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Sacro Occipital Techniquec - SOT

Presentation:

The Sacro Occipital Manipulative Physiotherapy course consists of training the physiotherapist to apply specific manipulations of the Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) and understand its categories. The pelvis has an important physiological and mechanical role in the balance function of the human being, and the sacral occipital technique aims to restore, control pain and maintain health through a system of categories established by D.C. Major Bertrand DeJarnette.

The SOT Sacro Occipital Technique technique was developed by Major Bertrand DeJarnette, Osteopath and Chiropractor, where the main idea was to treat his patients safely with gentle adjustments and practically no contraindications. Through SOT he developed a very specific assessment system, in which he categorized his patients basically into 3 levels of dysfunction:

Category 1: meningeal distortions

Category 2: Iliac and Craniomandibular Disorders

Category 3: Chronic spinal dysfunctions such as disc degeneration and osteoarthritis processes.

Assessment is the key point of SOT treatment, in which the chiropractic physiotherapist will then identify whether the patient's distortions are ascending or descending, whether they are influenced by skull and meningeal changes or whether they originate from the sacro-iliac joints, or whether They come from the sacroiliac joints. SOT can be applied to children, adults and the elderly safely and with a global view of the patient. Providing better quality of life and well-being.

Success:

This course will be part of the completion of the diploma in Manipulative Physiotherapy or Chiropractic, (Phase 3) of 35 hours if the complementary activities are completed.

Justification:

Any change in the balance relationship between the iliac bones and the sacral bone results in changes to the central nervous system and consequently in the support of the spine and the human body, so the technique uses the patient's own weight and breathing to make the necessary corrections , providing an excellent work tool for physiotherapists in the manipulative area.

There is a system located between the bones of the skull and the brain, and which continues within the spinal column to the sacrum, called the Cranio-sacral system. It is a closed hydraulic system, with its own physiological rhythm, where within these structures flows the cerebrospinal fluid produced by the pumps of the ventricles that bathes the entire nervous system, externally limited by the meninge dura mater which has the function of protecting the spinal cord and the brain. This fluctuation of the liquid throughout its path has a rhythm of upward movement that we call (flexion-Opening) and downward movement (extension-closing) that we call Primary Respiratory Movement (MRP), a movement that occurs prior to the pulmonary respiratory movement, that doesn't start until we are born.

This rhythm consists of six to twelve pulsations per minute, caused by the rhythmic production and reabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid. The rhythm of the Cranial-Sacral System can be felt as clearly as the cardiovascular and respiratory rhythms. But unlike other rhythms, it can be evaluated and corrected. Adjustment of this system will in turn stimulate the mechanism of self-regulation and homeostatic balance of the individual's fascia and viscera and their inherent intelligence to self-heal.

What is the influence of CSF pulsation on the viscera? Liguric pulsation governs the movements of the fascia of the peritoneum, the supra-diaphragmatic cavity, the muscles and innervations that are distributed throughout the Central Nervous system. Due to this important factor, any adhesion or change in the mobility of the endothoracic fascia can alter visceral motility and mobility, initiating a pathological process.