“The symptom changing process the body must go through during treatment in order to heal from mechanical injuries.”

Here is the way it works.

Before care starts you have all your symptoms and physical restrictions from being injured (Read over Mechanical Injury on the back page).

Then your doctor starts to correct your body’s mechanical problems. Usually your body will begin to improve by untwisting in a backward direction away from the major mechanical stress problem (see up arrow on the graph).

In order to continue improving, your body will then untwist forward partially toward the original forward stuck injury position (see down arrow on the graph). After that, your body will unlock, allowing the doctor to further correct your mechanical problems.

This process of going backward and forward is known as UNWINDING and is necessary in order for your mechanical injuries to heal.

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When going backward (up arrow on the graph) pressure is taken off the injury sites and your body function improves. Early on your pain and stiffness should decrease and eventually it should heal so that  you won't notice it at all.

The graph represents a typical patient’s progress.

When going forward (down arrow on the graph) pressure increases at the injury sites. This can have you feeling sore, anxious, and a bit depressed, because the increased pressure makes you think you’re getting worse–but you’re not!

RECOVERY

Keep in mind!
The process of unwinding backward and forward happens many times. This is why there are so many ups and downs on the graph.

Also, as your body improves it will gradually untwist closer and closer toward the original forward stuck injury position. When that happens, although feeling lousy, you are still improving. It is just that your body mechanics are now good enough to unlock a really big old injury.

The large drop at E-F on the graph demonstrates this process. Further, this process will happen for each major mechanical injury you have received.

However, after going through all that your body will be so improved that when it goes forward it will feel like a bit of a pull or a cold although it is not.