Spinal Mechanics

PPT Manipulation and Synergetic Spinal Mechanics

The Theory of Synergetic Spinal Mechanics

and an Introduction to PPT Manipulation

 

Introduction

 

This web site covers the subject of synergetic spinal mechanics and provides information on a new type of manipulation called Passive Prone Technique discovered by Osteopath J.R.Bayliss.  

 

The word ‘synergetic’ means the outcome is bigger than the individual component parts. It is this theory that has been used to explain how the body moves in the way humans take for granted in real world situations.

 

Fryette’s Theories and the Three Pole/Nutation Sacroiliac Theories Questioned?

 

The human body is very complex and the musculo-skeletal system is no exception. At the turn of the last century   Harrison Fryette explained his theory on the articulation of the spinal joints with a set of  simple rules. However, his theories do not stand up to close scrutiny  when applied to real world movements. This is because it is not possible to convincingly demonstrate and reproduce his theories either singularly or globally. When you put his theories together with other areas of the spine. I.e. Sacroiliac-Lumbar. Lumbar-Thoracic. Thoracic-Cervical, the spine locks.

 

But Fryette is not alone in putting forward theories that cannot be demonstrated to work or explain the way humans move. The  ‘Three pole’ and the ‘Nutation’ sacroiliac  theories do not stand up to close scrutiny either.

 

Why is this important?

 

If manipulative procedures are based on Fryette's theories or the ‘Three Pole’/’Nutation’ sacroiliac theories, results cannot be guaranteed.

 

A series of small tests that anyone can perform have been put together to demonstrate and illustrate the short comings of Fryette's theories together with  the currently accepted sacroiliac theories.

 

 

Synergetic Spinal Mechanics

 

Synergetic spinal mechanics works on the principle that the spinal and sacroiliac joints work as a self contained unit that attains its  primary driving force from shift-shift.  The theory attributes the primary role of back muscles (not the neck) to one of counter-balance rather than governing force.

 

 

PPT Manipulation

 

Passive  Prone Technique is the name given to the new type of manipulations that allow the patient to relax in a comfortable prone position whilst the manipulation takes place. The techniques are noiseless (no click)  and gentle and are very effective genuine manipulations. Tests comparing the results in posture difference between  those achieved through accumulative traditional HVT techniques and PPT’s showed that the PPT’s were not only capable of aligning the body posture to a greater degree, they provided greater general mobility.

 

“When a spinal joint subluxate's  there  is usually no sound therefore, there should be no sound when the joint is corrected.”

J.R.Bayliss

 

In a recent research survey of patients who had had both conventional and PPT manipulation 100% of the patients preferred PPT’s to conventional traditional manipulation. 78% of these patients felt they recovered quicker than with conventional manipulation and 94% of these patients felt PPT’s helped relieve their pain effectively.  

 

DVD: Spinal Mechanics and Bony Locking for Health Professionals

 

There is DVD showing John Bayliss’s theories on spinal mechanics. It was only from his theories on spinal mechanics shown in the DVD that it was possible for him to discover PPT manipulation. The DVD shows how side-shift affects the sacroiliac and spinal joints and causes movement. It goes on to show how incorrect use of side-shift can cause spinal and sacroiliac joints to subluxate (Partial or incomplete dislocation). It was only from understanding how joints subluxate that it was possible to discover  a method of manipulation to reverse the forces that caused them, which is what PPT’s do.  PPT’s are are not included in the film. The DVD is unique and has sold world wide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fryette’s Theories

Three Pole/Nutation Theories

Synergetic Spinal Mechanics

PPT Manipulation

DVD

A simple demonstration

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