The Dorn Method: Further Reading
If you are suffering from Back pain, Neck pain, headaches, migraines, hip, jaw, knee, different leg length, shoulder, sciatica and many more health problems you could benefit from a DORN treatment.
The Dorn Method could prevent most back problems if applied before problems show up as part of a maintenance and prevention treatment.
Sitting with crossed legs, wrong sitting positions and wrong stretching exercises can cause a subluxation of the hip joint and lead to a difference in leg length. When sitting and crossing legs the femural head (bone of the upper leg) is levered out of its natural position in the hip socket, because in a sitting position the muscles around the hip joint are relaxed and do not stabilize the joint as they would while standing.
The same happens when bending down with straight legs or every time we stretch our hip joint to an angle less than 90 degrees. Long sitting in a car also shows this result. This mechanism happens to everybody, no matter of age, already after one single wrong movement.
This form of manual therapy can be considered very safe since the adjustments are only done in cooperation with the client during the movement of the joint to be adjusted. The treatment is never done over the personal pain limit of the client so injury is basically not possible and there are no reports of any problems in the 30 years history of the Dorn Method.
The Dorn Method uses only gentle manual adjustments which are done with the hands and without any tools, medication or surgery.
There is no set number of treatments and in many cases one treatment could really help. In a few cases up to three treatments are recommended and in long existing conditions several months of therapy might be necessary.
It's different from Osteopathic and Chiropractic treatment in most aspects. Although the outcome target is the same, namely a correction of misalignments, the way this is achieved varies to a great extend. All corrections are done in a dynamic motion, while the client cooperates actively with the therapist.
Because all correction is done in motion, there is no cracking of the bones.
It can balance leg length differences in children before they even create problems for their hips and ultimately their backs.
Regular check-ups in children and adolescents help prevent or treat the negative side effects of heavy schoolbags and long hours in “cool postures” or in front of computers. Easy self help exercises make it more likely for children and teenagers to look after themselves. The It’s perfect for the prevention of back problems in kids and young adults.
Having had a Dorn treatment the body may show the following reactions usually up to 3 days.
- Dull muscular pain (like after a heavy gym work out)
- Light pressure pain on the correction points
- Muscle tension at the corrected areas
- Detoxification signs like sweating, flu-like symptoms, changes in toilet habits or even an awakening of hidden and unsolved inner issues.
It is advised to avoid any strains on the back or carrying heavy, uneven loads for 3-4 days. This is the period during which the corrected positions are very sensitive to pressure and a dull muscular pain may occur. The system of muscles, ligaments and connective tissues needs this time to adjust to the new position of the joints and vertebrae. A lot of water should be drunk during this period to aid elimination of waste, excess acids, salts and toxins.
The Dorn Method is not suitable for the following conditions:
- Acute inflammation or fever
- Paralysis
- Acute migraine attacks
- Recent accidents
- Post surgery of discs
- Cancer
- Acute prolapsed disc(s)
- Ongoing cortisone medication due to possible brittle bones
- Immobility
(Extract from Brigitte Nath's Dorn Method Centre)
