A couple of weeks ago I did module 6 of the SCCO's fellowship pathway. This was the last of the 10 needed, so I am now a Felllow of the SCCO. It has been an incredible journey over the past 5 years. I feel I have gone from being someone who only used cranial osteopathy for babies with little confidence, to someone who is proficient in using osteopathy in the cranial field. It is not just used for treating the head! I can now use the principles and treatment methods I have learnt in all situations and can fully treat patients holistically. It is such a more thorough way of approaching a patient's problems. I am now listed on their website as a fellow and can be found on their "find an osteopath" page. I still have more to learn and am looking forward to the next courses! Next step... Become a tutor - but I have a few years to get under my belt first. A link to the SCCO website is added below.

https://scco.ac/

Last weekend I went to London to do Module 6 of the SCCO's pathway. I have now done all 10 elements of the pathway. This course was "Living, breathing bone" and looked into studying and treating how physical injury affects the body, with a more specific concentration of the bone. We studied how the bone is full of fluid and different layers and types of connective tissues. The way the bone is connected to and interacts with different structures and tissues of the body. We examined the current research into the physiology of bone and how we as osteopaths can harness this very adaptive tissue to address problems our patients may be suffering from. We studied in-depth the bones of the cranium and how the way they form in the embryo affects their function in life post-birth and into adulthood. It was very interesting to look at bone as a living, functioning and adaptive tissue, as opposed to solid structures that can't be changed.