Fresh Tissue Dissection Online

Join us online with Todd Garcia at the Laboratories for Anatomical Enlightenment in Boulder, Colorado for this exciting three day course where we will be learning about the body from the inside out!

Todd will be using non preserved untreated cadavers as a way to learn how the body and the connective tissue ‘really is’.

Educational Experience:

-Highest quality tissue, never frozen and no embalming chemicals, as close to the living state as possible.

-Todd Garcia, Dissection Master will dissect and lecture simultaneously while Kelly and other teachers from around the world will moderate.

Course Outline:

This online series of dissections will reveal the beauty and function of human anatomy.

In this 6 session series,  Todd will dissect tissues in their pure form, no embalming chemicals, completely natural and accurate.

During this 6 session course, one session will lead to the next creating an understanding and appreciation of the body as a whole.  

Each online session is 2 hours in length

Time:  9:00-11:00am  and 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.MDT – USA

**Please Note that the class time is Mountain Daylight Time**

No recording, downloading, reproducing or screen shots of any kind of this event.

This course will be held live and a recording of each session will be available for 48 hours.

Session 1:

Welcome introduction by Todd Garcia, laboratory etiquette, general overview of the 6 session series. Dissection of the epidermis, dermis, hypodermis, movement demonstration of upper and lower extremities, dissection of cutaneous nerves, superficial blood vessels, superficial surface of fascia profunda from supine view.

Session 2:

Fascial dissection of anterior neck, sternocleidomastoid, upper trapezius, scalenes, brachial plexus, hyoids, deltoids, pectoralis major and minor, biceps, flexors and extensors of wrist and hand, median and ulnar nerves. Movement demonstrations of neck to shoulder, shoulder to forearm and forearm to wrist and hand.

Session 3:

Dissection of middle and lower trapezius, latissimus dorsi.  Movement demonstrations of scapula to thorax. Dissection of rhomboids, levator scapulae, erector spinae group, rotator cuff, external, internal abdominal obliques, transversus abdominus, transversus thoracis, and their fascia.

Session 4:

Superficial dissection of gluteus maximus.  Movement demonstration of hip relating to fascia lata.  Dissection of fascia lata, crural fascia, muscles of the lower extremity and their fascial envelopes. Dissection of lateral rotators of hip, and sciatic nerve. Movement demonstrations of hip to knee, knee to ankle and ankle to foot. Open hip and knee joints, labrum of hip and anterior cruciate ligament, meniscus of knee in situ.

Session 5:

Dissection into the peritoneal cavity, overview of digestive system and attachments to body wall, evisceration of peritoneal organs, dissection of psoas, iliacus, quadratus lumborum, respiratory and pelvic diaphragms.

Session 6:

Removal of the ribs from supine, overview of mediastinal tissue and space, lungs, pericardial sac and phrenic nerves in situ. Evisceration of heart and lungs, open chambers of the heart. Removal of skull cap, overview of dura mater, arachnoid mater, removal of brain, cerebellum. Overview of cranial nerves.

Event closing and gratitude.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand and observe the biotensegrity of the connective tissue system.
2. Understand the role of fascial integrity and how adherence issues contribute to common pathologies.
3. Understand the connectivity between structures and how the scalpel creates ‘the lie’.
4. Understand how our light touch and manual therapy techniques may affect the global system through conductivity.
5. Understand the body with greater depth, clarity, and three dimensionality to better inform your clinical practice.

Credits Earned:

2 CE’s per unit attended.

Cost: 

Individual sessions:  €55/$60

All six sessions:   €280/$310 (15% discount).