The Advanced Cranial Course

The prerequisite for an Advanced Dental Seminar is completion of the Basic Cranial Course. (A Cranial Academy or SCTF seminar is also acceptable.) The location of these seminars is the W.G. Sutherland Temporomandibulo-Cranial Dental Group, Inc. teaching facility in Madison, Indiana.(Please note this new location, effective June 2021!)

The schedule and estimated fees for the Advanced Course are listed below. Seminar dates are fixed, but programs and fees may alter due to varying conditions.

To register, please send a check to the mailing address listed on the "Contact Us" page.  You may call the office to register, however, please note there is a 3.75% processing fee charged to register by credit card

 

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2025 ADVANCED COURSE DATES

  

September 4 - 6, 2025

                                 

                                                                   Before August 4, 2025                                 After August 4, 2025

Advanced Course                                                  $700.00                                                   $800.00

WGSTDG Instuctors                                               $500.00                                                   $600.00

Thursday Afternoon

9:00am - 11:00am:  Treat Attendees

11:00am - 5:00pm:   WGSTD Instructors

 

Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm / Saturday 8:00am - 1:00pm

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SPEAKER:  R. Paul Lee, DO, FAAO, FCA

Friday

              8:00 AM            Lecture               Inion Technique           

              8:30 AM            Lab                     Inion Technique

              9:30 AM            Break                  

              10:00 AM          Lecture               Brain as Dynamo

              10:30 AM          Lab                     Brain as Dynamo

              12:00 PM          Lunch

              1:00 PM            Lecture               Arachnoid Hyperplasia

              1:30 PM            Lab                     Arachnoid Hyperplasia of Spinal Cord

              2:30 PM            Break

               3:00 PM           Lab                     Arachnoid Hyperplasia of Brain

               5:00 PM           Check heads

Saturday

                8:00 AM             Lecture               Autonomic Pistol

                8:30 AM             Lab                       Autonomic Pistol

                9:30 AM             Break

                10:00 AM          Lab                       Autonomic Pistol

                11:00 AM          Check heads

                12:00 PM          Adjourn

BULLET POINTS

Inion Technique           

Palpate inion

                Palpate straight sinus

                Palpate Sutherland’s Fulcrum

                Palpate attachments of tent at clinoid processes

Brain as a Dynamo    

Understand principle of induction

                Motion of brain charges CSF with electric potential

                Palpate motion of cerebellum            

                Palpate motion of brainstem

                Perceive CSF nourishing physiological centers in brainstem

                Conceive effect of CV4

                Look for light

Arachnoid Hyperplasia

                Understand pathological process of arachnoid adhesions

                Palpate flow of CSF through foramen magnum

                Palpate flow within thecal sack

                Note limitations of CSF flow

                Perceive adhesions

                Use directing the Tide to release adhesions

Autonomic Pistol

                Understand anatomy of vagus nerve

                Palpate solitary nucleus and afferent flow of vagus nerve

Palpate insula/amygdala

                Downregulate amygdala

                Palpate efferent flow of vagus

                Palpate flow of vagus to cardiac plexus and celiac plexus

                Palpate flow to spleen

               

  

November 6 - 8, 2025

                                 

                                                                   Before October 6, 2025                                 After October 6, 2025

Advanced Course                                                  $700.00                                                   $800.00

WGSTDG Instuctors                                               $500.00                                                   $600.00

Thursday Afternoon

9:00am - 11:00am:  Treat Attendees

11:00am - 5:00pm:   WGSTD Instructors

 

Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm / Saturday 8:00am - 1:00pm

SPEAKER:  Richard W. Koss, D.O.

Title: Advanced bio-energy topics in Osteopathy

  • Awareness and validity of the Invisible Living bio-energy field.
    •           Wave/Particle
    •           Present/Past tense concepts
    •           Trauma as abnormal/negative energy corruption of the field.
  • Fulford Exercises
  • Palpation exercises
  • Motion testing
  • Treatment principles and procedures
  • The Living Bio-energy field PowerPoint
  • Use of magnets
  • Review and update using the Percussion hammer in the bio-energy field.
  • "Rebuilding the knee" 
  • Clinical thinking: Interpreting the patients signs and symptoms into a process for healing. "Find it. Fix it. Leave it alone".