The difference between Lock-foot syndrome and HLT

Lock-foot syndrome is a incorrect function in the feet, which generates an unbalance and misalignment in the rest of the body. The whole idea is that the cubic bone (Os cuboideum) which is situated on the outer side of the foot is dispositioned and can be treated into place with manipulation.

The concept Lock-foot syndrome is a Norwegian finding, discovered by the dentist Kjell Bjorner, who saw the connection between tension in the jaw and a locked position of the foot. He concluded that this connection is the most common source of neurological disturbance in the body and affects a wealth of issues all the way from the head to the feet. For example, if the cubic bone in the right foot is locked in an incorrect position, this will first and foremost affect the left jaw joint. Today, the list of LFS is long, with many varied symptoms being added over the years.

Introduction of Ortho Bionomy

In the 80's, I started to work with an ingenious therapy called Ortho Bionomy. Opposite to manipulation treatments, this therapy was discovered by accident in the 1960's by a Doctor of Osteopathy, Dr.Lawrence H. Jones. This method is completely free of any persistent or forced manipulation and aims to reprogram the brain to let go of any tension or disposition in the body.

What is used in this method is the ongoing neurological signalling between the brain and the various joint and muscle sensors (proprioreceptors).

When a fall or accident happens, the brain automatically creates a protection mechanism for the affected body parts, neurologically locking them in a position so that the injury is not worsened. Accordingly, the brain is also locked in a certain pattern and refuses to let go. You can try to stretch and manipulate, but as long as the locking signal from the brain is active, the body part will be pulled back into a locked position and so the tension builds up again. However, there is a key to release the lock that releases the neurological signal between the brain and the body - and that key is Ortho Bionomy.

In our daily life, we build vitality, movement and health by stretching a muscle or the whole body, by yawning and other various exercises. Despite these multiple daily movements, the brain is persistent in keeping lock neurological signals caused by any quick and surprising changes of position, such as a fall. Sometimes these locking patterns have remained with us since childhood as a result of the numerous times when we fell and almost got seriously injured. Ortho Bionomy is like a reset button, which is able to go back in time and resolve these faulty signals in the brain thus releasing the neuro muscular systems enabling the body to return to a normal position as far as possible, in the individual case.

What does this mean? During a life time, many faulty positions create a deformation in the affected area. It is possible with Ortho Bionomy to reduce or fully relieve pain even in desperate cases - even though the body of the young person is not quite recreated.

Introduction to HLT

After many years of experimenting with Ortho Bionomy in the feet and lower legs, I have discovered a great breakthrough in the foot related to Ortho Bionomy. I have named it HLT, that is: Hellbergs (Foot) Ligament Theory. In contrast to the findings of the Lock-foot syndrome, the HLT theory does NOT assume that the cubic bone is pushed out of position by itself, or simply by a circumstance of outer force. Rather, the disposition of the cubic bone is a quite natural consequence due to an unbalance in a set of ligaments in the feet.

There is one deeply set ligament in the inner ceiling of the foot: Ligament Calcaneocuboideum plantare. Together with the ligament Plantare Longum, these two ligaments both directly affect the position of the cuboid bone. When Ortho Bionomy is applied to these ligaments, there is a very strong physical reaction. A common result, for example, is an instant normalization of a 2-3 cm leg length difference. In addition, this will start a deep and lengthy process for the treated person, where a very large amount of both mental, emotional and physical energy is released over time.

The first and most basic step working with Ortho Bionomy is to balance the pelvis in a stable and straight position, so that the spine will have all the support needed, without having to compensate any unbalance tension affecting the rest of the body in a harmful way.

At first, I only used a few actions to stabilize the pelvis, however, in some patients the results were more difficult to achieve. I asked myself why and at this point I started to use Ortho Bionomy to explore the main foundation that supports it all - the feet, of course! After two years of work and explorations of the feet, I found the answer to the unbalanced pelvis in these two ligaments. They are located just underneath the metatarsal bones, in the vaulted inner ceiling - so to say - of the foot. The ligaments' main task is to support the metatarsal bones. A persistent unbalance in the pelvis would therefore be connected to tension in these two ligaments in the feet, which, in turn, would displace the cubic bone. During a lifetime, on a daily basis, these two ligaments are subject to great demands by the gravitational pull and the weight of the body. Therefore, in addition to treating the ligaments, I also treat the plantar muscles, which support the foot itself, with a few easy actions of Ortho Bionomy. Let me also add that HLT is very effective when treating plantar fasciitis, or runners' heel.

When looking at HLT from the perspective of Reflexology, there is an obvious connection between the foot and the pelvis. These two ligaments in the foot are situated exactly on the reflexology zones for the sacroiliac bone, the sacroiliac joints and the pelvis.