Visceral Manipulation

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Visceral Manipulation is a gentle yet profound form of manual therapy that focuses on the internal organs, their environment, and the potential influence on many structural and physiological dysfunctions.

  

The purpose of Visceral Manipulation is to re-create, harmonize, and increase proprioceptive communication in the body to enhance its internal mechanism for better health, thereby revitalizing a person, and relieving symptoms of pain, dysfunction, and poor posture. Visceral Manipulation treats a person's functional and structural imbalances with an aim to affect their musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, and lymphatic dysfunction.

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The founder of Visceral Manipulation, Jean-Pierre Barral, famously said, “Only the tissues know.” This expresses that the tissues in the body have a deep and innate intelligence. Everything that has happened in our lives—injuries, diseases, stressors, etc.—is recorded in our tissues. The core of this work is 'listening' to the tissues with our hands. Through manual listening techniques, trained hands of a skilled practitioner feel where the tissues are pulling toward the areas of restriction, the areas where the body is not moving, and the areas of the greatest impact on the person's wellbeing.

 

Visceral Manipulation is available in combination with acupuncture and craniosacral or as a stand-alone treatment.