Fort Myers Thompson Terminal Point Technique

This technique uses a specific table to assist with the adjustment. The patient will hear the sound of the table “dropping” but will not hear a “popping” noise when the doctor delivers the thrust. It is also known as “Segmental Drop Adjusting.” This technique was founded by Dr. J. Clay Thompson, and is currently used, far and wide, by chiropractors.

The Fort Myers Thompson Terminal-Point technique (a fancy way saying the “Thompson Drop technique” and “Segmental Drop Adjusting”) is regularly used by Drs. Lana and Brandon Perkins. The importance — that is, particular effectiveness — of the Fort Myers Thompson Drop Table technique — can be understood by way of Newton’s First Law of Motion. This principle states, “A body is in equilibrium if no force is acting upon it. If it is at rest, it remains so; if in motion, it persists in motion, unless an opposing force is met.”

By understanding Newton’s First Law, one can, likewise, comprehend the importance of the Fort Myers Thompson Drop Table technique, and why many doctors credit their long-standing, well-regarded careers to their use of this table. Why? Because the high-velocity, low-force adjustment is safer for both the patient and the doctor. How? Because the adjustment, for the patient, is immediate and long lasting. And because doctors themselves can administer this technique, consistently and regularly, without unnecessary wear and tear on their own instruments — their hands and shoulders. Female doctors, especially, and doctors of smaller stature or doctors with injuries or disabilities — essentially anyone whom does not wish to be exhausted after eight hours of practice — will naturally gravitate toward the Fort Myers Thompson Terminal-Point technique.

The basic Fort Myers Thompson Drop Table technique—by way of the Thompson Table—was designed to accommodate the doctor and allow for a smooth transition between the analysis and the adjustment phases of chiropractic treatment. The Fort Myers Thompson Terminal-Point technique is especially useful when dealing with extremity adjustments. When treating a leg, the patient lies prone; in fact, most adjustments are done prone. Analyzing and adjusting a patient on the Thompson Table can be considered comparable to turning pages in a book. The doctor does not move on to the next “page” until each subluxation is identified and corrected. Then, in doing so, another subluxation on a different part of the spine is revealed. When it is corrected, another subluxation is revealed, and so on. This way, the patient and the doctor are neither overloaded nor bombarded by the necessary adjustments, and can progress through treatment with ease.

Fort Myers Thompson Drop Table Technique