The Barral Institute

Prior to 2006, Jean-Pierre Barral's Visceral Manipulation Seminars and Nerve Manipulation Seminars were managed by the Upledger Institute and the International Association of Healthcare Educators (IAHE). In 2006 Jean-Pierre Barral decided to form The Barral Institute (BI) to continue the advancement of his research and seminars. BI continues to work with IAHE for the management of the seminars.

The Barral Institute is a health education, training and research organization dedicated to the advancement of Visceral Manipulation, Nerve Manipulation and related Manual Therapies. The Barral Institute works to better understand and validate the therapeutic effect of these hands on therapies; conducts workshops nationally and internationally to educate and train healthcare practitioners in the proper techniques and promotes education to the general public about the existence and therapeutic value of these modalities. Alumni include osteopathic physicians, allopathic physicians, doctors of chiropractic, doctors of Oriental medicine, physical therapists, occupational therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and other professional bodyworkers.

"We also should not forget that we have a responsibility toward our patients, which should motivate us to work more and study harder every day. We may be lauded for our successes and forgiven for our varoius failures, but there is no excuse for letting a serious disorder go by unnoticed during our treatments."
- Jean-Pierre Barral, Lyon, France