A Session with Professor Olivier Gagey

On the 20th October Professor Gagey presented “New concept on the interaction between the lumbar spine, abdomen, and respiratory function” at Murdoch University. The seminar covered the lumbar spine as a key stabiliser of the trunk, an overview of functional anatomy of the lumbar spine and trunk, how the abdominal and lumbar paravertebral musculature or “Pillars” interact to stablise the spine, the function of ‘complex muscles’ and their gripping/clamping actions that provide a stabilising action, and treatment and rehabilitation methods for three common presentations of pain in the lumbar spine, knee and shoulder.

Professor Gagey reputation as an engaging presenter resulted in a sell-out audience who were treated to a one-of-a-kind presentation with no slides, no handouts, just blank paper, coloured pens and drawing! Thank you to Chiropractic Australia for sponsoring the event.

Professor Olivier Gagey and Seminar audience

L to R: Angus Chow, Olivier Gagey, Abbey Chilcott, Paul Staerker, Peter Bryner