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The Gonstead Examination
The Gonstead Chiropractor conducts a thorough examination using six criteria to evaluate your spine:
Health History:The location and characteristics of your problem, what activities aggravate and relieve it, and other or past conditions will give a picture of your overall health status.
Visualization:
Your Gonstead Chiropractor is an expert in looking for subtle changes to your posture and movement which can indicate any problems.
Instrumentation
The nervoscope is a unique instrument that is highly accurate in detecting heat abnormalities along the spine due to circulatory changes caused by the subluxation.
Static PalpationMethod of feeling your spine and tissues for swelling, tenderness and any abnormal textures or tightness in the muscles or other tissues.
Motion PalpationMethod of feeling for movement in individual joints of the spine to determine if the movement has been reduced due to a misalignment.
Radiographic Analysis
Weight bearing x-rays of the spine helps evaluate the spine for any pathology (disease, fracture) as well as the condition of the discs and joints. The x-ray also allows the Gonstead Chiropractor to evaluate your posture and position and determine potential areas of stress.
Once all of this analysis has been completed, your Chiropractor can combine these important factors to determine which specific adjustment is necessary to correct your problem.
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The Gonstead Adjustment
After a complete evaluation, your Gonstead Chiropractor will have a thorough understanding of your problem and its location. The specific, accurate and precise correction of the subluxation is known as the adjustment. Only the subluxated segments need to be corrected, other segments that show some signs such as tenderness are compensations and are best left alone.
The Gonstead adjustment is a specific force delivered by hand. This provides individual control over the adjustment so it can be varied to suit any situation and person. It is a very fast thrust, that is gentle and effective. The adjustment will restore proper function to your spine and nervous system. The body can then begin its natural healing process, and operate to its full potential! The examination used in the Gonstead system of analysis help determine if certain adjustments are required. There maybe times where your Gonstead chiropractor, once they have examined you, decide that an adjustment is not required.
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