Chiropractic Techniques at Contemporary Chiropractic
Techniques available at Contemporary Chiropractic
As a new patient or a patient with years of chiropractic experience knowing what techniques are utilized at a Chiropractic office would be helpful. While you can often get such information if you call I have provided it here for your perusal.
Segmental Chiropractic techniques include:
1. Diversified – Diversified is a generic bending of named and unnamed techniques usually done by hand with low to moderate force often with an osseous release.
2. Toggle recoil – Toggle recoil is a specific upper cervical technique utilized to realign the Atlas and stimulate the brain stem. Usually done by hand with very high speed and low force without an osseous release.
3. Thompson drop work – Thompson drop work utilizes a table with drop sections, which suddenly stop after a small drop causing joints to move utilizing inertia. This technique works particularly well with some types of low back cases. Always done by hand on a drop table with low to moderate force usually without an osseous release.
4. Cox Flexion Distraction – Cox flexion distraction work utilizes a table with moving section, which lowers and rises while the doctor distracts lumbar vertebra utilizing the motion of the table. The is a lumbar disc technique done by hand with low force without an osseous release.
5. Gonstead – Gonstead work is manual adjusting done by hand with moderate force to affect the disc with an osseous release.
6. SOT – SOT is a lowback and pelvic technique utilizing wedge shaped blocks to gentle realign the pelvic joints and improve low back biomechanics. This technique works particularly well with some types of low back cases, done by hand with wedge shaped blocks positioned under the pelvis with no force and no osseous release.
7. Activator – Activator technique utilizing a special hand held tool, which can deliver a high-speed impulse into the patient to improve segmental biomechanics. This technique is done by hand with an adjusting instrument with low force and no osseous release.
8. Extremity Adjusting – Extremity adjusting can be done by hand or instrument and is usually low force with and with out an osseous release.
Regional Chiropractic techniques include:
1. Chiropractic Biophysics – Chiropractic Biophysics is a technique utilizing blocks, wedges, and specific positioning of a patient before drop work is utilized for the corrections. This technique is based on correction to gravity and to idea curvatures utilizing mirror image preloading. This technique has a powerful systemic effect on the nervous system.
2. Pierce Stillwagon – Pierce Stillwagon is a technique utilizing specific positioning of a patient before drop work is utilized to restore the proper curvature to the cervical spine.
3. Axial traction release – Axial traction release is done by hand or with appliances to axially stretch and or release the joints of a region —particularly the disc in a region. This is a valuable technique for patients with moderate to severe osteoarthritis.
