Specific Adjustment Technique (SAT) with Paul Dalmau DO

SAT is a therapeutic approach which is suitable in certain somatic dysfunctions, called positional lesions, of traumatic origin and very frequently in situations of whiplash.

These dysfunctions are usually located in atypical areas of the spine (high cervical and pelvis) and cause a general disorder in the health of the person, so their resolution is of great complexity.

Through a deep reflection and contact with the tissue of the patient that allows identifying the health potential of the person, the SAT approach achieves tissue normalization.

The culminating point of the approach is a highly specific manoeuvre, which has an effect on the person at global level.

Objectives

Through the learning process, the osteopath will acquire:

• The ability to feel in which level is the injury and what does the person need to recover his health potential.
• A highly specific technical ability to resolve somatic dysfunction.
• The combination of both skills is key. When the gesture stops being a simple technique and becomes an approach loaded with a great therapeutic awareness, it translates into important changes in the different spheres of the person’s health.

Duration

3 days. Following which my students are ready to apply the SAT approach in their consultation with all guarantees. 

An exclusive and personalized training, based on practice

Personalized: Close and personalized support is essential to get the assistants to carry out a reflective learning process that allows them to connect with the patient’s tissue and, at the same time, be able to perform a highly specific manoeuvre to resolve the dysfunction.

Exclusive: I always give trainings to very small groups.

Practice: The methodology is mostly practical, reinforcing palpatory, exploration and reflection skills. Participants work in teams of two to solve problems, while I guide them in the experimentation of the skills with a free mentality.

Who should attend?

Osteopathy professionals dedicated to clinical practice who want to:

• Improve and resolve difficulties in the gesture of adjusting.
• Refine their level of effectiveness in the execution of the adjustment.
• Know and acquire new ways to execute and conceive the adjustments. 

Content

3 days of intensive training that will allow you to understand and apply this complex approach:

Day 1

• Theoretical introduction to the SAT concept.
• Practical exercise to understan: mental quietness, deviant attention, fulcrum.
• Theoretical understanding of the lines of force according to Littlejohn for postural observation.
• Practice in exploratory routine by units.
• Practice in identifying the priority lesion to treat.
• Technical exhibition of C2 according to SAT.

Day 2

• Practice of C2 according to SAT.
• Practical exercise for the understanding of tissue qualities.
• Palpation exercise of the different levels of injury.
• Exhibition and practice of the technique of C3 and C5 according to SAT.

Day 3

• Explanation and practice of S.I. technique of C7, D1, D3, D9.
• Radiological understanding of positional dysfunctions according to SAT.