What is CBP®?

CBP ® is a method of chiropractic spinal analysis developed by Donald D. Harrison, M.S., D.C., M.S.E., Ph.D., and Glenn Harrison, B.S., D.C. It encompasses postural and radiographic analysis and correlates the sciences of applied mathematics, physics, and biophysics to the practice and theory of chiropractic.

CBP® is a method of chiropractic spinal analysis and therapy that involves spinal and postural chiropractic adjustments, active exercises and stretches, and traction.

The goal of CBP® is to restore natural balance and alignment of the spinal column to ensure normal function throughout the body.

The overall goal of the CBP ® technique is to restore normal human posture and spinal position. It is well known to health care practitioners that abnormal spinal posture and position has negative affects on the nervous system. It is established that the nervous system is the primary controlling factor in immunity and is responsible for all bodily functions. As a result, uncorrected asymmetries in posture adversely impact the individual’s health and well-being.  The objective of CBP® technique is to correct these asymmetries to the greatest degree, minimizing spinal degeneration and improve neurological dysfunction and systemic health.

"Because mechanical loading of the neuro-musculo-skeletal tissues plays a vital role in influencing proper growth and repair, chiropractic rehabilitative care should focus on the normalization/minimization of aberrant stresses and strains acting on spinal tissues. Manipulation alone cannot restore body postures or improve an altered sagittal spinal curve. Therefore, postural chiropractic adjustments, active exercises and stretches, resting spinal blocking procedures, extension traction and ergonomic education are deemed necessary for maximal spinal rehabilitation."

(Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 1998; 21: 37-50)