What is Normal Posture? Just as there are normal values for heart rate and blood pressure, there is also a normal standing posture and spinal position. Normal posture is one that has the head, rib cage, pelvis and feet aligned and balanced one upon the other, both from the front and side views. Your posture is the “Window into your Spine.”

From the front view, your spine should be straight and vertical, and from the side, your spine should have normal alternating curves to allow for normal pain-free, maximal range of motion and movement. From the front, the ideal posture is symmetric and the spine is straight. From the side view, the head, rib cage, pelvis and feet are vertically balanced. The spine has essential curves in the side view. These curves have specific normal angles that can be measured from x-rays.

An “adjustment” is the term used to describe a technique used by a chiropractor to realign and balance the patient’s spine. Traditional chiropractic adjusting entails the chiropractic doctor mobilizing with his or her hands in a specific and skillful way an area of the spine. The adjustment creates a gapping effect within the joint. This relieves the local tension within the joint, reduces stress on adjacent nerves and creates many beneficial effects. 

Sometimes our Seattle Chiropractor - doctor may use a special drop table to assist in adjusting, or use a hand-held instruments (Activator, Impulse or arthrostim) to deliver the adjustment as well. Our doctors use the latest technologies in spinal care, providing the highest level of service available.