Hour 1
Introduction to Drs. Omri and Jeff. The importance of our beliefs and rituals in stressful times. Omri will lead a 5-minute “Tuning the Spine” meditation to ground, calm and connect. Jeff will discuss the latest on stress and trauma research and how it relates to you and your chiropractic practice. What has changed (and what has remained the same) since the 1918 flu epidemic. The latest neuroscience on the power of touch. We will also introduce the Triune Autonomic nervous system and the relevance of applying Polyvagal Theory to your practice

Hour 2 – Cranial and Upper Cervical Patterns
The anatomy of the Ventral Vagal Complex (VVC), the Sympathetic System (SS), and the Dorsal Vagal Complex (DVC). The anatomy of the body’s shock and trauma centers and how to apply your technique to specific portals into these important body mind areas. Cranial and Cervical subluxation patterns will be discussed, and participants will learn how to find and correct these patterns using models from Network Spinal Technique, Torque Release Technique and Cranial Sacral Technique.

Hour 3 – Flexion and Extension Defense Patterns
We will learn how to manually engage and relieve stress and trauma in the Sympathetic   System (SS) through adjustments to your technique. We will discuss adverse mechanical cord tension and its relevance to defense posturing and subluxation compensational patterns. Participants will learn how to modulate their touch during application of technique to directly elicit a relaxation response and be able to feel the difference in range of motion and tissue tone through reassessment.

Hour 4 – Lumbar, Sacral and Pelvic Patterns
Participants will learn how to access the Dorsal Vagal Complex (DVC) and adjust body-held stress within the low back complex. We will discuss the importance and relevance of detecting the emotional/mental stress cues and ways to enhance the efficacy of your adjustment. Thompson Leg Check and Cranial Sacral pearls will be taught to help participants detect and correct sacral subluxations.

Hour 5 - Extremities
We will continue to explore our new touch skills into the extremities and learn specific techniques and fulcrums to assist the doctor in releasing stubborn, held patterns that need to continually be adjusted over and over. Participants will learn to use skills from myofascial release and dermoneuromodulation (DNM).

Hour 6
We will learn how to teach your patients (and yourself) neurological self-care activities for stress and shock, immune function, somatically related gut disturbances and low back and neck pain. We will discuss how we are helping our clients on-line, including an outline of what a typical session looks like. Omri will close with a meditation and poem for inspiration.