Differences between Chiropractic Adjustment and Manipulation

Discover the key difference between chiropractic adjustment and manipulation, and how these approaches affect your spinal health. Learn why chiropractic adjustment in Mataró with Dr. Marc Bony, DC may be the solution you are looking for.

Adjustment and manipulation

With manipulation, a force is introduced into multiple segments, with the sole intention of “mobilizing” the area. There is no care taken when isolating specific joints or vertebrae.

The “manipulator” offers everyone the same “aspirin.” Each patient is manipulated on their right side and then on their left side of the lower back, then they are positioned at the patient’s stomach level and push all the vertebrae from bottom to top, and finally, they go to the neck and give it to one side and the other. These manipulations make many patients “feel good”, but this approach usually results in a short-term relief, because there was no attempt and no specific correction. In some cases, excessive movement of the joint or joints that should not have been, causes new pain or instability.

A SPECIFIC manipulation is called Adjustment.

The adjustment involves a detailed examination, conducted through a functional assessment by the doctor. A postural study, a thermographic examination, and an X-ray are considered minimally, to determine the best way to specifically reduce the Subluxation.

Here you can see some tests used to diagnose your problem

The X-ray provides the information to accurately assess the quality of the structure, when adjustments cannot be made and to provide the prognosis to the patient. X-rays tell the story and the phases of a patient’s subluxation, whether it is acute or chronic, by the absence or presence of degenerative changes.

Doctors of Chiropractic obtain their degree by training for 8 years, specializing in the Nervous System, the Spine, and mastering the art of Spinal Adjustment.