As I start to put pen to paper so to speak, I\u00a0 cannot help but reflect on the chain of events which brought me to this crucial momentous period in my life where something I am about to write\u00a0 will actually be published (hopefully).<\/p>\n
Rest assured that I have never in the past, nor will ever in\u00a0 the future, delude myself with the Idea that I am an author, even if I\u00a0 use the term in the loosest meaning of the word, however there are\u00a0 things which I have learned in my eight years of practice plus some techniques which evolved from a blending together of various techniques\u00a0 and knowledge that the time has come to at least share some of this\u00a0 knowledge with those of you who are receptive to new Ideas.<\/p>\n
Early in December, 1981. Dr. Peter Bull, our devoted editor, and myself traveled to North Queensland to give a seminar based on X-Ray\u00a0 Diagnosis, Sacro-Occipital Technique (S.O.T.) and a composite of\u00a0 X-Ray\/S.O.T. Diagnosis featuring a Central Gravity Line superimposed on\u00a0 X-Ray films. Peter put the films together from category 1, 2 and 3\u00a0 standing analysis criteria which I supplied. The first time that I saw\u00a0 the films was during our composite presentation. Peter showed the films, I then gave a diagnosis using S.O.T. criteria and the adjustment required. The result was 99% accurate which not only pleased the seminar participants, but validate S.O.T. category analysis and impressed an\u00a0 otherwise pessimistic Editor. And in the words of the Good Book \u201cit came\u00a0 to pass\u201d that on the flight home, Peter asked me to do I series of\u00a0 articles on my approach to S.O.T., especially the two versions of a\u00a0 category 2 or sacroiliac problems.<\/p>\n
Time however has not permitted that article to take shape, but\u00a0 during the social of 13th February, I mentioned my technique for Torticollis to Lindsay Collins and Peter Bull and after a few more glasses of Riesling, I agreed to whip up an article on this particular technique using the Activator.<\/p>\n
In future articles, I shall describe the whole approach of\u00a0 S.O.T. including the two Category 2\u2032s, where sacral balancing cranial\u00a0 fits into the procedures and why the Deerfield Test is not conclusive re\u00a0 pelvic\/cervical analysis.<\/p>\n
The activator technique for Torticollis is actually a\u00a0 combination of the Dr.\u2019s Fuhr and Lee Activator system and an Atlas analysis of the Sacro-Occipital Technique.<\/p>\n
As you are all aware, or you should be, and rest assured if you\u00a0 are not you will be before long, the acute Torticollis is not an easily\u00a0 handled patient, the pain and muscle guarding make it almost if not\u00a0 totally impossible to adjust the patient manually and while some\u00a0 traction techniques are helpful, nothing can compare with the ease of\u00a0 correction that the Activator can achieve with very little effort on the\u00a0 part of the practitioner and absolutely no distress or discomfort to\u00a0 the patient.<\/p>\n
I always remember the words of Dr. Fuhr when he visited\u00a0 Australia in 1974\/75 \u201cthat the main fault of a chiropractors today is over adjusting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chiropr J Aust.<\/a> 1982; 2: 13-14.<\/p>\n Author information:\u00a0<\/b>Henningham M.<\/p>\n