The Alexander Barrie System Of Pelvic Correction™

This System is presented as an adjunct to existing therapeutic disciplines, thus equipping the practitioner and the layman, with the knowledge and the skill to help free themselves of unnecessary back, shoulder, neck, knee and ankle pain and more, by maintaining and stabilising their pelvises, which, as the foundation of their skeletal frames, when not aligned absolutely, is in most cases the cause of osteopathic pathologies as well as spinal deterioration and spinal maladies……

THE IDEAS I INTRODUCE EXIST AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUSLY PURSUING THREE LINES OF DIRECTION:

Namely:

1. Observation
2. Empirical work on myself and others
3. Correction/solution

OBSERVATION:

Through the years it became apparent to me that people suffer greatly with musculo-skeletal problems, which, as a practitioner of a number of medical skills, I could deal with and bring relief to most people, but usually only temporarily.

A complete cure was always uppermost in my heart and my mind.

I began to perceive that the various musculo-skeletal conditions anywhere around the body were nine out of ten times, symptoms of a dysfunctional* pelvis and not problems that were disparate.

EMPIRICAL WORK ON MYSELF, AND OTHERS:

I observed when diagnosing lumbago, osteoarthritis, spinal maladies, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, RSI complaints, plantar foot pain, and several other conditions, that leg length discrepancy and pelvic distortion* were prevalent virtually without exception.
The discovery that nine out of every ten people have, in varying degrees these debilitating conditions led me to conclude that two of the most dominant pelvic lesions* were:

1. Iliac (wing) osseous prolapse on one side. (‘drop’)
2. Iliac torsion (‘twist’) of both ilia (wings), that is: one wing anterior the other posterior or forward torsion for one and backward torsion for the other.

*These equal: lesions, subluxation, distortions and dysfunction of the pelvis. (All of similar meaning )

When pelvic correction was performed, leg length equalised, tension in the spine eased and elsewhere in the body. However, this diagnosis and subsequent correction was the easy part; perhaps only two out of ten people gained pelvic stability that lasted. True, the greatness of the lesion lessened, especially when the segments of the spine were re-aligned, either osteopathically or energetically, but the pelvis would misalign again, and sciatic, lumbar and other aches and pains would return.

PELVIC SLIPPAGE RECURS:

This recurrent pelvic misalignment may be indeed the nightmare for osteopaths and chiropractors as they struggle to stabilise a given pelvis, if they even bother to look at a pelvis as to the origin of most of the conditions outlined above.
Some practitioners have worked-out their own Systems to assist stabilisation and correction of people’s pelvises with some success, including self-help techniques, but there is no unification of knowledge on the subject as yet.

The pelvis is the foundation of the skeletal frame and the base for the ‘hara’ (centre of gravity of the body and core of power). Naturally, if the basin/pelvis that holds the ‘hara’ is distorted, so commonplace, then an adverse effect is to be expected in the human physiology.

When pelvic subluxation occurs, an immense strain is placed on the lumbar vertebrae/segments: because, the whole spine is sitting on a pelvis (its sacral component) that is tilted to one side, it [the spine] must therefore, bend and twist to accommodate this physiological dilemma. A pelvis should be neatly horizontal to enable the spine that sits on it to remain erect and therefore healthy.

SOME OBSERVATIONS:

• Approximately one person in twenty eight suffers leg length discrepancy following pelvic correction
• When a pelvis is corrected and stays thus, certain medical conditions tend to clear-up
• There are a number of different distortions a pelvis may sustain

THE CORRECTION:

Over several years experimenting with particular techniques, some invented, some discovered, and applying some existing methods such as with Muscle Energy Techniques but modified, I have succeeded in bringing into being gentle techniques that anybody may employ to return their own pelvises. Thus pelvic stability is possible and therefore also freedom from pain.

Importantly, the patient may be taught the relevant techniques suitable for him. These take a few minutes a day to perform and the patient is now ‘empowered’ and in control, and he does not feel that impotence he experienced before he came to this System.

I should add that when the patient receives a clear and succinct explanation from the practitioner as to the pelvic problem involved, the patient is enthusiastic to practice the techniques to gain freedom from pain.

This System does not take the place of osteopathic or chiropractic techniques, if anything these techniques work more successfully when the patient himself looks after his own pelvis.

There are several ways to access this System:

1. By receiving treatments
2. By taking a Course at The College Of Pelvic Studies
3. By studying the self-help manual
4. By studying the self-help manual and video
5. By doing all the above
   

About the author:

Article written by Alexander Barrie
Alexander Barrie is a registered Cranio-sacral Therapist and also a registered Shiatsu Practitioner. He is a qualified teacher of Hatha Yoga, and the founder of The Pelvic Correction System™.

Website: http://www.alexalign.com

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