This precise system permits positional documentation of the sphenoid, temporals, malars, and atlas-axis relationships. The DORA system provides a medical legal document as well as a definitive diagnostic treatment record. The four cranial indicators have been established by this author to act as a guide for both dental and chiropractic treatment. Any structural change, whether from dental or chiropractic treatment, will directly affect the cranial and dural membrane systems. By making structural corrections that rebalance the cranial and dural systems, a state of homeostasis and stability will be more quickly achieved.
Many factors combine to initiate and perpetuate the pain cycle.
Of the myriad of factors causing pain, tensions within the cranial dural membrane system resulting from distortions of the maxillae are a dominant etiologic factor for the cause of migraines and tension headaches, facial, cervical and low back pain. Twenty Year Migraines and Low back Pain J.G. is a 68 year-old female who has suffered severe migraine headaches and low back pain for 20 years. This patient received a multitude of therapies over the twenty year period that included various medications, manipulation and physical therapy. Unfortunately these approaches only provided temporary relief at best. The patient's underlying problem was an old set of dentures that were severely worn down creating a distorted horizontal maxillary plane.