Still Exaggeration Technique - Introductory Course Information Dates: August 19-21, 2016 Price: $1100 USD Includes Instructional DVD To Register please visit: http:/www.stillexaggeration.com Course Overview: Third generation osteopathic physician, Dr Jerry Dickey spent 45 years going through all the old texts by Andrew Taylor Still's faculty and early students (in particular Hazzard, McConnell, Ashmore, Hulett and others) trying to get to the bottom of how Dr Still treated The result is a course, which teaches Still's evolution in terms of treatment techniques The course will focus on a technique type Dr Still called 'Exaggeration of the Lesion', which he developed in the 1880s and which was the type of technique upon which the osteopathic profession was built Students will learn to pair this type of technique with one of three activating forces: articulatory, bounce against the barrier, and indirect The key to the success of the course lies with the low student to table trainer ratio (10:1) Table trainers work hands-on with students so that they know the feel of the techniques, which allows students to get results the very next day in their clinical practice Students will be shown techniques for the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, ribs, pelvis and extremities This is the ultimate course on the lost techniques of A T Still Location: Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy 6960 Mumford Rd Suite 180 Mumford Professional Center Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3L 4P1 Cancellation Refund Policy: Before 8/1/16 100% 8/1/16 - 8/14/16 50% of course registration After 8/14/16 0% of course registration Copyright © 2015 Still Exaggeration Technique, LLC Still Exaggeration Technique - Introductory Course Information Program Director: Dr Jerry Dickey DO, FAAO Dr Dickey is certified in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine He is a third- generation DO, whose father’s cousin was a student of A.T Still in 1910 He has devoted his career to osteopathic education During his 37 years in the profession, he has chaired the OMM departments at KCOM and the University of North Texas Health Science Center/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine He also started OMM residencies at both institutions and served as residency program director intermittently for 20 years He is internationally recognized and has received the A.T Still Medallion of Honor presented by the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO), is the highest award conferred by the AAO to members who have exhibited exceptional understanding and application of osteopathic principles and concepts Faculty: Turner Slicho, DO Dr Slicho earned both his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and his Masters of Science in Clinical Research and Education from the University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC-TCOM) in Fort Worth, Texas in 2004 He is board certified in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM), completing his residency training in 2007 at Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth, in affiliation with UNTHSC-TCOM Dr Slicho was in private practice in Fort Worth, TX for five years before relocating to the Portland area He is actively involved in medical education, serving as adjunct clinical faculty for several colleges of osteopathic medicine He is also the Regional Dean of Clinical Education for the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine Copyright © 2015 Still Exaggeration Technique, LLC Still Exaggeration Technique - Introductory Course Information Sharon Gustowski, DO Sharon Gustowski, DO, MPH is currently the founding Chair of the Department of OPPI at UIWSOM, with an anticipated opening in the fall of 2016 She is responsible for integrating osteopathic principles throughout the UIWSOM curriculum as well as developing the osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), courses Dr Gustowski graduated from the University of North Texas Health Science CenterTexas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC-TCOM), and the School of Public Health in 2001 and completed a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in 2004 She was founding faculty at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and for the past three years served as the year OMM courses director at UNTHSC-TCOM Dr Gustowski proudly serves as a board of trustee for the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and is a past president of the Nevada Osteopathic Medical Association John Lewis, DO The author of the 2012 biography A.T Still: From the Dry Bone to the Living Man, John R Lewis, BSc Ost Med (Honors), MSCCO, was introduced to osteopathy while working as a masseur at a health spa in Surrey, England Although he had earned a diploma in remedial massage in 1987, Lewis enrolled in the British School of Osteopathy (BSO) in London in 1991 In his fourth year at the BSO, Lewis was awarded the R.K Hardy Prize for the best dissertation He graduated with a BSc in Osteopathy (hons) in 1995 In 2009, he completed a nine-course pathway to become a member of the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy (MSCCO) He has been the editor of the cranial college’s magazine since 2010 Lewis practices osteopathy in Bangor, Gwynedd in Wales, and he is a world –renowned lecturer on Andrew Taylor Still and osteopathy Copyright © 2015 Still Exaggeration Technique, LLC Still Exaggeration Technique - Introductory Course Information Friday August 19, 2016 07:30 08:00 09:00 Registration Introduction, course overview and rationale Still’s evolution of technique 10:00 Break 10:15 11:00 Common elements - Vectors Hands-on lab 12:00 Lunch 1:00 2:00 Combined Vectors Simplified diagnosis 3:00 Break 3:15 4:00 5:00 Activating Forces Hands on lab Adjourn for the day Saturday 07:45 08:30 August 20, 2016 Reflection from Day 1 (Q&A) Articulatory - Cervical - Thoracic - Ribs 10:00 Break 10:15 Articulatory (continued) - Lumbar - Pelvis - Extremities 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Bounce Against the Barrier or Opposite Physiological Barrier - Cervical - Thoracic 3:00 Break 3:15 Bounce Against the Barrier or Opposite Physiological Barrier (continued) - Ribs - Lumbar - Sacrum/Pelvis Small Group Discussion Adjourn for the day 5:00 5:30 Copyright © 2015 Still Exaggeration Technique, LLC Still Exaggeration Technique - Introductory Course Information Sunday August 21, 2016 07:45 08:30 09:15 Reflection from Day 2 (Q&A) Indirect - Cervical - Thoracic - Ribs Hands-on lab 10:00 Break 10:15 11:00 Indirect (continued) - Lumbar - Pelvis - Extremities Hands-on lab 12:00 Lunch 1:00 1:30 2:00 Question and Answer Treatment approach of George Andrew Laughlin DO Hands-on lab 3:00 Break 3:15 3:30 4:00 5:00 Self-treatment Hands-on lab Reflection, feedback and evaluation Adjourn Copyright © 2015 Still Exaggeration Technique, LLC