8-16 Improve Liver and Hepatic Function with Integrative Manual Therapy Visceral Manipulation / Visceral MobilizationNamed one of Time Magazines Top 100 Medical Innovators, Jean-Pierre Barral, DO puts it this way, "probably the only thing most people care to know about their gurgling inner organs is that they are functioning properly." But for Jean-Pierre Barral, an osteopath practicing in Grenoble, France, the body's vital viscera are like a beautifully complicated timepiece, each part in subtle but perpetual motion relative to the others. "In a single day, your internal organs move 30,000 times," he says. "Your liver alone travels 600 meters." ...........Buy This Issue Today
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