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Source: Dr. Matthias Meier

72-year-old man with prostate enlargement, elbow pain on both sides and foot pain on the right. After 29 treatments, the malpositions improved from 12.1° to 7.6° in the thoracic spine, from 11.8° to 8.7° in the lumbar spine, and the pelvic obliquity from 19.4 mm to 14.9 mm. The result is the difference between getting up six times each night to go to the bathroom with medication and getting up one to two times without medication and occasionally even being able to sleep through the night. Both his elbow and foot pain disappeared as well.

Source: Dr. Matthias Meier

What about a spine like this? Do you think this elderly lady has normal blood pressure? Sleeps well? Has regular digestion? You guessed it—no, she doesn’t. The physical stress on the nervous system is clearly visible here. Organ dysfunctions and connective tissue instabilities of the knees with subsequent arthrosis on both sides have already occurred. Standing upright and walking becomes a torture and medication is taken to make the situation bearable. The cause can be clearly seen in the picture. However, the possibilities for correction of the biomechanics are significantly limited since the mobility of the individual vertebral segments has decreased significantly. Nonetheless, symptom relief by manipulation of the spinal components can still be achieved. Even if no structural change occurs, the patient can usually reduce the amount of medication needed.