SPONTANEOUS RELEASE BY POSITIONING

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On Step 2. Be sure to ask the person to tell you if a given trial position is better, worse, or the same. Some people won't tell you if you're helping them or hurting them, so ask! Ask constantly, "Better, worse, or the same?" "Better, worse, or the same?"

If you're working on the neck, the person may begin in a sitting position. If you are working on the upper or middle back, the person might sit, or may find it easier to lie face down. For the lower back, the person may lie down on his or her side or face down. Start symmetrically, and end symmetrically; that is, have the person sit or lie straight to begin, and always end up straight with no crossed legs or slouching.

On Step 3. The only comfortable position for the patient maybe very unusual or extreme, and that's common. The person may be in no pain at all only when rolled up like a ball, with one leg twisted over the other, with the head pointed out and up with the chin in the air, or with the arm bent back over the shoulder! You just have to try any position until you get the sure sign that you've found the right one: No more pain.

On Step 4. Dr. Jones mentions that "patients will try to help you. Don't let them." This is because the patient is totally passive during spontaneous release by positioning, and all he or she can do to help is say when pain is gone, and relax. That is it.

After the procedure, the person you worked on should rest for a while, and later endeavor to keep good posture while resting or working. This is important because the bone replaced is most likely to slip back out of place if again given the extreme position that did it before.

On Step 5. The length of time you have to hold the position will vary with each situation. Experience shows best how you can be the judge.

On Step 6. You can always check your work with spontaneous release by positioning. The trigger point that hurt when you pressed it showed you which vertebra was out; the trigger point when pressed with the person in the correct posture no longer hurt, so it showed you the correct position; the trigger point when pressed throughout the rotation of the person back to normal position no longer hurts. Once release is accomplished, a soothing ice pack can be applied.

So we can see the value of positioning, relaxation, and trigger points. These three form the basis of this technique.

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