Jonathan Howat DC, DICS, FICS, FCC(cranio), FCC(paeds)

Graduated from the Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1970. President of the Rhodesian Chiropractic Association. Moved to the UK in 1984. Founded SOTO Europe. He was a Board Member of SORSI (USA), President of SOTO International and was awarded Chiropractor of the Year by SORSI in 1990.

He was Chairman of SOTO Europe Education Committee, Academic Dean for the Cranial Faculty, Fellow of the Cranial and Paediatric Faculties of the College of Chiropractic, Fellow of the International Craniopathic Society and a Diplomate in Craniopathy.

He has taught and lectured on Sacro Occipital Technique on all 5 continents. He is the author of 'Chiropractic - The Anatomy and Physiology of Sacro Occipital Technique' and co-author of 'Complementary Therapies in Dentistry' and "Clinical and Practice Management of Sacro Occipital Technique". He holds a patent in the USA and the UK for a safety helmet and has been
in private practice in Oxford since 1985.


Lecture One:
The Philosophy and Physiology of Sacro Occipital Technique. This lecture will discuss the dural meningeal system and its inter relationship with the brain and spinal cord at both the cranial and sacral levels, bio-mechanical and structural instability of the pelvis and the resultant pathophysiology of the cranial structural system.

Lecture Two:
The Cranial / Dental Component. This lecture will discuss the dental influence on the cranium through the occlusion and the determination of whether the primary major is as a result of a cranial, dental or pelvic imbalance. And finally the neurological implications for cranial nerve dysfunction and cerebral spinal fluid imbalances as a result of the cranial dental distortive patterns.

The workshop: 'Sacral Occipital Technique and its Cranial Components'
This workshop will consist of isolating the various structural instabilities of the pelvis and how it effects its cranial components. The differentiation between a cranial / dental / pelvic major. Understanding of the dental component within the cranial sacral mechanism and a hands on exposure to enable the Doctor of Chiropractic to understand Sacral Occipital Technique / Cranial.