The Poker Player: Hip and Headache

 This was a very remarkable presentation. A poker player cam to see me for headache and neck pain and low back pain. I was astonished at how very tight and unyielding his upper cervical spine was (occipito-atlantal) where the head and neck connect. Nothing I did there was effective so I knew to find the cause elsewhere. His hip were extremely tight bilaterally and I previously thought that this was simply the way they developed; concluded on a false positive for a hard bone-on-bone end-feel. Nothing else seemed to explain his presentation. This was the tightest upper cervical I had seen for some time, and sitting at the poker table and at his business computer would only compound the problem as the posture induces flexion throughout the spine but hyper-extension in the upper neck.
I treated both hips for 10 minutes, using a fulcrum to induce a very gentle force. 
Magic!
His neck released and in 2 visits, neck was normal with more hip range of motion, much less pain and muscle tightness. He was taught self-treatment, so he will be able to keep these gains, does not need to "keep coming back...".
Releasing the hips released the neck. 
This is an example of the Hesch Method; treating the cause, not "the pain". Or perhaps worded better; treating the pain very effectively and efficiently by treating far away, treating the source.

Rule: When you cannot achieve gains in one part of the body, go elsewhere, typically below. If unilateral, go to the opposite side, below. 

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Jerry