“On June 22d, 1874, I flung to the breeze the banner of Osteopathy.”
Andrew Taylor Still (1828 -1917)
Organizers of the symposium:
University of Latvia
School of Osteopathy at the Institute of postgraduet Medical Education at the University of Latvia
Baltic Osteopathic Association
Osteopathic Medicine Development Center
School of Osteopathy at the Institute of postgraduet Medical Education at the University of Latvia
Baltic Osteopathic Association
Osteopathic Medicine Development Center
Symposium sponsor:
Program of the symposium
Plenary session, 7th November 2008
| Time | Lecturer | Theme |
| 08.45 | Grand opening of the symposium. | |
| 09.00 | Arturas Yashinskas | Osteopathic medicine in the Baltic States. |
| 09.15 | Zinaida Kasvande | On the necessity of the integration approach to the diagnostics and the treatment choice of different functional abnormalities. |
| 09.35 | Anthony Chila | 21st century: Osteopathic medicine in the USA. |
| 09.50 | Anda Polna | Influence of changes of a child’s functional state on his further development, diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis. |
| 10.10 | Zane Gaile | Osteopath’s role in the rehabilitation of premature children. |
| 10.30 | Guna Deksne, Ilona Gulbe | Facilities of the osteopathic approach to the paediatrics. |
| 10.50–11.10 | Coffee break | |
| 11.10 | Claudine Ageron-Marque | Place of the osteopathy at the obstetrics. |
| 11.30 | Inguna Vecvagare | Facilities of the homeopathy in the diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis |
| 11.50 | Jean-Louis Ode | Energy blockings or barriers to the recovery from the homeopathic point of view. |
| 12.10 | Dmitry Mohov | Instrumental osteopathy: volumetric, microcircular and perceptional patterns. |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 | Sarma Lindenberga | Neurology and osteopathy. |
| 14.20 | Andris Zemitis | Diagnostic, functional and therapeutic connections between osteopathy and surgery. |
| 14.40 | Philippe Chevry | Osteopathy and acupuncture: therapeutic levels. |
| 15.00 | Anthony Chila | The Connective Tissue Continuum. |
| 15.20 | Olga Steggerda | Children’s middle ear chronic otitis: integration of the osteopathic approach to the treatment. |
| 15.40 | Ilona Žemaitene | Connection between back-aches and uterus position in retroversion and retroflexion. Osteopathic treatment. |
| 16.00-16.20 | Coffee break | |
| 16.20-… | Round-table discussion: questions, discussions, comments... | |
| 19:00 | Festive dinner | |
| Scientifically practical seminar, 8th November 2008 | ||
| Time | SEMINAR 1А | SEMINAR 1В |
| 09.00-13.00 | Philippe CHEVRY D.O., M.R.O.(F) Therapeutic state determination using the methods of osteopathy and acupuncture. |
Zinaida KASVANDE M.D., Ph.D. Combination of osteopathic treatment with pathogenetically differential methods of curative gymnastics |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| SEMINAR 2А | SEMINAR 2В | |
| 14.00-18.00 | Anthony CHILA D.O., F.A.A.O. Connective Tissue Continuity in Diagnosis and Treatment |
Andris ZEMITIS D.O., M.D. Facilities of osteopathy at conservative treatment and postoperative rehabilitation of the abdominal region. |
| Scientifically practical seminar, 9th November 2008. | ||
| Время | SEMINAR 3А | SEMINAR 3В |
| 09.00-13.00 | Claudine AGERON-MARQUE D.O., M.R.O.(F) Osteopathic approach at obstetrics and gynaecology: examples, treatment techniques. |
Arturas YASHINSKAS D.O., M.D. Intraosseous lesions of cranial bones: clinical presentations, diagnostics, treatment. |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| SEMINAR 4А | SEMINAR 4В | |
| 14.00-18.00 | Jean-Louis ODE M.D. Energy blockings or barriers to the recovery from the homeopathic point of view. |
Dmitry MOHOV D.O., M.D., Ph.D. functional articular techniques: gentle influence and treatment effectiveness. |
The entire program can be downloaded here in Microsoft Word DOC format.