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    The Creed Neural Kinetic Integration Technique embodies a positional relationship approach that re-orbits the musculo-skeletal structure, establishing a foundational platform for re-alignment of the head over shoulders, shoulders over hips, and hips over ankles to support the patient's natural stance. These structural changes re-orient the facet plane angles, reduce the gravitational pulls on muscles and associated nerves, allowing for increased ranges of motion. These changes create truer proprioceptive feedback functions to motor muscle response systems, vertebral joint motion, reflexes, and the reduction of sensory nerve stimuli that cause pain. The outcome is a comprehensive reprogramming of the body's structural architecture that is clearly communicated to the cerebellum via the Alpha I, II, and III neuro-fibers during the adjustment. The patient experiences rapid relief from pain and discomfort, improved function and ranges of motion. Pre and post applied functional testing allows the doctor and patient to identify the aberrant conditions prior to treatment and acknowledge the positive changes afterwards. Correcting vertebral subluxations, soft tissue and muscle concurrent with full body postural alignment is performed in various positions: standing, sitting, supine, prone or in motion. Conditions of acute and chronic pain syndrome, disc degeneration, osteophytic activity, scoliosis, failed back surgery, general fatigue as well as other degenerative conditions respond well to this comprehensive approach. Dr Alan Creed presents a nation-wide seminar series, Boost Your Practice: Bridging Techniques, Styles & Technologies, which is approved for Continuing Education Credits. Dr. Creed is a board eligible chiropractic neurologist and has a chiropractic practice on Coral Gables, Florida.  For more information, call 1-305-365-7988

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A Chiropractor's Tool Kit

I believe the modern chiropractor should have a variety of helpful instruments and equipment for the benefit of his patients and him/herself. An essential core would consist of ArthroStim Adjusting Instrument, VibraCussor Instrument, Non-contact Infrared DT-25 scanner, Inclinometer, SOT blocks, elevation all electric drop table with elevation headpiece, Tupper-wedge, micro-currents, flexion/distraction table, and inter-segmental traction table.

The ArthroStim, an electrical, mechanical unit, allows the doctor to deliver a precision adjustment with a very light to a very strong force, using various attachments, be it a single stylus, or bifurcated head, in order to be specific in making full contact with the vertebra. The instrument operates between 12 and 14 cycles per second, bypassing the nociceptors which register pain. This instrument also permits motion during the adjustment phase, to improve range of motion with patient participation. The varying impulse control and different attachments permit specificity and comfort for both the doctor and the patient and allows the doctor to adjust infants, elderly and the mainstream population. The outcomes are almost immediate and long lasting.

The VibraCussor is used for soft tissue and organ stimulation, as well as for setting proprioceptive beds that allow for greater motion.

The DT-25 scanner is an Infrared Non-contact Thermal Reporting system that takes 20 seconds to perform a scan of a patient, while producing a hard copy for your records. It depicts areas and regions that need addressing, and monitors an adjustment procedure pre and post. It is the most affordable scanner of its kind and, in my opinion, the best. The Tupper-wedge is a rubberized hand-fitting manual instrument used to adjust the thoracic area for anteriorities with the patient in a supine position. This device is designed to save the doctor's hand and wrist and add comfort to the patient during the adjustment. When tissue is injured, the normal electrical resting potential of a cell is reduced. During mitotic division, it has been found that micro-currents will raise the resting potential of the cell to its near normal 70mv, and enhance the quality of new tissue being laid down. This improves and hastens the healing process. The elevation, all electric drop table has an elevation headpiece, along with movable thoracic and lumbar sections for patient setup. I also use a range-of-motion collar, for both myself and the patient, to note the progress pre- and post-adjustment. Within my seminar series, I demonstrate the application of the above noted instruments and equipment along with the techniques I employ.

These instruments are used not only for the adjusting advantage, but, also, to save the doctor's body. Dr. Alan Creed has been practicing for 22 years as a chiropractic physician and, presently, maintains a practice in Coral Gables, FL. He was mentored by the masters in the chiropractic profession and has expanded his knowledge and experience through lecturing and teaching for many years in the United States and Europe. Dr. Creed's seminar program for advanced chiropractic hundreds of doctors. Dr. Creed also publishes a best selling 14-hour video library and a pictorial manual on adjusting techniques, using instruments based on spinal biomechanics and neurophysiology.

For seminar information, and video orders, contact Dr. Creed at 305-365-7988

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A Close Look At The Adjustment,10 Great Techniques, Part 2

What Is a Technique?
A technique is an operating system with established protocols for evaluation, treatment, and assessment of a patient's infirmities. Over the years, my approach for practicing the art, science and philosophy of chiropractic has been the creation of a ?Chiropractic Bridge of Techniques, Styles and Technologies?. I adjust with my hands, instruments and equipment, both manual and electric, in order to achieve mechanical advantages that comfortably correct aberrant issues, with extraordinary outcomes for the patient.

Why Does a Patient Seek Care?
A person seeks care for one of two reasons: some part of the body isn't functioning at a level they perceive to be ?normal?; or, for the most part, because they are in pain and discomfort. In assessing a technique, there are three points of view to consider.
1. The doctor's viewpoint: How hard is this technique on the doctor's body, patient after patient, day after day, year after year, wrists, elbows, hands and thumbs, neck, low back, knees? What is the comfort level as it pertains to the doctor's skills, abilities, and results within that particular modality?
2. The patient's viewpoint: What is the patient's experience of the adjustment; i.e., comments to the doctor, other patients and staff members? Are the patients able to participate with the doctor's style of treatment, and do they feel it addresses their needs? Is the patient hearing more of a philosophical viewpoint as to their potential progress versus experiencing their progress? Do the patients comply with the treatment program and stay in care?
3. Technical viewpoint: Is the technique relevant to the patient's condition? Are pain and function addressed at the same time? What are the short-term needs and outcomes? What are the long-term effects and benefits for the patient?
These questions should be paramount in the doctor's mind always. By utilizing a multi-technique approach with patients, it is possible to provide the patient with rapid relief from pain and improved function.
Once an adjustment is performed, changes occur. Therefore, when applying the forces that make the changes, posture, range of motion, proprioception, balancing hemispheres, cerebellum communication, and functional activity need to be taken into consideration.
By employing a global assessment of a patient, the doctor has a greater opportunity to address the spinal biomechanics, neurophysiology and organ system relationships. The application of combining techniques in the treatment protocol may be performed in an expedient fashion, from 1-10 minutes, depending on the doctor's style of practice. And by judiciously combining techniques, the doctor is able to customize a treatment approach for each patient.
My experience of the patient's outcome from a multi-technique approach has been their joyous appreciation for their care and a practice exclusively based on referrals and cash. I utilize a variety of the following 10 techniques in my own ?multi-technique?, so feel free to give me a ring at 305-365-3818 if you'd like to learn more about combing techniques.
The following are (alphabetized) descriptions of 10 popular chiropractic techniques, with brief discussions of their evolution, theories and applications.

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