Osteopathy, and Bowen therapy in particular, emphasises the importance of making therapeutic pauses during treatments. But it is not explained why a pause should be incorporated into the treatment session, just that it is important to do so.
This book is based on research which attempted to understand and identify the physiology that might justify the inclusion of pauses during treatment. It also looked at how much the pause was used within osteopathic treatment in general.
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