Dorn Therapy
Article by Lilian Haase published in several local and national newspapers and practitioner magazines 2004
DORN Spinal Therapy
The Non Manipulative Spinal Therapy of Dorn.
No Medication or equipment is necessary for the treatment - just hands.
If you have ever wished for lasting relief from back, hip, or joint pain the answer has arrived in Australia at last! DORN Spinal Therapy is the number one Spinal therapy in Europe of Naturopaths, Doctors of Natural Medicine and Physiotherapists who work with holistic and natural techniques with interest also spreading into mainstream medicine due to such great success.
The DORN Method is a therapy used to treat vertebra misplacement, joint pain and imbalance, internal organ disruption, as well as headaches commonly caused by a wrongly seated vertebra or a difference in leg length. The technique uses the natural movements of the body to heal and correct itself with out pain, and really - who wouldn't benefit from that.
At Freeearth in Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane the results speak for themselves. ND HP Steffen Messerschmidt and the Freeearth Team are Dorn Specialists who use this wonderful method to treat there patients, and have proven that Dorn is a genuinely successful way to treat spinal and joint problems. The positive results patients have experienced have outlasted other traditional spinal treatments or therapies.
It is absolutely normal that after the first or second treatment the patient is without pain, upright, and loose - including those who have experienced structural problems for years. The DORN Method involves no manipulation of the spine or the joints but allows the joints and columns to slip back to their right and natural position through self determined movements of the patient and the activation of the ‘inner doctor'.
Our skeleton is not only the central support of our body, but as most of us know it protects our spinal cord hence the importance of healthy alignment and posture. The spinal column and joints are maintained by a complicated muscle and tendon system, which ideally should be symmetrical, harmonic, and in equilibrium.
However, we all have been in situations that have upset this bone order where joints may have moved out of place, pulled out of the socket, twisted, slipped, dislocated, etc. This commonly occurs to the joints in the lower back, causing pain or restricted movement. Some people can realign their body again with certain movements, some people even with out realising they have done so. However external help is sometimes needed - such as using the DORN Method. (It is important to realise that the result of long-term joint displacement can be quite serious. So learning how to self-correct can prevent long-term problems arising.) When your skeleton is realigned, irrespective of the method, you almost always feel better and the symptoms or illness disappears or subsides.
The DORN Method bases its treatment on the correction of uneven leg length. The legs being the support for the pelvis, need to be even, when they are not, the pelvis is twisted during day-to-day movements. The result of an uneven pelvis position for the long and short term, leads to an asymmetrical, crooked, or displace spinal column. This can often lead to numerous chronic problems such as scoliosis, sciatica, pains in the sacrum, hip joint pains, knee pains, foot problems, hernias, sinking of the uterus, abdominal, intestinal and bladder problems plus more.
In 90% of cases uneven leg length is cause by a dislocated hip joint which cannot be detected through X-Ray. The hip, knee and ankle joints determine the length of our legs. A difference in leg length can be detected in almost all of us however the physical leg length is mostly exactly the same (There are very few cases of an actual difference in length due to operations or problems since birth). The fact is our hips can slip in an out!
Our hips slip out mainly when we are sitting - with our hip joint at 90 degrees where our joints relax and the leg slips slightly out of the joint. Often when we stand up, the hip does not go back into place. The muscles then tense and over time the joints stabilise this way, which in tun leads to related structural problems.
The DORN method is a gentle, sensitive, yet powerful way of putting displaced vertebrae and joints back into place. Simple exercises at home, developed by Dorn, assure long-term success.
The DORN Method is free of unpleasant side effects, completely safe and yet very effective. No medication is needed. Also, no medical training is necessary for the successful use of this unique treatment so most people can master it quickly and easily. All you need is sensitive, healthy hands in order to help yourself and those around you. If you or someone you know has a medical or structural problem, you know how helpless it feels when there is nothing you can do but trust the doctors - well now there is. By educating yourself about your body you can offer relief to yourself and others through better understanding of your body.
The method is completely safe and not at all dangerous. If you observe the instructions given in the DORN Therapy Course you cannot cause any harm to anybody. So if you are a physiotherapist, doctor, chiropractor, sports therapist, or personal trainer, or simply in the health industry, you can add this expertise to treatment of your clients. If you are none of these professions you can still learn this technique so you can help yourself and the ones you love.
This gentle spinal and joint treatment is not out of your reach if you do not live in Brisbane. You can be taught in a 4 day course (two weekends Saturday and Sunday) and get a certificate in Dorn Spinal therapy.
For more information about treatment or to register for a seminar near you please phone Freeearth on (07) 3423 3500 or Email admin@freeearth.com.au
The Practitioner Certificate Courses are officially recognised be the Australian Association of Homotoxicology.
