FAQs

Dr. De Jarnette used the word “Technic” in the title of all of his Sacro Occipital Technic™ books. He used the word “Technique” in the title of his cranial and CMRT™ books and to describe most of the individual procedures in the Sacro Occipital Technic™ books. Remember that Dr. De Jarnette was an engineer before he was a chiropractor. And in engineering, the words have specifically different meanings. “Technic” is a set of procedures that can be done by anyone and applies to all situations. “Technique” implies an individuals’ use of his own skill, knowledge and judgment, resulting in a slight variation of what he learned as a “Technic” that works for him. “Technic” is never used in describing Chiropractic Craniopathy or Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique. That is because they are an art more than a science and so are done by the individual doctor in their own manner. They really cannot be taught as a “Technic”. There are too many variables. I insist on using the terms as Dr. De Jarnette used them, not because Dr. De Jarnette wrote it that way, but because it is the only correct use of the two terms. I express my gratitude Drs. Skip Saderlund, Ned Heese and Dave Beltakis for their contributions to my understanding of the difference of these terms. – David Rozeboom DC, CC

SOT® Methods is composed of highly accurate and effective procedures. Dr. Major B. De Jarnette spent most of his life conducting clinical investigation into what works in chiropractic and what makes chiropractic work. Many of the experiments he first tried on himself so that he was aware of the results first hand. He also recruited others to be patients while he tested the procedures. By means of these repeated, peer-reviewed tests, he determined the true nature of the spinal subluxation* and how it could most efficiently be corrected. He also determined when the correction of the spinal subluxation was not enough and devised visceral manipulation procedures. Visceral procedures are used to help normalize organ function without the use of drugs or surgery.

SOT® Methods also recognizes the important role of normal cranial function in health and disease. The cranial bones and other cranial structures can cause central nervous system problems that are often overlooked or ignored by most other chiropractic systems.

*Spinal subluxation: A disorder of the spinal, pelvic or cranial bones which is interfering with, or prohibits the correction of, the secretion, fluctuation and absorption of cerebro spinal fluid.

SOT® Methods concerns itself primarily with the cranial sacral respiratory mechanism. This is a wavelike oscillation in the covering of the brain and spinal cord. Although quite subtle, this motion is essential for the normal functioning of the brain and spinal cord, and thereby the rest of the nervous system and the rest of the body. It functions much like breathing air, in that it has a cyclic tightening and loosening phase. Ordinary respiration – breathing air in and out – also affects and can be used to normalize cranial sacral respiratory action. The normal function of the cranial sacral respiratory mechanism is recognized as a primary function of life in the body and must be normal if all functions of the body are to be normal.

Like other chiropractic techniques, SOT® Methods also corrects abnormal spinal mechanics and any associated nerve problems. These can include back pain, headaches, dizziness, arm and leg pains. Through the use of Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Techniques, your SOT® Methods practitioner can help normalize organ function in your body, including high blood pressure, digestive problems, urinary problems, toxicity, female reproductive dysfunction, etc. The list goes on and on.