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Episode 12: Is A.T. Still More Relevant to Osteopathy Than Ever?
Is A.T. Still More Relevant to Osteopathy Than Ever?
More than a century after the death of A.T. Still, does the founder of osteopathy still have anything meaningful to teach the modern osteopath?
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Episode 11: The Greatest Skill in Osteopathy Isn't Being Taught
What Is Palpation Actually For?
In this thought-provoking episode, Jamie Archer explores one of the defining skills of osteopathy: palpation. Has modern osteopathic education shifted too far towards memorising...
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Episode 10: One Thing Extraordinary Osteopaths Have In Common
What makes an extraordinary osteopath?
After more than 20 years in clinical practice, teaching osteopaths around the world and studying the work of A.T. Still, John Wernham and many of the profession's most...
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Episode 9: What Nobody Teaches After Graduation
At 16, Jamie joined the Royal Marines and came out of basic training top of the tree.
But when he joined an operational Commando unit, he realised he hadn’t reached the finish line.
He was only at the...
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Episode 8: The Mechanics of Motion: Understanding Fryette’s Principles
In this episode we discuss and explore the history, origins and applications of Fryette's Principles in spinal mechanics.
If you're interested in learning more you can purchase our mini online course:Â Spine in Motion:...
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Episode 7: The Respiratory Diaphragm: A Centre of Unity Within the Human Body
The respiratory diaphragm is far more than a muscle of inspiration.
Discover its role in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), circulation, lymphatic drainage, visceral mobility and whole-body health through the...
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Episode 6: Where Osteopathy Began with guest Jason Haxton
Between them, there is nothing Jason Haxton and Jamie Archer do not know about A.T. Still, the origins of Osteopathy and the techniques he used. In this episode be riveted by Jason's fascinating recounts of the...
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Episode 5: Osteopathic Inventions: Part 2
In this episode we discuss Dr A T Still's Osteopathic Invention - The Treating Chair. Jamie explains the history of the chair, techniques Dr A T Still used and how there are only now two chairs in existence.Â
Jamie's...
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Episode 4: Osteopathic Inventions: Part 1
In this episode we discuss some of Dr A T Still's Osteopathic Inventions, including the uterine spoon, the osteopathic swing and the saint's rest.
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Episode 3: Are We Losing our Hands and our Osteopathy?
Are we becoming better clinicians… while quietly losing what makes us osteopaths?
In this episode, we explore a shift happening across the profession. Stronger treatment, more repetition, more general approaches—and...
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Episode 2: Find it! Fix it! Leave it alone! - The Misunderstanding of Osteopathy
In this episode, Jamie unpacks the well-known — and often misunderstood — phrase “Find it, Fix it, Leave it alone,” attributed to Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathy. He explores how the true meaning behind...
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Episode 1: The Making of an Osteopath
Jamie shares his journey to becoming an osteopath, from leaving school at 15 years old, being injured in the Royal Marines to finding out what osteopathy was and deciding to become an osteopath.
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