Nick [Handoll]
has given us a seminal text on Osteopathy and the New Physics.
This is a must read book. It can open and inform the mind of any practitioner
with a commitment to the principle of vitalism, whatever their osteopathic persuasion,
and invite them to enjoy greater trust in the vast forces that are involved in
our interaction with our patients.
- Rex Brangwyn, DO
The Osteopath: General Osteopathic Council
Ostensibly this is a book about osteopathy and the perception and interpretation
of reality. More specifically, it is about the “cranial osteopathic
concept” in practice and our interpretation of the world.
. . . [Handoll] rightly questions not only our cultural perspectives on the
nature of substance, but also questions our theories as osteopaths and tries
to provide some answers on the subject of the cranial osteopathic concept itself.
This latter is, as most of us in the field know all too well, essential if
we are to truly interpret the words and modes expounded by Sutherland, Becker,
and all those wise men and women who helped to drive this intriguing part of
our osteopathic heritage forward.
. . . The way of our bodies blend with our cosmic environment is most elegantly
expressed in the book in a way that provides a therapeutic orientation that
potentises the work we do.
- Robert Lever, DO
Osteopathy Today (UK), May 2001
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