Osteopathy is a therapeutic discipline based on a knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and physiology, which aims at reestablishing health in those tissues where the absence or lack of mobility alters the equilibrium of the organism. Osteopathy focuses on the relationship between the structural unity of the organism and its functions.
My practice is based on a manual therapy aimed at unblocking the spaces of internal micro-mobility of the body. I combine this with the work on the habits of everyday behaviours that sustain the lesive obstruction. The aim is to raise on the patient an awareness of one´s own anatomy that enables the development of healthier patterns of movement.
The Body as Movement System
These are small group and individual classes that integrate my Osteopathic experience with a comprehension of our deep muscle system. The aim is to achieve an efficiently functional use of the body by learning to understand the way movement is organized. This includes the articulation of the inner muscle structure, which organizes the postural axis through support points and axes of gravity, and the external muscle layer which enables movement.
The class enables the person to explore the interaction between traction and elasticity, tension and compression, as the foundation of the locomotor apparatus.
A higher degree of mobility is acquired when a comprehension of the inner muscle structure is achieved, allowing for an anticipatory organization of movement and disclosing the patterns that condition our external muscle system
Maria Gabriela Iasparra 