Technic and Practice of ChiropracticLoban, Joy Maxwell
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Technic and Practice of Chiropractic
Loban, Joy Maxwell
Chiropractic
In the second column, that devoted to direction of subluxation, the
letter P or A should appear, if at all, as this antero-posterior
relation is the first thing to be determined concerning any individual
subluxation chosen except the Atlas. With the Atlas the first letter
will be R or L. Next the laterality or rotation is indicated by R or L
in every case except Atlas subluxation. Finally the S or I indicates
the last point to be determined, the _approximation_ of the vertebra to
its fellows. This last letter usually shows thinning of intervertebral
fibrocartilage, which will be discussed elsewhere.
If you desire to emphasize any direction as being more important than
another, underscore the letter which stands for that direction with
a single line. If two directions are to be emphasized, one more than
another, underscore the one with two lines and the other with one. For
example, if a vertebra is found to be quite decidedly posterior, _more_
plainly to the right, and _slightly_ superior, the record will show it
thus: _P R S_.
Movement for Correction
This is indicated in the third column, separated from the second by a
dash, by means of some brief word or words which describe a certain
movement used in adjusting. The descriptive words and terms used in
this work are all given and explained under Technic of Adjusting. (See
p. 89.) Each word or term stands for a definite method of procedure.
The best movement for the correction of any subluxation of any vertebra
may be found by reference to the section on Preferable Adjustments,
p. 155. If other terms are more familiar to the student, or in time
replace those which are now common usage in the profession, they will
be brief and clear and may be easily substituted for those given.
Palpation, fixing in the mind of the palpater the manner and direction
of the subluxation, should also suggest as the obvious correction a
movement calculated to reverse the procedure by which the subluxation
was first produced. In other words, a certain kind of subluxation
stands as the effect of a certain application of force along definite
lines determinable by examination. Its correction should be made in a
reverse direction along the same lines. By recording with the record
of subluxation the desired correction, the adjuster may be reminded
daily without new palpation of the movement best fitted to the case.
If on trial it is decided that some other movement than the one first
indicated will better overcome the abnormality, the record should be
changed to correspond to the decision, and thereafter followed.
Complete Record
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