The Dorn Method History - how it all began
The Dorn Method originated in a small village deep in the German region of Bavaria almost 40
years ago where it is now very well respected and practised by many Therapists.
I personally feel very lucky that I had the chance to be taught and trained
this wonderful Method by Dieter Dorn and Hildegard Steinhauser directly. Learning
the DORN METHOD is a true blessing in my life.
Dieter Dorn (1938-2011) was a sawmill owner who was born in August 1938 in South Germany. Over 40
years ago he injured himself whilst lifting a heavy log and consequently suffered
sciatic pain. A local old farmer helped to relieve him of his pain using some very
simple and easy to use techniques. He asked the old Healer if he could also learn
these techniques to which the Healer replied 'you already know them', implying how
easy they were to learn and do yourself!
The following article is extracted from Thomas Zudrell’s book the DORN METHOD...
Dorn's first patient was his wife who for several years had suffered from severe
headaches. According to some doctors, the transverse processes of her cervical vertebrae
where too long and could be shortened by surgery but she refused to be operated
upon. Dieter Dorn checked his wife’s neck and found that the vertebrae were only
twisted and that the x-ray was not a correct reading. He gently pushed the vertebrae
back into place and since then her headaches have been history. She has since became
the most prominent patient of Dieter Dorn.
That was the beginning of the DORN METHOD!
Soon after, Dieter Dorn helped many people in the neighbourhood by correcting their
unequal leg length and aligning their joints. To his surprise many other ailments
like knee pains, heart problems, hearing problems and others also seem to have disappeared.
The answer to all this he discovered by coincidence in a book about Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM), where acupuncture and acupressure were among the techniques
used to cure many ailments.
During the course of his treatments he observed that he was also addressing the
meridians (nerve pathways) along the spine. Because of the connection between the
spinal cord and the inner organs connected through the spinal nerve pathways, many
problems disappeared when the misaligned vertebrae where corrected.
By meeting and assisting Dr. Thomas Hansen M.D., Dieter Dorn started to lean more
about anatomy and physiology, and together, they explored the potentials of this
new method for an extended period of time.
Some years later, Dieter Dorn decided that it was time to teach other people this
wonderful method, and he started to give seminars. Many learned from him and are
now following in his foot steps with equal success.
Today, more and more people from the medical field, like doctors, physiotherapists,
massage therapists, non-medical practitioners and chiropractors, attend these seminars
and are amazed about what they learn.
Dieter Dorn still has his sawmill, which makes him independent and his simple and
very kind personality keeps on impressing his students.
He says there are three kinds of thought models in life: • What can I do for myself?
• What can someone else do for me? • What can I do for others?
Dieter Dorn lives with the third one. “We are born for others, otherwise our life
makes no sense”, is his opinion. This is a way full of ‘thorns’ (Thorn translates
in German as ‘Dorn’). Maybe that is why the method is called “DORN METHOD”, he jokes.
Nome nest omen! In German the spinous processes are called Dorn Fortsaetze, in medical
terms, isn’t that a coincidence?
Some of Dieter Dorn’s early students, like Harald Fleig and Helmuth Koch, started
to give DORN METHOD seminars on their own, thereby contributing in an important
way to the speedy spread of the knowledge of this fantastic therapy.
Hildegard Steinhauser learned the Method many years ago and, together with her life
partner, Helmuth Koch, a well known non medical practitioner in Lindau, South Germany.
They are now at the forefront of the mission to make the DORN METHOD popular and
acknowledged by the medical community. As a Reiki Teacher and trained in acupuncture,
Hildegard Stein Hauser says that she thinks learning the DORN METHOD was a true
milestone in her life as a Healer and thanks to Dieter Dorn, it now becomes a true
blessing for humanity.
The above article was extracted from Thomas Zudrell’s book the DORN METHOD.