QSM³ Articles

Leverage Points and the Wrist Lever

Introduction QSM3 is a specific system to direct the calculated vector down the correct resistant pathways and to understand what direction the resistant must be overcome (leverage points). These two factors are fundamentals that, when mastered, will elevate each...

Torque Totally Misunderstood by the UC Practitioner

Discussion The concept of torque has been around for decades. Its foundation to create a circular motion that turns C2 directly is incorrect.  From its inception it has never been revisited, revamped, or rethought. Each new generation has continued to teach...

Counter Rotation

Discussion If you have been looking below C7 to access the complete pathways of the spinal misalignment, you are now well aware of the many configurations that can exist. To think that one headpiece placement is enough minimizes our work. This month’s discussion is an...

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 as an island and not as a piece to the puzzle. It is this monocular view that has limited our ability to access the...

The Transverse Plane

Better Vector – Better Correction The transverse plane is the invasive plane on the human nervous system. This is evident by the orientation of the facets that restrict this motion below C2 to the ankles. The lumbar allow for strictly sagittal movement, the thoracic...

Power vs. Force

Discussion The focus of this month’s article is an introduction to “how to generate power without using force”.  Most Doctors are extremely proficient at the film and analysis but struggle with the delivery aspect of the correction process.  I separate these two as...

“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