Comprehensive Chiropractic Full Spine Adjusting DVD Series For Sale

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Comprehensive Full Spine Chiropractic Adjusting Technique Seminars

This is the best professional training series available to learn and review full spine chiropractic adjusting as taught in the finest schools on the planet. Compare with techniques taught at Palmer, Parker, Life, and others. This Series covers Gonstead, Thompson, and Diversified Full Spine adjusting techniques.

The bonus data file includes a library full of technique manuals and chiropractic textbooks. Extremity adjusting, Upper cervical adjusting, spinal analysis, diagnosis, etc.

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Thompson Chiropractic Technique Training FULL SPINE and Book (PDF). Includes Full Spine Technique, Derifield Leg Checks, Extremity Adjusting, Rib Adjusting. Video demonstration of Thompson Full Spine & Extremity & Rib Adjusting Technique by various doctors. The videos are color and good quality for the video cameras available at the time. The sound is clear and easy to hear. This is your chance to learn from someone who devoted his entire life to chiropractic and to healing, he was truly a great chiropractor.

Textbook (PDF not printed hard-copy) Segmental Drop Adjusting by Dr. Thompson, quick reference charts, articles, typed class notes, etc.

The Thompson Technique utilizes a \"Segmental Drop Table\" to enhance the motion force imparted towards the segment or area to be Adjusted. Dr. Thompson introduced the concept of adding motion by inventing a headpiece that would drop away as the adjustive thrust was applied to the vertebral segment. He was granted a patent in 1955 on his concept for the Palmer-Thompson Drop Headpiece. Since the new idea was such a success Dr. Thompson then went on to invent a table with drop pieces for adjusting the dorsal, lumbar and pelvic area. this came about in 1957 and from there the rest is history. Today there are numerous manufacturers of drop-piece tables used around the world.

The \"Segmental Drop System\" takes advantage of the spine\'s inherent design of the joints in order to move the spinal segment in the direction that will improve the motion of the segment with the one above and below. It just makes good sense that since the spinal joints face front to back and have an incline that slopes more naturally backwards that we can effect increased motion by applying an adjustment from P to A, (Posterior to Anterior) and with an inferior to superior line of correction. The majority of the spinal adjusting utilizing the Thompson Technique has the patient lying prone. (face down.) This is the basis for Dr. Thompson\'s theory of proper spinal adjusting and the driving force that lead him to invent the drop table.

Leg Length Analysis Concept

Another important aspect of the Thompson Technique is the method used to determine an imbalance in the length of the legs when observed with the patient in a prone position on the table. The \"Leg Length System\" is based on the early work of Dr. Derifield of Detroit, Michigan. The neurological basis for balance is found in the Reticular System of the brain where the Inhibitory and Facilitory systems maintain balance of the musculature of the body. A neurological imbalance will affect the musculature of the legs resulting in the appearance of one leg being short when observed with the patient in the prone position. The feet are observed in the extended position and then flexed to compare one with the other noting any difference in the appearance of length. Contraindications would be an anatomical short leg, history of poorly healed fracture, or a joint implant.

The \"Leg Length Analysis\" has five levels of interpretation developed by Drs. Derifield, and Thompson. The length is observed at the juncture of where the heel and shoe come together with inversion and eversion removed and no dorsiflexion or plantar flexion of the feet. Subluxation levels are based on the \"Leg Analysis \"to determine what areas that may need to be adjusted. This is correlated with Physical Examination, X-ray and Motion findings, Palpation and Instrumentation utilized by the Doctor of Chiropractic.

Segmental Drop Adjusting - The Legacy Continues

The development of the \"Drop Table\" has come a long way since the early days of discovery by Dr. J. Clay Thompson. What started out as an improved method for delivering the \"Toggle Recoil\" during the era of B.J. Palmer, has grown into a worldwide use of the Segmental Drop System for Chiropractic Adjusting. The following story comes from hearing Dr. Thompson lecture to students and field doctors over the years and represents a chronology of historical importance.

The \"Palmer-Thompson\" drop headpiece was developed by Dr. Thompson in an effort to come up with an easier method of delivering the toggle thrust on something other than the knee-chest table or the side posture bench with a fixed headpiece. His experience as a student in the Palmer Clinic while treating patients in the public clinic, which was held in the gymnasium, resulted in several ineffectual attempts to toggle a number of patients. The patient\'s head was placed on a firm headpiece that resulted in reflected force into the doctor\'s arms and shoulders. The early training incorporated a follow-through drop of the doctor\'s upper torso following the delivery of the toggle thrust, which even with that, Dr. Thompson found it difficult to accept.

While attending Palmer College of Chiropractic, Dr. Thompson had developed at his apartment, a side posture table with the headpiece mounted on an auto jack from a Model T car. This was done to accommodate the height of the head when the patient was placed in the side posture position. When the thrust was delivered there was some vertical drop or give that added to the toggle thrust. He surmised that if he could refine and control this drop it would be of some benefit to the proper execution of the toggle adjustment.

The first attempt resulted in a headpiece that was spring-loaded and had a drop of about ½ inch with the other end that swiveled and a catch that latched when the two pieces came together. This headpiece was utilized to experiment with the tension of the spring and various mechanisms for the latch that locked the headpiece down when the toggle thrust was delivered. The unit worked so well that several were made and thus was born the \"Toggle Drop Headpiece\" or as many of us came to know the Toggle Board.

When I came to Palmer College one of the first things you did was to buy one of these toggle boards even before purchasing your books. If you were lucky you would find a senior who was graduating and get a real good deal. Today there are several manufacturers such as Thuli Tables that produce excellent toggle drops, that can be adjusted for the weight of the patient\'s head.

As the story goes, Dr. Thompson demonstrated the drop headpiece for Dr. B.J. Palmer. Dr. Clay said many times, that B.J. felt it enhanced the toggle adjustment and they entered into an agreement to put the drop headpiece on the tables to be used in the clinic and classrooms. Many of these tables are still in use in the toggle classroom at Palmer College. They were refurbished with new upholstery a few years ago, and continue to serve in the training of the students in learning toggle recoil adjusting.

The Miracle Man Dr. Clarence Gonstead

I heard rumors about a chiropractic \"miracle man\"- a great healer - who practiced in a little farming community somewhere up north. No one knew much about him or his practice except that his adjusting techniques worked miracles ... and that he was brilliant. Brilliant bordering on genius.

An unusual man in many respects, he never finished seeing patients on the same day he started. A typical practice day began at 8 AM and ended at 3 AM the following day. He subsisted on only 4 hours of sleep per day. Grabbing sleep when he could, he would sleep for the seven seconds it took for an adjusting table to lower from a fully extended position. The town he practiced in only had 1400 residents, yet he saw over 200 patients per day, seven days a week. He never advertised. Yet, he consistently drew patients (via word of mouth) from several hundred miles away as well as around the world.

With a background in mechanical engineering, he saw the human spine as an intricate engineering wonder and he studied it every chance he had. As a licensed pilot, he would fly from his own airstrip, located at his Frank Floyd Wright-designed home, to the laboratory of Lincoln College of Chiropractic. There, he would dissect, study, stain, photograph and then reconstruct cadaver spines. The end result was one of the most precise studies of the effects of spinal derangement ever produced.

His work with thousands of spinal cases, his constant clinical studies of the spine, and his own innate knowledge of how the spine works explains his ingenuity in finding, identifying and fixing subluxations no one else could. This, coupled with his special gift of caring, gave him the ability to stop pain and promote the healing process. That\'s what earned him the reputation as a \"miracle man.\"

In the early 60\'s, an article appeared in Chiropractic Ethics and Economics with a headline, which said something like \"We found the man!\" It was a story about the \"miracle man\" who was; it turned out, Dr. Clarence S. Gonstead of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. The article explained that his original clinic was a small one-room office above a bank in downtown Mt. Horeb, where his wife served as his assistant. He had so many patients that they were often found sitting in the stairwell to his office. In fact, they were spilling out of his office, all the way down the stairs and onto the sidewalk. He saw he had to expand. Gonstead built a beautiful and much larger clinic for his patients at another location in downtown Mt. Horeb. Within a few years, his practice was to outgrow these facilities also. Next, he began designing the largest, most complete chiropractic clinic in the world for his patients, just outside Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin ... population approximately 1400. The article went on to say that he not only existed but, at that point in time, he had begun teaching and was well on his way to becoming internationally acclaimed. He was most notably recognized for his research studies; his uncanny technique, which healed patients in one-third the time that it took most other treatment programs; as well as his reputation for treating problem cases. What earned him the most acclaim though, was the number of fellow chiropractors he treated. He was earning the reputation of being the chiropractor\'s chiropractor.

In 1966 I came face-to-face with the man. I had ruptured a disc in my back and was in severe pain. My practice was suffering because I was unable to stand for more than a few minutes per day. I was receiving two adjustments a day; taking 18 pills; and getting four shots per day, just to keep the pain down. The pain was incredible. So bad that at one point, I had to physically crawl from my car to my home. I was unable to even walk. In addition to my private practice, I was a team physician for a professional football team. The team also had a M.D. who happened to be a good friend of mine. He noticed my condition one-day said, \"Enough is enough,\" and gave me an exam. After he examined me, I asked for his recommendations. Was surgery necessary? I just wanted the pain to stop.

\"Don\'t ever let anyone do surgery on you,\" the M.D. said. At his specific recommendation, I was put on a plane that same evening to see the chiropractor I had heard about five years earlier. The so-called \"miracle man\", the one man, this M.D. knew could help me without using surgery. After one week with two adjustments per day, I was headed back to my own practice in Florida. No surgery. No drugs. Just pure chiropractic healing. His philosophy was, \"Find the problem. Fix it. Then leave it alone.\"

I had been a personal witness to the fact that there was indeed a chiropractic \"miracle man\". By the mid-70\'s Dr. Gonstead\'s reputation had grown right along with the size of his clinic. Doctors and patients from all over the United States and Canada eagerly sought his expertise. He provided seminars to share his techniques with other doctors. These techniques were rooted in his extensive knowledge of the precise workings of the human spine using sound mechanical and biological principles.

The size of his once humble clinic grew to 19,000 square feet with seating for 106 patients in the reception area. To have the reception room filled to capacity was not unusual. Dr. Gonstead plainly needed help. Help did arrive. Dr. Alex Cox, a Palmer Chiropractic College graduate, began studying with Dr. Gonstead in 1962 and joined the Gonstead Clinic staff in 1964. His brother, Dr. Douglas Cox, a Palmer graduate also, joined the teaching staff of the Gonstead seminars in 1963. In 1967, he left his private practice and teaching responsibilities at Palmer (where he taught the Gonstead technique) to join the Gonstead Clinic staff.

It was no small task for the Cox brothers to teach and record everything that Dr. Clarence Gonstead worked on, studied, developed and cared for over his 54 years in chiropractic. Dr. Gonstead\'s mind raced faster than he could verbalize his thoughts. So, it was up to the Cox brothers to listen, observe, document and record as much as they could of what was to become a premier chiropractic healing method ... The Gonstead Technique. Having both come from teaching backgrounds, the Cox brothers were knowledgeable in the methods needed to organize Dr. Gonstead\'s studies. Interestingly, for a year the Cox brothers had someone with a video camera follow Dr. Gonstead as he lectured to his seminar classes. Whenever he did anything unusual, he was questioned about it then and there. \"Why did you do that? What did you find? What caused you to make that determination?\" Gonstead would explain then go on lecturing. He of course, thought it was a nuisance. But at the end of that year, the Cox brothers had all that knowledge recorded and were able to precisely document his work.

the Gonstead Technique is recognized throughout the global chiropractic community as one of the safest systems of evaluating and caring for conditions related to the spine.

Basic Principles

The Basic Principles of the Gonstead Method of Chiropractic Analysis

The Gonstead Concept of chiropractic begins with a basic biomechanical principle of physics. Every engineer, architect, builder and carpenter knows the importance of a proper foundation in constructing a building, for this insures durability and long life. Any slight change or shift in the foundation can cause a great amount of deviation in the top part of the structure and, perhaps, ultimately, its collapse.

The body\'s foundation is formed by the pelvic girdle. When this bony structure consisting of hip bones and the lower bones of the back is level, there will be maximum balance and stability in the spinal column. When the pelvic girdle or any of the vertebrae (bones making up the spinal column) become tilted or rotated out of their proper position, dramatic changes may occur in the body.

These misalignments can cause pressure on the discs that separate the vertebrae. (The condition of the disc is the key to the patient\'s health problem in many cases.) Vertebra can become misaligned either from the cumulative effects of several minor episodes or from a single accident. Nature frequently is able to cope with these jolts to the spinal column without assistance. Sometimes, though, vertebrae tilted or rotated out of their normal position can be too much for nature to deal with effectively.

In order to more fully understand what occurs, we should know that the discs are really pads between the vertebrae and consist of a spongy substance surrounded by fibers of cartilage. When there is misalignment of a vertebra, there is uneven pressure on the disc causing it to swell and protrude. (One often hears this referred to as a slipped, herniated or ruptured disc.)

Chiropractors call this condition a SUBLUXATION when it results in the pinching or compressing of the nerves that run through that particular area. These compressed nerves often become inflamed and impede the proper transmission of impulses to the section of the body controlled by these nerves. A seemingly endless list of ailments and pain may be brought about by these subluxations.

Generally, misaligned vertebrae in the spine are easily recognized, particularly those in the upper portion of the vertebral column. However, less easily found and often overlooked are misalignments in the foundation or lower portions of the spine.

The ability to recognize and correct these misalignments forms an integral part of the Gonstead Concept. For example: When the lower portion of the spinal column has misaligned vertebra, the body tries to keep itself and its skeleton upright and straight. Often it compensates by causing a vertebra above to become misaligned. This is the body\'s way of attempting to re-establish the normal perpendicular position of the body.

If just the top misaligned vertebra was adjusted, in cases where additional vertebrae are misaligned, only limited relief could result. This would not be getting to the source of the trouble. For complete and lasting results, all of the misaligned vertebrae must be identified and then a program can be initiated to restore them to their normal position. Every chiropractic case presents a different combination of misaligned vertebrae.

The Gonstead Adjustment

After a complete analysis, the Gonstead chiropractor is ready to deliver any necessary adjustments. The focus of the Gonstead adjustment is to be as specific, precise and accurate as possible, addressing only the problem areas (areas of subluxation). Great care is taken to ensure a biomechanically correct position and precise thrust to provide the most accurate and painless adjustment possible. It is the goal of your Gonstead doctor to restore and maintain optimal health by locating and correcting any interference to the nervous system caused by vertebral subluxation.

\"Find the subluxation, accept it where you find it, correct it and leave it alone.\"

C.S. Gonstead

What makes us so special?

Chiropractic has come a long way since Daniel D. Palmer gave his first adjustment in September 1895 in Davenport, Iowa. Today, there are many methods used by chiropractors to correct spinal misalignments, joint dysfunctions, and subluxation complexes. Many techniques are identified by the name of the person who was most instrumental in their development. Interestingly enough, one of the most advanced and scientific methods is a technique called \'The Gonstead system\'.

The Gonstead System

Gonstead procedures are the result of extensive clinical research by Clarence S.Gonstead, founder of the world famous Gonstead Clinic of Chiropractic in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, and his associates. Doctor Gonstead\'s fifty-five years of continuous practice and over four million chiropractic adjustments resulted in the most complete method of biomechanical analysis available for use by today\'s doctors of chiropractic. So why don\'t all chiropractors use this technique? Because the analysis takes more time and mastering the art of delivering a specific adjustment takes a LOT of practice and dedication.

The Gonstead Chiropractor:

The Gonstead Chiropractor goes beyond what many chiropractors consider a spinal assessment by conducting a thorough analysis of your spine using five criteria to detect the presence of the vertebral subluxation complex.

• Visualization: Visualization is a way to cross reference all the other findings. Your chiropractor is an expert in looking for subtle changes in your posture and movement which could indicate any problems.
• Instrumentation: The instrument of choice in the Gonstead System is the Nervoscope. The Nervoscope detects uneven distributions of heat along the spine which can be indicative of inflammation and nerve pressure. This instrument is guided down the length of your back and feels like two fingers gliding down each side of your spine.
• Static Palpation: This is simply the process of feeling (or palpating) your spine in a stationary (or static) position. Your chiropractor will feel for the presence of swelling (or edema), tenderness and any abnormal texture or tightness in the muscles and other tissues of your back.
• Motion Palpation: This process involves feeling the spine while moving and bending it at various angles. This enables the chiropractor to determine how easy or difficult each segment of your spine moves in different directions.
• X-Ray Analysis: X-ray films enable your doctor to visualize the entire structure of your spine. This is helpful in evaluating posture, joint and disc integrity, vertebral misalignments and ruling out any pathologies, or recent fractures that may be present or contributing to the patient\'s condition. These full-spine radiographs are taken in the standing, weight-bearing position to fully substantiate the examination findings.

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