Sacro-Iliac [Sacroiliac] Balance

In treating Lumbago, Sciatica and low back pains, many doctors use short wave therapy.^[1] Just because heat is indicated on the surface, they think that more heat, deeper, would do more good. This is a mistake.

This fallacy was forcefully brought to my attention after a number of cases came to me with the same history of Lumbago that became worse by having had short wave therapy before coming to me. Short wave has its place, but in such conditions where the congestion in the deep structures and muscles is already a plus factor, over-expanded, why congest it more with deep heat waves?

In these cases surface heat, surface stimulation and dilation by pressure are indicated for relaxation and balance. Counter-irritation, like mustard plaster, or a capsicum ointment, etc. works very well as a helpful adjunct to the treatment. In fact, anything that aids in bringing the stagnant blood to the surface so that fresh blood and 'Prana' can circulate in these deep, congested areas, will aid and speed recovery.

Perineal Technique [see Book 2, Charts 30 and 31] works like a miracle in such cases. Often one treatment accomplishes more than all the other therapies combined. It relaxes the spastic muscles by re-POLARIZING the energy fields and establishing normal flow of energy as well as the circulation of the blood.

POINTS TO REMEMBER: Centrifugal stasis is deep congestion and swelling. Centripetal spasm is usually surface tension or muscular spasm anywhere, even in the muscular walls of the capillaries. The centrifugal impulse cannot get out, and the centripetal impulse cannot finish its cycle of contraction and flow in. Both must be helped to flow. Life is motion.

The Plumb Line [see Book 3, Chart 11] is essential as a check for all skeletal and structural corrections. This simple test reveals whether the patient is in proper relationship with the center of gravity.

Gravity is merely the mirror which indicates the relationship of the body's own center to its muscles, through the nerves and blood supply. It is most important that the patient's action be co-ordinated from his own center to the circumference as motion, and back to the center as sensory perception. This is really the idea behind the use of the plumb line. It is an evidence of muscular balance in the body.

Sensory and motor expression must balance each other as incoming

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¹ Diathermy is the application of short-wave radio or microwave produced heat to the body for therapeutic purposes.