Osteo-Thai for Main Joints with David Lutt

April 2011 * Postponed until further notice

Times: TBA
Cost: TBA

Osteo Thai is a form of bodywork that integrates osteopathic principles with Thai massage techniques, such as power stretches and acupressure work on energy lines. These techniques, combined with Osteopathy’s release of tissue tension, precise and gentle touch, and work on structural and joint mobility, addresses more specific needs of the patient.

This 3-day course will give you precise techniques and useful tools to increase joint mobility for the ankles, knees, hips, sacroiliac joint, shoulders, elbows & wrists. The joint system is often forgotten in Thai massage. We work around the joint, mainly its tendinous system, but we don’t treat the joint itself. Osteopathy is very helpful to release the energy blocked in the joints. Asking for a more precise touch and a better understanding of joint biomechanics, we will explore each joint of the lower and upper limbs to bring them back into the anatomical, mechanical and physiological integrity.

During the course, students will learn general osteopathic treatments, osteopathic oscillatory techniques and advanced Thai massage techniques in different positions (Prone, supine, side and sitting positions). We will work explore how to approach a joint with active (pumping, recoil, impulse, rocking) and passive (fascial and connective tissues work) techniques, and how to integrate the joint treatment into our Thai massage routine to get a fluid treatment mixing continuity and change of rhythms.

PRE-REQUISITES: Students must have Thai massage Level 1 course or equivalent experience in Thai massage or western massage.

Students will receive a certificate from the College Osteo Thai in recognition of their participation in these courses.

About David Lutt:

David is a licensed osteopath (Osteopathic Research Institute, Paris, France), and combines his expertise and love of osteopathy, Thai-yoga massage and zen shiatsu. He is the co-founder of the College Osteo Thai, a post-graduated school in France for physiotherapists and Thai massage practitioners. He has spent 4 years living in Asia (India and Thailand) immersing himself in yoga, shiatsu, Vipassana meditation and traditional Thai massage. In Thailand, he studied mainly under Asokananda and Ajahn Chaiyuth Priyasith, who is his primary inspiration. He runs Thai massage and Osteo Thai courses all over the world, and is one of the teachers of the Thai Massage Circus. His love for movement, rhythm and fluidity inspire his unique approach to bodywork, as well as other hobbies, including capoeira, swimming in the sea and football!