This program is not available for credit.
Special April Treat:
Attend live event for free! Fee: $0 ($90 value) After the event, the webinar will be available on-demand for $60 through CE21. Don’t miss your chance to access it at no cost during the live event!
Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute live webinar exploring the deep connections between embryology, spiraling structures, and osteopathic principles through the lens of Maxwell Fraval’s landmark book, Osteopathy is in the Blood(OIB).
In this special event, Maxwell Fraval, DO(UK) and R. Paul Lee, DO, FAAO, FCA will engage in a dynamic conversation centered around Chapter 3 of OIB, discussing the mysteries of blood flow, the structure of water, and the osteopathic implications of vortical and helical motion in the body.
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This live event is a rare opportunity to hear directly from two osteopathic thought leaders as they connect foundational science, classical osteopathic teachings, and the Rule of the Artery—laying the groundwork for OPC’s 2025 Rule of the Artery courses.
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Bonus:
The discussion will reference visuals and insights from Osteopathy Is in the Blood. The book cover will be used as the primary promotional image. Includes: 60-minute presentation + 30-minute live Q&A with attendees
Continue Your Journey into the Rule of the Artery
If today’s webinar sparked your curiosity, we warmly invite you to take the next step and immerse yourself in the full learning experience.
Our Rule of the Artery courses, offered live and in-person at the Osteopathic Center San Diego, are designed for osteopathic physicians and students who want to deepen their understanding of circulation, structure, and flow in the body. These immersive 3-day trainings explore the vital themes touched on in Osteopathy is in the Blood, including spirals, helical flow, and the living dynamics of the arterial system.
Choose your path:
Both of these courses offer 24 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and feature world-renowned osteopathic educators, including Maxwell Fraval, DO(UK) and Dr. R. Paul Lee, DO, FAAO, FCA.
Don’t miss this opportunity to go beyond theory and into hands-on, life-changing osteopathic education.
Register today! (Registrations have increased, limited seats remaining.)
Maxwell Fraval, DO (UK) MOSc (Paed), received his undergraduate osteopathic degree in England in 1978 and his masters' level degree in pediatric osteopathy in Australia in 1998. He has extensive additional training through post-graduate courses taken in Europe, Australia, and the US. He has been involved in osteopathic teaching throughout his career and in Australia he has been instrumental in the development of several teaching programs and helped found two teaching foundations.
In 2012 he established the Australian Research College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ltd. This is a non-profit public company with the mission of promoting and carrying out educational and research activities. Mr. Fraval has several published papers in osteopathic journals and has contributed chapters for two osteopathic textbooks.
Mr. Fraval is a leading scholar in osteopathic manipulative medicine in general and osteopathy in the cranial field in particular. He, along with his colleagues in Australia and New Zealand, has developed a unique and innovative understanding in his application of osteopathy. He will be sharing this osteopathic knowledge and skills with US physicians who will benefit by being able to incorporate these approaches into their own clinical practices for the benefit of their patients. In addition, many of the US physicians attending the course are themselves teachers in post-graduate education and several of them are faculty at various US colleges of osteopathic medicine. And so there will be significant opportunities for exchange between Mr. Fraval and US faculty from around the country. Another task for Mr. Fraval is to begin to develop a select group of physicians here in the US that can become specialized in this approach and continue a high level of teaching in this subject.
Mr. Fraval came to osteopathy via by way of a significant career change inspired by inner guidance, and he has been on a continuing journey of discovery into the benefits of osteopathic treatment ever since. It was through treating his baby son who had projectile vomiting that he became aware of the effectiveness of osteopathic care of babies and children. The osteopathic care of these young ones is for Maxwell an ongoing source of wonder at the strength of the response that can be achieved with these patients.
Mr. Fraval trained at the British School of Osteopathy and subsequently joined its Board of Governors. He also served on the board of the General Council of Registered Osteopaths. Maxwell began teaching undergraduates in the UK in 1979, and in 1985, after moving to Australia, he joined the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) as a part-time lecturer. RMIT was the first university in Australia to run an osteopathic degree course. In 1993, Mr. Fraval pioneered the first Osteopathic Pediatrics degree in Australia leading to a master’s degree at RMIT. The Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation of Australia and New Zealand, of which he is a founding member, was established in 1990 as a vehicle for teaching postgraduate courses. Maxwell Fraval is the author of Osteopathy Is in the Blood © Osteopathy’s Promise to Children, 2024. Since 2001, Maxwell has taught “Rule of the Artery” courses in Australia, NZ, USA, UK and several European countries.
Dr. R. Paul Lee, DO, FAAO, FCA, is a graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He is Board certified in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Lee completed a residency in OMM at the AT Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri. He served on the Board of Directors of The Cranial Academy and Board of Governors of the American Academy of Osteopathy. He was awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy, FAAO and Fellow of the Cranial Academy, FCA. He was awarded the Sutherland Memorial Lecture and Honorary Life Membership in AAO. He is retired from his OMM private general practice in Durango, CO. His memberships include: AOA, AAO, and OCA.
Dr. Lee authored Interface: Mechanisms of Spirit in Osteopathy, 2005, Stillness Press, several articles, including Living Matrix, Explore, November/December, 2008 and many more in the AAOJ and Cranial Letter, available online at www.cranialosteopathy.com. Dr. Lee has taught in Australia, Japan, and multiple European venues.