Next, we will begin to learn how to use RIM to adjust the cervical spine.
Watch the video, the name of this action is Golden Rooster Eating Rice. This is one of the basic actions we can use to adjust the cervical spine.
Let's check the position of the mastoids first, if the height is different between both the left and right, the mastoid which is lower will also make it difficult to lift up your arm on the same side. If you don’t know how to check which side is lower, don’t worry, because that requires experience. You can raise both hands at the same time, compare which hand is not easy to lift, that means the position of the mastoid is lower. It is because our mastoids should be parallel, if the position of the mastoid is lower and will compress the nerve roots on that side, so the hand on that side will be more difficult to lift.
Make sure you are facing the back of your virtual head because you need to make cervical spine adjustments from the back of the virtual head.
Your thumbs has to push against the lower edge of the mastoids, the other four fingers are spread out and attach to the temporal side of the head and cheeks. Then raise and extend the virtual neck slightly, and then you nod the virtual head. During the clinical operation, we will give the patient a command to make the patient nod by themselves, but when operating the RIM, we only need to use the thumbs against the mastoids and apply a bit of pressure to make the virtual head nod.
Do the same action three times over and over again. Please note that this is a basic relaxation of the cervical spine.
You made a test before if your right hand was not easy to lift, you do the formal adjustment of the cervical spine, turn your virtual head to the direction of one o’clock position and nod; if your left hand was not easy to lift, and you need to nod at eleven o'clock position.
Remember, you need to do three frontal stretching and nodding movements before turning your head to make adjustments.
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Q: A student asks: How long will it keep after adjusting the cervical spine in this way?
A: I replied: If you adjusted your cervical spine correctly, and you maintain your posture correctly, it will keep for a long time.
Rehabilitation and maintenance must be done at the same time!
Q: A student said: We have never studied anatomy, and we don't know the precise position
of the bones.
A: Don’t worry! It’s okay! Because our next courses will help you build experience slowly. Now the Internet is very convenient. Just search on the Internet and you can find the anatomy pictures. If you are interested in research, you can also buy anatomy books online.
Q: A student said: I can't imagine myself and heal myself but I can imagine someone else’s in my body and treat him.
A: No way!! If you can’t even imagine your own body, how could you imagine other bodies
in your body? You can imagine other bodies in your body that means you can
imagine, right?
But, don’t put other people’s particles in your body.
If you want to treat someone’s neck, if you can imagine someone in your body, you use this imaginative method to imagine that he/she is next to you, and you can move them.
There is a practice method. If you want to treat your family or friends, use online video. You talk to them and look at them, and it will be easier to change their virtual position. You can also operate RIM by looking at their photos. However, these are the first-generation operation methods. If you are staying outside, you may not have all the tools or carriers around you, so you must rely on your mind to do the treatment. (Unless you use LSF/MTSV) Therefore, you should practice RIM well.
Q: Student asks: Is this method also used for a stiff neck?
A: First of all, you need to relax your sternocleidomastoid muscle first. If you still can't relax
the sternocleidomastoid muscle, use the Golden Rooster Eating Rice action. Then whichever side of the muscle is tight, you nod to that side.
The Golden Rooster Eating Rice action can be applied to almost all the cervical spine problems that you have experienced. Coupled with the method of relaxing the muscles on both sides of the cervical spine, the symptoms of the stiff neck can be improved.
If you want to end the treatment, forgetting it is the easiest way. Everything will be fine. Otherwise, after all the people I have adjusted, I would have been lying on the ground by now.