Vertebrae..

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I have been trying to figure out some precise way of

identifying the vertebrae counting. For what i have seen

around here, practicioners tend to miss this counting

by ONE (above or bellow). Several methods of aiding

us to identify a precise counting - sugested by praticioners -

seem to lack a precision in vertebrae location that could

assure a precison of ONE.

 

- locate the last cervical vertebra by moving the px head

and sense the last " moving " vertebra.

 

obs: this doesnt seem to work for some people, because

the skin and superficial adjascent tissue tend to " slide "

pulled by the neck movement, preventing proper identification,

with the required precison of ONE.

 

- The umbilicus is in line with a certain lombar vertebra.

 

obs: this is even more missleading, because the line one traces

from the umbilicus will by no means have the required precision -

for one may " bend " a fraction of a degree angle and will land

one bellow or above - again.

 

- The scapula's tip is on the sevens rib.

 

obs: may be one or two bellow or above... depending on

the position and phisiologycal constituition.

 

- locate the 12 th rib.

 

obs: ok, it is failrly easy to do it, but in some persons as u

get close to the spine, the erector muscle/fat will totaly hide the

ribs - and one may miss by ONE again.

 

- locate the first sacral.

 

obs: not easy to diferentiate the first sacral from the 7 th lombar -

in many persons.

 

So... how do you do it? It seems very important to be able to

" navigate " properly on the vertebrae. I mean... i want to treat

the back shu points of kidneys, and may be treating Bl34 or Bl22.

I think i've learned a quite precise way of efectuating this identification.

I want to wait though... before i present my sugestion, in order to

hear about the particular techniques used by different pract.

 

Thanks

 

Geo