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Synergetic Spinal Mechanics and PPT Manipulation

Introduction

This web site covers the subject of synergetic spinal mechanics and a new type of manipulation protocol called Passive Prone Technique developed by Osteopath J.R.Bayliss DO.

Thousands of hours of experimentation and research by J.R.Bayliss went into developing a series of plausible theories that can be demonstrated to show how the pelvic, spinal and ribs joints articulate in harmony, to produce the day to day movements humans take for granted. This is something to our knowledge that has never been done before.

Once the forces that create human articulation were known it was possible to understand what would happen if these forces become corrupted. The results provided an explanation for how joints become so locked that they cause changes to the surrounding tissue. From this it was possible to develop a series of manipulative techniques that would simply unwind these corrupt forces.

These new synergetic theories were developed because the currently accepted theories on sacroiliac and spinal articulation could not be demonstrated to account for how joints articulate singularly, let alone as part of an integrated articulating system.

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

In 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. When you put his theories together in different 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 explain the complicated movements humans take for granted. The facet overhang ‘Three pole’ and the ‘Nutation’ sacroiliac theories also fall a long way short as they fail to account for ambulation.

Why is this important? If manipulative procedures are based on Fryette's spinal theories or the ‘Three Pole’/ ‘Nutation’ sacroiliac theories, the end results cannot be predicted.

A series of simple tests that anyone can perform have been put together to demonstrate and illustrate the short comings of Fryette's spinal theories and the ‘Three Pole’/ ‘Nutation’ 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 weight distribution, side-shift and knee bending. The theory also attributes the role of back muscles (not the neck) to one of balance and counter-balance rather than the 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 subluxates 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 received 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.

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Fryette’s Theories

Three Pole/Nutation Theories

Synergetic Spinal Mechanics

PPT Manipulation