Visceral Manipulation.

What is Visceral Manipulation?

The Barral Institute defines Visceral Manipulation as “manual therapy that focuses on the internal organs, their environment, and the potential influence on many structural and physiological dysfunctions.”

The Barral Institute states the purpose of Visceral Manipulation is to “re-create, harmonize, and increase proprioceptive communication in the body to enhance its internal mechanism for better health, thereby revitalizing a person, and relieving symptoms of pain, dysfunction, and poor posture. Visceral Manipulation treats a person's functional and structural imbalances with an aim to affect their musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive, and lymphatic dysfunction.”

Our tissues, including our organs and the surrounding fascia, record everything that happens to us! This includes injuries, disease, stress, and trauma. Dr. Herron truly considers Visceral Manipulation to be a lovely modality!

The Barral Institute further describes Visceral Manipulation saying, “At the core of Visceral Manipulation is 'listening' to the tissues with our hands. Through manual listening techniques, trained hands of a skilled practitioner feel where the tissues are pulling toward the areas of restriction, the areas where the body is not moving, and the areas of the greatest impact on the person's wellbeing from the manual therapy perspective.”

Want to learn more about Visceral Manipulation? Check out the Barral Institute website here: https://www.barralinstitute.com/courses/vm