Episode 23 - To Sleep Perchance to Dream: Is it OK or Not OK for a Patient to Fall Asleep During OMT?

This episode is part of our Origin Story series. This is an important case history that documents how Still worked clinically in the early days (1880s) while he was developing the healthcare system he later named Osteopathy. We deconstruct this case history to explore what we think might have happened clinically and Osteopathically. ~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the 8th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. We explore the term, “Engine Wiping,” which was coined by Dr Still to describe any treatment that only addresses symptoms, and not cause. We reintroduce this historic phrase and bring it back into the modern Osteopathic lexicon. ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the 7th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. Nobody doubts the essential merits of sleep, but what about this type of napping by patients during an Osteopathic Treatment? In this episode, we will deconstruct the common practice of Treatment Associated Napping and reveal what it is and what it isn’t. ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the 6th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this episode we discuss what happens when someone we’re treating Osteopathically is getting too many other types of treatments concurrently. We need to educate our patients about the best way to include Osteopathy in the greater context of all the other things they are doing to care for themselves. Join us as we explore the many nuances of, “Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the 5th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’t related to anatomy, biomechanics, or directly to Osteopathic manipulation. Join us as we explore the many nuances of, “How Long Does it Take for an Osteopathic Treatment to Start Working?” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the 4th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’t related to anatomy, biomechanics, or directly to Osteopathic manipulation. Join us as we explore the many nuances of “How To End Or Not End An Osteopathic Treatment.”  ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is third part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as Osteopaths. In this episode we explore whether it’s ok or not ok for the patient and the Osteopath to talk during an Osteopathic treatment. Join us and explore . . . “To Talk Or Not To Talk: That Is The Question” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is second part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as Osteopaths. In this episode we explore where to start or not to start an Osteopathic treatment. Join us and explore . . . “Where To Start Or Not Start An Osteopathic Treatment” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

This episode is the first in a series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this episode we explore the deep listening and perceptual skills that lead to not just gathering and “taking” information, but the compassion-in-action of being present and “taking in” your patient’s experience and understanding why they have come to you asking for help. Join us and explore . . . “Taking In A History” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com

Is health the same as stillness? Is health a structure or function? Does health originate in the fluids or CSF? What is the relationship between health and the embryologic field? These questions and more are answered in this provocative episode. This is the third of a 3-part series in a question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of finding health. Join us and explore . . . “To Find Health: A Deeper Dive – Part 3” ~~~~~~ We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts. The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged Please sign up for our mailing list news about our podcast by entering your email in the "Subscribe to our mailing list" section at the bottom of each page at www.OsteopathyUnplugged.com