Endocrinology and Osteopathy

This seminar will allow to deepen your understanding of hormonal physiology and endocrine pathology.

The mechanism of the communication pathways between hormones, immune et nervous system will be presented.

This class will provide elements of clinical handling of the most frequent endocrine issues.

You will learn to identify nonpharmacological elements than can trigger hormonal unbalance and suggest a more supportive lifestyle for the neuro-immuno-endocrine system.

Environmental disruptors such as diet will be better understood as contributing factors to hormonal unbalance

You will have supervised practice of specific and global technics to address the endocrine system.

The course will provide tools to understand elements of allopathic notions in endocrinology in order to create a better interdisciplinary collaboration.

3 DAYS - PROGRAM

DAY ONE:

About hormones and the endocrine system

- Definitions

- Glands an tissues

- Functions of the endocrine system

- Structural aspects of hormons

- Feed back

- Secretion

- Regulation

- Functional variations

- Hormonal interations

Clinical variations:

- Obesity.

- Anorexia.

- Exercise.

- Stress.

Non pharmacological stimulation of the endocrine system

Oxytocin and other hormones related to touch and manual therapy

Neuro-immuno-endocrine network

Light therapy

HRV

Mental imagery

Main endocrine glands:

The pineal gland

- Anatomy

- Melatonin

- Vascularization

- Innervationn

- Pathology

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics.

Hypothalamus and the pituitary gland

- Anatomy

- Hormones of the anterior and posterior pituitary gland, hormones of the hypothalamus

- Vascularization

- Innervationn

- Pathology

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

DAY TWO:

Thymus

- Anatomy

- Thymosin

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

Thyroid

- Anatomy

- T3, T4, Calcitonin

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology, goitre, hypo, and hyperthyroidism

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

Adrenal

- Anatomy

- Cortisol, adrenalin, noradrenalin, androgenes, aldosterone

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology, Cushing, Addison, hyperaldosteronism

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

DAY THREE:

Spleen

- Anatomy

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

Pancreas

- Anatomy

- Insulin, Glucagon, Somatostatin

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology, Diabetes and metabolic syndrome

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics

Gonades

- Anatomy

- Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone

- Vascularization

- Innervation

- Pathology, PCO, endometriosis…

- Related structures in osteopathy

- Technics