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 modalities of Nerve Manipulation and Global Joint Treatment based on their on-going clinical research.
Time Magazine, citing his development of Visceral Manipulation (VM), named Jean-Pierre Barral, DO one of the Top Healing Innovators to watch in the new millennium.
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
- Visceral Vascular Manipulation (Available in English Fall 2011)
