Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., MRO(F)

Jean-Pierre Barral is a Registered Physical Therapist and Diplomate of Osteopathy who serves as Director (and Faculty) of the Department of Osteopathic Manipulation at the University of Paris School of Medicine in Paris, France. He is a Member of the Registre des Ostéopathes de France. He earned his diploma in Osteopathic Medicine in 1974 from the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, England, and went on to teach spinal biomechanics at the institution from 1975-1982. He developed the modality of Visceral Manipulation based on his innovative theory that each internal organ rotates on a physiological axis. He also holds a Diploma of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris North, one of only four Osteopaths in the world to hold such a diploma. In collaboration with Alain Croibier, D.O. Jean-Pierre Barral has also developed the modality of Nerve Manipulation based on their on-going clinical research.

Barral is author of the books:

• Visceral Manipulation
• Visceral Manipulation II
• The Thorax
• Urogenital Manipulation
• Manual Thermal Evaluation (formerly Manual Thermal Diagnosis)
• An Osteopathic Approach to Trauma: Focus on Whiplash
• Manual Therapy for the Peripheral Nerves
• Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves
• Understanding the Messages of Your Body

Alain Croibier, D.O., MRO(F)

Alain Croibier is a Diplomate of Osteopathy in France. He is a Member of the Registre des Ostéopathes de France and a Member of the Academie d’Osteopathie de France.

Together with Jean-Pierre Barral, Alain Croibier has developed the modality of Nerve Manipulation based on their on-going clinical research. Alain Croibier is an Instructor for Visceral Manipulation and Osteopathic Diagnosis at the Osteopathic College, A.T. Still Academy, Lyon, France. He is also an International Instructor for Visceral Manipulation and Nerve Manipulation for The Barral Institute.

Croibier is author of the following books:

• An Osteopathic Approach to Trauma: Focus on Whiplash
• Manual Therapy for the Peripheral Nerves
• Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves
• Manual Therapy Evaluation Techniques

Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., MRO(F)

Alain Croibier, D.O., MRO(F)