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
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".