Quality Continuing Education for the Manual Therapy Field since 1985 The Barral Institute is an international health educatio ... n, training and research organization dedicated to the advancement of Visceral Manipulation, Nerve Manipulation, Visceral Vascular Manipulation, New Manual Articular Approach, and related Manual Therapies. These innovative manual therapies were developed in clinical practice by world-renowned French Osteopath and Physical Therapist Jean-Pierre Barral. The Barral Institute works to better understand and validate the therapeutic effect of these hands on therapies; conducts workshops nationally and internationally to educate and train healthcare practitioners in the proper techniques, and promotes education to the general public about the existence and therapeutic value of these modalities. Alumni include osteopathic physicians, allopathic physicians, doctors of chiropractic, doctors of Oriental medicine, physical therapists, occupational therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, and other professional bodyworkers. To find practitioners trained by the Barral Institute, go to IAHP.com. read more