OMM Professor Offers HVLA Course
Single-Day Session in April Builds on Previous Course Offered in September, Both Designed to Boost Technique Among Working Osteopathic Physicians
A single-day course in April will offer participants up to 6 1A Continuing Medical Education hours of credit, with a significant discount on the registration cost for Touro University California alumni.
The course, "Breathing Life into Thoracic HVLA: Expanding Beyond the Barrier," is organized and led by Dr. Victor Nuño (DO 2008) and takes place April 21 in the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Lab, located in Lander Hall on the Mare Island campus.
Nuño is vice-chair of the OMM Department in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he also serves as a professor. He says the seminar is designed specifically for doctors who are eager to excel in Thoracic High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude techniques.
Nuño is offering this course, which he describes as the only HVLA course available to the profession, because he knows how effective and efficient it is in a busy clinical practice.
Course Designed to Further Physicians' Skills
The course is crafted to bridge the gap between theory and practice, offering a blend of anatomical dissections, hands-on HVLA sessions, and insightful discussions, Nuño says. Participants will dive deep into the art of palpating health within the barrier, mastering the skill to find the barrier in their energy before engaging with their partner.
Nuño says the course is tailored to meet the needs of Osteopathic Physicians who are looking to refine their skills or build a strong foundation in HVLA.
"HVLA is one of the oldest OMM techniques and one of the primary tools used in Dr. Still's day,” Nuño says. “In the decades after Dr. Still, it was the primary modality taught, but in the past several decades, other modalities have garnered more attention. Now, it is hard to get quality training in HVLA, and CME is rarely available.”
Dr. Andrew Taylor Still developed Osteopathic Medicine in America in 1874 based on his belief that many of the medications available in his day were useless, harmful, or both.
What's on the Agenda
The schedule and accompanying CME hours of credit are:
- 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.: Breakfast
- 9 to 9:30 a.m.: Overview of the Day and Expectation Setting (0.5)
- 9:30 to 10 a.m.: Lab: Feeling the Tide (0.5)
- 10 to 10:30 a.m.: Palpation of the Health Within the Lesion (0.5)
- 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.: Radiology and Anatomy with Dissections (1.0)
- 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Facet Palpation (0.5)
- 12 to 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:30 to 3 p.m.: Evolving Thoracic Techniques (1.5)
- 3 to 3:30 p.m.: Modifications and Challenges (0.5)
- 3:30 to 4 p.m.: Application and Practice (0.5)
- 4 to 4:30 p.m.: Wrap up (0.5)
Discount for TUC COM Alumni
The cost to attend is $400, with a $100 discount for Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine alumni. CME hours are pending approval through the Northern California Osteopathic Association.
Nuño organized a similar one-day course on campus in September, "Breathing Life into HVLA: Expanding Beyond the Barrier." That session offered up to 8 1A CME hours of credit.
To register for the course in April or for more information, contact Nuño at vnuno@touro.edu or 707-567-5113.