Holds and assists

Question 1

The heart centre hold and assists

Answer 1

sit level with shoulder at corner of coach, slide hand vertically under patient between shoulder bladed, T4 in palm of hand. Other hand, transverse on upper thorax below clavicles.
Assist - release emotional and tension holdings, anxiety, grief, asthma, and cardiac pathologies

Question 2

Solar plexus hold and assists

Answer 2

Sit little below waist level, chair angled to face. hand transverse under back around thoraco-lumbar vertebral (T9). other hand vertical, fingers pointing up to head and heel of hand resting on the abdominal area between the two rib cages.
Assist with release of emotional + stress held there, physical tension, digestive disorders, IBS, duodenal uclers

Question 3

Pelvic centre hold and assists

Answer 3

sit below pelvis, chair angled up to face. Patient bends knee up and together and feet apart. fingers apart pointing vertically under sacrum with curve of sacrum sitting just on fingers. Other hand transverse on front of pelvis just above pubic area.
Assists - release of emotional and physical tension holding, menstral disorders, cystitis, genital disfunctions

Question 4

suboccipital hold and assists

Answer 4

Sit at head, roll head and lift, heels of hands together under the occiput. Curl fingers into C shape, ring fingers close together at midline, bring fingers and position between groove of occiput and atlas. only ring and middle fingers are in play. and soft and springy. soft heels of hand for greater contact.
Assists - release of emotional and physical tension in whole matrix, shock, trauma , fasical unwinding of neck

Question 5

occipital contact and assists

Answer 5

2 hands close together at the midline of occiput, fingers extending just below the occiput into the upper neck. Hand in soft curve of occiput.
assist - projection down the spine, for imbalances, injuries, scolioses and tension.

Question 6

Sacrum and assists

Answer 6

Patients Knees bent and together, feet apart, pelvis lifted. place hand vertically orientated, fingers separated and pointing towards the head under sacrum so sacrum is just resting on fingers. pelvis lowered back down.
assists- pelvic organs, menstrual disorders, lower back pain, sexual dysfunction, sciatica, headache, neck pain, digestive disorder

Question 7

sacrum iliac release + assists

Answer 7

Patients Knees bent and together, feet apart, pelvis lifted. place hand vertically orientated, fingers separated and pointing towards the head under sacrum so sacrum is just resting on fingers. pelvis lowered back down. Other hand take up contact with forearm (just below elbow) rests on the anterior superior iliac spine on the near side of the body and the tips of the fingers are hooked round the anterior superior iliac spine on the opposite side of the body.

Question 8

Lumbo-sacral contact

Answer 8

Patients Knees bent and together, feet apart, pelvis lifted. place hand vertically orientated, fingers separated and pointing towards the head under sacrum so sacrum is just resting on fingers. pelvis raised back down. Ask patient to arch lower back - slide hand under the lower lumbar spine , transversely under the back close to sacrum.

Question 9

Sphenoid contact

Answer 9

hands resting on side of face over ear, little finger extended round toward occiput with pads of thumbs lightly resting on the tips of the greater wings where they emerge at the surface near the pterions, just behind the lateral corners of the eye.
Fulcrum by which the whole system revolves around.

Question 10

Temporal area contact

Answer 10

fingers down side of head, ring fingers bending ear resting on the mastoid process, middle and index finger resting on the zygomatic processes.
assist - release of spheno-temporal suture, compressed occipital-mastoid suture

Question 11

Mastoid tip contact assists

Answer 11

hands under the occiput, fingers of one crossing over the fingers of the other hand, tips of the fingers extending into the upper neck and pads of thumb lightly resting on mastoid tips
assist - release of compressed occipital-mastoid suture. jugular foramina, suboccipital area, upper cervical spine, drainage of the eustachian tube from middle ear and integration of the whole temporal/occiput/cervical area
tinnitus, ear infections, torticollis, headaches, venus drainage, colic, nausea and digestive problems and respiratory and cardiac symptoms due to a disturbed vagus nerve.

Question 12

Ear hold & assist

Answer 12

natural follow on after mastoid tip contact. Ret pads of thumbs inside the ear, curl index fingers around ear back of the ear. (ears draw down and out at an angle )
Assist - tentorium release, jugular foramina, eustachian tube, ear infections, straight sinus, transverse sinus, TMJ.

Question 13

Fontal area - assists

Answer 13

fingers and thumbs of both hands together resting on
frontal area, thumbs parallel together at midline, fingers spread across the frontal area, ring fingers just behind zygomatic process. fingers pointing down face.
Assist - local pain to the area, headache, frontal sinus, trauma to the area.

Question 14

Parietal contact

Answer 14

hands resting on parietal area, thumbs crossing over at the top of head so thumb pads are touching the opposite parietal. Fingers pointing down towards feet. index finger behind coronal suture.
Assists any restriction to the cranium

Question 15

Falx contact - assists

Answer 15

one hand central under the occiput with curve of the occiput in palm of hand, fingers pointing towards sacrum,
other hand on frontals, heel of hand around the bregma or crown of head. finger on frontal just above eyebrows.
Assist - meningitis (swelling of the meninges), headaches,
neck pain, birth trauma, head injury, help with suboccipital release

Question 16

Still point induction at occiput

Answer 16

Fingers of one hand under the fingers of the other hand under occiput. Thumbs together to form a V. weight of occiput and head sit in the V of thumbs.
Assist in settling the system during, middle and end of session, reduce blood pressure, system/rhythm feels weak, exhausted, chronic illness, reduce fever, boost immune system, a floppy baby with low vitality, ME or post viral syndrome,

Question 17

Double contact

Answer 17

two hands on different areas of the body (key areas C1, T4, T9, T12, L3 and L5 , cranium and sacrum)
assist - enhances the flow of vitality between 2 points, focus

Question 18

side throat contact and assists

Answer 18

one hand placed under the neck , other hand on the front of throat.
Assist - emotional tension, thyroid dysfunction, strangulation, birth trauma - umbilicus around throat

Question 19

head throat contact

Answer 19

pads of index, middle and ring fingers resting lightly on the side of the throat close to the thyroid cartilage.

Question 20

Energy Drive

Answer 20

one hand at target point, scan the opposite side with palm of hand to find the greatest resonance then bunch finger and thumb together at the point or tip of single finger or palm of hand.
assist in releasing resistances, fascia unwinding of the hip, joint restrictions, locked vertebral segment, muscular tension, sprained ligaments, restricted pterion or nasion, scar tissue, eye and orbit, fracture sites, infection, at on solar plexus

Question 21

Combined heart and solar plexus contact

Answer 21

one hand under back at heart center T4 and other hand over solar plexus with palm in soft tissue between ribs and fingers pointing up to head.

Question 22

Rhomboid release

Answer 22

assist - Left side rhomboid release - heart and pericardium, pleura and lungs, brachial plexus and arms, emotional holding, postural tension, physical injuries, occupational tension
Right side - thymus chakra (immune function) , liver, right hand side structural problems.

Question 23

Cranial base and crown

Answer 23

one hand under the base of the cranium, supporting occiput, subocciput and upper cervical area, other hand on crown.
Addresses - all patterns thru the cranium, complex restriction around the occiput, subocciput, occiput-atlas joint, falx cerebelli, foramen magnum, jugular foramina, brainstem etc.

Question 24

Scapula contact

Answer 24

at top of head. side hands, palm facing up under the back under scapula.
assist: symmetrical contact that addresses whole back, spine, shoulder, neck and viscera (heart, lungs). balanced integrated state. great for babies.

Question 25

General face contact

Answer 25

fingers and hands spread across whole face. Index finger rest on cheek close to nostrils, middle finger resting close to corner of mouth, ring finger extending down to the mandible, thumbs resting on the forehead above eyes.
Assist with release of bony, muscular and facial restrictions, nasal congestion, sinusitis, earache, hearing loss, facial pain, bells palsy, trigeminal neuralgia etc.

Question 26

Mandibular contact

Answer 26

Heels of hand at side of head around the temporal area. Fingers rest lightly under the inferior surface of the body of the mandible, ring fingers close to the angel of the jaw, rest of the fingers spreading forward towards the symphysis menti (middle join of mandible)

Question 27

Mandibular Decompression contact

Answer 27

heels of hands resting on temporal area, curl fingers so tips of fingers are resting lightly on side of the mandibular body.
assist - decompression can help the body to open up and release the many years of tension held in the muscles of mastication, temporo-mandibular joints, tissue and matrix

Question 28

Temporalis Muscles (muscles attaching at temporals, parietals, frontal and greater wing of sphenoid) to mandible)

Answer 28

Heel of hand gently on the side of the head in parietal area, tip of fingers curled and resting onto the body of the muscles with in the temporal fossa

Question 29

Masseter muscles (muscles attached from zygomatic arch to angle of the jaw)

Answer 29

Heel of hand gently on the side of the head in parietal area, fingers resting on the body of the masseter muscles below the zygomatic arch.

Question 30

Medial Pterygoid muscle ( attaches inferior and lateral to attach to the medial surface of the ramus of the mandible on each side, attachment extends from the angle of the jaw upward along the ramus as far as the mandibular foramen)

Answer 30

Heel of hand gently on the side of the head in temporal area, fingers curled up into position under mandible, come distance up within the inner surface of the mandible to access muscles.
assist with long-held deep ingrained tension patterns, teeth grinding

Question 31

intraoral contact for medial pterygoid muscle

Answer 31

one hand resting over the spheno-frontal area of the cranial vault, mouth open, run index finger of other hands down inside the medial surface of the mandible on the far side towards the angle of the jaw.

Question 32

indirect Lateral pterygoid contact

Answer 32

external bilateral contact with fingers of each hand resting gently over the TMJ. good for energy drive as well

Question 33

intraoral contact for lateral pterygoid muscle

Answer 33

one hand resting over the spheno-frontal area of the cranial vault, mouth open, place index finger of other hand - with pad facing superiorly - medial to the mandible but lateral to the maxilla, posterior to the upper molar teeth, as far up towards the TMJ as possible on the near side.

Question 34

Mandibular contact

Answer 34

hand either side of face. Palm on zygomatic processes fingers pointing down and placed under jaw to form a V.
assist in over all balance and integration of the muscles of mastication. teeth grinding and phyco-emotional tendencies with it, tension in jaw and suboccipital region. most effective in addressing TMJ disturbances.

Question 35

external maxillary contact

Answer 35

Fingers rest on cheeks bilaterally, placing fingers within the margins of the maxillae.
assist - over crowding of teeth with narrow maxillary arch, dentistry and orthodontic work, expansion of the maxillae., sinus and nasal congestion.

Question 36

Intraoral contact for maxillae

Answer 36

one hand resting over the spheno-frontal area of the cranial vault, mouth open, In a V slide index finger and middle along the biting surface of of the upper teeth. pads of each finger resting on the 2nd molar on each side.

Question 37

Maxillary frontal contact (external)

Answer 37

one hand resting over the spheno-frontal area of the cranial vault, other hand over the maxillae (externally) - fingers one side over nose and thumb other.

Question 38

Rhomboid release

Answer 38

One hand under back at heart centre, other hand on the shoulder.
Hands will feel as if being drawn together. engage with containment.
Assists - release of tension in shoulder, shoulder girdle and upper thorax.
Specific engagement with - heart + pericardium (left side), pleura + lungs, brachial plexus + arm, trapezius + scapulae into head and neck and tension throughout the whole body.
(emotional holding, postural tension, occupational tension + physical injuries)

Question 39

Cranial base and crown contact

Answer 39

One hand under the base of the cranium, supporting the occiput, subocciput and upper cervical area) , other hand over the crown (fingers point down towards mandible)
Assist - releasing restriction around occiput, occiput-atlas joint, subocciput and upper cervical spine, flax cerebelli, jugular, foramen magnum and brainstem.

Question 40

Scapula contact

Answer 40

Sit at head place hands, palms facing up, hands under back near scapula
Assist - symmetrical bilateral hold with whole thorax, trunk, whole back, spine, shoulder, neck and viscera (heart / lungs)