What is Isogai®?

Isogai® is a body therapy originating from Japan that corrects leg length discrepancies and the associated pelvic tilt to achieve an upright body posture.

The benefits of a balanced upright body are well known:

Physical-medical benefits such as relief of the spine, improved joint function, optimal breathing, promotion of blood circulation, reduction of tension, improvement of neuronal supply to the organs…

Furthermore, a positive external appearance and psychological well-being.

Isogai® can be applied both therapeutically and preventively.

Development of Isogai-Dynamic-Therapy

Cause of pelvic tilt.

In the 1950s, based on years of scientific research in Japan, Dr. Isogai determined that in most cases of leg length discrepancy, the legs are not actually different lengths, but rather one leg hangs “looser” in the hip than the other, resulting in a visible length difference even though the legs have the same bone length. This condition is referred to as subluxation (the joint is pulled out slightly, a “near-dislocation”; therefore, when the following chapters refer to a longer leg, this means the apparently longer leg).

The leg length discrepancy creates a pelvic tilt. On the side of the longer leg, the pelvic bone is pushed upward. The spine must then shift into lateral flexion to compensate for the tilt and keep the head level.

This condition inevitably leads to generalized muscular imbalance and tension throughout the entire body posture.

Note: True leg length discrepancy is relatively rare, e.g., in cases of bone growth disorders in rachitic diseases or bone fractures in childhood where the growth plate was destroyed.

Pelvic tilt as a cause of illness

Dr. Isogai recognized that a pelvic misalignment can disrupt the human organism to such an extent that it responds with pathological reactions. The effects concern not only the skeletal system, joints, and musculature but also the organs.

The ‘Isogai®-Dynamic-Therapy’ is based on the recognition that hip joint subluxations are a common cause of illness.

Dr. Isogai developed techniques to correct the subluxation and thus also correct body posture. The success was overwhelming: patients who could only move with a limp were able to walk completely normally after treatment, children suffering from cerebral infantile paralysis were completely cured, bow legs or knock knees were straightened. However, not only diseases and complaints of the musculoskeletal system were healed. Organic diseases such as stomach ulcers, liver disorders, digestive complaints, kidney weakness, heart diseases, impotence, diseases of the urogenital area and much more were cured exclusively through correction of the hip joints. Thus Isogai®-Dynamic-Therapy was developed.

General

The name “Isogai®” and the Isogai® logo are protected trademarks.
The rights to these are held by Sandra Sämmer. In order to ensure the required quality standards for the Isogai® method, the name Isogai® has been legally protected by us throughout Europe and in Switzerland. The Isogai Academy in Munich is the only training institution in Europe where you can train to become a certified Isogai® therapist and Isogai® practitioner. It was established in 2017 by Sandra Sämmer in Munich and has been directed by her since then.