Osteopathy Unplugged
Episodes
Episode 40 - Prolonged Inhalation and Prolonged Exhalation: Guided Breath Awareness Exploration
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bonnie will be offering guided experiences for you to cultivate awareness of your breath. These exercises will lead you to develop a ...
Episode 39 - Zen and the Art of Osteopathy
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore a classic Zen Buddhist legend to help elucidate the topic of paying attention during an Osteopathic Treatment. Beginning wi...
Episode 38 - Osteopathic Pathophysiology: The Osteopathic Facilitated Segment Theory
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the focal Osteopathic Theory of the Facilitated Segment and we are expanding this influential Osteopathic concept with a new the...
Episode 37: That was Then. This is Now: A Deeper Dive
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a deeper dive into Episode 34, where we explored the many and nuanced meanings of this quote from Robert Fulford, DO, “Patients were a lot e...
Episode 36: The Problem with Supplements and other Non-Osteopathic Interventions: Timing is Everything
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All non-osteopathic complementary therapies must be well timed, so that the awareness of what is effective is evident. In an Osteopathic treatment con...
Episode 35: Having a Bad Day at the Office?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you're having a bad day, for any reason, like illness, injury, or emotional upset, and you still need to see patients? In this episode we expl...
Episode 34: That was Then. This is Now.
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How have cultural and historical shifts over the 133-year lifetime of Osteopathy changed the clinical practice of our profession? We all recognize tha...
Episode 33: Osteopathy and The Myth of the Single Treatment Miracle
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Osteopathy has the extraordinary power to address clinical situations in a novel way and create seemingly miraculous outcomes. As DOs, we think of the...
Episode 32: Always Touch the Part That Hurts
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do we give the patient what they want or do we give the patient what they need? The answer to this question is in this episode. We explore the interpe...
Episode 31: Treating the Osteopath: Caring for the Caregiver
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How we care for ourselves, or how we ignore our wellbeing, influences the way we care for others. How can we encourage and teach our patients to care ...
Episode 30: Release — Is it Beneficial, or an Oversimplified Illusion?
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is “release,” a valid and helpful term in Osteopathy? Or is the whole idea of release an oversimplified illusion? ~~~ We’ve created several f...
Episode 29 - The Four Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine—A Dissent
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore The Four Tenets of Osteopathic Medicine and ask if they are truly distinctive to Osteopathy, or are merely good foundationa...
Episode 28 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception: A Deeper Dive Part 2 – Clinical Examples
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore more questions and comments that arose from Episodes 26 and 27, and use clinical examples to further clarify the concept of...
Episode 27 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception – A Deeper Dive, Part 1
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore questions and comments that arose from Episode 26, regarding the concept of The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception. ~...
Episode 26 - The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode presents a new concept that Bonnie adapted from her Continuum practice, The Four Anatomies of Osteopathic Perception: personal, cultural,...
Episode 25 - The Curious Case of the Cooper with the Infected Knee And the Extraordinary Dr Andrew Taylor Still
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our Origin Story series. This is an important case history that documents how Still worked clinically in the early days (1880s...
Episode 24 - Engine Wiping: What it Was and What it Can Be
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the 8th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. We explore the term, “Engine Wiping,” which was coined by Dr Sti...
Episode 23 - To Sleep Perchance to Dream: Is it OK or Not OK for a Patient to Fall Asleep During OMT?
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the 7th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. Nobody doubts the essential merits of sleep, but what about this typ...
Episode 22 - Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the 6th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this episode we discuss what happens when someone we’re treatin...
Episode 21 - How Long Does it Take For an Osteopathic Treatment to Start Working?
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the 5th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’...
Episode 20 - How To End Or Not End An Osteopathic Treatment
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the 4th part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this series, we explore the details of an office visit that aren’...
Episode 19 - To Talk Or Not To Talk: That Is The Question
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is third part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as Os...
Episode 18 - Where To Start Or Not Start An Osteopathic Treatment
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is second part of our series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy, where we explore issues relating to the pragmatism of what we do as O...
Episode 17 - Taking In A History
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first in a series devoted to the Practice of Osteopathy. In this episode we explore the deep listening and perceptual skills that ...
Episode 16 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive – Part 3
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is health the same as stillness? Is health a structure or function? Does health originate in the fluids or CSF? What is the relationship between healt...
Episode 15 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive - Part 2
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of a 3-part series in question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of finding health. We call this exploration “...
Episode 14 - To Find Health: A Deeper Dive – Part 1
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of a 3-part series in question-and-answer format regarding the Osteopathic experience of finding health. We call this exploration “...
Episode 13 - A Deeper Dive Into Bonnie's Sutherland Memorial Lecture
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are initiating an exciting new category for our podcast, a “Deeper Dive.” In this episode we will explore, in depth, questions that we received...
Episode 12 - I Promised To Listen: The Life of an Osteopath
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is one of the FREE foundational episodes. In this episode Bonnie will recreate her Sutherland Memorial Lecture from 2014, “I Promised T...
Episode 11 - Osteopathic Palliative Care
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we will explore “Osteopathic Palliative Care.” From the earliest phases of Osteopathic history, palliative care has formed a key c...
Episode 10 - Removing Obstructions To Health
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we will be simulating an Osteopathic treatment while you work with a practice partner. You will then use the skills presented in these...
Episode 9 - Being Receptive to Health
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1899, Andrew Taylor Still said, “To find health is the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” The recognition of health as a reference...
Episode 8 - Perceiving Health: A Guided Meditation
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are introducing our new podcast educational format—the workshop. Episode #8 will be the first in a series of podcasts that will be experiential, ...
Episode 7 - To Find Health: The Osteopathic Imperative
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1899, the founder of Osteopathy, Andrew Taylor Still declared, “To find health should be the object of the doctor. Anyone can find disease.” Wh...
Episode 6 - The First Osteopathic Treatment
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast will be the first in a series of episodes exploring key historical components of the Osteopathic experience. We will present momentous hi...
Episode 5 - Osteopathic Ways of Being
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 - The Osteopathic Ways of Being In this episode, we explore an innovative approach to enriching your inner life as an Osteopath. The Osteopa...
Episode 4 - What is Osteopathy?: Osteopathic Principles of Treatment
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will continue to answer the question: “What is Osteopathy?” The Osteopathic approach to healthcare is the clinical application of Ost...
Episode 3 - What Is Osteopathy?: Ten Key Concepts of Osteopathic Philosophy
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Osteopathic philosophy forms the foundation of the distinctive Osteopathic approach to healthcare. Andrew Taylor Still did not give us a book of Osteo...
Episode 2 - What is Osteopathy? Introduction
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode starts by asking an important question: What is Osteopathy? Osteopathic Medicine is a healthcare system that uses Osteopathic manipulatio...
Episode 1 - Welcome to Osteopathy Unplugged
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We developed this podcast out of our passion for Osteopathy and the recognition that our profession needs a more intimate discussion, or a conversatio...
Episode 0 - Trailer - Osteopathy Unplugged
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Osteopathy Unplugged. Join us for a glimpse into what we have in store for you in the coming episodes. We developed Osteopathy Unplugged ...