Coming to Sundre Alberta June 5, 6 and 7th!

Don’t miss out on this incredible educational experience.

Rooted in the life and work of Robert C. Fulford, DO, this course explores the living power of Osteopathy as an evolving science of healing. Building on the foundational principles of Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, Dr. Fulford pioneered the use of the percussion hammer to access the body’s innate self-regulating forces.

Participants are invited to reconnect with the essence of the “old doctor” — a principles-based, whole-person approach to diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Koss DO carries this lineage forward, integrating modern evidence-based research that validates discoveries Dr. Fulford made decades ahead of their time.

Osteopathy as it was intended: rooted in tradition, alive in practice, and continually revealing deeper truths

 

Course Description Percussion Hammer

Based on the life, exploration, and Osteopathic practices of Dr Robert C. Fulford, D.O., this course describes the power of healing concepts which expand on the teachings of A.T. Still, MD, DO. Dr. Fulford developed new techniques using the percussion hammer, which he pioneered. This course will allow participants to grasp the far-reaching Osteopathic healing concepts that were the essence of the old doctor. Dr. Koss has continued this study to incorporate evidence-based information that prove the scientific findings discovered by Dr. Fulford many years before.

Course Background

This course is based on the life work of Robert C. Fulford, D.O. in Osteopathy, life energy, vibration, and the use of the percussion vibrator. This course introduces these basic osteopathic philosophic and practice principles that Dr. Fulford perfected in his over 55 years of exploration and clinical practice. This is the same course Dr. Fulford himself taught in the last decade of his life. An extra day has been added to include new evidence-based information and to present the basic concepts and palpatory skills needed to understand the percussion techniques and principles as taught by Dr. Fulford.

 

Presenter Dr. Richard W. Koss DO

Richard Koss was awarded a BS in Physical Education Summa Cum Laude from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1976. He continued a Fellowship and Teaching Assistant in Anatomy and Physiology at Springfield. Dr. Koss received his D.O. degree from AT Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri in 1982 and subsequently performed a rotating internship at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He joined the US Air Force in 1983 and served in Family Practice as a Flight Surgeon, Chief of Air Transport, Chief of Emergency Services, and Chief of Family Practice. He returned to Kirksville in 1987 to pursue a residency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He joined the faculty at AT Still University in 1990 as OPP Assistant Professor. He then joined the faculty in the OMM Department as the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center in Fort Worth, Texas as Department Vice Chair. He passed Specialty Board Exams for both the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine with Special Proficiency in 1991 and is double Board Certified. Dr. Koss is an active member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Osteopathy, the Osteopathic Cranial Academy, the Northwest Academy of Osteopathy, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and Life Member of the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association. 

Dr. Koss took his first percussion hammer course from Robert C. Fulford, D.O. in 1987 and again in 1988, and began as a table trainer in 1989. Dr. Koss presented a paper on the Bioelectric Properties of Fascia at the 1990 AAO Convocation in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1990 until Dr. Fulford's passing in 1997, Dr. Koss designed and taught both Basic and Advanced Percussion Hammer Courses with Dr. Fulford. Dr. Koss serves as a Board Member of the Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association, Vice Chair of the Osteopathic Education Service of the American Academy of Osteopathy, and a Board Member of the Northwest Osteopathic Foundation. 

Since 1999, Dr. Koss has been in private practice, specializing in OMM and medical acupuncture. He serves as adjunct clinical preceptor for students and residents. He continues to provide instruction of Osteopathic Philosophy and Principles and Dr. Fulford's principle of Osteopathy and the use of the percussion hammer all over the world.

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Contact Kathy Teal at calgary.osteo@gmail.com