Workshops

In this two-part series, Pediatric Manual Therapy: Visceral and Neuromeningeal Manipulation by Jean Anne Zollars, discover how these profound manual therapies, developed by French osteopath Jean-Pierre Barral are adapted for newborns, babies, and young children.

These books:

•    Help the manual therapist treat pediatric patients with common conditions such as reflux, colic, tongue tie, gassiness, and constipation by differentiating whether the visceral distress is from dysfunction in the organ, the autonomic nervous system, cranium, fascia, or a combination of these structures.
•    Give guidance for assessing and treating babies and children with autonomic nervous system dysregulation, particularly as it relates to trauma, often presenting as irritability, difficulty sleeping, constant crying, hyperactivity, reflux, or inability to make eye contact with the caregiver.
•    Contain information specific to assessing and treating pediatric patients with cerebral palsy, torticollis, plagiocephaly, prematurity, medical trauma, and delayed milestones such as crawling.
•    Distill applicable information on embryology and neuromotor development, condensing relevant knowledge from shelves of texts and resources into a few concise chapters.
•    Emphasize how the baby’s or child’s tissues guide treatment, especially important for babies or nonverbal children.

Volume 1 takes the manual therapist through the step-by-step assessment and treatment approach for the baby or child, specifically for the autonomic nervous system, regulation, and the neuromeningeal system. It concludes with case studies integrating Visceral and Neuromeningeal Manipulation with pediatric therapy. 

Volume 2 continues with the assessment and treatment approaches focusing on the organs using Visceral Manipulation.

BOOK - Pediatric Manual Therapy: Visceral and Neuromeningeal Manipulation - Volume 2

An essential guide for therapists working with babies and children.

In this highly anticipated second volume, Jean Anne Zollars brings her decades of clinical expertise and teaching to life—providing pediatric therapists with a powerful, organ-specific approach to manual therapy rooted in the Barral Method.

This volume builds on the whole-body approach introduced in Volume 1 and takes a deeper dive into each organ system—exploring anatomy, embryological development, function dysfunction, and manual treatment techniques for children from birth to age seven. Learn how visceral and neuromeningeal patterns influence neurodevelopment, structural alignment, and autonomic regulation in children.

BOOK - This classic textbook, revised in 2006, explores the author's  central premise of Visceral Manipulation.  It's based on the relationship of structure and function among the body's internal organs, and how that relationship can affect and dictate overall health and well-being.

LEARNING TOOLS - This Pocket Guide Book emphasizes specific details to give a clear understanding of the organ attachments and the potential for functional change.

BOOK - The book is designed to guide a person toward a greater understanding of his/her own body, and therefore be better equipped to remain healthy and enjoy life.

BOOK - In this book, Barral discusses each organ and its complex relationship with the rest of the body, explaining how pain can originate with an emotional upset that creates distress in an organ, or how a physically damaged organ can cause emotional problems.