SOTAI THERAPY

The exercises can relieve stress and are extremely effective for improving and/or correcting the following conditions:

• Acute or chronic neck, back and shoulder problems
• Sciatica, arthritis, neuralgia
• General joint pain
• Stiffness or numbness
• Headaches migraine
• Physical and emotional imbalances
• Injuries caused by accidents
• Scoliosis
• Knee, elbow Problems

Sotai sometimes is compared with other techniques of P.N.F.(Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) but actually has a fundamental difference. Sotai exercises performed just in one direction, the most comfortable or the one with NO PAIN! This is the major difference in the philosophy of Sotai, which treats the body as a unity, in which every movement in one part of the body affects the WHOLE body. For example, we can treat a pain in one side of the back, with an exercise in the painless side.

Dr. Hashimoto believed that:
"The misalignment of the body is the cause of most pathological diseases, so most diseases can be cured if the body regains its natural alignment"
So, the fundamental axis of Sotai Ho is that distortion of the musculoskeletal system can be corrected by moving the joints in the comfortable-painless direction.

Sotai promotes good function in:

• Musculoskeletal
• Circulatory
• Endocrine
• Nervous systems

Sotai also:

• Provides Relaxation and overall health maintenance
• Prevent medicine through self Sotai exercises

Sotai Therapy was created by Dr.Keizo Hashimoto. Hashimoto was born in 1897. He studied medicine at the University of Nagata in Japan. After the war he studied Neuroscience at Imperial University of Tohoku. Dr. Hashimoto established four factors for optimal health: respiration, nutrition, movement and positive thinking. However, he is known for his methods to movement therapy. Dr. Hashimoto realized that some of the techniques used by the experts of Traditional Chinese Medicine, helped relieve the pain, getting the person to move in the opposite direction from the pain. His Sotai techniques were developed over a 50-years period. Today they continue to developed by Sotai therapists all over the world.