The Barral Institute
Alternative MedicineFlorida, United States11-50 Employees
The Barral Institute is an international organization focused on education, training, and research in manual therapies developed by French osteopath and physical therapist Jean-Pierre Barral, including Visceral Manipulation, Nerve Manipulation, Visceral Vascular Manipulation, and the New Manual Articular Approach. It has offered quality continuing education for the manual therapy field since 1985. The institute conducts workshops domestically and internationally to teach proper techniques and to explore the therapeutic basis of these hands-on modalities. Its alumni span a range of health-care disciplines, including osteopathic physicians, allopathic physicians, chiropractors, doctors of Oriental medicine, physical and occupational therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and other professional bodyworkers. Based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the organization operates as an international education and research entity within the alternative medicine sector and references IAHP.com for locating trained practitioners.