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The Gonstead technique is a chiropractic method that was developed by Clarence Gonstead in 1923. [37] The technique focuses on hands-on adjustment and is claimed to expand "standard diversified technique" by removing rotation from the adjusting thrust and implementing additional instrumentation including X-rays, Gonstead Radiographic Parallel ...
Spinal adjustment. A chiropractor performs an adjustment on a patient. Spinal adjustment and chiropractic adjustment are terms used by chiropractors to describe their approaches to spinal manipulation, as well as some osteopaths, who use the term adjustment. Despite anecdotal success, there is no scientific evidence that spinal adjustment is ...
Clarence Gonstead was born in Willow Lake, South Dakota, [4] the son of Carl Gonstead (1871–1956) and Sarah Gonstead (1874–1918). His family later moved to a dairy farm in Primrose, Wisconsin. At the age of 19, Gonstead was bedridden with rheumatoid arthritis. [5] After his arthritis was cured by a chiropractor, he was motivated to enroll ...
The diversified technique is the most often applied technique at 93%, followed by the Activator mechanical-assisted technique at 41%. [93] A 2009 study assessing chiropractic students giving or receiving spinal manipulations while attending a United States chiropractic college found Diversified, Gonstead, and upper cervical manipulations are ...
Chiropractic controversy and criticism. Throughout its history, chiropractic has been the subject of internal and external controversy and criticism. [ 1 ][ 2 ] According to magnetic healer Daniel D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, " vertebral subluxation " was the sole cause of all diseases and manipulation was the cure for all disease. [ 3 ]
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Activator technique. The Activator Method Chiropractic Technique is a chiropractic treatment method that uses a device created by Arlan Fuhr as an alternative to manual manipulation of the spine or extremity joints. The device is categorized as a mechanical force manual assisted (MFMA) instrument which is generally regarded as a softer ...
Daniel David Palmer (March 7, 1845 – October 20, 1913) was the founder of chiropractic. [4] Palmer was born in Pickering Township, Canada West, [2][3] but emigrated to the United States in 1865. [5] He was also an avid proponent of pseudoscientific alternative medicine such as magnetic healing. Palmer opposed anything he thought to be ...