OBC Courses

ID: GabbHea 52726

OsteopathyBC sponsored course. Registration will open March 30th.

Date: May 27 & 28, 2026 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm PT (lunch 12:30-1:30pm)
Location: In person at the Richmond Oval, 6111 River Rd, Richmond, BC, V7C 0A2
Instructor: Marco Gabutti, MSc (Industrial Engineer), DO(FR)
Non-Member Cost: $1020.00 includes lifetime access to e-learning component (10hr + future updates) See payment options below.

Course Description
*Blended learning – this course includes 10 hours of e-learning and 14 hours of in-person instruction. E-learning access will be sent four weeks prior to the in-person component.

This course consists of a series of theoretical modules and practical workshops. It is designed to provide osteopathic practitioners with the means to dust off and rethink the cranial explanatory model, based on a recent review of the literature, while preserving the originality of a simple and, if possible, effective manual approach to the head. 

It is aimed at practitioners who wish to base their own approach to the head on solid, recent data, particularly with regards to the mechanical behavior of living tissue, but also at teachers faced with the legitimate curiosity of their students when it comes to learning a cranial approach to osteopathy without resorting to dogmatic or overly hypothetical discourse. 

Educational objectives 

• Update your knowledge of the roles of sutures, ages of closure, and fusion processes. 
• Become familiar with the basic concepts of material mechanics in order to access scientific literature on the behavior of bone tissue in general, and of the head in particular 
• Acquire knowledge about the behavior of bone tissue and explore its clinical implications in terms of the onset of a suboptimal condition and the possibilities for a return to optimal behavior 
• Explore what distinguishes and what connects palpation from perception 
• Understand the order of magnitude of the pressures used in manual cranial approaches 
• Update knowledge of brain movements and cerebrospinal fluid fluctuations 
• Recontextualize historical cranial approaches 
• Acquire language to communicate to patients and other healthcare professionals what we intend to do with our hands 
• Become familiar with the International Classification of Headache Disorders and its main triage criteria 
• Learn about the main mechanisms of whiplash injury and associated disorders 
• Know how to identify impaired sensorimotor coordination in the cervical region and adapt your therapeutic strategy to the patient's needs. 

Instructor Bio

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Marco Gabutti, Osteopath (FR), MSc in Industrial Engineering

I was born in Italy and at the age of 3 we moved to Belgium where I grew up and studied until I was 23. 

After 20 years as a practising osteopath, I now devote myself full-time to training, both as a teacher and as an organiser with Kookie Learning. 

I love keeping up to date with what’s going on in the profession and helping it to evolve in my own way. I’m heavily involved in updating the teaching of cranial therapy, in particular by giving talks to teachers.

A music lover and geek at heart, I edit a podcast in which I interview experts in their field to help spread their work and vision in a stimulating way. 

The most important thing for me is to keep learning fun, and that’s why at Kookie our motto is to learn while having fun.

Marco originally studied and completed, with distinction, an industrial engineering master’s degree at HEMES - Institut Gramme in Belgium in 1997. He subsequently completed his osteopathic studies at the Collège Ostéopathique Sutherland in Paris, France in 2004. Marco had been in private practice for more than 20 years, is a lecturer, educator, published author and reviewer of International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. He launched Kookie Learning in 2020 with the ambition to move and improve the osteopathic profession, as well as that of manual therapists. You can read more about him and Kookie at: https://kookielearning.com/en/about-us/

Portable treatment tables needed. On first-come basis, compensated with $50 rebate and you will be notified if your table is still needed.

Two payment options available: (1) Full payment upon registration or (2) 50% of the cost due upon registration and the remaining 50% due and paid in full two weeks before the course is to start. Refunds subject to our cancellation policy.

Cancellation policy:
If registered for an in-person course, you will receive a full refund minus $25.00 administration fee with 4 weeks or more notice; 50% refund with 2-4 weeks notice; and no refund with less than 2 weeks notice.

ID: TorsNut 92426

OsteopathyBC sponsored course. Registration now open.

Date: September 24 & 25, 2026 (Thursday & Friday)
Time: 7:30am - 1:30pm PT
Location: Online OBC webinar
Instructor: Torsten Liem, MSc (Ost), MSc (PaedOst), DO(DE), DPO
Non-member Cost: $390.00
Recording available: No

Pre-read/study: Reading Torsten's book available as ebook in English, specifically the section related to nutrition but also about the five osteopathic models and my general views related to Osteopathy and health.  “Osteopathy - The self-help manual: Forever healthy: Exercises, tips & tricks for all body systems and organs” (English Edition)

Course Description
The majority of clients who consult us for osteopathic care often have more than one affected system. There is growing evidence to support that the food we eat impacts our overall health. In this course, we will learn whether and how our patient’s nutritional status may be contributing to their current health. This will, in turn, allow you to be better informed about referrals to other health professionals in the nutrition/dietary sector. We will be discussing the following 15 areas of nutrition from a holistic perspective:

• Low grade inflammation and sickness, Anti-inflammatory factors
• The importance of fats
• Sugar metabolism
• Insulin resistance and therapy resistance 
• Cereals and their effect in the body
• Dairy products in the healing process
• Leaky gut
• Gut-microbiome-brain axis 
• Influence of food and drink frequency   
• Chronic low grade inflammatory reactions
• Further therapy suggestions
• Muscular and ligament injuries and nutrition
• Strategies to reduce postprandial inflammation reaction
• Strategies to reduce neuroinflammation
• Oxidants and antioxidants: mechanisms of action and treatment

For a detailed breakdown of the 2-day Curriculum. 

Instructor Bio

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Torsten Liem began his osteopathic training in 1989 and deepened his knowledge at renowned institutions such as the School of Classical Osteopathic Medicine (SKOM), the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the University of Wales and Dresden International University (DIU). He completed his training in acupuncture at the Hospital for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China. He also expanded his skills through further training in psychotherapy, NLP, trauma therapy and hypnosis. 

• CEO of the Osteopathy School Germany
• Foundation of an osteopathic teaching clinic
• Foundation of a pediatric osteopathic teaching clinic
• Development of an M.Sc. program in pediatric osteopathy, an M.Sc. program in osteopathy and sports osteopathy 
• Board of the German Society for Pediatric Osteopathy
• Board of Directors of the Osteopathic Research Institute gGmbH
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the “International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine” and the World Osteopathic Found.
• Foundation of the journal Osteopathic Medicine (Elsevier)
• Member of the World Osteopathic Health Organization, the American Academy of Osteopathy
• Board member of the VOSD and the Federal Working Group for Osteopathy
• Formerly registered with the General Osteopathic Council (England)
• Additionally trained in acupuncture at the Hospital for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing/China, in NLP and hypnosis and trauma therapy.
• Lecturer for various yoga styles, e.g. Kundalini, Ashtanga, Sivananda and Yin Yoga
• Current clinical trial for the treatment of athletes
• Teaches at numerous institutes and schools in Germany and abroad, e.g. in Russia (Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Institute of Osteopathic Medicine/St. Petersburg), England (Symposium, European School of Osteopathy/Maidstone), Argentina, Brazil, Canada, USA etc.
• Development of new osteopathic treatment approaches such as psychosomatic osteopathy and e.g. multimodal bifocal integration, etc.
• Numerous articles and book publications

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ID: KimClar 30826

OsteopathyBC sponsored course. Registration closed.

Date: March 8, 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am PT
Location: Online OBC webinar
Instructor: Kimberly Clark, OT
Non-member Cost: $48.00
Recording available: Two weeks

Course Description
Infant Primary Reflexes are an essential part of the Sensorimotor Nervous system development of simple and complex human functions. Primary reflexes emerge in utero and mature throughout our infancy, directly contributing to physical, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive growth and basic survival. They continue to function as part of our inner intelligence into our adulthood. Whether they are integrated properly, or not functioning optimally, Primary Reflexes may show up as significant challenges in the lives of our clients.

Instructor Bio

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 Kimberly Clark is an Occupational Therapist & Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist who has been in private practice since 1995 and currently specializes in manual therapies as a Trauma Informed Practitioner. She graduated from the University of New England in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy.

Early in her career she completed a number of post-graduate certification courses in manual therapies including Massage Therapy (1994); Polarity Therapy (1994); Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (2001); Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (2008-2020) and Alchemical Alignment (2019-2020) Levels 1-4 and Advanced Modules 8-14 (graduate and currently teaching assistant).

She was an instructor with the Polarity Realization Institute (now Spa Tech) from 1995-2000 teaching both Basic & Advanced Anatomy and Physiology, along with Advanced Manual Therapy classes on Stretching, Therapeutic Exercise, Insurance Documentation and Insurance Billing.

She was a Core Specialist, Staff Therapist and Instructor with the Svetlana Masgutova Educational Institute (SMEI) from 2012-2020. She was part of a team providing MNRI (Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration) treatment during 5-10 day Intensive Family Educational Conferences through the United States. She was an instructor of Neurostructural Reflex Integration, Neurostructural Reflex Integration Practical Examination classes as well as Tactile Integration. She served on the Masgutova Curriculum Advisory Board from 2017-2019.

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