Non-Structural Osteopathy

Two types of osteopathy exist: Structural, manipulative osteopathy and non-structural, fluid, energetic osteopathy.
Structural osteopathy is based on a palpatory analysis of deep tissue; the therapeutic action essentially relies on trust (rapid
and precise structural manipulation.)
Non-structural osteopathy defined and described in this book, analyzes primary breathing, to which gentle, non-threate-
ning curative changes are applied in order to cause the body to self-correct.
The book offers an energetic technique that activates the body’s autoregulatory physiological mechanisms. Designed to illustrate a corrective session, it offers the reader many images, and provides all the information needed to understand and apply this technique, which promises surprising results. After having followed the work of Maurice Poyet, Doctor Jean Marchandise practiced the “Poyet method” for a long time, at the same time he conti- nued to develop his own research and observations. Thanks to this long experience, he was able to make the method evolve and now offers fluid, energetic osteopathy, referred to as À l’écoute du corps® (Listening to the Body.) This osteopathy is the fruit of more than thirty years of daily practice and will provide practitioners new light on articular anatomy and physiology.