Meet the Developer

Jean Pierre Barral, D.O.

Jean-Pierre Barral is a registered physical therapist and doctor of osteopathy who serves as director of the Department of Osteopathic Manipulation at the University of Paris School of Medicine in Paris, France. He earned his diploma in osteopathic medicine in 1974 from the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, England, and went on to teach spinal biomechanics at the institution from 1975-1982. He developed Visceral Manipulation based on his innovative theory that each internal organ rotates on a physiological axis.

Barral is author of the books Visceral Manipulation, Visceral Manipulation II, The Thorax, Urogenital Manipulation, Manual Thermal Diagnosis, and Osteopathic Approach to Trauma: Focus on Whiplash.