Craniosacral Osteopathy: “Personal Perspectives of Osteopaths with several years of professional experience”
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- Title
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Craniosacral Osteopathy:
“Personal Perspectives of Osteopaths with several years
of professional experience” - Author(s)
- Wojna Sandra
- Abstract
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In a qualitative study three male and three female osteopaths, having graduated at
the Vienna School for Osteopathy (VSO) more than three years ago, were questioned
concerning craniosacral osteopathy. These interviews were conducted via interviewing
guidelines. The interviews were evaluated by a qualitative analysis of content. They
were supposed to give answers to the following questions: How do osteopaths
implement the syllabus of instruction at the VSO into their own practice? Is their a
strong orientation on the instruction and is there a critical preoccupation with the
theoretic principles of cranial osteopathy?
The results show that only a small part of the contents transmitted during instruction
are being used. Especially techniques at the sutures are hardly applied. Two
interviewees report negative effects of the cranial training concerning their ability of
sensing, as they consider the focus being too much put on handholds than on
perception. Nearly all osteopaths show little interest in scientific debate.
There is no standardised procedure in the area of cranial osteopathy. The questioned
persons are making use of different aspects of the instructional training in their
practice, developing their personal way of treating. Thereby, the approach of
biodynamic cranial osteopathy has a strong influence.
The thesis shows how cranial osteopathy is put into practice and could be used to
support a revison of the VSO syllabus of instruction. - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2007
- Date Submitted
- 1.3.2007 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13739
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Cranial Osteopathy,Professional Practice
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- Wojna_engl.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- Wojna_engl.pdf
Wojna Sandra, “Craniosacral Osteopathy: “Personal Perspectives of Osteopaths with several years of professional experience””, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/2975