Total Body Modification (TBM) is a very exciting and dynamic technique used to treat patients suffering from the devastating illnesses of today. TBM arose in the early 1970's out of Dr. Victor Frank's search to resolve health problems within his own family. He searched for a way to achieve successful, long-lasting results. He believes that IF THERE IS ILLNESS, THERE IS A CURE IN THE UNIVERSE!
TBM deals with causes, not symptoms, and it sets
the body in motion to heal itself!
TBM was developed by applying the best of all the techniques of the old masters of Chiropractic. TBM has continued to grow because of the many contributions of TBM QUESTORS around the world. It has been taught since 1976 and continues to evolve in the face of ever-increasing health challenges resulting from our continued pollution of our environment. If we cannot change our environment, we must learn to live within it by eliminating the affects on our health.
TBM uses the neuromuscular reflext test, as is used in applied kineisiology, and body access points to tap into the body's bio-computer and read functional programs. We recognize that certain conditions produce predictable patterns in the spine. Corrections are usually made by means of respiratory spinal treatment of these patterns, or by soft tissue or manipulation.
How Does TBM Work?
(The following quote is from The Sugar Control Bible and Cookbook, by Dr. Jacqueline Paltis, D.C., N.D.)
“Total Body Modification is a chiropractic technique co-founded by Dr. Victor Frank in the 1970’s. It is rooted in old-time chiropractic thinking, applied kinesiology, acupuncture and subtle electromagnetic energies, and the concepts of functional physiology.
Functional physiology is a term I think you will be hearing more often. Physiology is the study of how the body works. Most current medical thinking is based on cadaver physiology. If the living body functioned the same way as a dead one,, it would be dead too. Functional physiology is the complex interaction of all aspects of the body from the cellular level up, involving communication, feedback, cell memory, etc.
The human organism has several levels of functioning. But, a major priority system is the sympathetic nervous system, which controls the “fight or flight” reaction. This system is designed for survival. When you are suddenly faced with a lion in the jungle, or with the sight of your own son pinned under the wheel of your car, the fight or flight system mobilizes your physical resources, largely through the function of the adrenal cortex, which secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine. It overrides parasympathetic functions of digestion, thinking, muscle repair, cellular healing, etc., and sends your blood supply to your heart and large skeletal muscles, so that you can run, fight, or lift the car with your bare hands.
This same system that protects us so well in emergencies, has not yet adapted, however, to life in the twenty-first century United States. The stresses of today’s life style are not the occasional lion emergency, but are instead the constant barrage of overwork, deadlines, car pools, noise pollution, keeping your mouth shut when your supervisor gets on your case unreasonably, and commuting on LA freeways during rush hour (which can actually sometimes be the equivalent of meeting several lions in the jungle).
