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Course description: Identifying Invisible Influencers (3i)
This course will allow the participant to be able to understand the principles and identification of restrictions to function that are not easily identified by traditional clinical observations. The 3i Course (Identifying Invisible Influencers) will be valuable to the provider who is interested in supporting improved patient care by becoming familiar with restrictions that are neurological, fascial and metabolic The 3i course is designed to help providers identify restrictions to patient responses that are metabolic, functional and neurologic in origin including:
Invisible Influencers Course Agenda
Introduction to Concepts
a. Neurology “Rules” as the primary determining factor of sleep physiology
b. Hierarchy of needs – Cerebral perfusion
c. Osteopathy as a concept and application
i. Cranial vault mobility
ii. Cranial vault symmetry and strains
d. The Fascia Factor
Retained primitive reflexes: The Trump Card
a. FPR
b. Moro
c. Overview of others and relevance to oral environment
Clinical applications of influences to the Locus Coeruleus
a. Cranial base reflexes
b. Bite response reflexes
Sleep physiology and architecture
a. Importance of monitoring stage 3 sleep transitions, duration and QOL
b. Remmers statement: AHI only determines reimbursement
c. Looking beyond the airway choke point and into the signaling of sleep
Trigeminal Cardiac Reflex
a. Etiology
b. Diagnostics
c. Treatment options
d. Misdiagnosis and consequences
Cranial nerve stimming and toning
a. Literature review
b. Clinical applications
The mental dental connection
a. Interpretation of pain through limbic pathways
b. Depotentiation through Havening
The Me5 (mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerve)
a. Pathway
b. Implications in dentistry
c. Primary vs permanent dentition
Fascia, Fascia, Fascia
a. The role of the buccopharyngeal fascia
i. Mandibular labial tendon
ii. Buccinator aponeurosis
iii. Airway corset
b. Sublingual fascia
i. Mills research
c. Upper cervical fascia and influences on the dural membrane system
Fit2BTied – Tongue restriction analysis
a. Visual vs functional assessment
b. ROM and palpation
c. Tongue anatomy and physiology
d. Tongue/jaw dissociation and grading/fixing
Airway assessment
a. Tonsil (Friedman and Brosky)
b. Nose
c. Mallampati
d. Tongue posture
Osteopathy in the Cranial Field
a. Sutural homeostasis
b. Symmetry
c. Fluids and membranes
d. Growth and developmental influences
e. Intracranial inflammation
i. Symptoms
ii. Solutions
iii. Williams research/Zamboni effect
Dysautonomia
a. Connective tissue implications
b. Autonomic nervous system implications
c. Vascular considerations
d. HRV as an effective screening tool for the complex patient
Clinical exam for neurological, fascial and structural restrictions
a. Relating the SO to the AP
b. Significance of palpation exam findings related to diagnosis and treatment
c. If this, then that: Treatment sequencing
15. Indications for referral for structural co-treatment
16. Metabolic and nutritional considerations
a. Vitamin (Prohormine) D, B, K, Ferritin and Mg
b. Insulin resistance and sleep fragmentation
c. Inflammatory markers
d. Dopamine pathways
e. Restless leg syndrome/periodic limb movements and their relevance to sleep disordered breathing
f. The endocannibinoid system
g. Discussion of research on the gut-biome sleep apnea connection as published by Dr. Gozal
h. Additional gut-brain connection information based on the emerging science
Dento-Cranial osteopathic releases
R&B Home care exercises
Clinical examination: Letting your fingers do the walking and the patient's fingers do the talking
a. Palpation (finger and thumb, finger game)
b. Cranial sutural release response assessment
.Wrapping it up and moving on
a. Documentation
b.Clinical implementation
c..Communication with referring providers
d. How to build a treatment TEAM
Now what? How not to get overwhelmed by the unanswered questions
-REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE NOT REQUIRED, BUT RECOMMENDED-
November 20, 2025
9am- 4:00pm cst
3i Elective: (includes access to required virtual on-demand precourse content)
Doctors: $1500
Mid level providers/Support Staff: $750
(You must attend the conference to attend the elective 3i course)
Providers include those with a license
that are self employed and able to work independently and/or under their own license (example: SLP or RDH performing OMT, DDS, DMD., MD as an independent contractor)
Support Staff: $750 (must practice under someone else's license)
Location: 1000 Eleven South 3F
Columbia, IL 62236
For personalized registration, please contact Jamie at 618-281-9739 or email at admin@thesynergy.academy
Monday-Thursday from 8am-2pm CST
THIS COURSE IS BEING OFFERED AS AN ELECTIVE TO THE CHANGING MINDS MEETING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Refund Policy: 50% if further than 90 days out from the course and non refundable within 90 days of it. IF TAKING THE 3i COURSE AT THE NOVEMBER CONFERENCE THE CONFERENCE CANCELLATION POLICY APPLIES