QSM³ Articles

Method Part 1

Misalignments and their corrections are a messy job. They take effort and because of multiple traumas, out of pattern misalignments are the norm. The human body goes through multiple cycles of: Trauma    >      Misalignment    >      Breakdown       >    ...

A Clear Transition

I was speaking with a member a while back.He called me to discuss the best way to transition a patient from one UC procedure to QSM3.  He has some patients who are used to thinking about his work under another name; he was concerned about nomenclature and educating...

Fresh Perspective

A Fresh Perspective By Dr. Jonathan Lazar (Class 082) Title: Who Are You Really and What Do You Want? We all look for ways to become more productive. We’ll buy new software, a new app, and come up with a new way to get things done more efficiently.  And it all works...

Balanced Purpose

The construct of four to five lines on an x-ray film producing three angles, and two deviations off vertical has created a very simple mechanical approach to upper cervical corrections. It has evolved minimally over the decades by different UC groups and with very few...

On Purpose & In Process

 From my first Technique class to my last, and even well into practice, I have always felt something was missing within the process of corrective structural biomechanics.  This is the dynamic aspect, or “how to fix”, aspect of corrective spinal care.  The process had...

“When there is a breakdown of the tensegral distribution of forces, a compartmentalization occurs in which sections optimize themselves and then work to coordinate with other sections, often creating a cantilevered balance of sections, decreasing overall efficiency but providing a diminished but engaged stability with respect to gravity.”
Michael Thomas DC, Director of Research