The body symmetry and body symmetry adjustment

It starts with the measurements

A body symmetry adjustment by laser is useful when the patient suffers from pains spreading from the footsole to the cervical spine, or if the patient has adopted relieving postures due to pain.

The aim of the body symmetry adjustment is to alleviate the relieving postures, or even, if diagnosed early, to be completely pain free. It is possible also to manage knee, hip joint and spine problems. Through this laser-supported method of measuring and diagnosing the back and posture we are able to obtain objective and reproducible measurement results that can be documented.

Two laser units-- projecting onto the body of the patient one red and one green laser line respectively-- show the target state (red line) as well as the current state (green line). These two lines run parallel and their inclination angle can be altered.

Contact-free measuring

Pelvic malalignments and other postural deformities are easy to recognise and measure by first ascribing reference points to the body and then aiming the lasers onto these points.

Even the projection of the first vertical laser line may reveal a potential malalignment of the spine. The addition of other laser lines establishes this diagnosis.

In contrast to measurements performed by using a pelvic scale, which many patients experience as uncomfortable due to the pressure exerted by the measuring hands, the new laser method permits contact-free measuring.

Depending on the task, the laser measurement reference points are applied to the shoulder area, hip area, or elbow and knee joints. In our example, the hip area is being examined and the relevant reference points are applied with a marker pen.

The malalignment (hip malalignment) is indicated by the green laser line. An adjustment of the vertical red laser line permits us to immediately quantify the difference in leg length.

This is an excellent method for before- and after-comparisons. The deviation of the red target line indicated a significant varus deformity of the lower leg, which was alleviated considerably by using inserts. Now we can begin to manufacture fitted orthopaedic medical supplies.