The first program faculty are eclectic in their approach to teaching Manual Therapy. As described by Barbara Stevens:  “In the beginning, there were no teaching strategies to learn from in the USA. Thus, the faculty employed the teaching strategies they…

Eileen Vollowitz becomes the first Program Director and leads the program for 2 years.

Peter Edgelow presents a proposal to Kaiser Permanente, as a component of his master's degree thesis at San Francisco State University, for a post professional program emphasizing manual therapy, modeled after the Adelaide program in Australia. (Photo of Eileen Vollowitz)

Kaiser accepts the proposal. Using Peter Edgelow’s master thesis for guidance, Eileen Vollowitz submits a proposal for a post professional manual therapy program. The Community Benefits Division of Kaiser Foundation Health (KFH) funds the program in 1979 for one year.…

At the request of Richard Erhard, then president of the International Federation of Orthopedic Manual Therapists, known as IFOMT. Peter Edgelow sponsors a local course to bring manual therapy into the community and raise the level of  orthopedic physical therapy…

Peter Edgelow, Director of the Kaiser Hayward physical therapy department, travels to Adelaide to study with Geoff Maitland for 3 months. When he returns, he wants to create a similar program in the States.