A Patients guide to Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT)
Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) is a specialised, comprehensive, gentle and innovative Chiropractic technique developed in the USA in 1925 by Dr De Jarnette. It is named because of the relationship between the Sacrum (base of the spine) and the Occiput (base of the skull). One of the functions of the sacrum is to pump Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) from the base of the spine, back up the spinal canal to the brain, and throughout the nervous system. The minute rhythmical motion that circulates the CSF is essential to optimal health, as effectively it acts as the circulatory system to the brain and spinal cord. The Occiput is also helps to pump CSF.
The pelvis forms the foundational support of the human skeleton. It supports the upper body right up to the skull, and enables us to transfer our weight to our legs. The spine holds our body upright, supports all of our organs, and provides anchor points for all of our muscles, it also protects the delicate nervous system. The nervous system controls our body and can only function normally when our structures are balanced, and our pelvis is stable. This is what SOT aims to achieve.
It does this by categorising patients into 1 of 3 categories. Over time, or as a result of physical or emotional trauma, the mechanical balance of the body changes. The body often adapts to these misalignments, this adaption produces the series of Categories. Correction is achieved as a result of a number of specific tests designed to place the patient into one of the three categories, which are then treated using two pelvic blocks, which are used to correct the alignment of the pelvis in a variety of ways, which when misaligned disturbs fundamentally the body's mechanical balance and symmetry, restricts the flow of CSF compromising normal function of the nervous system. These two essential dysfunctions can lead to a whole range of symptoms both physical neurological and emotional.
SOT is a very gentle adjustive technique, bearing out the assertion that treatment does not have to be robust or painful to be effective. Furthermore, the Category system is a logical, easily understandable, and allows the patient a clear appreciation of the problem, how that relates to the symptoms they are experiencing, what the practitioner needs to do to correct that problem, what they might experience during the corrective process, and the expected outcome of the treatment. Clear knowledge and understanding is 'half of the journey'.
Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) is a specialised, comprehensive, gentle and innovative Chiropractic technique developed in the USA in 1925 by Dr De Jarnette. It is named because of the relationship between the Sacrum (base of the spine) and the Occiput (base of the skull). One of the functions of the sacrum is to pump Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) from the base of the spine, back up the spinal canal to the brain, and throughout the nervous system. The minute rhythmical motion that circulates the CSF is essential to optimal health, as effectively it acts as the circulatory system to the brain and spinal cord. The Occiput is also helps to pump CSF.
The pelvis forms the foundational support of the human skeleton. It supports the upper body right up to the skull, and enables us to transfer our weight to our legs. The spine holds our body upright, supports all of our organs, and provides anchor points for all of our muscles, it also protects the delicate nervous system. The nervous system controls our body and can only function normally when our structures are balanced, and our pelvis is stable. This is what SOT aims to achieve.
It does this by categorising patients into 1 of 3 categories. Over time, or as a result of physical or emotional trauma, the mechanical balance of the body changes. The body often adapts to these misalignments, this adaption produces the series of Categories. Correction is achieved as a result of a number of specific tests designed to place the patient into one of the three categories, which are then treated using two pelvic blocks, which are used to correct the alignment of the pelvis in a variety of ways, which when misaligned disturbs fundamentally the body's mechanical balance and symmetry, restricts the flow of CSF compromising normal function of the nervous system. These two essential dysfunctions can lead to a whole range of symptoms both physical neurological and emotional.
SOT is a very gentle adjustive technique, bearing out the assertion that treatment does not have to be robust or painful to be effective. Furthermore, the Category system is a logical, easily understandable, and allows the patient a clear appreciation of the problem, how that relates to the symptoms they are experiencing, what the practitioner needs to do to correct that problem, what they might experience during the corrective process, and the expected outcome of the treatment. Clear knowledge and understanding is 'half of the journey'.
