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Course will take place in France: Hotel Saint-Paul |29 Bd Franck Pilatte | 06300 | Nice | France
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Theoretical part online: January 24th 2026 – (14:30 – 18:30 CET) by ZOOM
Practical part – in NICE, FRANCE: February 26 – 27 – 28, 2026
Abdominal Brain and Osteopathy: An Integrative Approach to Digestive, Inflammatory, Immune, and Mood Disorders via the B-G-P Axis
This seminar invites you to discover the osteopathic approach to the gastrointestinal system as the “abdominal brain” and its role in the development of gynecological, inflammatory and mood disorders. You will learn advanced and targeted visceral techniques and specific techniques for the vagus nerve, which plays a crucial role in digestive regulation as well as the nervous and immune systems. This seminar will also introduce you to precise methods for adressing the arteries of the entire digestive system.
Disorders such as intestinal permeability, colopathies, and digestive imbalances will be explored in depth, providing you with a comprehensive understanding to optimize your therapeutic interventions. The seminar will cover the entire digestive system, from the mouth to the anus, including often overlooked dysfunctions such as gastroparesis, biliary disorders, enzyme deficiencies, and imbalances in the microbiome (bacteria and parasites) and their impact on the nervous, immune, and gynecological systems. You will also learn how to detect food intolerances and parasites through palpation, understanding their impact on the nervous and immune systems.
This innovative and informative seminar will provide you with practical tools to address digestive disorders from an integrative osteopathic perspective, enabling you to better understand and treat a wide range of dysfunctions related to these interconnected systems.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the interactions between the abdominal brain, the pelvic brain, the nervous system, and the immune system.
- Master specific osteopathic techniques to treat digestive, inflammatory, immune, and mood disorders.
- Optimize the assessment and treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunctions through palpation, visceral manipulations, and the manipulation of arteries and the vagal component of the digestive system.
- Prevent mood disorders and systemic inflammation through targeted interventions on the digestive system.
Theoretical Program : Live stream 4,5 hours or video to watch at your own pace for the theory 3 weeks previously to the seminar venue :
- B-G-P Axis: Definition and interactions of the three brains
- Communication pathways between the abdominal brain and the nervous system
- Abdominal brain: Definition and organization of the enteric nervous system
- Microbiome and its impact on digestion and immunity
- Intestinal porosity and its consequences
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux, gastroparesis
- Pancreatic enzyme deficiency and atypical swallowing
- Spleen: Role in immunity and digestion
- Liver: Detoxification process (4 phases)
- Methylation and oxidative stress
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General Practical Program:
- Postural observation and evaluation of the sacrum, coccyx, and spine
- Examination of the supramesocolic and submesocolic areas
- Palpation techniques and normalization of the digestive system, including the spleen, liver, gallbladder, stomach, pancreas, intestines, and their attachments
- Drainage of the peritoneum and digestive organs
- Arterial approach to the abdominal brain: Arteries of the abdominal aorta, celiac trunk, mesenteric arteries, and iliac arteries
- Vagus nerve techniques: Testing the vagal component of various plexuses and sections of the digestive system
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Detailed Practical Program:
- Postural observation
- Sacrum and sacral dura mater
- Coccyx, internal and external terminal filum
- Spine and impressions
- Sphere testing
- Diaphragm and pillars: Approach to the subdiaphragmatic abdominal brain
- Examination of the entire digestive system
- Spleen vs diaphragm, spleen/stomach and other joints
- Liver recoil vs attachment to diaphragm. Left lobe/heart
- Liver parenchyma
- Lesser omentum
- Stomach
- Test for stomach descent capacity
- Esophagus cervical and thoracic sections: Global test for cervical and thoracic regions, then narrowing zones
- Fundus (spasm and distention injury)
- Body, fundus, and antrum (contraction-relaxation capacity, distension injury). Gastroparesis
- Pylorus + vagal component test
- Duodenum 1-2-3 (distension or spasm?): Test and techniques
- Pancreatic head
- Gallbladder, common bile duct, and sphincter of Oddi
Submesocolic Approach:
- Palpation of the intestines: Diagnostic tests for intolerances, parasites, emotional stress, toxicity, inhibition vs uterus
- Drainage of the peritoneum, enteric drainage, portal vein
- Mesenteric clamp
- Mechanical assessment of the entire colon: Valve, ascending, transverse, descending angles, spasm, distension
- Mesenteric root in 4 stages
- Arterial approach to the abdominal brain: Arteries of the abdominal aorta, celiac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
- Celiac trunk
- Gastric arteries
- Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries and their branches
- Internal and external iliac arteries
- Rectal arteries and pelvic floor
- Vagal component test of the various plexuses and segments of the digestive system.
Included in the price: coffee, tea, lunch, and course materials.
NOT included: flight, overnightstay
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