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The abdomen is often neglected in a bodywork session and yet, there is so much amazing work to do there! It just requires a little bit different approach. Visceral Techniques, as we teach them, start with a deeper understanding of the ways in which the viscera interact both within their own fascial system and how the visceral fascial system is connected to the myofascial system. In many ways, the techniques we study here offer you a hybrid approach where myofascial skills morph into visceral skills. A lot of the time we are working at an interesting interface of myofascia and visceral fascia. These relationships are so interesting that I literally spent 3-4 days dissecting through the abdominal myofascial layers just to get to the transversus abdominus so that I could see how it weaves itself into the diaphragm.

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The transversus abdominus and the diaphragm are both distinct myofascial strucutres that also have an intricate relationship with the visceral compartment. I the case of the diaphragm, it is also connected to the liver, stomach, pericardium, esophagus, vagus nerve, aorta and vena cava!

So, suffice to say, our Visceral course spends a lot of time working with all of these relationships.

The Nervous System + Digestion are Intertwined

We all know this to be true. The techniques in our visceral series offer up a meaningful way to address both aspects simultaneously. We will explore various ways to use the neuroreflexive capacity of the abdominal sphincters to support nervous system flexibility. We will also, of course, look at how we can use the techniques to support and promote digestive and urinary system health.

The visceral realm is so rich with neurovascular + lymphatic structures along with the organs themselves that, as we work, we are likely impacting multiple systems simultaneously.

Add Interesting + Clinically Useful Skills

I have been working clinically for over 25 years. I could not imagine my practice without the ability to include the visceral fascia in my work. I use it in so many different ways in day or a week of clinical care:

• Myofascial pain patterns can have a visceral fascial link. Finding and treating the visceral restrictions helps the pain pattern shift. I.e. longstanding QL pain can have a kidney fascial component.
• Abdominal pain: Abdominal pain is mysterious and has lots of causes. If it isn't functional related to an organ not working it can simply be that the fascial layers are stuck to each other. We focus on working at specific layers, rather than prioritizing working as deep as possible. When we work at layer we can find these tricky adhesed places.
• Dysautonomia + other nervous system issues: This is where the vagal relationships come into play. Decreasing tension in the visceral space can help balance a stressed autonomic nervous system.
• Hypermobility Cases: Folks along the hypermobility spectrum can have difficulty with digestion due to under functioning tone in the viscera. Diagnoses such as gastroparesis" are becoming unfortunately common.
• IVT + CST: Related to the above, in any complex case, I will often use CST and IVT together to work on the ns in the belly and the ns as it exits the brain. It is a potent combo for folks.
• Digestive, urinary and reproductive issues: The techniques and approach we cover offers you skills to support folks who are having issues in any of these systems.

The work greatly expands how you can approach care and what you can treat. As folks have more and more complex health pictures, developing a skillset that allows us to treat multiple fascial systems is good care and is good for the health and sustainability of your practice!