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Primitive Reflexes: Echoes of Embryology and the Osteopathic Connection
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Masters in Clinical Osteopathy
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Primitive Reflexes: Echoes of Embryology and the Osteopathic Connection

Primitive reflexes (PR) develop in utero for survival outside the womb.  Eventually subsumed into higher cortical activity and then to return in various disease states according to Jacksonian dissolution.  PR are commonly observed and can be elicited during osteopathic treatment.  This module is an exposition on the development and meaning of primitive reflexes and their inhibition or dysinhibition and the implications for release of physical and emotional trauma.

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