What is Gonstead
What is Gonstead Chiropractic?
Gonstead Chiropractic
The Gonstead System of Chiropractic was developed by Dr. Clarence S. Gonstead (1898-1978). Who was a former automotive engineer who decided to pursue chiropractic when his painful leg condition that had not responded to other medical treatments was cured through chiropractic. Inspired by his personal recovery and influenced by his engineering mindset, Dr. Gonstead went on to pursue chiropractic and later developed the Gonstead system of Chiropractic, which became known for its precision and specificity that characterize the Gonstead approach, emphasizing thorough analysis and precise adjustments for individualized patient care.
The 6 Steps of Gonstead Analysis
1. History Taking
The very first step into understanding your spinal issues is by listening to you. By paying attention to your experiences, we gain valuable insights to better assist you. Most importantly, we listen because we care.
2. X-ray Analysis
A full spine xray allows us to properly visualise and measure your spine’s structure and alignment. This provides us with invalueble insights when it comes to the treatment of your spine, enabling us to be precise and specific with each adjustment.
More importantly, it enables us to be safe with our treatments, by identifying and ruling out any fractures, spinal anomalies and pathologies.
Therefore, the xray is essential and compulsory for all patients, with exceptions for pregnant moms, infants/kids, or some special circumstances.
3. Visualisation
We observe the patient’s overall posture, gait, and movement patterns to identify any asymmetries, misalignments, changes in muscle tone, spinal swelling/inflammation or other issues.
4. Instrumentation
In Gonstead, we use a nervoscope which is a sensitive instrument that measures skin temperature variations along the spine. Temperature changes may indicate areas of inflammation or nerve irritation, helping the chiropractor identify potential subluxations.
5. Static Palpation
The chiropractor uses their hands to feel and identify signs of subluxations such as joint swelling, increased skin temperature and changes in muscle tone while the patient is at rest.
6. Motion Palpation
Motion palpation is used to assess spinal mobility and joint movement of every single spinal segments, to identify areas of restricted and abnormal spine motion.
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