Introduction

Chapter 1. Speaking the language of the body

Chapter 2. Allostasis and limbic touch to maintain homeostasis

Chapter 3. Integration time in osteopathy

Chapter 4. Integration time in other manual therapies

Chapter 5. Conceptual analysis

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix I Synaptic plasticity

Appendix II Dr. Guimberteau’s observations

Appendix III The CSF and collagenic fascial fiber

Appendix IV Extraocular circadian phototransduction

Appendix V What the therapist can observe during and after a still point

Appendix VI The encoding of tactile forces in the primary somatosensory cortex

Epilogue