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Chart No. 14
[See Book 3, Chart 14]
Figure 1 shows the corrective position and the treatment used in cases where the patient, on the gravity line-up, showed folds and grooves on the left side of the body under the shoulder blade, indicating a superior and posterior sacral base on that side, and an anterior-inferior base on the right side. In such cases, a right lateral curvature of the spine opposite the folds compensates the doubling up of the tissues on the left side.
The operator's middle finger of the left hand contacts the sacral apex from a posterior-inferior angle, then gently lifts and vibrates the base in a superior-posterior direction. Light, rhythmic impulses are used. The right hand is on the innominate [hip], with a gentle hold, in an upward and toward-the-table direction for the inferior sacral base on the right side. The wedge-shaped cushion placed under the hips, as shown in the chart, favors this correction. A similar pillow may be placed under the head to increase the corrective curve of the spine. The higher the curve is located on the spine, the bigger the head cushion should be to assist correction. When the compensatory curve is in the lower region of the spine, the hip cushion should be placed below the hip joint.
In cases where the opposite side is so affected, the patient lies on the right side and the doctor treats accordingly for spinal curvature and sacral base correction. Stubborn fourth and fifth lumbars [L4, L5] are usually due to sacral conditions.
This corrective position and treatment restores the patient's own center of gravity as well as his relationship to the gravity of the earth. This can be verified by checking the patient on the test board with the plumb line before and after treatment.
Give this simple, gentle and rhythmic treatment for one minute, then rest one minute and repeat four or five times. Then check again on the test board and note the improvement.
A sacral adjustment may also be given in that position, with the finger contact on the apex of the anterior base side, the thumb on the head of the femur and the knee at right angles to the body, as shown in figure 3 of chart No. 20 in this book.
Fig. 2 illustrates the contact above the pubis and about the center of Poupart's [inguinal] ligament, with the thumb of the operator's right hand over the right sacral base for an anterior correction of it by the assistance of leverage with the aid of the operator's left-hand contact above. The thumb is as close to Poupart's [inguinal] ligament as possible to start with, until contact over the sacrum is made. The treatment is given with the patient exhaling the breath as you gently lift the head and the upper part of the body forward with the other hand. Then relax and repeat about four or five times. Then check the patient on the test board again and note how favorably this correction affects the line-up in general and the sacrum specifically as well as the short leg. This is a powerful move, effective in difficult and stubborn cases where gentle rhythm impulses fail to make a correction which stays put. Chart No. 19 in book II is similar; however, in this book the objective of correction is the anterior sacral base whereas in book II chart No. 19 shows the correction of abdominal muscle pull.
This may be followed up with a general stretch by means of a gentle, rhythmic pull on the head, which releases the compressed inter-vertebral discs all along the spinal column. This move is shown in figure 3 of chart No. 25 in this book and in figure 2 of chart No. 7 in book IV.
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