EXPERIMENTS FOR THE AXIOMS OF
 Advanced Biostructural Correction™

Experiment to demonstrate muscles pulling vertebrae anterior (toward the front of the body:

1. The pulling of the Psoas muscles in the lumbar spine. Sit in a normal chair. Note the Psoas muscles attach from the inside of the thighs (on the femur) and on the lumbar vertebrae (sometimes on the pelvis too). Stand up normally and note the pull of those muscles on the spine which pulls the lumbar vertebrae anterior (forward).

2. The pulling of the diaphragm on spinal bones from the upper lumbars to the midthoracics (attachment varies a bit from person to person). Notice that the diaphragm attaches to the ribs in front and the spine in back. Feel the spinal bones as you breathe out, pinch your nose shut, close your mouth and try to breathe in.

     You will notice the diaphragm pulls the back toward the front of the rib cage.

3. Muscles above that point pulling the rest of the vertebra forward if they are displaced backward. Standing upright: Put a hand on your forehead and flex your head or neck or both forward against resistance supplied by your hand. As you go through the range of motion you will notice the various vertebrae in your neck and upper thoracic spine being pulled forward toward each other as the neck and head get farther and farther out in front of the trunk of your body.