Sacro-Iliac [Sacroiliac] Balance

and outgoing currents, the result of which is normal health. The restoration and maintenance of this balance is the problem of the intelligent physician. NOT BY FORCE NOR BY MIGHT, but by coordinated inter-change [interchange] of the inner centers and the outer functions can health be maintained in any given environment.

When the area of tension is found, it should be correlated to its opposing reflex area and balanced through the center which supplies the energy to both poles. This is the real object of balancing the body through the spine, as from the center to the circumference, from above to below, from side to side and from anterior to posterior. This is the true application of POLARITY PRINCIPLES in making physiological corrections.

Lining up the patient: Have the patient stand on the plumb board or foot plate, with his back to the operator, as illustrated in Chart No. 10, page 62, in "POLARITY THERAPY AND ITS TRIUNE FUNCTION".

The upright pillar is the spine
And it must be the center line.

Both heels of the patient must be backed against the cross piece or heel stop, and to the center. The position of the front part of the feet does not matter, as the feet must be natural, in their favored position, which helps to show the distortion.

With eyebrow pencil or colored crayon, mark the back of the patient exactly where the string falls at the top, middle and bottom of the spine.^[1]

When the string falls to one side of the center of the spine, that side is posterior and shows a tension of the posterior muscles on that side.

Anterior muscle pull of the psoas is the real culprit, on the opposite side. It is the first pull or lead that causes any distortion. The deep front muscles, like the psoas, pull the body out of line and the back muscles try to straighten the body. It is this effect of Nature's attempt to right the body into balance which causes the constant pain in the back.

The patient is bent forward in all these pelvic distortions, which shows where the major pull or cause is. It definitely indicates which muscle group has the advantage of leverage and where the lock is. In such a condition the patient always feels easier when he leans forward and favors that primary spasm. And, strange

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¹ Modern postural assessments are done with photography to record imbalances.