Dorn Spinal Therapy
Dorn Spinal Therapy
A gentle and effective treatment
Craig Haynes is a qualified Dorn Spinal Therapist
How is it done?
During a treatment, the practitioner palpates the patient’s spine. If any ‘unbalanced’ areas are found, possible underlying misalignments are treated with gentle pressure using the thumb or hand against the spinous processes, while the patient enacts guided movements such as swinging the leg or arms to distract the muscles’ inertia; this is similar to the principle of mechanics known as ‘counter pressure’. In case of pain, the patient is advised to stop the procedure in order to avoid any damage to the body.
There are now plenty of videos on You tube about Dorn Therapy and you can access then through this link.
Patients often report positive results immediately after treatment. Afterwards, they learn specially designed self-help exercises that simulate the ‘corrections’ made during the treatment. To read more go to the Wikipedia article here or this Australian article.
The Origins of Dorn Spinal Therapy
Dorn Spinal Therapy has it’s origins in Germany, and is a gentle and effective treatment for any sort of back, neck and shoulder pain, headaches and migraines.
There is no bone manipulation, cracking or any other surprising or aggressive moves involved with Dorn Spinal Therapy.
Dorn Spinal Therapy history lies with Dieter Dorn from southern Germany. He suffered from Lumbago (sciatic pain) which was so painful, he could hardly move. He had tried various treatments with little relief when he was reminded of a Healer whose reputation for “healing miracles” was wide-spread.
This Healer worked on Dieter, using only the pressure from his thumbs. Afterwards, Dieter was able to move freely again, and go back to work. The Healer, who was in his 80’s, asked Dieter to carry on with this method and his work. When he died several months later he left Dieter with a life long mission.
He was determined to help others with this fantastic treatment and began with his first patient, his wife. She had suffered from severe headaches for over 20 years, and her doctor had even advised surgery. Dieter began working on her, and over several treatments the headaches diminished before disappearing entirely.
Spurred on by this success, he progressed to treating family and friends and before long, word spread, people coming from far and wide to seek treatment. Eventually even doctors came to learn the treatment.
Today, Dorn Spinal Therapy is well recognized, particularly in Europe, and is often chosen over Chiropractic adjustment or other forms of manipulation.
There are now more than 2000 Certified Practitioners in more than 20 countries, among them doctors and medical specialists. Dorn Spinal Therapy has testimonies from people who have endured chronic pain for years and been able to cancel scheduled surgery after receiving Dorn Spinal Therapy treatment. If you read German there are many links on the Internet that relate to Dorn Therapy and here are a few: