QSM³ Articles
Palpating the Pathways
A QSM³ Protocol Idea by Andrew Smyth DC Dr. Russell Friedman is unbelievable at visualizing the misalignment. I am not quite as visual, and just finally getting around to fitting my anatometer with laser measurers, I had to find a different way to apply the QSM³...
Double Compressions: A Walk Through the Algorithm
Gravity vs. tensegrity is a lifetime battle. When we are young and filled with energy, our ability to overcome the compressive forces of gravity, even in a misaligned position, is possible. But as we age and our energetic abilities diminish, gravity always wins. We...
Decompression First
Upper Cervical has since its inception looked at the atlas and its tip, slip and laterality. Nothing has much changed since the 50’s and the great insights (for the time) of Grostic and Gregory have long stalled out. The atlas, because of its structural design as a...
Newtonian Law and Corrective Biomechanics
Introduction The human frame is a three-dimensional quasi “rigid body” (a solid body that tends not to change shape when forces are applied to it) that follows and obeys the laws of nature. Concepts such as “large masses have leverage over small masses” (i.e., the...
Building an Accurate X-Ray
Introduction X-ray alignment, placement, and analysis are the three pieces to calculating the perfect correction vector. Alignment of your x-ray machine is the first step. It is a cumbersome process but once completed it is checked semi-annually. The analysis is a...
Measuring Posture Means Nothing
For the past several months I have been trying to wrap your heads around the relationship between the vector and posture. We have long looked at the ASC on an island and not as a piece to the puzzle. It is this monocle view that has limited our ability to access the...