dear somasimple,
Geoffrey Maitland was an Adelaide , south Australian trained physiotherapist, I'm not sure he would wish to be identified as an Osteopathic guru. His foundation of a lifetime of work and writing on the science of Wikipedia reference-linkfacet joint function and treatments formed the basis for many others who followed. Including my own work. It does appear from your writing that you have not been exposed to manual facet joint mobilisation. What an exciting place for you to be . There is much to discover and I hope I am able to help you in some way.
Would be so much better of course if you could attend one of my lectures or sit in on a tutorial, nevertheless I'll do my best to assist.
I'll be able to sit long enough at the computer to attend to a brief overview etc tomorrow.
Cheers
Geoff
While I may add the occasional comic relief , I assure you , I am not joking.