5 Components of the Gonstead technique

Digital X-ray enables your chiropractor to visualize your entire spine and not only look at important postural problems but also to come up with the most specific line of drive for the correction of any segmental problems known as Vertebral Subluxations. The Gonstead chiropractor can also rule out abnormal pathologies congenital anomalies, and sub-clinical fractures; You should ask yourself when getting examined, is the doctor utilizing the films on every visit? Is the doctor doing a chiropractic analysis of the films? We have a saying in the chiropractic profession: To see is to know; not to see is to guess, and we won’t guess with your health.

Both Static and Motion Palpation are utilized in Gonstead Chiropractic to precisely pinpoint areas of involvement. Motion Palpation is utilized to determine how a segment moves and if there is a restriction to the motion of a specific segment of the spine. Static Palpation is used to determine conditions occurring under the skin. Findings of swelling, tenderness over bones, texture changes in the skin, and even tightness of muscles give Dr. Redman the knowledge of the condition resulting from your subluxation.

Dr. Redman uses a Delta-T or Nervo-Scope, which shows the exact location of the subluxation. The Scope, which takes a temperature reading, helps find injury because where there is an injury we find inflammation, and where there is inflammation we find an increase in temperature.

We take into account all the information we can get from the patient by simply looking at them very carefully. In the Gonstead System Visualization starts from the moment the patient walks in the door. Differences in height between the ears, shoulders, and hips as well as posture and gait are useful to confirm your X-Ray and Palpation findings. Just looking at a patient could reveal some telling criteria, including overall posture, spastic muscles, increase blood flow, and more.

Although never used in a “cookbook” fashion, understanding problems with a patient’s health help us determine the area that a patient needs to be adjusted. Symptoms can help separate the two parts of the Autonomic Nervous System (Sympathetic and Parasympathetic) and aid us in applying a specific adjustment

Dr. Scott Redman uses the above criteria to accurately locate the problem. The adjustment only focuses on the causative bones that are subluxated. This specificity and precision of the adjustment is less forceful to the patient to allow them to get better quicker.