For patients who wished to remain anonymous a pseudonym system is in place. All male patients are called Jack and all female patients are called Jill. Surnames are colours.

Ms Jill Amber
- Neck and Lower Back Pain

Birth year & month 1967 Decemberr

Date of first treatment 16/3/1999       Age 32

Therapist John Dalton

Symptoms/Conditions
Jill had been experiencing neck pain for the past 5 years and lower back pain for the past 10 years.

10 years previously, Jill had fallen off a horse.

Jill had tension along the lower boarder of the falx cerebri (a membrane extending deep into the longitudinal fissure between the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain) and the falx cerebelli (a small triangular membrane separating the two hemispheres of the cerebellum), and attached to the occipital bone.
This tension was responsible for adding inferior (lower) vertical strain on the sphenoid bone (the keystone of the cranial floor as it articulates with and holds all other cranial bones together).
In turn, the strain on the sphenoid bone was pulling the dural tube (tough membrane surrounding the spinal cord) upwards. This manifested as headaches.

I worked to help Jill's system release its pull on the dural tube and the strain on the sphenoid.

Treatment progress
After the first treatment, Jill's neck improved. Her lower back was still painful.
Overall improvement was noticed after the third treatment. Jill continued to come weekly for treatments for six weeks. At this stage her symptoms had stabilised and she was feeling good.

Follow up
I called Jill 12 months after her last treatment. She had no recurrence of the pain.