First of all there is not a bad chiropractic technique. There are however techniques  possibly more suited for one individual or another and their health goals. Quite simply patients have preferences and doctors have preferences. All techniques are designed to normalize the nervous system so that the inborn or innate intelligence of the body can be better expressed and the person can heal better. Some doctors accomplish that with high velocity adjustments by hand where the joint surfaces seperate slightly- in doing so a temporary vacumn is created with in the joint fluid and a pop occurs.Since the goal is a nervous system effect the goal can be reached with or without the popping noise. Other doctors such as myself prefer instrument adjusting which does not create a pop because it does not open the joint space to the same degree- it does however create a similiar neurological effect.

Why do we adjust the  way we do? 1. Personally I observe that it seems easier to assist long term health changes as evidenced by the technology we use in our office with the instrument adjusting vs the manual adjusting. 2. There is a large segment of the population which is very uncomfortable having their spine popped or twisted and we can easily serve that population 3. It is also less stressful on the doctor over a 40 year or more career.

The biggest challenge for patients is if they are used to getting manual (popping) type of adjustments and they switch to getting instrument adjustments they will at first feel like not as much has been done because they do not get the initial endorphin rush that can occur with some manual ( by hand ) adjustments. Many people if they are open to change and patient they will actually prefer the instrument adjusting.