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It is clear, then, that the position of the spine determines pain, organ function as well as activity and dominance of the autonomic nervous system, and therefore may contribute to disease development. It is important to take this into account when treating patients with chronic diseases in order to be able to treat them causally.

There is another interesting aspect here. When the structure of the spine is reconstructed, old symptoms may sometimes temporarily reappear. An example of this would be a young woman who reported having cardiac arrhythmia indicated that disappeared after a few treatments, but after several weeks of therapy, she developed a feeling of instability in her right shoulder that she had not had for years. Five years ago, she had suffered a shoulder dislocation while serving in a tennis match, which she was able to “pop” back in spontaneously. Afterwards she had a feeling of instability for a while, which improved with physiotherapy and training. This feeling of instability came back after a certain number of therapies, but lasted only a few weeks. It is almost like turning back time with therapy and the patient is reliving their symptoms in reverse order. In other words, certain symptoms that occur as a result of a corresponding spinal misalignment may disappear as the misalignment continues, whereas others may be added that can be classified as more dangerous (cardiac arrhythmia vs. shoulder pain). The body tries to compensate as much as it can to maintain function, but gives clear signals when there is a serious problem.