Frequently asked Questions (and Answers!):

 

What conditions can be treated with the gentle manual therapy the 'Dorn Method'?

 

Every disease, even up to the psychical domain can be treated unless an illness had already led to irreversible damages at organs.

Is there a scientific background for this kind of therapy?

1.  A manual form of therapy which is basically unknown in conventional medicine until now, with absolutely revolutionary new knowledge. It concerns for example the manual adjustment of  a difference in length of legs as a consequence of a subluxation of the hip-joint (subluxation=partly luxated=misaligned) and a subluxation of the joints of sacrum (Ilio-sacral joint) and possible knee and ankle joints. The longer leg is considered the ‘problem’-leg and Not the shorter leg as believed in classical medicine and chiropractic.

2.  The osteopathic knowledge that there is a connection of each vertebra and its appropriate  spinal segment to certain inner organs. That means that when there are damages at these structures, disturbances of organic functions are the consequence, which again are the base for the arising of diseases.

3.  The knowledge of the Chinese medicine, especially of acupuncture and meridian science that the organic functions are stirred and leveled, also among each other, via the vegetative nervous system

4.  The natural-scientific  knowledge of anatomy, physiology, physics, chemistry and other domains.

 

Check also the page on Research and Clinical Trials done on the Dorn Method:

Click:  RESEARCH

 

Different leg length leads to an inclined hip and therefore to a serious structural disturbance that is the main cause for most spinal problems.

What is the main cause in differences in leg length?

Sitting with crossed legs, wrong sitting positions and wrong stretching exercises will cause a (usually only temporary) subluxation (Misalignement) of the hip joint and an immediate unbalanced tensioning of the muscles around the hip that twist the hip blades, contribute to a sacrum misalignment and together lead to a difference in leg length. (I find an average of around 1,5cm or half an inch in most people I check!)

The joints of the knee and ankle can also get subluxated (misaligned) and can as well contribute to the leg length discrepancy.
When sitting and crossing legs the femural head (bone of the upper leg) is levered out of its natural position in the hip socket (acetabular) because in a sitting position the muscles around the hip joint are relaxed and do not stabilize the joint as they would while standing.
The same happens when bending down with straight legs (a very common stretching exercise) or every time we stretch our hip joint to an angle less than 90 degrees (as in many common known exercises).  Long sitting in a car also shows this result.
This mechanism happens to everybody, no matter of age, already after one single wrong movement.

Also when I check this condition in children or even babies I found a difference in minimum 90% of the kids therefore I believe it is possible that this condition is a result of our birth where joints are stressed during delivery and not corrected immediately! Later in life we worsen the condition with our ‘un-natural’ movements.

 

For more details read further at the page: Causes for Misalignments

Is the treatment of the Dorn Method safe?

This form of manual therapy can be considered very safe since the adjustments are only done in cooperation with the patient during the dynamic of the joint to be adjusted, and the resulting relative force is by far below and only a fraction of the naturally occurring forces during everyday movements. The treatment is never done over the personal pain limit of the patient so injury is basically not possible and there are no reports of any problems in the 30 years history of the Dorn Method.

 

Are there any Contra-Indications?

 

The Do’s and Don'ts of the DORN METHOD:

Always consult a physician prior to applying the DORN METHOD on another person. Always be careful and get permission to treat. Give sufficient information to the patient about the treatment and brief him/her on possible reactions that can be expected. Observe the highest ethical and moral standards and cleanliness.

 

Immobile patients: An important component of the DORN METHOD are the dynamic gentle swinging motions that accompany the pressing and kneading actions, so if the patient cannot move or stand, the treatment is, in effect, not quite possible.

 

Accidents: After accidents or injury, you must not treat immediately, to avoid causing further damage, but six to eight weeks later, a treatment should be possible.

 

Cancer: Patients diagnosed with cancer often feel better after a Dorn treatment, but the treatment must be done very gently and with written permission/liability release from the patient. The cancer itself cannot be cured by the DORN METHOD but some symptoms may get better.

 

Inflammations: Patient with acute inflammations or fever should only be treated after the symptoms have disappeared.

 

Lumbago and prolapsed disk: Patients with Lumbago (Sciatica) can be treated very gently as long as they are able to move comfortably. It might be advisable to give a Breuss massage first to reduce the pain before correction with the DORN METHOD.

 

A prolapsed disk must not be treated using the DORN METHOD, and the patient needs emergency/first aid care first because the condition is very sensitive and may, in some cases, even require surgery.

 

Acute migraine: Patients with migraine should only be treated after symptoms have disappeared.

 

Numbness or Paralyzed patients: Light symptoms can be treated carefully, but if the condition is uncertain or getting worse, a neurologist should first be consulted.

 

Medication: Patients under medication should be treated very carefully and gently because weak bones or bleeding tendency might be among the side effects of some medication.

 

Patients with the tendency to bleed easily must only be treated by very experienced therapists.

 

The same goes for patients with