re: Chiropractor kills Playboy model

HVLA high velocity low ampmitude adjustments are definately a skill that must be performed correctly and accurately and for the correct reasons or injury is possible. Some people just cant seem to get the skill down. It really is akin to holding a raw egg against a wall with your palm and then quickly cracking the egg with a short powerful stroke but doing so in a way that does not get any egg on your hand. The key is proper isolation of the structure at the point of limitation, alignment of the structures for anatomical movement, and proper anatomically dictated vectors of short high velocity but low amplitide force.



Shotgunning technigues where you crack them one way and then the other direction too for good measure are the halmark of poor manipulation skills.