Mitchell L. Fred, Jr., DO, FAAO, FCA, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy, a Fellow of the Cranial Academy, certified in Neuromuscular Medicine, an internationally recognized authority on Cranial Osteopathy and the world’s foremost authority on Muscle Energy Technique. He is past president of the Cranial Academy and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Cranial Academy Foundation and as an editor for the Cranial Academy Newsletter. For over 40 years he has been active developing, teaching, researching, and publishing in the fields of Muscle Energy and Cranial. He has taught more that 175 workshops in Muscle Energy or Cranial Osteopathy in the United States, Canada, and Europe since he began working with his father, Fred L. Mitchell, Sr. (circa 1958) and Cranial Osteopathy with the Sutherland Teaching Foundation in 1963. Now, more than 40 years after teaching that first course, Dr. Mitchell will share with you a lifetime of clinical pearls and experience. Dr. Mitchell was recently awarded the A.T. Still Medallion of Honor by the American Academy of Osteopathy. His most recent publications include The Muscle Energy Manual, Vol. 1 (1995), Vol. 2 (1998), and Vol. 3 (1999), which he co-authored with his son, Kai Mitchell.