Chiropractic Bio Physics®...
CBP® research on this topic, based on averages of normal
subjects, has been published in some of the most prestigious orthopedic
journals in the Index Medicus. CBP® has published normal shapes, normal global
angles, and normal segmental angles for each of the sagittal spinal regions
(cervical, thoracic, and lumbar).
These are “evidence based” models. In fact, the CBP sagittal lumbar elliptical model and the sagittal circular cervical model have been found to have predictive validity in as much as they can discriminate between normal subjects, acute pain subjects, and chronic pain subjects.
Many in chiropractic, by contrast, are turning away from structural outcomes of care to concentrate only on pain reduction, improved ranges of motion (ROM), and other functional outcomes which tend to be temporary in nature..
Supporting our model...
In 2002, Koch et al. described the circumstances consistent with the deliverance of a chiropractic spinal adjustment as “an asymmetry in the horizontal (front) and sagittal (side) planes of body posture and motion.” Such asymmetries in posture and motion adversely affect the nervous system through several mechanisms, as follows :
- Abnormal afferent input (“bad in”) into the central nervous system. Abnormal afferent input into the central nervous system has been linked to (“bad out”) sudden infant death syndrome, balance problems, visual disturbances, tinnitus (ringing in the ear), imbalance between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and impaired development of the pediatric central nervous system.
- Tethering (adverse prolonged stretching) of the central nervous system. This results in spinal cord ischemia (lack of blood flow) and consequently motor, sensory, and autonomic neurological dysfunction. Tethering of the spinal cord has been linked to demylenating diseases.
- Electrical dysfunction of the nerve transmission through stress generated potentials from bone (streaming potentials and piezoelectricity). Electrical nerve interference has been linked to altered expression of one’s DNA.
- Associated accelerated degenerative spinal joint pathology will eventually adversely affect the nervous system mechanically.
All of these influences on the nervous system in items #1-#4 involve the sympathetic arm of the autonomic nervous system. IT IS ESTABLISHED that the sympathetic nervous system is THE PRIMARY CONTROLLING FACTOR IN IMMUNITY . Consequently, uncorrected asymmetries in posture and motion adversely impact the individual’s health and well-being .