Dorn Method
- Collar bone
- Elbow
- Leg Length
- Lumbar
- Upper Spine
The collar bone is adjusted by gentle pressure to the chest bone followed by a sliding movement of the hand along the clavicle.
The upper body is gently supported at the back.
Pain in the elbow is relieved by gentle compression of the elbow joint whilst the arm is taken through a range of movement. 
Many people have what seems to be one leg longer than the other, this is due to the femur (thigh bone) being separated from the hip joint.
Leg length is checked and corrected using gentle pressure on the hip joint combined with movement of the leg.
The vertebrae of the spine can often slip slightly out of place due to habitual poor posture.
Irregularities in the spine can be corrected by applying gentle thumb pressure to the spinous process of the affected vertebrae whilst the client swings their leg backwards and forwards.
Similar to the correction for the lumbar vertebrae, the thoracic vertebrae are corrected by applying thumb pressure whilst the arm is swung backwards and forwards. Founded in the 1980s by Dieter Dorn, Dorn Method uses a unique combination of gentle pressure and movement by the patient to address joint and spinal dysfunctions, caused by mis-aligned vertebrae or differing leg lengths.
No body-twisting or joint-cracking methods are used, which makes Dorn ideal for those patients who are not comfortable with osteopathy or chiropractic treatment methods. The treatment techniques are explained above.
It has its origins in Germany and is now one of the most widely used treatments for back pain in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
It is a holistic treatment which means other places of pain can often be relieved by working on the meridian and nerve system of the body.
Dorn Method may offer long term benefits
Dorn also promotes the use of better posture in day to day life. For example, simple suggestions include not sitting crossed legged or not slouching whilst seated in front of the computer at work; these are typical bad habits we fall into, and which over time can lead to health problems.
Dorn also teaches a set of simple, easy to learn self-help exercises which are designed to be taken away and practised at home to maintain balance in the body and good health over the long term. A few minutes spent each day for example on a simple leg length correction excercise, will help to keep the hip joint in place, and the spine seated correctly.