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Maybe this thread should be renamed "way(s) to a healthy spine & posture".

I've just taken a glimpse into the Dorn method's website (not sure if it's the official one): It seems to them that a misalignment of the Sacrum could actually be one cause, amongst others, of many spinal troubles and diseases !

http://www.dorn-method.com/backpain_causes.html:
-"Although there are many secondary causes possible like a slipped disc, certain diseases, toxins, psychological stress, stones in organs, cancer and other pathology, that all may require specific medical approaches, a Misalignment in the Sacrum (ISJ) seems to be the start of it all, at least a blockage in the ISJ can be diagnosed in almost all patients and is likely co-responsible. "

Perhaps Atlas vertebra correction and Sacrum Correction go hand in hand, the Atlas being the first "piece" of the spine and the Sacrum the last.
GS thanks for the phone number, although I don't know how Dr. Bien Castro could be of any help in my case, given the fact that I live more or less on the other side of the globe. Maybe if he happens to know any North European practitioners. Though I think they have a list of international practitioners on their website, and my mom knows a lot of people working in the holistic health scene.


About maintaining a healthy spine (so once you've cured it, or even before if possible), three practices comes to mind:
-sleeping on the right surface and in the right position
-squatting
-walking barefoot, or in zero drop shoes.

At this present moment I can do neither of the first two properly:

-To be able to sleep in a correct posture, your nose must be unclogged for proper nose breathing, which is not my case. Also I found it difficult to do it right while sleeping with a cover, and I feel too chilly at night to not have one, even when I'm wearing several layers. I think I might just design my own natural sleeping onesie/pijama for the colder days  .
Or maybe I'll be less chilly when I'm fully RP/instincto. In a transition period at the moment  .

Here's a little something I found on natural sleeping positions: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119282/
If you guys have more info on this please let me know.

-As for squatting, 19 times/20 my right knee makes a very distinctive cracking noise that doesn't sound healthy or normal at all, so I unfortunately avoid squatting too deep when I can.

-Already running barefoot, and wear zero drop shoes from the vivobarefoot brand most of the time; http://www.vivobarefoot.com/eu


About correcting postural problems and recovering from spinal problems such as scoliosis and vertebra misalignments, Quantum Touch seems to be an effective health approach. It's mostly energy work apparently, but just look at the pictures of people cured from quite severe postural or spinal issues on google image:
https://www.google.be/search?q=quantum+touch&client=firefox-a&hs=cEE&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c_wFVOOLIYmP7AafnYCIBQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=785

What are your thoughts on quantum touch? Has anyone ever tried this health approach before, and noticed any conclusive results?

To cut it short, the Atlas vertebra correction is a process in which your atlas vertebra is put back to it's right place with the use of a vibration device.
The Atlas vertebra is the first vertebra of your body. It supports your head, hence the name Atlas, a figure in Greek mythology who supports the world on his shoulders.  Most people have it more or less unaligned, and this might be the cause of several health problems such as migraines, neck pain, chronic fatigue, idiopathic scoliosis, tilted pelvis, one leg feeling longer than the other, etc...
The vibration device untightens specific muscles and tendons in the neck, enabling the Atlas to go back to it's natural position. Only one session is needed, though you will probably get one or two check-ups later. Because nerves and muscles get unblocked after the Atlas is realigned, it is said that the body's natural healing capacity expresses itself more fully. Some people will find that the health problems they once suffered from, previously caused by the misalignment, tend to disappear over time. Back pain disappears, so does neck pain, less headaches, realigned spine, better posture, possible detox effect...

Here's a website in English that will probably explain it better than me:
http://www.atlantotec.com/en

And here's some videos:
Video: The AtlasPROfilax® method (English version, March 2012)

Gentle Upper Cervical "Atlas" Spinal Correction


I am thinking about correcting my Atlas, mostly because my head and shoulders tend to lean forward (poor posture). I also have light scoliosis, chronic fatigue, and some form of depression which could be at least partially due to biological factor, as opposed to psychological.

What are your thoughts on the Atlas vertebra correction?
Has anyone ever gotten their Atlas realigned before, and could testify to it's effectiveness?
Do you think it's a safe and natural thing to do, realigning it, knowing that most people on this planet have it unaligned?
Do you have an idea what could be the origin, or the cause of almost everybody having their Atlas vertebra misaligned? (I'm open to any suggestion, but know that I will be most dubious of surrealistic explanations such as alien engineering, Illuminati ect...)

Even animals the size of a person can put up a fight. Although it's rare, grazing animals like whitetail deer do in fact kill people. Even hunters who shoot deer with firearms are sometimes still killed in scuffles with the dying animals. While it's certainly possible for a person to catch and kill an animal with their bare hands, as a species we've been using tools like spears, bows and arrows, and now firearms for so long that it's hard to imagine going back to hunting without these. Prior to developing tools, we were probably more scavengers than predators, stealing kills from other animals using our superior numbers rather than bringing down and butchering our own game.

Yes, we can run animals down. If you read thoroughly about that method of hunting though, the hunter always kills the animal with a spear or a knife, never with bare hands. Even animals that are totally exhausted can get a second wind, and all it takes is a well placed puncture wound from an antler, a horn or a hoof to cause a life-threatening infection in a person, or break a bone, or kill them outright.

Agreed. However hypothetically speaking you could also kill the animal at the end of the chase with nothing more complex than a big and/or pointy rock, or a wooden club.
Stone it, or bash his skull open.

And yes, I'm deeply skeptical of Ucles' videos' authenticity. Four legged animals run faster than two legged animals, so I have a hard time imagining he can catch up to a deer or the feral goats without them being hampered in some way, or drugged. I watched a video he showed of him 'catching' a feral deer, and I refuse to belief it was legitimate. The deer trotted through the watering hole he was hiding in, and he dashed out after it having apparently been surprised by its timing. No way he caught up to it without it taking off like a speeding bullet. Deer run fast, far faster than any man over short distances. It's possible to run it down over miles and miles, but you need hot weather and open terrain for that, and someone trained to run marathons. Maybe Ucles is this man, but he's not given any indication of such on his website or in other videos.

Yeah I'm starting to get skeptical of this too. As one youtuber said, it would be nice if he wore a Gopro on his forehead or something when he chases down these animals. Otherwise it's difficult (impossible, really) to tell if this is for real or not. I might send a request on his website, just to see what happens.

Eric is right, although I was thinking about animals more around the same mass as an average adult human, so no giant elks etc...

I understand why Eric would be skeptical about Andrew Ucles' videos' authenticity, although I personally don't think his videos are faked. But until I've seen it live it would be unwise to have a definite opinion about this.

If it is ever possible to kill a medium weight animal bare-handed I wonder if humans or pre-humans ever did it. Maybe it wasn't worth the risk...
How amazing would it be though 

Also can somebody tell me how to directly insert a video into a post, instead of just having the link written down? Not so computer-smart unfortunately :p

Isn't that Mark Zuckerberg?! :p

Thanks for sharing Eric! I'm checking out the "dispatch 1". Interesting read so far

Thank you Tyler and Eric for your suggestions!

I have to look more into this, but as a first impression (meaning: after watching two-three videos for each martial arts) both ninjutsu and jiu-jitsu appear to me as more "artistic" combat sports, with aesthetically pleasing -and certainly efficient, to some degree-, complex fighting techniques. But can it really be applied in a real life fist-fight against any opponents, be it a martial artist, or just a chaotic run-at-you throw-some-kicks-and-punches thug? If you have any experience with these martial arts, maybe you could clarify this.
Krav-maga already looks more like what I'm looking for, judging by the little I know about it. Then again it seems a bit too defense-oriented, with no real offensive components to it. Am I right?
 
Also aside of that I would like to know if there is any combat sport out there that is less directed for personal protection and real life, serious fighting, and instead is more fun, unwinding oriented. I had wrestling in mind, but if you know of another combat sport, or a better one that falls into that category, I'd love to know. I was thinking about this when I saw my dog "play" with her mates, and remembering how I used to play-fight as a kid.

Btw I live in Belgium  But who knows, the ninjas are everywhere....

and the majority of today's populace are eating freaky livestock. very bad.  is there a movement to stop this monstrous practice?

Creating a demand is one way of changing this situation. The more people buy and ask for uncastrated meat, the more butchers and meat industrials will (have to) provide. Thing is not a lot of people really know, or care to know what's truly on their plate...
So right now the best you can do is continue buying from safe guaranteed sources.

Also wild game usually never is castrated. Probably the same for fish..

I'm all in GS  ! Always believed ( kind of in a "you are what you eat" way) that eating meat from an apathetic castrated bull could only lead to less durable health. Left alone the fact that a lot of important nutriants may be missing. It could be one of the reasons why people tend to be less sexually active nowadays, more tired, weaker etc...

However in the wild grown up males are usually the ones that have the most chance of surviving when being hunted on, as opposed to young ones and females, who are usually weaker, slower...thus easier for a predator to kill.
Put in an order, members of an animal group having the highest chance of getting killed:
 first comes the yougest, the sick and injured, the very old, then the females, and at the top we find the adult males: stronger, more agressive.

No cheetah would be dumb enough to mess with the later if they had the chance of preying on weaker members of the herd. But hey, maybe one time out of ten, they do get to feed on grown up male flesh.


The point being that perhaps the gender of the animal we feed on is not of the utmost importance in this case, even though uncastrated meat is of course a lot better than the other stuff. Like Jessica I think that exercice and environment is equally, if not even more significant when it comes to hormonal health and balance.
Personally, I think its more complex than just "eat males to be the baddest male/eat females to be the hottest female".

Western mindset - sex is for recreation (made possible by ubiquitous contraception)

Tribal mindset - sex is for reproduction

...and primal mindset - sex is both for recreation (or more like bond creating/well maintaining  between group members) and for reproduction.

No need for contraceptive pills or condoms to have non-reproductive sex, BTW. The female is not fertilizable all year round. Certainly not all month round. I believe it is quite possible for such animals to identify certain bodily signals sent out by the female (could be the hormonal mix in the ambiant air, or some visible change re her reproductive system), indicating the males that it is now "safe" to go! But they could also be having sex randomly at any given time, thus taking the obvious risk of making the female pregnant.


To the people who think homosexualy happens because of poor diet, polluted environment, cold, warmth, roses, barby dolls, missing parents,....fear not!

Even lions living in the most pristine wilderness, feading on the best, purest food they can find, living the perfect paleo life... Can be prone to homosexual acts. It is a thoroughly studied, largely observed occurrence. Homosexual acts are present, and happen commonly amongst most highly social species of animals on this planet.
Homosexuality regarded by individuals, thus -some- humans, as a deviance is only the result of life long social conditioning. Or culture, if you want to put it that way.

(It may seem that I am repeating  what I first wrote on page 1, but sometimes people need a little reminder. Obviously   )

Sorentus, out of curiosity, have you ever tried fasting? It seems to successfully help people with various health problems.
I might be wrong on this, but if you just can't digest anything properly, just don't...