What does the subluxation station do?
The Subluxation Station Scanning procedure is the latest in Chiropractic technology. The scanning procedure is a precise way of detecting abnormal spinal function by checking for nervous system disturbances.
When muscles contract, they give off an electrical signal. The more they contract, the higher the signal. Surface EMG measures that signal. Muscle control is regulated by the motor nervous system.
Electro Myography
A scan of a patient's muscle asymmetry depicts the amount of muscle pull from one side to another. Normal is marked by white spikes or no spikes at all.
The same colours are used here - green, blue and red for mild, moderate and severe levels of muscle asymmetry respectively.
sEMG Scan
sEMG Scan is compared to consequent scans. We are viewing the amplitude (amount of tension) of paraspinal muscle activity, along with hyper or hypo tonicity as it compares to a normal population. 
Green bars indicate one standard deviation over normal, or Blue bars indicate two standard deviations over normal or moderate elevation. Red bars indicate three standard deviations over normal or severe elevation.
Thermal Scan
Infrared sensors are used to compare temperatures at 25 paired anatomical points. The purpose of the test is to assess sympathetic nerve function. Alterations in skin temperature patterns are associated with aberrations in the function of the autonomic nervous system, which includes the sympathetic system. The autonomic nervous system controls the organs, glands, and blood vessels.
In the analysis of thermal differentials, we are concerned with two factors, symmetry and pattern. Symmetry refers to the difference in temperature between the left and right sides at the same spinal levels. Differences in temperature from side to side are maintained within strict limits in healthy persons.
Pulse Wave Profiler
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the beat to beat alteration in heart rate. This natural rise and fall of heart rate is caused by several physiological phenomena, including breathing and autonomic nervous system activity.
Why do healthcare professionals utilize HRV?
For a wide variety of clinical applications ranging from cardiography applications in which patients are monitored for 24 hours periods to biofeedback applications in which patients are trained to modify HRV.
Chiropractors utilize HRV to get a window into how the autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulates heart rate in the baseline or resting state.
Why is the baseline autonomic nervous system level important?
Chiropractors utilize HRV to determine the overall activity at rest as well as the sympathetic / parasympathetic branch balance at rest. There is an optimal baseline ANS activity level and branch balance.
There is a great deal of published data in the literature showing a correlation between improved HRV and improved state of overall health. From a chiropractic standpoint, the basic clinical postulation is that the performance of the patient's ANS at rest is correlated with their GAP (General Adaptive Potential). The better one's ANS is performing at rest, the better one's body is able to adapt to its environment.
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