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Neurologic Disorganization
Introduction:
There are times when a muscle should test strong (functionally facilitated) or weak
(functionally inhibited). A good example of this is the normal gait testing that we have
shown you. Another possibility is when you find a postural distortion that doesn’t
respond, as you would expect. For example when a person has a high shoulder, the
Latissimus Dorsi would be expected to test week if it doesn’t then you would suspect the
patient to be “neurologically disorganized”. This is how the term switching came about,
when the original Applied Kinesiologists (namely Dr. Goodheart) observed that the
patients would have a postural distortion that the muscle that should test weak didn’t, but
the muscle on the opposite side of the body would.
Ex: A patient presents with a High Right shoulder but the Right Latissimus Dorsi tests
strong and the Left Latissimus Dorsi tests weak. This is opposite of what you would
expect to find with that postural distortion. This is how the term switching came into
existence.
What Is Neurologic Disorganization?
Neurologic Disorganization could result from any kind of neurologic receptor
(mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, Nociceptors, Chemoreceptors Electromagnetic
receptors) sending conflicting information into the central nervous system. The CNS can
only act on the information that it receives. So what this means is that if you put junk in
you get junk out! Or you could say it like poor neurologic input equals poor neurologic
output, in which case the gait muscle will not turn off when it is supposed to OR the
postural distortion will not test like it should (i.e. the Latissimus will test strong when that
shoulder is high). Another Simpler way of putting it is that the body and brain aren’t
communicating Properly!
How do we find it?
There are several ways to diagnose this neurologic disorganization (Switching); the first
is how it was discovered which are through clinical observations i.e. the postural
distortion and the gait tests that we have already discussed.
The second way of diagnosis is through the Acupuncture points KI-27 that in
acupuncture is the home of all of the coupled meridians. This is done by Therapy
Localization (TL) to these points, which are located at the junction of the clavicle, 1st rib
and manubrium. The only problem with this is that it doesn’t tell you where or why that
person is getting the conflicting information from the body.
The main way to un-switch someone, according to Dr. Francis, is to use “Ocular Lock”.
The definition of Ocular Lock is when the eyes CANNOT move together properly! This
can indicate neurologic disorganization because eye motion is intricately involved with
equilibrium proprioceptors, which include the visual righting reflex and the labyrinthine
reflexes. Here in club we are trying to go over things the way Dr. Francis does in the 100
hours. So, we will use his correlations between eye position and structural fault.
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According to Dr. Francis these corrections will correct most forms of switching
(Neurologic Disorganization).
Up (out the top of their head)
Left
Right
Apex Posterior Sacrum
Bilateral Inferior Occiput
Retrograde
Left PosteriorOcciput
Right PosteriorOcciput
Right C2
Left C2
Right Posterior
Sacrum
Left Posterior Sacrum
Base Post. Sacrum
Antrograde
Down (look at toes)
Figure 1. These are the eye positions and structural faults that Dr. Francis
has correlated with them.
The proper way to test for Ocular lock is to use the Pectoralis Major Clavicular (PMC)
muscle bilaterally. If these are not strong then any strong indicator can be used. The
reason that we like to use a bilateral PMC is because it tests a muscle on both sides of the
body rather easily. If the bilateral PMC is weak there are several things that you would
want to look at, including cranial faults, an anterior subluxation of T5, or the patient’s
history for of poor protein digestion because of a lack of hydrochloric acid (HCl).
Once the PMC is determined to be strong, the doctor would ask the patient to look
with both eyes in the cardinal planes of view, i.e. up to the left, up to the right, down to
the right, down to the left, straight right, straight left, straight up (like they are looking out
of the top of their head), straight down (like they are trying to see their toes).
If the patient weakens in one of the eye positions then challenge and adjust the joint
that is indicated, i.e. if up and to the right weakened a strong bilateral PMC then you
would challenge and adjust the occiput on the right or if down and to the left weakened a
strong bilateral PMC then you would challenge and adjust the sacrum on the left.
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What would you do if more than one eye positions showed?
If more than one position showed you will address the highest area in the spine i.e. if
up to the left and down to the right and straight right showed you would challenge and
adjust the occiput. This is because of two reasons.
1. There is a higher density of mechanoreceptors the further up the spine you
travel (the occiput/ atlas joint has more mechanoreceptors than sacrum, L5 and SI
joints). And as we know, switching is aberrant input from those types of
receptors.
2. The dura attaches more strongly in the upper cervical area (C1-3) than lower
in the spine.
In fact, if we look at the areas that are addressed with these correlations and you will
notice that they deal in someway or another with where the dura attaches. As we know
the dura covers everything form the brain and spinal nerves.
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