Dorn therapie

Dorn therapy is an alternative manual treatment method with which vertebral and joint blockages can be eliminated quickly and permanently. First and foremost, complaints of the musculoskeletal system can be successfully treated. For example, leg length discrepancies, hip twisting, pelvic misalignments, vertebral blockages, subluxated joints, scoliosis and sacroiliac joint (SIJ) blockages. Reflexif also has an effect on diseases of the internal organs. One explanatory principle for this is, for example, the dermatome concept of the neurologist Sir Henry Head. Another explanatory principle can be derived from the system of pathways in Chinese medicine. Dorn therapy is often referred to as ‘gentle’. However, the term ‘gentle’ in this context should be explained. This mainly means that no long levers and no impulse techniques are used as in classic chiropractic. Instead, straightening is done dynamically. Contralateral movements distract the tense postural muscles so that the vertebra can be pushed back into the correct position with little effort. The joint ligaments are not overstretched and there is no risk of the practitioner accidentally injuring other structures. Patients therefore do not develop any fear of the treatment. Gentle also refers to working with the hands. In direct contact with a person, most patients relax more easily than when there is a ‘tool’ between them. Unfortunately, gentle does not mean that the treatment is painless - the tense muscles on the spine in need of treatment are painful due to pressure. After the correct treatment, however, the pressure pain immediately subsides - a valuable indication that a vertebral blockage has been eliminated. The main principle of Dorn therapy is well described by the image of ‘building a house from the bottom up’. No wise person will build a house without a good foundation: If the foundation is not in order, sooner or later the house will warp and cracks will appear in the walls. These can be filled, but if the foundations are not levelled, they will keep coming back and getting bigger. If the legs and basin do not form a straight and stable foundation, cracks will appear Vertebral blockages or scoliosis. As with a crooked house, the ‘foundation’ must first be straightened in order to ensure lasting treatment success. However, treatment by the therapist alone is not enough: the patient must ensure that their ‘foundation’ remains straight through simple, regular exercises. Acute pain is also usually caused by longstanding misalignments, comparable to the ‘sudden’ cracks that appear in a house that has been leaning for some time. Regardless of the complaints a patient comes to the practice with, the treatment process always follows the same pattern. This ensures that - at least in the first treatment - all joints are treated and none are forgotten.
We live in an age in which thinking, seeing and hearing have replaced touching and feeling in many areas. We can see and hear at a distance, and for thinking we can even shut ourselves off from the world completely. To feel and touch, however, we have to get very close, we have to touch, and this is not possible without being touched at the same time. It is a balancing act to be in contact with the patient at the same time in order to be able to help them, but at the same time to distance yourself to such an extent that you don't become ill yourself. This problem is certainly not solved by keeping a greater distance in principle, as the quality of communication with the patient suffers as a result. But it is precisely this rapport that is important if we want to do justice to the patient.
Every touch is communication, in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic contexts. This communication is particularly effective if the practitioner understands how to read the signals sent by the patient's body. Many patients initially come to treatment because of a specific symptom and are barely aware of the rest of their body. This can be for a variety of reasons, ranging from relatively harmless reasons such as lack of interest or focussing on the part of the body that makes the loudest noise, through to hard-core tension that makes it (should make it) impossible to feel anything. Through my treatment I don't need to mention these complaints, I can already sense where there is more going on when I physically examine the patient. I can then stay purely on the body level, but I don't have to. During the examination and treatment (which merge seamlessly in Dorn therapy), I can address such signals directly. The reactions are usually positive. Many patients keep quiet about complaints that they perceive as embarrassing, and addressing them directly sometimes brings relief because it gives them permission to talk about them. In particular, the direct hits in previously unaddressed areas amaze patients and promote the trust in the practitioner that the patient needs in order to reveal their illness, which is often perceived as an inadequacy or flaw. Respectful touch also promotes this trust, which enables the patient to entrust themselves to the practitioner's guidance on the path back to themselves. We humans do not have a body, just as we have a car, a washing machine or a computer, but we are also our body and (hopefully) more. Therefore, the aim of treatment cannot be to repair the body, but apart from restoring function, it must also aim to reeducate the patient to a good perception of themselves. The starting point and focus of the therapy is and remains the patient's body, a tangible reality, and not some theoretical or esoteric musings. Treatment follows automatically from the diagnosis and both parts merge harmoniously. I can explain the findings to the patient on the spot. I always work without devices that intimidate the patient with their complexity and without illustrations, measurement curves or figures that have to be interpreted by a specialist. And last but not least, the Breuß massage, which complements the Dorn therapy wonderfully, offers the patient the experience of uncomplicated, soothing and relaxing touch at the same time as the treatment of the musculoskeletal system. This experience and this time-out alone can sometimes move small mountains for us performance-fixated Central Europeans.