Osteopathy Unplugged
Osteopathy Unplugged is a podcast that explores the philosophy and practice of Osteopathy through intimate conversations. Hosted by Steve Paulus, DO and Bonnie Gintis, DO, it aims to create a comprehensive 'textbook' of Osteopathic Clinical Philosophy using the oral tradition of podcasting. The show interweaves clinical relevance with the deeper principles of Osteopathy, offering insights into how practitioners live and practice Osteopathy as a way of being. Foundational episodes are free, with the complete collection available on Patreon.
Episodes
Episode 41 - The Osteopathic Handshake: First Contact
The apparently simple act of offering a handshake has profound Osteopathic significance. The handshake is the start of an Osteopathic treatment. Steve presents his unique way of beginning the diagnostic and therapeutic process by the use of the common greeting and farewell—the ritual of the handshake. The handshake is so much more than just a greeting o
Episode 40 - Prolonged Inhalation and Prolonged Exhalation: Guided Breath Awareness Exploration
In this episode, Bonnie will be offering guided experiences for you to cultivate awareness of your breath. These exercises will lead you to develop a more deeply felt experience of self-defacilitation with prolonged exhalation, as well as sensing the effects of prolonged inhalation on your attention.
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Episode 39 - Zen and the Art of Osteopathy
In this episode we explore a classic Zen Buddhist legend to help elucidate the topic of paying attention during an Osteopathic Treatment. Beginning with awareness of our own of breath, especially prolonged exhalation and prolonged inhalation, we can discover how to regulate our own nervous systems in order to better help our patients.
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Episode 38 - Osteopathic Pathophysiology: The Osteopathic Facilitated Segment Theory
This episode explores the focal Osteopathic Theory of the Facilitated Segment and we are expanding this influential Osteopathic concept with a new theory of Global Facilitation. Global Facilitation and Hyperfacilitation affect the whole body and mind and drive a persistent fight-or-flight response. We propose ways to clinically address these states with
Episode 37: That was Then. This is Now: A Deeper Dive
This is a deeper dive into Episode 34, where we explored the many and nuanced meanings of this quote from Robert Fulford, DO, “Patients were a lot easier to treat before World War II.” Thanks to our listeners who responded with so many great questions and comments, we have created a whole episode in response.
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Episode 36: The Problem with Supplements and other Non-Osteopathic Interventions: Timing is Everything
All non-osteopathic complementary therapies must be well timed, so that the awareness of what is effective is evident. In an Osteopathic treatment context, it’s crucial when we introduce a non-Osteopathic element. This episode isn’t about the specifics of supplements. It is about optimizing the timing of all other treatments to support the learning proc
Episode 35: Having a Bad Day at the Office?
What if you're having a bad day, for any reason, like illness, injury, or emotional upset, and you still need to see patients? In this episode we explore many scenarios and talk about options for making creative and responsible choices.
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We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts.
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Episode 34: That was Then. This is Now.
How have cultural and historical shifts over the 133-year lifetime of Osteopathy changed the clinical practice of our profession? We all recognize that the Osteopathic practice has evolved since 1892—but our patients have changed as well. Robert Fulford, DO once said, “Patients were a lot easier to treat before World War II.” We will explore how more re
Episode 33: Osteopathy and The Myth of the Single Treatment Miracle
Osteopathy has the extraordinary power to address clinical situations in a novel way and create seemingly miraculous outcomes. As DOs, we think of these remarkable treatment responses as everyday occurrences. But patients often want and believe an Osteopathic Treatment to be miraculous. True healing has its own pace and tempo. Therapeutic responses are
Episode 32: Always Touch the Part That Hurts
Do we give the patient what they want or do we give the patient what they need? The answer to this question is in this episode. We explore the interpersonal value of always touching the body part involved in the patient’s chief concern. And because we are Osteopaths, we need to determine if this pain is cause or effect. Fundamentally, the connection tha
Episode 31: Treating the Osteopath: Caring for the Caregiver
How we care for ourselves, or how we ignore our wellbeing, influences the way we care for others. How can we encourage and teach our patients to care for themselves if we don’t do that for ourselves? How do we model self-care to the young Osteopathic students that we teach?
In this episode, we take a dive into exploring the possibilities of why and how
Episode 30: Release — Is it Beneficial, or an Oversimplified Illusion?
Is “release,” a valid and helpful term in Osteopathy? Or is the whole idea of release an oversimplified illusion?
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We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts.
The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged
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Episode 29 - The Four Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine—A Dissent
In this episode we explore The Four Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine and ask if they are truly distinctive to Osteopathy, or are merely good foundational principles for anyone in healthcare. AT Still had nothing to with these tenets. They were created by a committee of the AOA in 1953.
This is one of the FREE Foundational Episodes, along with Episodes 1-6
Episode 28 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception: A Deeper Dive Part 2 – Clinical Examples
In this episode we explore more questions and comments that arose from Episodes 26 and 27, and use clinical examples to further clarify the concept of The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception.
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We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts.
The complete collection is only available at
Episode 27 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception – A Deeper Dive, Part 1
In this episode we explore questions and comments that arose from Episode 26, regarding the concept of The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception.
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We’ve created several foundational episodes, which are free and are available anywhere you get your podcasts.
The complete collection is only available at https://www.patreon.com/OsteopathyUnplugged
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Episode 26 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception
This episode presents a new concept that Bonnie adapted from her Continuum practice, The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception: personal, cultural, biological and cosmic. Developing awareness of these viewpoints can enrich Osteopathic perception as well as clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Episode 25 - The Curious Case of the Cooper with the Infected Knee And the Extraordinary Dr Andrew Taylor Still
This episode is part of our Origin Story series.
This is an important case history that documents how Still worked clinically in the early days (1880s) while he was developing the healthcare system he later named Osteopathy. We deconstruct this case history to explore what we think might have happened clinically and Osteopathically.
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Episode 24 - Engine Wiping: What it Was and What it Can Be
This episode is the 8th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. We explore the term, “Engine Wiping,” which was coined by Dr Still to describe any treatment that only addresses symptoms, and not cause. We reintroduce this historic phrase and bring it back into the modern Osteopathic lexicon.
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Episode 23 - To Sleep Perchance to Dream: Is it OK or Not OK for a Patient to Fall Asleep During OMT?
This episode is the 7th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy.
Nobody doubts the essential merits of sleep, but what about this type of napping by patients during an Osteopathic Treatment? In this episode, we will deconstruct the common practice of Treatment Associated Napping and reveal what it is and what it isn’t.
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Episode 22 - Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
This episode is the 6th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy.
In this episode we discuss what happens when someone we’re treating Osteopathically is getting too many other types of treatments concurrently. We need to educate our patients about the best way to include Osteopathy in the greater context of all the other things they are
Episode 21 - How Long Does it Take For an Osteopathic Treatment to Start Working?
This episode is the 5th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy.
In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’t related to anatomy, biomechanics, or directly to Osteopathic manipulation.
Join us as we explore the many nuances of, “How Long Does it Take for an Osteopathic Treatment to Start Working?”
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Episode 20 - How To End Or Not End An Osteopathic Treatment
This episode is the 4th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy.
In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’t related to anatomy, biomechanics, or directly to Osteopathic manipulation.
Join us as we explore the many nuances of “How To End Or Not End An Osteopathic Treatment.”
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Episode 19 - To Talk Or Not To Talk: That Is The Question
This episode is third part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as Osteopaths.
In this episode we explore whether it’s ok or not ok for the patient and the Osteopath to talk during an Osteopathic treatment.
Join us and explore . . . “To Talk Or Not To Talk: That Is The Ques
Episode 18 - Where To Start Or Not Start An Osteopathic Treatment
This episode is second part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as Osteopaths.
In this episode we explore where to start or not to start an Osteopathic treatment.
Join us and explore . . . “Where To Start Or Not Start An Osteopathic Treatment”
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Episode 17 - Taking In A History
This episode is the first in a series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy.
In this episode we explore the deep listening and perceptual skills that lead to not just gathering and “taking” information, but the compassion-in-action of being present and “taking in” your patient’s experience and understanding why they have come to you asking for help.
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Episode 16 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive – Part 3
Is health the same as stillness? Is health a structure or function? Does health originate in the fluids or CSF? What is the relationship between health and the embryologic field? These questions and more are answered in this provocative episode. This is the third of a 3-part series in a question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of
Episode 15 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive - Part 2
This is the second of a 3-part series in question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of finding health. We call this exploration “a deeper dive.” In these three deeper dives, we will answer the questions we received from listeners in response to the series of episodes on health, episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Join us and explore . . . “To
Episode 14 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive – Part 1
This is the first of a 3-part series in question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of finding health. We call this exploration “a deeper dive.” In these three deeper dives, we will answer the questions we received from listeners in response to the series of episodes on health, episodes 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Join us and explore . . . “To
Episode 13 - A Deeper Dive Into Bonnie's Sutherland Memorial Lecture
We are initiating an exciting new category for our podcast, a “Deeper Dive.” In this episode we will explore, in depth, questions that we received from our listeners about Bonnie’s Sutherland Memorial Lecture, “I Promised To Listen: The Life Of An Osteopath.” We will unpack key concepts that she presented in her lecture, and discuss them in greater deta
Episode 12 - I Promised To Listen: The Life of an Osteopath
This episode is one of the FREE foundational episodes.
In this episode Bonnie will recreate her Sutherland Memorial Lecture from 2014, “I Promised To Listen: The Life of an Osteopath.”
She originally gave this lecture at the annual conference of the Osteopathic Cranial Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her presentation was the 54th Sutherland Memorial L
Episode 11 - Osteopathic Palliative Care
In this episode we will explore “Osteopathic Palliative Care.” From the earliest phases of Osteopathic history, palliative care has formed a key component of the Osteopathic approach to healthcare. We address the important question: What is Osteopathic Palliative Care?
We start with an Osteopathic Origin Story, the account of A.T. Still caring for Harv
Episode 10 - Removing Obstructions To Health
In this episode we will be simulating an Osteopathic treatment while you work with a practice partner. You will then use the skills presented in these workshops with your patients, in your office.
In this workshop, you will identify “the health” as a perceptual field, treat or remove an obstruction, and then re-engage the health. This back and forth sty
Episode 9 - Being Receptive to Health
In 1899, Andrew Taylor Still said, “To find health is the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” The recognition of health as a reference point and the origin of healing is what makes Osteopathy distinct from all other healing arts and sciences. It is health that organizes and manages your response to whatever diseases or dysfunctions challenge
Episode 8 - Perceiving Health: A Guided Meditation
We are introducing our new podcast educational format—the workshop. Episode #8 will be the first in a series of podcasts that will be experiential, rather than purely didactic. In this episode, Bonnie will be offering a guided meditation for you to explore your perception of health. She will be introducing the phrase, “To Find Health” as a type of osteo
Episode 7 - To Find Health: The Osteopathic Imperative
In 1899, the founder of Osteopathy, Andrew Taylor Still declared, “To find health should be the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” What a radical outlook! This apparently simple statement from Still defines the difference a DO makes. The recognition of health as a reference point and the origin of healing is what makes Osteopathy distinct f
Episode 6 - The First Osteopathic Treatment
This podcast will be the first in a series of episodes exploring key historical components of the Osteopathic experience. We will present momentous historical events that shaped the early development of Osteopathy. We know that understanding our traditions will give you a better appreciation of who we are as a healthcare profession and why we are remark
Episode 5 - Osteopathic Ways of Being
Episode 5 - The Osteopathic Ways of Being
In this episode, we explore an innovative approach to enriching your inner life as an Osteopath. The Osteopathic Ways of Being are not formally a part of A. T. Still’s teachings. However, they are congruent with the basic Philosophy of Osteopathy and with the spirit of A. T. Still’s approach to healthcare. The O
Episode 4 - What is Osteopathy?: Osteopathic Principles of Treatment
This episode will continue to answer the question: “What is Osteopathy?” The Osteopathic approach to healthcare is the clinical application of Osteopathic philosophy. We will explore the “Ten Major Principles of Osteopathic Treatment.” We have thoughtfully organized what we know to be the most important ways in which an Osteopath applies the art and sci
Episode 3 - What Is Osteopathy?: Ten Key Concepts of Osteopathic Philosophy
Osteopathic philosophy forms the foundation of the distinctive Osteopathic approach to healthcare. Andrew Taylor Still did not give us a book of Osteopathic techniques, instead he gave us a rich and detailed philosophy—hidden in plain sight—in his extensive published works. These “Ten Key Concepts” form the basis of the work of our hands, revealed in wh
Episode 2 - What is Osteopathy? Introduction
This episode starts by asking an important question: What is Osteopathy? Osteopathic Medicine is a healthcare system that uses Osteopathic manipulation and the clinical application of Osteopathic principles in patient care. We discuss the etymology of the word “Osteopathy,” licensing of a DO inside and outside the United States, explain the differences
Episode 1 - Welcome to Osteopathy Unplugged
We developed this podcast out of our passion for Osteopathy and the recognition that our profession needs a more intimate discussion, or a conversational approach to who we are and what we do. This podcast is primarily oriented toward Osteopaths and Osteopathic students from around the world. And, our audience includes non-Osteopathic professions such a
Episode 0 - Trailer - Osteopathy Unplugged
Welcome to Osteopathy Unplugged. Join us for a glimpse into what we have in store for you in the coming episodes.
We developed Osteopathy Unplugged out of our passion for Osteopathy and the recognition that our profession needs a more intimate conversation about who we are and what we do. We interweave the philosophy of Osteopathy with clinical relevan
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