Dear Colleague:
The SOT Quarterly Research Update is
a service offered by SOTO-USA to keep doctors who are familiar with
sacro occipital technique (SOT) aware of the latest research related
events, papers, and concepts affecting our practices. Please contact me
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Dallas, Texas.
SOT and SOT cranial seminar series
are now taking place in Pennsylvania and California. See this
newsletter for more information. Also there are SOT and SOT cranial
pediatric classes being held throughout the United States held through
the ICPA.
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This update features information on
some papers particularly related to sacro occipital technique (SOT)
recently presentation at the 2008 ACC/RAC conference.
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SOT and SOT Cranial Regional
Series
2008 Marks the beginning of SOT and SOT cranial series taking
place across the country. The Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association
(PCA) and the Southern California University of Health Sciences - Los
Angeles Chiropractic College (SCU) are both offering SOT seminar series.
The PCA will be hosting at their home office in Harrisburg,
PA three SOT one-day seminars taught by Robert Monk, DC:
Category
Three - April 10, 2008
Category
Two - May 8, 2008
Category
One - June 12, 2008
To register click
here
SCU will be featuring on campus (in the Los Angeles, CA area)
a two year SOT and SOT cranial program supplying all doctors and
students the courses they need to sit for the SOT
certification examinations. All the SOT and SOT Cranial series will
be held on campus at SCU and presented quarterly.
SOT
Level One - June 7-8, 2008 will be taught by Drs. Charles Blum and
Richard Gerardo.
SOT Level Two will be held in September 2008 on campus at SCU
at a date to be determined shortly.
For registration and information please click
here.
SOT
Pediatric seminars can be found all over the USA.
April 5-6th SOT Spinal at
Overland Park, Kansas,
April 19-20th SOT Cranial at
Dallas, TX,
June 14-15th SOT Spinal at
Atlanta, GA.
For future dates visit the ICPA
website, for SOT Spinal
click here and SOT Cranial
click here.
SOT
Events Calendar
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Relationship of Pelvic Torsion
and Anatomical Leg Length Inequality: A Review of the Literature.
Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC
"Chiropractic leg checking involves determining the relative
'length' of the legs--more precisely, determining the relative position
of the distal legs--in either a supine or prone patient, by careful
observation of the location of the feet. It is commonly stated, by many
of the mainstream chiropractic technique systems, that there is a
posterior-inferior ilium subluxation on the side of the short leg,
although it is not always clear whether this is contingent on anatomic
or functional leg length inequality (LLI) or both.
"In all cases, posterior innominate rotation occurred on the
side of an anatomic long leg and/or anterior
rotation on the side of an anatomic short leg. Of important note
although the traditional thinking may be accurate for functional short
leg, the literature says it is not true for anatomic short leg, which
is associated with relative anterior innominate rotation."
The
Journal of Chiropractic Education. 2008; 22(1):53.
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Developmental Delay Syndromes
and Chiropractic.
Charles L. Blum, DC and Scott Cuthbert DC
"Issues regarding chiropractic treatment for various types of
conditions such as developmental delay syndromes, while controversial
to some, have some support in the literature. At this time,
developmental delay syndromes such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) have inconclusive etiologies; there may be a subset of
patients having trauma or other physical-related imbalances that was
contributory to the patient's dysfunction.
"A case report was discussed of fraternal twins is presented
in which one twin's developmental and emotional growth was notably
delayed compared with her other twin. Chiropractic cranial care was
rendered, which appeared to assist a positive outcome for the treated
child.
"With developmental delay syndromes, there are various
related possible chiropractic interventions, such as cranial related
therapies and upper cervical, cervical, and even treatment for
pelvic-related dysfunction.
Since there is some question as to the causation of the various
developmental delay syndromes, this ultimately leads to some lack of
clarity on treatment options, particularly for children sensitive to
medication or who do not chose medication as an option. Patients are
seeking alternative care, and particularly care that offers low risk
and some benefit should be brought to their attention."
The
Journal of Chiropractic Education. 2008; 22(1):84.
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Reliability of the Prone Leg Length Analysis Procedure.
Michael Schneider, DC, Robert Homonai, DC, Brian Moreland,
DC, and Anthony Delitto, PhD, PT
Since leg length evaluations in the prone position with
evaluation of cervical descending influence on neck rotation is part of
SOT's category one protocol, determining if there is interexaminer
reliability in evaluating leg length is important. "In this study two
chiropractors examined 45 patients in the prone position, with the
knees in both extended and flexed positions, and with the head rotated
right and left.
"The clinicians determined the side of short leg with knees
extended and if a change in leg length occurred with head rotation. The
study concluded that the two clinicians showed good reliability on
determining the side of short leg in the prone position. The head
rotation test for assessing changes in leg length was completely
unreliable in this sample of patients. There did not appear to be any
correlation between the side of pain noted by the patient and the side
of short leg as observed by the clinicians. All 45 patients in this
sample were found to have a short leg by both clinicians".
The
Journal of Chiropractic Education. 2008; 22(1):96.
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Plagiocephaly: The Oblique Skull
A Method Of Chiropractic Correction
Steve Williams, DC, Charles L. Blum, DC, and Simon
Billings, DC
"Plagiocephaly is general term used to describe cranial
asymmetry. Pathologenically, plagiocephaly is classified as synostotic
(SP), caused by abnormal sutural development or deformational (DP)
(non-
synostotic or positional), caused by external forces acting on the
cranium. Commonly accepted treatments for DP include alternate sleeping
postures, carefully monitoring the child when placed in a prone
position, as well as in resistant cases use of cranial orthoses or
helmets. Chiropractic -Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) cranial care
might offer a conservative option that is a bridge between alternate
sleeping and use of a helmet.
"From a biological plausibility standpoint it would seem
that allowing the brain to grow in a symmetrical fashion, balanced
stress on vascular membranes, and maintaining normal anchoring of
muscular attachments would be beneficial. Recent research has indeed
found a relationship between DP and neurodevelopmental delays and that
posterior DP may even affect visual field development. Since parents
often are not willing to "just wait and see" and are leaning towards
some degree of intervention, chiropractic cranial care appears to be a
viable intermediate therapy and may facilitate a reduced need for
helmet therapy."
The
Journal of Chiropractic Education. 2008; 22(2).
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Sacro Occipital Technique
Organization - USA is a non-profit, professional organization formed to
promote the awareness, understanding and utilization of the Sacro
Occipital Technique method of chiropractic as founded and developed by
Dr. Major Bertrand DeJarnette.
The SOTO-USA family all looks forward
to seeing you October 23-26th, for the
2008 National Clinical Symposium in Dallas, Texas. It will be a great
opportunity learn the essence of SOT or advance your SOT training with
integrative classes in SOT, CMRT, and Cranial. For those interested in
working with the dental profession treating TMD then this symposium
will be leading the way.
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