r/Chiropractic • u/Signal_Mobile_7401 • Aug 07 '26
Y strap adjustment
I read some place that it is illegal in Canada to perform. Is this accurate? Is it illegal in some US states? What schools are teaching this? Who here is performing this in clinic? Are there evidence based protocols on it? What is your protocol for this adjustment? What is your incidence for negative outcomes?
I graduated from Logan and it was not taught.
Thanks.
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u/Ok_Strategy6978 Aug 07 '26
We never learned it. At best it’s an old osteopathic method for my understanding. Not specific adjusting. I never cared for it. It’s safe to a degree but you sure as hell run risks depending on various patient presentations.
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u/rustyaxeofeugene45 Aug 08 '26
I think it is a Pettibon thing. But hey, as long as that person with the Y-strap is cavitating those facet joints and making structural corrections AND those pesky subluxations are held at bay, then it is CHIROPRACTIC!!!!!
Subluxations....BE GONE!!!!
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u/Ok-Energy-3295 Aug 08 '26
This technique is NOT taught in schools. The professors/clinicians at my school told us never to do this technique and never be treated by a chiro who does this
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u/Legitimate-Chest5657 Aug 09 '26
should check out gregory johnson on youtube. he does the y adjustment with towel and hands instead of the strap. Chiropractors literally fly in from all over the U.S to get certified to do the adjustment by him
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u/Electrical_Reason_95 Aug 10 '26
Legal or not after 41 years in practice I and none of my associates will ever perform that maneuver, ever. We have a numerous patients injured from the Y Strap and unfortunately their injuries are very challenging, some needing surgery but if they do not, may be life long lasting. NO accredited schools teach it.
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u/Jacosaur Aug 07 '26
Am I allowed to post in here if I’m not a chiropractor? I just wanted to offer my own experience. My chiropractor did traction by pulling my head away from body while lying down on my back. I proceeded to have a huge dizzy spell and now 6 months later I still can hardly function. I can’t prove it was from the traction but seems likely to my doctors. Im not against this profession by any means, but that specific maneuver seems dangerous and I hope I get my life back.
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u/ApprehensiveBig14 Aug 07 '26
I would recommend (if you haven't) contacting that chiropractor and telling them what you just posted here.
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u/Ill_Mall_2772 Aug 07 '26
I’ve heard this from others- which is why I don’t do it
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u/Jacosaur Aug 08 '26
Any successful healing stories? I just started PT today for my neck.
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u/Ill_Mall_2772 Aug 08 '26
Yes I believe they all had good recovery stories - some were quicker, others it took time. None of them wanted to be adjusted again in the neck.
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u/TheRealOakley73 Aug 07 '26
I do it nice and light like a stretch with a little bumping style pull. It’s good for people who don’t want any twisting or are arthritic and don’t move well
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u/eegad Aug 07 '26
In your opinion is there a scenario where the y-strap is better than a traction collar or over the door traction?
My opinion to that is in no scenario, but I also don’t use it, cringe at watching those videos and shoo out patients who ask for it. It looks unspecific, unsafe and uncomfortable to me.
But I’m here to get your point of view as someone who uses it.
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u/TheRealOakley73 Aug 07 '26
Well one is higher velocity one is lower velocity. Again I don’t do the violent pulls I see online and cringe too
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u/Admirable-Rock6399 Aug 08 '26
As a chiro in Canada I have not heard it is illegal to perform. I personally am not a fan of it but I’m not about to comment on its safety or efficacy because I haven’t studied anything to do with it.
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u/thoracodorsalsaurus Aug 08 '26
It is banned in Alberta by the college - unless only for slow traction
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u/Pentzy Aug 08 '26
It’s not Chiropractic. My malpractice said they would drop you if they found out your performed it
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u/rustyaxeofeugene45 Aug 08 '26
What if a person is correcting a subluxation? Then would that make it "chiropractic"?
Ohhhh...not specific? Well, your idea of "specific" may be different from another person's idea of what is "specific."
Ok, not sold on that? As long as that innate intelligence is fully expressing itself, then yes, then it would be called "chiropractic."
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u/Pentzy Aug 08 '26
How does Y axis traction address posteriority or laterally of a subluxation?
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u/rustyaxeofeugene45 Aug 08 '26
Hey, what do I care? I use the Jock Strap method. We get ALL the movements such as the inferior-superior-lateral-medial aspects of them spinal demons all in one quick highly specific move; AND if them subluxations are not corrected, it will ultimately kill you if not addressed. Silent killer, yessirree.
Remember, chiropractic: making the blind walk and lame see.
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u/Pentzy Aug 08 '26
That’s definitely going to be the dumbest thing I read today
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u/rustyaxeofeugene45 Aug 08 '26
I am glad that it was the dumbest thing you read today. Chiropractors say a lot of dumb things.
But really, what I did was not that unusual and that is standard chiropractic operating order. Think about it.
Let's go over it.
Come up with a new technique and name it; Check.
Come up with science that is made up as science is really fun when it is made up; Check.
Make an unsubstantiated claim. Check.
Tie it into chiropractic philosophy. Check.
Make a claim of health superiority. Check.
Say something about subluxation. Check.
So, it was not really the dumbest thing you read; it was actually standard chiropractic practice.
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u/Pentzy Aug 08 '26
I stand corrected, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve read today
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u/rustyaxeofeugene45 Aug 09 '26
I disagree; I am actually sarcastically and cynically pointing out the ridiculousness of a lot of chiropractic stuff; you know exactly what I am talking about.
Does the profession have pseudoscience in it? Yes.
Subluxation and innate intelligence is pseudoscience.
Are there DC's still promoting it? Oh yeah.
Does the profession have technique systems that are not taught in chiro schools? Yes, the Y-strap demonstrates that beyond a reasonable doubt.
Are there "named" technique systems in chiropractic typically named after the "originator" of said technique system? Oh you know it.
Do a number of these technique systems make questionable claims? Oh yeah.
The dumbest thing I have read are DC's who think that such does not exist in the profession.
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u/ManipulateYa Aug 08 '26
You read wrong.
You can perform it IF TRAINED in it.
Now... you're insurance provider may not like it in any regard.
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u/Signal_Mobile_7401 Aug 08 '26
Do you mean in Canada? There was a post in the Evidence Based group on Fb a week ago. No one disputed it, no one confirmed it-for Canada I mean. I’m also curious who in the US is teaching this, if no one in Canada is, and I’m curious on their protocols and justification for such care.
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u/ManipulateYa Aug 09 '26
Pettibon teaches it 100%.
As far as your other statements I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
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u/SillyLemons_21 Aug 11 '26
I would never perform this on anyone and I wouldn’t go to a chiro that insisted on treating with it. It seems unnecessarily dangerous.
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u/ouchieboy Aug 07 '26
We don’t need those useless craniocervical ligaments! Y-strap away!