Chiropractic Adjustment When the Table Drops- Bozeman Chiropractor

What is the adjustment called where the table drops as the chiropractor pushes on my low back?

This adjustment where the table drops below you as the chiropractor pushes on your back is called a prone, drop table adjustment. Using the drop table is another way to get motion into the low back or pelvis in the areas that are restricted. The drop table is a great tool chiropractors use to achieve more speed in the adjustment while applying a low amplitude adjustment.  It is an effective and safe way to still get the spine aligned, and uses inertia by having the back drop with gravity approximately one inch before it gets caught by the table. 

Why use the Drop Table?

Some people prefer this adjustment over the pretzel, side posture adjustment for the low back, because it doesn't require any twisting of the body. Chiropractors will often use this adjustment when patients have a more flared up condition and can only tolerate a little bit of motion.   This technique can also be used in combination with other techniques such as side posture (twisting pretzel move) adjustments, activator (instrument assisted) adjustments, or long axis distraction (leg pull) adjustments.

What Conditions can be Treated with the Drop Table? 

• Subluxation of the lumbar spine, sacrum, pelvis
• Disc herniations, disc bulging, or other disc injuries
• Facet syndrome
• Pregnancy pelvis dysfunction
• Patients with history of surgeries or spinal fusions (adjustments above or below these segments)
• Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
• Inflammatory Arthritis in the spine

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