The Gonstead System was developed by Dr. C.S. Gonstead.

Classified as full spine, this system deals with the spine anatomically and physiolically, as one highly integrated neuro-musculoskeletal complex. It is based on the concept that changes in one area of the spine, whether functional or organic, can and do produce biomechanical and neurophysiological changes in other areas of the spine.

The Gonstead system is a technical procedure that gives rise to a specific, definite approach to every segment of the spinal column, It includes instrumentation, digital palpation, motion palpation, visualization, X-ray and adjusting by hand only. There is a clinical logic to every decision that's made for each and every patient.