MITSU SHIOKAWA DC

DR .MITSU SHIOKAWA IS A 1972 PALMER COLLEGE GRADUATE. HE HAS WORKED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING BRAZIL, VENEZUELA AS WELL AS JAPAN, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A CHIROPRACTIC SCHOOL. HE HAS WORKED WITH OLYMPIC TEAMS AND WORLD KNOWN ATHLETES DURING INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS. HIS WORK AND PROFILE HAS BEEN COVERED IN MANY WIDELY READ MAGAZINES, ESPECIALLY AS HE HAS TREATED WELL KNOWN PERSONALITIES LIKE STEVEN SEGAL, TINA TURNER, THE EAGLES , LED ZEPPELIN ETC.

 

1. INTRODUCTION TO THOMPSON TECHNIQUE ABOUT DR. CLAY THOMPSON D.C.

I will focus primarily on the Thompson Technique since it is my specialty and I was privileged to be an understudy for many years with Dr. J. Clay Thompson the originator of the technique.
The Thompson Technique utilizes a "Segmental Drop Table" to enhance the motion force imparted towards the segment or area to be Adjusted. Dr. Thompson introduced the concept of adding motion by inventing a headpiece that would drop away as the adjustive thrust was applied to the vertebral segment. He was granted a patent in 1955 on his concept and thusly was born the Palmer-Thompson drop headpiece. Since the new idea was such a success Dr. Clay then went on to invent a table with drop pieces for adjusting the dorsal, lumbar and pelvic area. This came about in 1957 and from there the rest is history. Today there are numerous manufacturers of drop-piece tables used around the world.
The "Segmental Drop System" takes advantage of the spine's inherent design of the joints in order to move the spinal segment in the direction that will improve the motion of the segment with the one above and below. It just makes good sense that since the spinal joints face front to back and have an incline that slopes more naturally backwards that we can effect increased motion by applying an adjustment from P to A, (Posterior to Anterior) and with an inferior to superior line of correction. The majority of the spinal adjusting utilizing the Thompson Technique has the patient lying prone.
(face down.) This is the basis for Dr. Clay's theory of proper spinal adjusting and the driving force that lead him to invent the drop table.

2. THOMPSON TECHNIQUE -THE ORIGIN &APPLICATION OF HIGH? VELOCITY, LOW FORCE ADJUSTING PROCEDURES FOR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES.

The basic Thompson Analysis and Adjusting Technique is known for its five categories. These identify whether the primary problem is in the cervical or the lumbo-sacral region. The categories also tell the doctor the order in which each adjustment will be rendered.

5 basic principle and correction
1. Ilium involvement and correction.
2. Ilium involvement & AI Sacrum and correction.
3. Occiput involvement and correction
4. Cervical involvement and correction
5. X-Derefield Thompson

How you can find major subluxation from X-ray.
1. Low back (Pelvic, Lumbar, Sacrum) and correction.
2. Upper cervical biomechanics subluxation and correction.
3. 5 – 10 case study.