Fluctuation techniques: Pussy foot technique

fluctuation techniques: Pussy foot technique:

The thenars lie on the mastoid portions bilaterally.

The thumbs lie bilaterally on the anterior tip of the mastoid processes.

Both elbows are supported on the table.

-By shifting weight from one elbow to the other one initiates opposite movements of the temporal bones.

-The temporal bone of one side is brought into external rotation by shifting the weight onto the elbow of the same side. This causes the thumb at the mastoid process to move medial and posterior.

-By taking weight off the other elbow, the other temporal bone is moved into internal rotation. Because the hand automatically moves in such a way, that the thenar on the mastoid portion gives a medial-posterior pressure.

-internal rotation of the right temporal bone is accompanied by an external rotation of the left temporal bone, and an external rotation of the right temporal bone is accompanied by the internal rotation of the left temporal bone.

- one changes the direction in the rhythm of the primary respiration.

-Once this opposite movement induction is taken over by the primary respiration, the osteopath just follows passively and waits until these opposite movements have calmed down.

After a short resting phase, a symmetrical rhythm will reappear. Otherwise the osteopath gently promotes the reappearance of a symmetrical movement.