Sotaiho is a modern body-therapeutic system, developed by the Japanese physician Dr. Keizo Hashimoto. Centrally stands the idea to perceive the body again positively by accentuation of pleasant movement directions.
Sotaiho is also a manual-medical method which Dr. Hashimoto has developed from traditional eastern remedial arts.
Untwisting muscular holding patterns, it is a method of neuro-muscular restructuring in the body.
History
When Dr. Hashimoto began with his practical activity as a medical doctor, he had to find out that the learned methods partly brought unsatisfying results, espacially in case of shoulder- / neckpain and loins complaints.
One day he noted with some patients an improvement, after they were with an acupuncturist or a manual therapist in treatment. So he began to examine each of his patients on their build. He recognized that the method of the backward motion treatment, discovered from Michio Takahashi in the 1920s, achieved good results.
The construction of the body
Dr. Hashimoto recognized that the organism always moves as a unity and formulated from it "the law of the reciprocal effect" ("Doji-sokan-sohosei").
The construction of the human body resembles in the principle that of a house. Four supporting piers correspond to our arms and legs, the ridge corresponds to the spinal column. If the balance one of these pillars is disturbed sensitively, this will become apparent as a malfunction in the backbone.
In principle there are hardly people by whom the mobility of the spinal column would not be limited. Malfunctions in the spinal column find their origin mainly in a lateral imbalance.
This has to do with the fact that we appropriate since earliest infancy movement habits which will be pulled, finally, through the whole life through. On the other hand tense organs cause by reflex an imbalance in the trunk musculature.
The following regularity can be derived from here: If a part of a chain is impaired in its function, the whole movement chain will be impaired! If one wants to reach lasting improvement of a symptom, the root - that is the dysbalanced supporting pier - must be treated.
Without pain back to the center
Dr. Hashimoto developed his Sotaiho in the 30s of the previous century. With this simple method the affected person succeeds without pain in restoring the mobility of the spinal column.
With the use of aimed movements which go exclusively to the pleasant direction tenseness could be solved lastingly. This coupled to a special breathing technique will reinforce natural regenerating power.
Dr. Hashimoto named this principle reverse motion treatment; later it was also named the technique of sudden relaxation. Finally, the notion Sotai, a reversal of the notion Taiso - gymnastics, established itself.
Sotai, practised in partner's work, is a form of treatment and will be called Sotaiho. Sotai practiced on your own - for example, in a groups activity - will be called Self-Sotai.
