Subluxation:

Any osseous or soft tissue which is out of alignment and producing nerve interference.

Distortion:

An adaptation or compensation to a subluxation. A distortion is the body's attempt to deal with the problem of existing nerve interference and should not be treated or "adjusted" directly. The body's Innate Intelligence created the distortion and will remove all or the appropriate amount when the subluxation has been corrected.

Thrust:

Is merely a thrust and not considered to be an adjustment unless the thrust succeeds 100% in correcting the subluxation and removing the nerve interference.

Adjustment:

That which occurs when a chiropractic thrust succeeds in removing the subluxation and associated nerve interference.

Articular "cracking" or "popping" sound:

This is no indication that an adjustment has been made. These sounds are thought to be associated with the joint capsule fluid flashing into the vacuum of a separated joint. Therefore, the sound indicates the sudden movement of a previously non or limited moving joint, and no more means a realignment of the spine than cracking one's knuckles means a realignment of the knuckles.

Misalignment:

Is simply a misalignment and not a subluxation unless it can be proved to be producing nerve interference by a pre-adjustment test.

Evidence of an adjustment:

• First there must be a reliable pre-adjustment test to determine and demonstrate the existence of subluxation and nerve interference.
• A chiropractic thrust or procedure must be applied.
• The post-adjustment test (which is identical to the pre-adjustment test) must be applied to demonstrate the 100% removal of all nerve interference.
• If one does not succeed in proving the removal of all nerve interference, then one has not made an adjustment but has only made a thrust. D.N.F.T. and X-Ray: X-rays are not employed to determine subluxations or to make listings.

Use of X-rays includes:

1. Determine osseous or soft tissue pathology, fracture, dislocation, anomaly, or demonstrate scoliosis.
2. For legal, insurance, and malpractice reasons when so indicated.
3. We believe that while distortion is evident on radiographic examination, subluxations can be and usually are microscopic and cannot be visualized on X-ray.

Innate Intelligence:

In traditional chiropractic philosophy, Innate is thought to be that intelligence in the body which is responsible for the functioning and well being of the individual. In D.N.F.T., Innate is more than a philosophical concept, and by using Innate Intelligence to diagnose subluxations through the VanRumpt leg check, we find that it:

1. Demonstrates if subluxations exist.
2. Shows exactly which structure is producing it.
3. Show the precise listings of the structure.
4. By way of effect of the proper thrust, actually makes the correction of the structure.
5. Demonstrates on post test if the subluxation has been removed and nerve interference eliminated.

D.N.F.T. Basic Premise:

In the tradition of D.D. Palmer, find the subluxation, fix it, and leave it alone. No subluxation, no adjustment.

Words from the late Dr. VanRumpt:

"D.N.F.T. is the original innate based non-force technique in Chiropractic. There are no cervical rotaries, lumbar rolls, bone popping thrusts, or in Palmer's words, 'playing piano on the spine.'

It is effective whether the patient is as small as a young child, delicate as an elderly lady, or large and strong as an athlete or heavy construction worker. It does not require long drawn out series of treatments to accomplish its goal.

It is not a conglomeration of assorted techniques, moves, or holds, but is chiropractic in its purest form."

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