In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help.

Allyn Edwards and Sue Weller • March 15, 2021

In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help. John Hurley had 13 years of r of research on odd pieces of paper all loose in cardboard boxes and needed help to make sense of it all.

In 1927 Dr. Helen Sanders provided some much needed help. John Hurley had 13 years of research on odd pieces of paper all loose in cardboard boxes and needed help to make sense of it all.

In 1927 John Hurley married fellow chiropractor Helen Sanders. She was fascinated by his years of research but was appalled by his lack of filing and order. She set about the mammoth task of sorting through all his work and putting it into some kind of order which made sense.  

By 1929 they had developed techniques for assessing the Primary Alignment and restoring it if necessary. Together with their understanding of anatomy and physiology, chiropractic, engineering, and laws of leverage, they used techniques developed by the fledgling science of Naprapathy, a forerunner of what we would now call myofascial release.

They began teaching their technique to other chiropractors in 1929 and published their first book in 1932 and their second book in 1933.

 

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