What is Network Spinal Analysis - NSA?

Network Spinal Analysis, or NSA, is an exciting new development in the field of chiropractic associated with:

• Significant relief of various types of neck and back pain and spinal disabilities.
• Spinal bio-energetic enhancement (see discussion on "waves" and "self-healing" below).
• Overall well being and improved quality of life.

It is a safe, gentle and effective approach for everyone, regardless of age or state of health.

What makes NSA different?

• It utilizes very gentle manual contacts along the spine.
• It promotes unique healing waves that spontaneously release spinal tension and improves nerve energy.
• It releases a great deal of emotional stress stored in muscles.
• It empowers the body with the development of unconscious and conscious strategies that promote spinal alignment, prevent illness and sustain wellness.

The net results of Network Spinal Analysis are:

• Dramatic improvement to spinal health and posture.
• Improved joint flexibility and increases muscle relaxation.
• Improved overall health and wellness.
• Improved mental outlook.
• Less need for vigorous manipulation, exercise, and massage since the body will more readily engage self-healing strategies.
• There are three levels of care (see below) reflective of newly developed voluntary and involuntary musculoskeletal and neurological strategies for spinal self-correction, improved relaxation and recovery of illness.
• A more vibrant state of physical health and well being.

How does it work?
NSA utilizes gentle manual contacts over the spine that, in turn, changes its vibrational tone (or tension). It is believed to bring a release of deep seated mental or physical tension held in check by the brain and nervous system. It promotes vertebral alignment and the correction of subluxations (vertebral misalignment), often without the need of spinal adjustment or manipulation.

A gentle force or contact is applied over specific areas along the spine, called “gateways”. These promote involuntary waves of breath changes or muscle movement along the spine. This process is called an entrainment. Surface EMG studies have documented changes in the brain and spinal nerves during entrainments. New and more efficient channels of communications are believed to be initiated between the brain and body. Postural distortion, subluxation and muscle imbalances spontaneously begin recovery.

Why the spine?
The spine houses most of the nerves that control body function, these effect the health and status of most of our internal organs and tissues, head, trunk and limbs. The spinal cord and its overlying meningeal sheath are also believed to hold a considerable amount of stored emotional and physical tension.

What are the differences between NSA and other therapies?
Unlike many other therapies such as massage, cranial-sacral, spinal manipulation etc., NSA, is the only known approach that enhances the body’s own healing strategies. Patients report improvement in their ability to recover from stress and illness. Mentally, they report more peace and make healthier choices. Most notable changes are a reduction of spinal pain and increased flexibility. At the core of NSA care is the long term improvement to a multitude of chronic illness.
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Research findings
A large study of more than 2,800 people receiving NSA has demonstrated a high degree of health changes, emotional and lifestyle improvement. In addition, the longer the care, the more dramatic the changes.

"Network Care has a direct effect on client self-reported wellness which is twice that expected from healthy lifestyle practices (exercise, risk avoidance, optimal food choices). Network also has a major indirect effect on wellness by promoting healthy life-style choices."
(R.H. Blanks, Ph. D., Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Florida Atlantic University)

What are the Levels of Care?
Three levels of care have been developed which categorize the progressive nature of improvements. Each level is characterized by specific improvements to: spinal misalignment (subluxation), overall health of the body and spinal tissues, changes in the nervous system, wave dynamics, emotional state and quality of life.

• Level One is associated with one oscillatory spinal center.
• Level Two is associated with two separate spinal oscillatory regions working in tandem.
• In Late Level Two of care deep spinal releases clear out a tremendous amount of stored tension.
• In Level Three, a third oscillating region develops in the heart center (chest wall).

Each level is associated with an increasing ability of the nervous system to optimize strategies for better organization and self healing. Our ability to handle stress is increased, enabling us to handle tension in a more constructive and healthier manner. This can significantly impact individual mental growth and promotes optimum physical performance. Individuals stay healthier, recover from stress and injury faster, and experience greater body/mind peace.

What is a wave?
Waves are involuntary responses of the body and spine associated with the healing response. They often correlate with spontaneous involuntary and increased breath along the entire spine, spinal muscle movements and or bioenergetic experiences of deep relaxation and lightness of being. In NSA, spinal waves can evolve to varying degrees of refinement; each associated with characteristic changes in health and wellness parameters.

What other types of responses are common with NSA?
As the mind and body release tension it may involve a myriad of physical, emotional and chemical responses. These are often short lived and are accompanied by positive emotional and physical benefits.

Studies are now in progress examining the long-term benefits of care, and changes in brain and spinal cord function. In addition, there is a growing interest by psychologists, sociologists, neurobiologists, physiologists, biomathmaticians and bioengineers on the overall mechanisms and benefit of NSA.

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NSA is an exciting new development in health care associated with benefits in physical, mental and quality of life.

For more information on how Network Spinal Analysis can play a vital role in your health care and that of your family and children, please inquire about our in-office pre-care workshops.

References
1. A Retrospective Assessment of Network Care Using a Survey of Self-Rated Health, Wellness and Quality of Life
Blanks RH, Schuster TL, Dobson M. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, 1997; 1(4): 15-31

2. Quality of Life Improvements and Spontaneous Lifestyle Changes in a patient undergoing subluxation-centered chiropractic care: A case study
Pauli Y. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation research, October 11, 2006; 1-15

3. Wellness Lifestyles 11: Modeling the dynamic of wellness, heath lifestyle practices, and Network Spinal Analysis
Schuster TL, Dobson M, Jauregui M, Blanks RH. Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine. April 2004; 10 (2):357-67 PMID: 15165417

4. The Transition of Network Spinal Analysis Care: Hallmarks of a Client-Centered Wellness Education Multi-Component System of Health Care Delivery
Epstein D. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, April 5, 2004;1-7

5. Successful in Vitro Fertilization in a Poor Responder While Under Network Spinal Analysis Care: A Case Report
Senzon SA. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, September 14, 2003; 1-6

6. Insult, Interference and Infertility: An Overview of Chiropractic Research
Behrendt M. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, May 2, 2003; 1

7. Chaotic Modeling in Network Spinal Analysis: Nonlinear Canonical Correlation with Alternating Conditional Expectation (ACE): A Preliminary Report
Bohacek S, Jonckeere E. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, December 1998; 2(4): 188-195

8. Reduction of Psoriasis in a Patient under- Network Spinal Analysis Care: A Case Report
Behrendt M. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, December 1998; 2(4): 196-200

9. Changes in Digital Skin Temperature, Surface Electromyography, and Electrodermal Activity in Subjects Receiving Network Spinal Analysis Care
Miller E, Redmond P. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, June 1998; 2(2): 87-95

10. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging:
Journal Vertebral Subluxation Research, 1998; 2(1): Cover

11. An Impairment Rating Analysis of the Asthmatic Children Under Chiropractic Care
Graham R, Pistolese R. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, 1997; 1(4): 41-48

12. A Retrospective Assessment of Network Care Using a Survey of Self-Rated Health, Wellness and Quality of Life
Blanks RH, Schuster TL, Dobson M. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, 1997; 1(4): 15-31

13. Network Spinal Analysis: A System of Health Care Delivery within the Subluxation-Based Chiropractic Model
Epstein, D. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, August 1996; 1(1): 51-59

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