Zachary Comeaux DO
     



What is Bioenergetic Medicine?
 

Energetic medicine is an area of popular concern, inquiry and treatment which explores a way of viewing the human body, and the person, as an expression of vibrant energy, in addition to parts which give us our form. Modern technologies such as magnetic resonance imagery(MRI) and positron emission tomography seem to validate what many have felt for generations to be data about the human person which can be sensed by other methods.

Bioenergetically Integrated Osteopathic Medicine is recognized as an extension of Dr. Still’s intent to deal with the totality of the person, as described both in the biological as well as the philosophical sense. Zachary Comeaux’s efforts are largely oriented to reconciling the apparently conflicting paradigms of esoteric healing and scientifically based contemporary medicine. A significant body of work in contemporary neurophysiology and quantum biophysics supports this point of view. Courses given annually at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, and elsewhere internationally by invitation, support the practical application of this complementary concept. Courses all include blending information, validation, skills demonstration and practice.

Bioenergetically Integrated Osteopathic Medicine includes assessment of the subtle signature of emotional and spiritual trauma in palpatory diagnostic process when appropriate. A thorough background in palpating a wide range of tissue states is helpful. The method is gentle, non-invasive, and respectful of the patient’s control over their healing process. Zachary Comeaux’s approach to practicing and teaching is rooted in the traditional thought of Drs. Still, Rollin Becker, William Sutherland, and Robert Fulford but continually incorporates knowledge from contemporary colleagues both within and outside the osteopathic profession.

The Bioenergetically integrated osteopathic approach considers that sometime body tissue retains a bioenergetic imprint of trauma or strain. In the osteopathic context, emotional trauma may sometimes be detected with hand contact (palpation) just as a rotated vertebra resulting from strain. The results of emotional trauma may last long after the conscious memory of the events is forgotten. If such a dynamic is the cause of a patient’s symptoms, this often presents a mysterious challenge to both the patient and the health care professional.

There are a variety of energetic medicine approaches. Both Bioenergetically Integrated Osteopathy and Facilitated Oscillatory Release provide gentle methods of overcoming the results of deeper trauma, including the emotional level.