What is KST?

A lot of patients have asked me to explain what is KST, a new adjusting technique I’ve added to my chiropractic practice over the past year.

Koren Specific Technique is composed of three steps, all of which lead to a more in-depth analysis and adjustments while you are standing up.

The first step of the KST process is called “challenging.” This is where I check your entire structural system including your skull, spine, discs, hips, ribs, sternum, shoulders, arms and legs, hands and feet. In this way anything that is out of place can be analyzed.

The second step, “checking,” tells me if the body part being checked is in proper position. The base of the skull is used as the feedback area. This works because of the high number of proprioceptors in that area. You will feel my hands at the back of your head checking the feedback from the physical challenges I put on the different body parts. This is similar to muscle testing, a procedure used by applied kinesiology wherein a muscle will become weak when confronted with a muscle challenge.

The third step, “correcting,” uses the FDA-approved ArthroStim™ instrument to make a very specific adjustment on only the segment that is out of position. This device was developed by IMPAC technology in Oregon and has been continuously refined over more than two decades. It introduces force to the body to realign segments and to remove nerve pressure at a speed of 12 “taps” per second (12 herz). It is a fast, accurate, low force and controlled adjustment.

KST allows me to adjust you in different postures, which is important because sometimes a problem can only be reproduced in a certain position. However I always have you stand up for ArthroStim™ adjustments for the benefit of working with gravity so that your body can process the correction immediately.

My patients report improved movement and ability to relax, better sleep, and emotional releases including dreams, after these adjustments. Sometimes you may want to go home and sleep afterwards, or you may feel a little sore the next day. This is common and temporary, and disappears within a short time.