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Zen-Bewusstsein bei der Lehre der Palpation: Ein osteopathischer Ansatz
(Zen awareness in the teaching of palpation: An osteopathic perspective)

Journal: Osteopathische Medizin Date: 2006/08, 7(3):Pages: 12-16, type of study: article

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article [2076]
intuition [9]
palpation [170]
phenomenology [16]
zen [10]

Abstract:

Teaching and learning manual diagnosis and treatment create a mutual challenge to both the student and master in communicating. The perception of, and action based on, the information gained by palpation is pre-verbal. However, communication between patient and practitioner, as well as charting and billing, require the translation of this information into a recordable form by the use of cognitive constructs - ideas, words, treatment models and illustrative analogies. These intellectual tools sometime assist but sometime mislead the treating person and patient when the distinction is lost between the original experience and the interpretation. For convenience the constructs evolve into rules which then create expectations that become barriers to the appreciation of the experience of touch and the real state of tissue. ... For this author the challenges presented in the more difficult aspects of manual practice mirror the challenges in the Zen Buddhist tradition in teaching the way to enlightened living and practice. But in this centuries-old tradition there are solutions that we may borrow to meet the challenges cited above....


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