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Vertebral Spine Institute
Istituto Della Colonna Vertebrale
Instrumental Adjustive Therapy-IAT
Specialized Clinicians
TAI - Instrumental Adjustive Therapy
In other countries it can also be known as IAT - Instrumental Adjusting Therapy and is already a consolidated therapeutic method around the world being used by professionals qualified in this specific training.
It is a type of therapeutic manipulation carried out with the intervention of mechanical instruments that have a predefined force to correct dysfunctions and subluxations. More than a treatment with instruments that move joints, this therapy presents a specific protocol that observes patterns and reactions of the musculoskeletal system. Through the specialist's analysis, it is possible, through the action of an adjusting instrument, to promote joint adjustments or corrections that aim to do much more than move joints, but rather “activate” reactions and facilitations of the nervous system, to restore the patient's health.
What is it about?
Neck pain (Cervicalgia);
Pain in the central region of the back.
Cervicobrachialgia (neck and arm pain);
Low back pain and sciatica.
Control of chronic and acute pain.
Spinal degeneration; – adjusts and eliminates back pain
Muscle strains, joint problems, shoulder, knee, and extremities.
Some types of headache
Brings balance and optimal functioning of the nervous system to maintain health
How it works?
This manipulative technique with a precise assessment approach and comfortable treatment, where the adjustment is carried out using a low-impact instrument without stress for the patient, with quick and safe results, used all over the world. The technique protocol presents a specific methodology with transfer of forces in reflex areas that activate movements and corrections through the action of the central and peripheral nervous system itself, as if they were reflex actions.
Differential:
Low Force Therapy. As a low force reflex technique, it has the potential to serve patients that conventional chiropractic would not normally treat, including patients with osteoporosis and elderly patients who are more fragile. Many patients are frightened by the clicking sounds of conventional chiropractic, which is not present in IAT.
Who treats?
Children, the elderly, pregnant women, young people and adults, in short, all types of patients can benefit from IAT (IAT).
Why don't we call our method Instrumental Chiropractic? Simply, because Instrumental Chiropractic is too generic a term. Instrumental chiropractic is a very broad field, as it ranges from the application of soft tissue manipulative instruments such as the Graston method or IASTM, Petitbone, Chiropractic Biophysics, NIMO, to other fixed table-top instruments aimed at joint adjustment, actually based in extremely precise radiographic evaluation, like a true orthogonal atlas, of the Table Mounted type.
“The basis for this method emerged at Logan University and combines the reflexive basis of Logan Basic, (counting apex and lowforce thrust), leg length analysis from TDLC - Thompson Derifield Leg Check and the scaled reasoning of hierarchical adjustments, based on primary subluxations and secondary, promoting neurophysiological responses that interact and, as they are corrected, promote instantaneous changes. Applied kinesiology also applies to the development of this technique.” Dr. Pablo Dias
Our professionals all have complete training in Chiropractic, as well as training in the Logan Method and the Thompson Terminal Point Technique, having carried out various monitoring and special training. We perform the Leg Check as it is originally and not contrary to Thompson's recommendations, in handling the lower limbs when performing the TDLC, bringing greater dignity to the course.
The technique has the following objectives:
– Generate body balance through precise, unidirectional low-power manipulations to correct neuro-articular dysfunction. Eliminate structural blockages, postural changes, acute and chronic pain, with the help of a mechanical instrument that produces a simple, gentle and effective vibration without stress for the patient (Soulier, 2009). Precise assessment by leg checking: form of examination to look for joint subluxations (somatic dysfunction).
Historical concepts:
Technique developed by chiropractors Alan Fuhr and Warren Lee, in 1967 in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, originating at the Logan school (Furh, 2009). In 1970, the first group of chiropractors used procedures to detect subluxations by monitoring leg length. More than 70% of patients with low back pain had shorter legs. According to research, the instrument is capable of mobilizing the bone, but whether the benefit occurs or not, no one knows (Osterbauer; Jour. Manip. Phy. Thera; 1992).