Seitai - Japanese Physiotherapy

Setai literally means to correct the body and was very popular in Japan until the Meiji period. During the 1950's Setai re-emerged as a natural therapy through the influences of American Chiropractic/Osteopathy and many Setai colleges in Japan are now known as Setai Chiropractic College.

Setai utilises many different methods for body correction including the following⁽¹⁾

1. Positional re-alignment through postural patterning
2. Reciprocal reflex patterning
3. Soft tissue manipulation
4. Ligament and muscle balancing
5. Emotional clearing with body-mind integration.

Setai focuses on the Head (on neck), Hara (spine/pelvis) and the feet to bring about symmetry and paralateral movement⁽²⁾. Therefore all treatments re-align and re-balance the person from head to toe whilst balancing the meridian circuits of the body and the intrinsic cranial sacral system. This results in a restoration of symmetry and a boost to homeostasis (immune system enhancement) with a reduction of stress and body strains.

⁽¹⁾ Prof. Hatsumi - Lecture notes Japan 1986-1998 ⁽²⁾ Prof. Hatsumi 1995 video interview.