Exactly 44 years ago, the first Spinology centre opened in Valencia. It was the first in Spain and in Europe too. Enrique Borredá López had returned from his studies in Philadelphia. At the age of 23, and in a Spain still with the traces of a dictatorship and a young constitution, he began his professional career. For those who do not know, spinology is a vitalist profession with a unique focus on the optimal maintenance of the spine. If the spine is kept ‘fit,’ the organism always functions better and we can better develop our activities as people. The relationship ‘central nervous system – organism’ is the main way of life. Everything we do, breathing, digesting, thinking, moving, feeling, creating, loving, secreting chemicals every second, talking, expelling what is not needed in the body, getting excited, calming down… depends on the connection between the brain and the rest of the cells in the body.

It is therefore obvious that what protects this central axis and its extensions throughout our body (the rest of the nerves) should be in its ideal place and not out of adjustment, thus damaging this flow of vital information. Vertebral misalignments are a danger to our lives. And the greatest danger is that they do not show any signs until many years later, which means that the deterioration increases progressively.

Spinologists are specialists in locating these misalignments and helping the body to correct them each time they occur again. Unfortunately, this happens for a myriad of reasons such as the time elapsed before the first adjustment, the day-to-day life of each person, postures, blows, emotions, worries, environment, etc. That is why, in spinology, we talk about taking care of us instead of treating us. We include pro-life disciplines such as regular exercise, healthy eating, Pilates, yoga, Tai chi, craniosacral therapy, in short, everything that human beings can do or receive to take care of themselves, regardless of their state of health.

Having said that, let’s talk about training as a spinologist; let’s talk about the European Spinology Tutorium. After 10 years of professional practice, Enrique Borredá decided that it was time to start training new spinologists in Spain. In 1990, the first classes were held simultaneously in Valencia and Bilbao. More courses followed in Valencia, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Girona and Madrid. In 2009, the extension of the school in Ireland was opened and continues to this day.

In 2015, there was an important change in teaching as blended-learning was implemented, which facilitated the arrival of students from other countries in Europe and other continents. We are currently teaching in Cardiff, Dublin and Buenos Aires.

It is worth noting that the new spinologists are immediately incorporated into the professional world. Their training in the Tutorium enables them to get to work immediately. They can do this in various ways: opening their own spinology centre, partnering with another spinologist, working in gyms, spas, yoga centres, the health food world… but always keeping spinology services independent from any other discipline. Spinology is very powerful and the body needs time to make changes for the better.

Spinologists work with volume of people due to the reasonableness (affordability) of their fees. They work with families, companies, sports teams, with collectives. Enrique Borredá could tell us a lot about this in his 44 years as a spinologist.

You can find all the information about the course on the school’s website www.spinologia.eu. However, we are going to detail some concepts such as ‘what is studied’. All the subjects are designed so that the potential spinologist can work with knowledge and security with their clients. We are not talking about separate subjects; the syllabus is all related due to the basic philosophy of spinology. We said at the beginning that the profession has a vitalistic approach. This automatically rules out that we work on the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of diseases. There is nothing in the course content that can be linked to the practice of medicine.

The philosophy of spinology is based on the physiology of the organism, on how the body functions in life, on the natural laws observable in all living beings. It is not a compendium of principles that someone has developed at the time and which then becomes a dogma to be followed. It is precisely the subject ‘philosophy of spinology’ that gives students the tools to think for themselves. During the course there always comes a moment when the physical (anatomy and physiology) and the metaphysical (philosophy) come together and a global understanding of what we call ‘life’ is reached.

This means that on the one hand we study in great detail what the living body is, how it functions, the concept of functional unity (unit) and on the other hand, the laws that govern the nature of all living things and the respect for them.

Spinal adjustment technique is the practical subject par excellence. The how-we-do-it is learnt from the first day of class to the last. Until the student has the approval of the trainers, he or she does not graduate. The spinology technique takes about two years to master because it is specific, because like any art it requires a lot of training, perseverance and continuous improvement. We can work exclusively with this technique with almost everyone. That’s the good thing that we don’t learn 25 different techniques but we focus on developing one to the maximum.

Career development is the subject that enables the future spinologist to learn the arts of effective communication, professional management of the spinology centre and marketing in spinology. We could train people without this subject and tell them at the end of the course: “OK, you are ready, good luck and God bless you”. But the truth is that without these concepts it would be quite difficult. As the dance teacher in the 90s TV series ‘Fame’ used to say: “You’re looking for fame, you’re going to start paying for it”. Taking it back to the school of spinology, this is where all the mistakes can be made, because here we will correct them.

The Practorium is the staging of everything you have learned after about a year and a half of classes. It is the final part of the training in which knowledge, understanding, technique and the ability to transmit have to be combined. After a few months of working under supervision with his or her own initial clientele, the student makes the leap into the professional field and begins his or her career.

The way it is taught, what is taught, the teachers, are all determining factors of a special school for a special profession.

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Report by ‘24/7 Valencia’ team

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