The Dive Reflex, Water’s Window: to inhibiting the sympathetic tension of the body in treatment; A 25-Year Clinical Observation Hector Wells BSc (Hons) DO, Registered Osteopath Water as the Original Environment of the Nervous System The human nervous system develops entirely in utero over nine months, submerged in amniotic fluid. Water is not merely
Answer this question, did we ever live under water? Answer: most people are confused by the question and say no, but we did. The first 9 months of life we lived with amniotic fluid around us, not breathing and certainly not fretting about ‘threats” that was all taken care of by your mother. So the
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What if touch does more than guide tissue — what if it conveys relaxation that can be amplified? This is not a concept taught in manual therapy, yet clinical observation suggests it may be real. Have you ever considered that touch might have a scalable function? If touch can be amplified — if it possesses
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A core observation This is a physiological response, not a neurological response, so there is no tolerance build up. The effect of the observations below is autoimmune conditions are responsive to a process which reduces the sympathetic system of the body. In brief, I have repeatedly observed that a patient’s flexibility changes according to the
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Observations on Therapist’s Touch Exploring the Influence of the Therapist’s Autonomic State on Patient Response via the Dive Reflex Introduction This article explores an often-overlooked phenomenon in manual therapy — the physiological influence of the therapist’s own state on the flexibility and tissue response of the patient. Specifically, we examine how the “Dive Reflex”, a
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The Magnetic Nature of the Autonomic Nervous System, Please note this is a “rehash” of a response from Alex C. BSc, MA, osteopathy. It is not my original work, I have plagiarised it with massive gratitude to Alex so apologies for any mistakes. The Magnetic Nature of Respiration and Blood Flow Exploring the Diamagnetic and
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The Challenge the “Dive Reflex” Presents to Conventional Thinking in Manual Therapy It is fundamental to the traditional manual therapist’s mindset that the practitioner acts as the initiator of therapeutic change. In this view, the therapist’s role is to remove or reduce physical tension or obstructions in the body that are believed to maintain the
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Basically Foyht has been so impressed with the results from working with “Water and Diamagmetic materials” the insurance company BGI has allowed the technique to be trained to non-osteopaths. This will allow the technique for reducing “bereavement” to be used by medically trained practitioners. Hector is the First Osteopath to have achieved this insight in
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In simple terms, this article suggests that the body can be helped to relax more quickly if a practitioner gently applies tension to a specific area. That area of higher tension then, seems to release more rapidly when the person exhales through the nostril on the same side (other nostril blocked). It can almost feel
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Emotional Partnerships: From Mother and Baby to Adult Relationships Manual therapy can access emotions of the body when they are evoked in the owner of the event, or partner, when the owner hold the hand of their partner. The techniques which release the baby of their tensions are similar (not the same ) can release
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