

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-
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 works on the principle that the spinal and sacroiliac
joints work as a self contained unit that attains its primary driving force from
shift-
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-

A simple demonstration
DVD
Demonstration