DNFT is performed by first gathering information by use of a reflexive leg check. The patient lies relaxed on the table, and different vertebrae, muscles, ribs and other joints are lightly pushed in a specific direction (challenged). I then check for a change in leg length. If the leg momentarily shortens (I sight down the bottom of the feet to determine this) it signifies that the structure I just challenged is out of alignment in that specific direction. The adjustment is a gentle ‘thumb toggle’ in the opposite (the corrective) direction. With DNFT there is no jerking, twisting, cracking or popping of joints. Yet the gentle DNFT adjustment inputs just enough energy and the patient’s body gets corrected, thus pain is alleviated.

DNFT is extremely thorough. For example, if you were experiencing low back pain, I first have you lie on his or her back and check some reflex points (the jaw, TJM, and cranial bones), correct them, then check the psoas muscles, femur heads and pubic bones. I adjust what I find, then have you lie face down ,then check several related muscles, the sacrum, the sacroiliac joints, then all lumbar vertebrae, for rotation, tilt, and laterality. If symptoms radiate down a leg, I also check each intervertebral disk. I record what I find, then do all the adjustments. Then I re-check to make sure that all of the adjustments were effective. I schedule 30 to 45 minutes for an appointment. Most patients get relief in a single session; for others a few appointments may be necessary. 99% of the time I do not find it necessary to order x-rays (I would refer for x-rays only in the event of a severe accident or injury where I suspect a fracture). Most new patients are surprised that such gentle adjustments can bring about rapid relief of pain and dysfunction.