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NERVE TRACT TECHNIQUE

By RAPHAEL RETTNER D.C.

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Version 1.00May, 2009

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About the Author

Dr. Raphael Rettner is a Palmer College of Chiropractic West graduate and has been in practice since 1982. Dr. Rettner is one of the most highly skilled and respected chiropractors in the United States. He has made numerous radio and T.V. appearances, is the author of Vegetarian Cooking for People with Allergies and has produced several DVDs including: End P.M.S Now!, The Ultimate Diet, and Twelve Causes of an Unstable Spine. He has studied both force and non-force techniques such as Advanced Biostructural Correction, Applied Kinesiology, Biophysics, Gonstead, S.O.T. and over a dozen others. With a combination of creative thinking and an insatiable quest for knowledge, Dr. Rettner has developed several new and exciting chiropractic techniques. Since 1994 he has taught these in his Applied Trigger Points seminar to chiropractors all across the United States, Australia, Canada and England.

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Table of Contents............................................................................................................Introduction 6

........................................................................................Chapter 1: Hand Modes 7

.....................................................Chapter 2: Applied Kinesiology-Muscle Testing 8

................................................Chapter 3: The Steps for Nerve Tract Technique 10

.............................................................................Chapter 4: Location of Points: 12

...........................................................Chapter 5: Testing for NTT Reflex Points: 24

...............................................................................Chapter 6: Actual Treatment: 26

...........................................................................................................Conclusion 33




Introduction

Nerve Tract Technique is a system that treats nerve tracts through reflex points on the body. I developed it to release deep-seated neurological problems that could not be treated in any other way. Each reflex point is associated with a different nerve tract. We test them using applied kinesiology and this hand mode.




Chapter 1: Hand Modes

The hand modes work in conjunction with muscle testing, to determine the nature of the problem. They work as a short-hand communication tool with the patient’s body to give immediate feedback to the doctor. The hand modes are numbered one through five, one being the thumb and five being the fifth phalanx. The hand mode for nerve tract technique is 1-2. This is the first digit of the thumb touching the first digit of the second finger.




Chapter 2: Applied Kinesiology-Muscle Testing

Next, I demonstrated the correct procedure for muscle testing. 1. First find a strong indicator muscle. The most convenient one is the pectoralis major clavicular. This chest muscle helps bend and turn the arm at the shoulder. 2. Have the patient hold their arm straight out, level with the shoulder, palm out and thumb pointed towards the feet.




3. Push down on the forearm, towards the feet and away from the body.4. When you test, be sure not be too close to the wrist or overpower the patient. This will give a false reading. Push only to the point where the muscle locks. 5. Tell the patient youʼre going to push down and out and ask them to hold their arm in place. 6. When you say hold, pause for a moment to allow the patient to

resist. If you donʼt pause, you may overpower the patient and get a false reading.

7. “Iʼm going to push down and out. I want you to hold your arm in place. Hold.”

Applied kinesiology is a technique I have found to be useful in my practice.




Chapter 3: The Steps for Nerve Tract Technique

First, find a strong indicator muscle. You will use this to muscle test the Nerve Tract Reflex Point.

Now, make a hand mode 1-2 (like an o.k. sign) touching the first phalanx to the second phalanx.

Next, you’ll test your patient, by touching your fingers in the hand mode position to specific points and muscle testing the arm. Test medial and lateral to the nipple lines on both the right and left sides of the chest.

When you find an active point, the arm will appear weak.




Have the patient touch this point with one finger. Now adjust T2, T4 and T6 in three phases of respiration using a double activator.

Finally retest the nerve tract point. It should test strong.




Chapter 4: Location of Points:

Nerve tract technique was developed to release very deep-seated neurological problems that can only be corrected in this manner. Most nerve tract body points are located on the anterior ribs. If you palpate them, they will produce exquisite pain. They can also be therapy localized. The nerve tract technique adjustment sequence for all of the nerve tract techniques is T2, T4 and T6. There are 18 nerve tract test points in all, occurring on the front and the back of the body. Test Points in the Front of the Body:The first 10 test points are on or between the ribs on the front of the body.




The first nerve tract is the corticospinal. This controls distal extremity motor movement. The test point is between the 6th and 7th ribs, lateral to the nipple line on the left side of the body.

The second tract is the dorsal spinocerebellar. This carries reflex proprioception information. That is, sensing the location of stimuli. The test part is on the 7th rib medial to the nipple line.




The third nerve tract is the frontopontine. This controls eye movements. The test point for the frontopontine is located on the 4th rib lateral to the nipple line.

The fourth nerve tract is the olfactory, controlling sense of smell. The test point is on the 1st rib medial to the nipple line.




The fifth tract is the olivocerebellar. This aids rubrospinal motor movements and coordination. The test point is on the 2nd rib medial to the nipple line.

The sixth tract is the olivospinal. This carries reflex information. It’s also on the 2nd rib medial to the nipple line.




The seventh tract is the parietotemporopontine. This connects sensory information with auditory and olfactory centers. That is, spatial awareness. The test point is located on the 5th rib lateral to the nipple line.

The eighth tract is the reticulospinal. This carries muscle tone. The test point is on the 7th rib medial to the nipple line.




The ninth nerve tract is the rubrospinal This also carries muscle tone. The rubrospinal test point is between the 4th and 5th ribs, lateral to the nipple line on the right side of the body.

The tenth nerve tract is the septomarginal. This coordinates the sense of smell with all other sensations. The test point is on the 8th rib lateral to the nipple line.




Test Points in the Back of the Body: Test points for nerve tracts 11 through 14 are located on the back of the body. The posterior points are not on the scapula or the spine, but are medial to the scapula and lateral to the transverse process.




The eleventh nerve tract is the spinocerebellar. This controls type 1 information from the lower extremities. The test point is on the 6th rib medial to the nipple line.

The twelfth nerve tract is the spino-olivary. This controls proprioceptive information from the extremities and the sense of balance. It coordinates motor movement. The test point for the spino-olivary tract is located on the 5th rib medial to the nipple line.




The thirteenth tract is the spinotectal tract. This carries reflex information. It’s located on the 4th rib medial to the nipple line.

The

fourteenth tract is spinothalamic tract. This carries pain and temperature information. The test point for the spinothalamic tract is located on the 1st rib medial to the nipple line.




Test Points in the Front of the Body: The test points of the last four nerve tracts are on the front of the body.




The fifteenth tract is the tectospinal tract. This controls visual and auditory reflexes. The test point is located on the 9th rib lateral to the nipple line.

The sixteenth tract is the temporopontine. This has to do with our orientation to sound and and auditory reception, that allows the middle ear muscles to tighten and relax for sound. The test point is on the 6th rib medial to the nipple line.




The seventeenth tract is vestibulocerebellar tract. This controls equilibrium and type 2 information. The test point is on the 8th rib medial to the nipple line.

The

eighteenth nerve tract is the vestibulospinal tract. This carries functions of balance. The test point for the vestibulospinal tract is on the 9th rib medial to the nipple line.




Chapter 5: Testing for NTT Reflex Points:

The way to test for the reflex points and find out if any are present, is to make a hand mode which looks like an okay sign. Bring your thumb and next finger together.




First test for a strong indicator muscle.

Then bring these fingers together and test. We are testing the lateral and medial aspects of the chest. Lateral to the nipple line and medial to the nipple line on the left side. Try the right side as well.




Chapter 6: Actual Treatment:

Actual Treatment #1:

Then we go down and find the actual points. Ask the patient to touch that point with one finger. Then I asked the patient “Is this tender there?”He replied “A little bit.” Then I told him to hold that point.

To find the vertebral sequence, just touch the spine at T2 test if it’s strong, that’s the first point. Then test T4 and T6. They should all be strong. Those are the three points of sequence to adjust.

Then use a double activator and adjust in three phases of respiration. That means the middle of inhale, the middle of exhale and neutral breath. Adjust the patient once on neutral breath. Then tell the patient to take a deep breath in and adjust again, and let it out, adjust a third time. On T2, then T4 and T6.

Then ask the patient to keep your hand there, hold your arm up, and resist. Then I asked the patient “That should feel better there, right?” He replied “Yes. A little bit.”




Next, I tested the other point. I asked the patient to touch that point and resist. Then I tested the adjusting sequence of T2-4-6 and adjusted in the sequence of T2-4-6. I said to the patient “Warren you probably get these from weightlifting. When you do your bench presses, it can strain this area and that can cause the pain in there. This is the only way to get rid of the pain.”

After the adjustment I asked him if it was “Better?” He stated “Yes.”.

Description of a treatment:The first time I did this treatment was on a chiropractic student who had trouble touching his thumb to the other fingers very quickly. After I did the treatment, he was able to.





Sometimes the only way to release the pain completely is to place the patient in different body postures and then adjust in that body posture and then you can get the release. First I tested the patient’s arm in order to find a strong indicator muscle. Then I asked him to bend forward, and I tested it again. The arm went weak in the position of flexion.




Next, I asked the patient to arch his back. I tested the arm and it was strong.

Then I asked the patient to arch all the way back. I tested the arm and it was strong. It didn’t show up in hyperextension.

Then I asked the patient to rotate all the way to the right. I tested the arm and it was strong. Next I asked the patient to rotate all the way to the left. I tested the arm and it was strong. It didn’t show up in right or left rotation.

Then I asked the patient to side bend to the right. I tested the arm and it was strong. Next I asked the patient to side bend to the left. I tested the arm and it was strong. It didn’t show up in right or left side bending. It only showed up in flexion.

Then I asked the patient to touch the point and bend forward. (Then I tested T2-T4-T6 and found that they were the three vertebrae to adjust. If we didn’t hit the right vertebra like for example do it on T8, it would still shows up as weak.) Then I asked the patient to stay in that position, bent forward. Then I used a double activator and adjusted in three phases of respiration. The middle of inhale, the middle of exhale and neutral breath.

Then I asked the patient to bend forward, keep his hand there and I tested his arm. Then it was strong. There should be less pain, especially in that position.





One of the nice thing about Nerve Tract Technique is that we can assist the digestive tract in functioning better. I tested the gallbladder point. It tested weak.

Next I tested the ileocecal valve. It also tested weak.




Then I tested the point medial to the nipple line, between the 2nd and 3rd rib. It tested weak.

Then I asked the patient to: bend forward. The arm tested weak.




Arch her back. The arm tested strong.

Turn to the right. The arm tested weak.

Turn to the left. The arm tested strong.

Side bend to the right. The arm tested strong.

Side bend to the left. The arm tested strong.

The arm tested weak in flexion and right rotation. I asked the patient to touch the reflex point and bend forward. I adjusted T2-4-6 in 3 phases of respiration in flexion. Then I adjusted T2-4-6 in 3 phases of respiration in right rotation.

Then I asked the patient to keep her hand on the reflex point and bend forward, and I retested it. The arm was strong.

Next I asked her to twist to the right, I retested the point and it was strong.

Next I retested the gallbladder point and it was strong.

Then I retested the ileocecal valve and it was strong. The treatment fixed the ileocecal valve and the gallbladder.

Then I asked the patient “How did that feel?” She responded “Great, I just felt this movement. It was really nice. I don’t feel so tense.” “Good.” “Thank you.” “You’re welcome.” “I loved it.”




Conclusion

With Some patients this is the only way that you can get them out of pain. I had a patient once who came in to see me and he had a bad night’s sleep and was all bent out of shape and had a lot of pain and he was in excruciating pain. We did this adjustment and he got out of pain so quickly that we both went for a run afterwards. This definitely works. Thank you.




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