Howdy all and happy spring.  This is for Steven and anyone one else who wants to chime in.  It was mentioned that one complicating factor to this work is scoliosis.  Boy howdy as they say out west.  I have two female patients with scoliosis, and after successfully unwinding the pelvis their spinal curves start to unwind.  SC2 and midline integrity is not effected, but every thing in SC3 is involved.  So where does one proceed from here?  They both have heel lifts in the right foot which change from visit to visit, both have right hip and SI restriction but the hip drop is good.  Both have sacral fascia involvement.  So there is a huge distortion of the entire fascia winding.  The one lady would be a great group demo.  So any thoughts and or tx suggestions would be appreciated.
Aloha
Patrick

howdy as they say in brooklyn, right back at you!  as it turns out, i just drove into santa fe tonight and will be here until early sunday am.  so call me.  i am seeing patients wednesday and will mostly be lookin’ to hang and soak up the local ju-ju. 

suffice it to say that scoliosis, as i said last class, is an exception to the rules we have established for WBI and the heel lifts… THUS FAR!  scoliosis represents an exception to the rule because the primary goal is not to create balanced ligamentous tension across the pelvis, rather to create an exceptional force vector that will reach up from the pelvis and balance the spinal curve at the level where it is happening!  huge distinction.  we are beginning to explore scoliosis next class a little… and it is way more complicated to explain here… however call me on cell Dr Patrick, and let’s get together (including any of you locals- Walter and Cari) and i can give you a preview while i am here.  6462463902 is my cell.
blessings

oh and another thing—- there are 3 essential different types or causes of curves: 

1. a genetically programmed or developmentally fixed curve where there is actual bony distortion of the vertebral segments.  this is rather rare
2. the most common ones are secondary to non-integrity of weight bearing!  we have observed the functional, reversible curves associated with class 1
or class 2 adaptations (C or S curve in response to weightbearing asymmetry). 
3. not too uncommon type emanating from a twist within the skull-  the old timers called this scoliosis capitis (us?) this is way more common than you might imagine, or at least a big contributor… and can be addressed through 5 pointed star, blanket, and the decompressions we will explore together down the road.

how is that little baby?  maybe we should see him together while i am here?