Greetings everyone, I'm working with a 65 yo woman, with history of gallstones and sporadic abdominal pain. She responded well to first treatment which included VM, NM and VVM work. My question is: sh

Hello, everyone. Stents seem to be a contraindication to mobilization everywhere else, but I did not read that with regards to the eye in the Brain Book. Any chance anyone can help clarify? I have a p

Hello, I currently have a patient who reports that his "ileocecal region" including the IC valve and appendix were surgically removed 11 years ago following small intestine rupture while playing rugby

I am interested in knowing indications vs contra-indications for abdominal visceral manipulation s/p roux-en-Y gastic bypass in 2001 . Would appreciate any input! Thanks, Gail

I have a 20 yo female patient that I am primarily seeing for nutritional counseling. Her CC was stomach pain mostly in the mornings, low energy, and anxiety. When she started with me she was smoking a

On June 8th I had a client who complained of high mid to right sided abdominal pain that spread to the scapula. She was experiencing a higher level of pain recently and had a history of high liver enz

Hi all, I am a pelvic floor therapist and a visceral newbie! I see a lot of clients with severe diastasis recti (DRA). I have only taken VM1 so far and continue to practice the listening and the skill

Hi all, I have a patient that is looking into a vasectomy and asked me Some questions regarding any potential complications or restrictions from this. Admittedly, not as familiar woth complications fr

The listening class I took last week has lit up my life and work this week! I can’t recommend it enough! Just a few of the amazing outcomes from sharpened listening taught in the class! I had a patien

Hi all! I have recently received an email that reads, " Our adult sons (24 and 27) have cystic fibrosis with significant GI manifestations, including distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, acid reflu

Curious to know what level of VM can I learn about how to deal with surgical mesh in the abdomen. A recent client had a mesh sling placed for incontinence and the surgeon reported the difficulty of in

Hi everybody, I was doing a VM session with a patient the other day and noticed she has extremely large movements of the stomach while swallowing. It is almost as if you feel a blob of lead drop into

Help!…I am sure there must be people who have taken the Brain class on this list. What anatomy should I review prior to taking the class? Cranial nerves?..or more gross anatomy such as Thalamus, Hypot

Hi everyone, I have been working on this client even before I took VM1 8 months ago. She gets some improvement but within 2 weeks the bloating/distention gets bad again and the palpitations and A-fib

Hi there, I have an old patient (75 yo F) whose surgeon didn't go through with the surgical mesh due to the fascia being like wet tissue paper. She wants visceral manipulation (we have done this in th

Hello all, I have been working with a client who was referred to me by a GI doc for an undiagnosed condition where she experiences daily bouts of uncontrollable belching. It began in 1/21, incidentall

Hi All! I'm asking this question with some urgency. My father who is 79 years old has had CKD for about 25 years now. The story is it was caused by a medication he was given to treat gout. We have not

Hi VMies! I had an interesting eval and was wondering if anyone has ever seen this before. (Get ready for a Sophia on Golden Girls plot line introduction.) Picture it, Sequim, September 22nd. I'm eval

Thanks for that response Ron! Yes, she has to take a step to catch her balance! I’ll try that next time and let you all know what I find! Sara

Hello! I have a patient with severe headaches whose general listening consistently is dramatically leaning outside her base of support backwards. I remember you saying in VM1 Ron that this is an emoti