Chiropractic Adjustment
General
- Go through all bones/muscles of body
- Feel for tightness
Example 1:
Steps
- Start by feeling the back for tight spots.
- By sacrum - feel and press down left, right, and center. Sacral Hiatus is where the spinal cord leaves the spine. Spinal tubercles are the bumps on the spine, like on a stegosaurus.
- look at legs - put feet together, see if legs are the same length
- See if back is higher on one side than other.
- Start manipulating Cervical-Thoracic Junction
- Start with T1 on the left, crack neck around T1, then drop to T2 and crack toward the other side. See more in depth on C1-C7 spine bones - How to Crack Your Neck.
- Drop down with both hands in a haert [1] - patient breathes in and out all the way - and chiropractor thrusts down rapidly.
- Do this in 3 locations going further down T. [2]
- Check the length of the feet - feet got closer to the same length! See now [3] compared to before [4].
- Now go down to lumbar spine area. First, check out the sacrum. Stabilize down on the sacrum with one hand [5], and have patient raise right leg and left leg [6]. Observe any differences.
- Cross tight side leg over the loose one. [7]. This rotates the sacrum right. Now using drop table, drop down and torque to stretch out the sacrum. Do that 5 times.
- Uncross legs and bend right knee. Chiropractor raises the leg and pushes down on sacrum, using drop table. 3x. [8]. This balanced out the sacrum here.
- Interestingly, that pulled legs further out of alignment. [9]
- Lay on side, and chiropractor rotates lumbar vertebrae on both sides. [10]. Checking the feet [11] shows that it was the lumbar vertebrae that were causing misalignment in length of legs.
- With everything aligned, we will pull on the neck to stretch out the spine. (hanging would do the same?) [12]
- Vibrate muscles of neck and shoulders, and C and T spine bones for relaxation so body remembers the adjustment longer. [13]
- Pull the ankle out - [14]
- Pull feet out - [15]
- Use massager on outer tarsals - [16]. Specifically - anterior talofibular ligament [17]
Back Fix Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0bqGTntfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUsnlNCiL6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnY6SDJ8KQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkM9uiOJAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUVY4CpI7vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O51wUSc9BVM