S.O.T. (Sacro Occipital Technique)

An S.O.T. doctor knowledgeably analyzes your body to determine underlying spinal, cranial, and organ-related problems. S.O.T. patients are also routinely given guidance regarding home care, diet, and nutrition. S.O.T. is a method of normalizing the relationship between the foundation of the spine and the top of the spine.  Dr. Major B. DeJarnette developed this technique, which concentrates on how blockages in the spinal, pelvic or cranial bones can interfere with the secretion, fluctuation and absorption of cerebro spinal fluid.

The cerebro spinal fluid has its own rhythm, separate from any other organ in the body including the hearts and lungs. S.O.T. concerns itself primarily with this cranial sacral respiratory mechanism and its wavelike oscillation.  This motion is essential for the normal functioning of the brain and spinal cord, and thereby the rest of the nervous system and the rest of the body.  Ordinary respiration--breathing air in and out--also affects and can be used to normalize cranial sacral respiratory action.  Like other chiropractic techniques, SOT also corrects abnormal spinal mechanics and any associated nerve problems.  These can include back pain, headaches, dizziness, arm and leg pains.

Through the use of Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Techniques, your SOT practitioner can help normalize organ function in your body, including high blood pressure, digestive problems, urinary problems, toxicity, and female reproductive dysfunction.  Many head-related symptoms can also be treated by your SOT practitioner, including, but not limited to vertigo, TMJ, headache, visual disturbances, and ear infections.

SOT is proven to obtain lasting results in a short time.  These results are demonstrated as reduced pain and improved function in all parts of the body.  A patient just starting with S.O.T. care will often notice such a great improvement in a short time that they will feel they are completely healed.  But with the precise diagnostic methods of S.O.T., problems in the body can be detected even though they are not causing pain.  Any SOT adjustment will improve the functioning of the body, which is health.  This improvement may not be readily apparent to the doctor or the patient, but it is there.

SOT works to a great extent by specifically positioning the body to use the weight of the body to correct the body.  This occurs because of an interaction between the specific position the body is in and the motion of the body caused by normal breathing.  Many times the patient will feel very relaxed during the adjustment and even take a nap.  There is some pain when specific points of correction are located.  This is more like a "good pain" than a "bad pain" and serves mostly to let the doctor and patient know that a point needing correction has been found.

Source: SORSI Sacro Occipital Research Society International