The ASMI (Advanced Spinal Mobilisation Instrument) Reflex mode is used in conjunction with the Anti-Spasm mode and the Mobilisation mode. The whole treatment, which is a combination of these three techniques targets the para-spinal muscles and spinal joints of the spine to reduce pain and restore flexibility and mobility. It relieves muscle spasm, de-tightens short tight ligaments, stimulates muscle reflexes and aligns each vertebra in the spine.
The reflex mode is an important part of the treatment. With the muscles spasm reduced and vertebrae unlocked by the other two modes, the reflex mode is used to stimulate the reflexes up and down the spine and sort of tap the vertebrae back in place – especially when using the handpiece narrow like in the video. This reflex stimulation (doc hits your knee with a hammer territory) allows the vertebrae to “jump” slightly and land closer to their optimal position. The process of mobilisation followed by reflex mode is done several times during one session.
During sessions, with spasm reduced and vertebrae better mobilised and with vertebrae in corrected positions, the pressure on the facet joins within the spine is less and less. This allows a better flow of nerves signals and white blood cells to the damaged joints and enhance what ultimately is happening, the body healing itself. Hence the oft used phrase with “the ASMI treatment does not fix the back, it allows the back to fix itself”.
Position, Power and Speed:
Position: I used to use the handpiece wide all the time on the reflex mode, but recently I have been using it almost exclusively narrow as you can see in the video and I’m getting far far better results with it. In the video I am seen holding the actual handpiece during reflex, I did this video a while back and now I tend to almost hold the airhose so the handpiece is freer to fly up. Keep hold of the wire so you don’t drop it on the patients head ! – it’s heavy ! or drop it on the floor and break it – it is a good idea to have a carpeted area to work on for such hopefully rare situations.
Power – you can often use a higher power than the patient can take on the mobilisation mode, so when you are switching between Mobilisation and Reflex modes you might have built up to power 3 on the mobilisation mode but the patient might be ok with power 7 on the Reflex mode, by the time they are on power 5 Mobilisation, they will often be able to be on power 8 or 9 on the Reflex mode.
Speed: When working narrow I use speed 5, you can go to speed 6 but you will have to do a “hit one miss one” – see 2nd video below – and I use it where I see that the twist in the spine is untwisting in a region and I don’t want the spine to go “Right, left, Right left” but “Left, Left, Left” as the whole region untwists. I hope this explanation will mean something when you use the ASMI, Hopefully you’ll know what it means when you do it.
Reflex Mode Video:
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