First Osteopathy College Poem

A poem about National Academy of Osteopathy by an NAO student, published on November 03, 2015. This is the first time in the past 137 years that a poem is written for a college that teaches manual osteopathy.

Our Graduate Chosen as Top Manual Osteopath in Town

Jennifer Confalone-Potruff (a graduate of National Academy of Osteopathy) has won the Reader’s Choice Award for osteopathy in her town.
She had this to say about winning this award “…..So proud…..All thanks to NAO and my awesome training…..”

A Popular Professor

Professor Habibinia is one of our most popular professors. Here is what a student wrote: "Dear Prof Abazar; My mind is still lingering in the afterglow of your campus classes. It was a blast. Dr Chris Vincent, NAO student".

A Poem About National Academy of Osteopathy

This poetry is by NAO student, Dr Chris Vincent, MBBS, titled "  Students of National Academy of Osteopathy".

A poem

We are the chosen.
Ordinary people
from different places
training for extraordinary work,
under the benevolent gaze
of  Dr. Shahin Pourgol,
the president and professor.
We are diamonds in the rough,
cut and polished
with words of wisdom
spoken by our teachers,
and the techniques taught
online and in-class.
We are coached
to be valiant fighters
and skilled archers
who are battle ready
to attack the army of pain.
We are students
of National Academy of Osteopathy,
learning the great art
of manual osteopathy,
eager to serve
the people of Canada
and all the countries
around the world.
We are the past, present
and future students
with flames
of healing power
in our hands.


Written by – Dr. Chris Vincent, MBBS

A Beautiful Letter

Letters such as this that I received from Trevor Cragg, my student at National Academy of Osteopathy makes me the happiest teacher in the world!

Professor Shahin Pourgol, MBA, DC, DO, PhD

“The level of energy, enthusiasm and passion that you bring to the science and craft of Osteopathy is both extraordinary and radiant. It is an honor to be taught and mentored by such a strong and positive influence in the field! Happy Birthday!”

Fully Booked Practice in 2 Months!

A Testimonial from a graduate of National Academy of Osteopathy:

Lots Of Gratitude And Appreciation. I have been practicing Osteopathy for about 5 months now and have been almost fully booked from the second month.

It makes me very happy to be able to help people become naturally pain-free and balanced and improve their health and well-being.

With the knowledge I acquired at NAO I have been able to live a lifestyle that I enjoy and create a beneficial balance between self-care, serving the society and ethically earning a proper livelihood.

I am enormously thankful to NAO's caring professional team and faculty and strongly recommend their programs.

Yazdan Raees, DOMP, E-RYT

NAO president with Prime Minister of Canada

Canada has a new prime minister!

 

Congratulations goes to honorable Justin Trudeau for becoming one of the youngest prime ministers of Canada. 

Human Sacrum, a Poem by NAO Student

A beautiful poem by National Academy of Osteopathy student, Dr Chris Vincent, MBBS (October 19, 2015, Toronto, Canada). Dr Vincent aside from being a physician is also a distinguished artist.

Human Sacrum

A Poem

 

Cobra Head.

A hockey helmet grill.

The sacred shield of the pelvis,

dressed up in a costume

with a gleaming cape

of lumbosacral fascia

and rabbit ears

of erector spinae.

An eight-eyed moth

beating its ilium wings,

moving and still at the same time.

Rami of sacral nerves

enter the foramina

like salmon

swimming upstream.

A large strong bone

shaped

like an inverted triangle

tearing the body into  two lower limbs.

A shiny rock dividing a flowing river.

The keystone

of the pelvic girdle

infused with healing energy

from the touch of

the osteopath.

A bone rocket

blasting off into space,

towards the dome of the diaphragm

spewing thick opaque smoke

of ligaments and tendons

billowing in all directions.

The vertebral hat wearing Mayor

of pelvis-town,

playing pied-piper to the spinal bones,

leading them south

away from the skull,

with loud music

blasting

from his coccyx-trumpet,

as he performed a dance

of nutation and counternutation.

Blurred image of a regal lion

with a flowing mane of iliacus,

piriformis and gluteus maximus,

sets the backdrop

of the Klondike stampede,

as muscles and vessels

rush between the moist terrain

of hollow cavities,  organs

and visceral folds

individually

and in groups

to reach the lower abdomen

in search of  gold:

the invisible center of gravity,

elusive

as a Tasmanian tiger.

Time stands still

as the past, present and future

exist together in harmony

inside the hollow

of the sacral canal,

becoming a tangled rope of possibilities

expressed in silence

via the hiatus.

A wild-boar

with sacral ala ears

and jagged jaw of sacral cornua

projecting  bilaterally,

grunts angrily

and snuffs out the imaginary flame

at the apex

bringing the bone to its end point 

abruptly.

A photograph

of a snow owl

taken in a hurry

as it slowly head-banged

to the song,

“I wanna be yours”

by Arctic Monkeys.

Then put in a picture frame

between sacroiliac joints.

A curved bone

adorned with corn rows,

composed of  median,

intermediate and lateral sacral crests.

Galen’s strong bone.

Sacred bone.

Sacrum.

                                                                                              

Written by – Dr. Chris Vincent, MBBS

 

NAO Student Testimonial from BC

I Know thanksgiving just passed but I would like to give thanks for Manual Osteopathy and NAO for the opportunity that gave me to improve my self and to help others!
I hope everyone had an amazing thanksgiving!

Justin Frankson, DOMP
National Academy of Osteopathy graduate
Abottsford, British Columbia, Canada

Osteopathy Poem by NAO Student

Since the beginning of the osteopathy profession there were only two poems published, the last one by National Academy of Osteopathy president, Dr Shahin Pourgol.

Now the third osteopathy poems, by NAO student of the manual osteopathy program, Dr Chris Vincent, MD was published today, making it the first osteopathic technique related poem.

This poem is about a side posture technique that was recently taught in the technique class of NAO in Toronto located at the York University Heights campus.

Dr Vincent is an artist. His osteopathy related paintings will be available in 2016. 

Lateral Recumbent Lumbar Mobilization, Posterior to Anterior with Contact on TVP with Knee Bent

A Poem

Lola lay supine

on the forest-green table.

A delicate dandelion

lying on a patch of grass.

Sunlight filtered through

the skylight above

bathing the osteopathic

manual therapy room

with a bright glow

of hope and possibility.

Dante positioned himself

by the side of the table,

his personal battle-field.

He prepares for the fight

against pain

and restricted movements,

lingering

between muscles and joints.

For a fleeting moment,

patient and the therapist speak

with words of silence.

Then Lola points to her lower back

with red, painted nails.

Her delicate features

crumpled into anxious lines

on her beautiful face.

Dante nodded

and spoke in a soothing tone

as he directed her to lie on her side

facing him.

He bends her knee

to and angle of 90 degree

and supported it against his strong thigh.

Then he leaned over

and locked her shoulder.

Thick blue clouds

hovering over misty mountain peaks.

He leaned over

Casting a shadow:

a deep valley across the table.

Like gathering rain clouds

over the garden.

A sleek cat climbing

across a window sill

and stretching its torso

to clear the edge.

He places the heel of his palm

over her lumbar region.

Skin on skin.

The human touch: a kiss to the senses.

Muscles roll like clay

as Dante takes his turn

meticulously exerting precise pressure

on her transverse processes.

All the while his elbows pointed out

parallel to the table.

Lola arches her back forward

caught under the spell

of the osteopathic technique.

A  lithe bow curving against

the strength of a sharp arrow.

A painless click is followed

by a silent pop.

Pain had left the body

like a ghost.

Lola felt a sense of comfort

washing over her.

Dante reversed his posture

and stood up tall

by her side

shining in the light.

She thanked him

with words

that fluttered like leaves

floating from trees,

in the Fall. 

                                                                                           
Written by - Dr. Chris Vincent, MD & dedicated to NAO president Dr. Shahin Pourgol, MBA, DC, DO, PhD