balances the thoracic and abdominal cavities and guides the osteopath to areas that may not engage during respiratory cycles.

The techniques have been purposely selected so that participants can easily integrate them with a more structural and biomechanical concept of the body and health.

Indications and contraindications will be discussed throughout the 2 days.

Learning objectives

Competently perform a variety of osteopathic techniques and design adaptations that are appropriate to the patient’s needs and justified by knowledge of the relevant principles.

Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of human biomechanics and how dysfunction in one area may lead to altered function elsewhere in the body.

Integrate current healthcare models to reach a diagnosis and an effective management programme for the patient.

Reflect on the relevance and nature of osteopathic intervention possibilities within various clinical presentations.

Evaluate the patient-practitioner relationship and the importance of the responsibilities implicit in the relationship.

Schedule

Day 1

09:00 – 09:45

Introduction and expectations

09:45 – 10:20

Embodied, enactive concepts in Osteopathy

10:20 – 10:40

Break

10:40 – 12:00

Diaphragm, diaphragmatic assessment and techniques

12:00 – 13:00

UEX assessment (GH, SC and AC joints), anterior thorax, cervical fascia

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Techniques – UEX – lateral and anterior cervical fascia, clavipectoral and subclavius fascia, axillary and periscapular fascia, upper arms, forearms, face and scalp.

15:30 – 15:50

Break

15:50 – 17:00

Continued Fascial techniques – UEX – lateral and anterior cervical fascia, clavipectoral and subclavius fascia, axillary and periscapular fascia, upper arms, forearms, face and scalp.

17:00 – 17:15

Break

17:15 – 18:00

Recoil technique sternum and mobilisation of the acromioclavicular joint + recap.

Day 2

09:00 – 10:00

Mobilisation of the hyoid, thyroid, cricoid and tracheal cartilages + Tracheal cartilage traction (supine)

10:00 – 10:45

Mobilisation of Sternocostal joints prone + upper shoulders (active mob)

10:45 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:30

Mobilisation of the Mediastinum (side lying), Oesophageal traction and mobilisation

12:30 – 13:00

Surface projection of the bronchus and fascial mobilisation

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:50

Suspensory ligaments of the pleura

14:50 – 15:40

Surface projection of the fissures of the lungs

15:40 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 16:50

Recap

16:50 – 18:00

Self-care, Q&A, closure

DO, MSc. Ost.

Date: 26 February 2027 - 27 February 2027
Duration: 2 days
Language: English
Target Audience: Osteopaten DO of Master of Science in Osteopathy
Price: €599*

Coffee breaks, lunch and syllabus included.
Accreditation
Participants: min. 15 - max. 30

Location

Campus Gent Bollebergen 2B, 9052 Gent