Lower thoracic vertebral group

Mid-back spinal landmark

The lower-thoracic group provides a broad mid-back anchor for the method's regional spine vocabulary. Its placement through the upper abdomen is a cartographic projection, not a claim that thoracic alignment can be inferred from an abdominal point or that visceral disease is corrected there.

Cervical vertebral groupCervicothoracic junction groupUpper thoracic vertebral groupLower thoracic vertebral groupLower thoracic vertebral groupLumbar vertebral groupSacral and pelvic-base group

Point 4 of 6 in Dorn Spinal Method

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Dieter Dorn, Dorn Method practitioner materials (secondary)

Regional spinal landmarks used in Dorn instruction; school-dependent and not this anterior projection.

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