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Howard Pettersson, DC

Dr. Howard Pettersson, a 1976 graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic, is an associate professor of technique at Palmer College of Chiropractic. He was the senior editor of Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique – College Edition, published in 1989, and published Pelvic Drop Table Adjusting Technique in 1999. His most recent publication, written with Dr. Green, is How to Find a Subluxation, published in 2003.

Previous Articles

Rethinking the SI Joint
May 1, 2021 (Vol. 39, Issue 05)
A Fresh Clinical Approach to Low Back Pain (Pt. 2)
June 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 06)
Stabilizing the SI – A Fresh Clinical Approach (Pt. 1)
February 1, 2020 (Vol. 38, Issue 02)
A New Approach to Correcting SI Dysfunction (Pt. 2)
April 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 04)
A New Approach to Correcting SI Dysfunction (Pt. 1)
March 1, 2019 (Vol. 37, Issue 03)
When Computers Cause UCS: Adjusting Strategy
December 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 12)
A Chiropractic Solution for Mouse Shoulder
October 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 10)
Text Neck: Assess and Adjust
June 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 06)
Correcting Pelvic Obliquity
February 1, 2018 (Vol. 36, Issue 02)
Resolving Atypical LBP Presentations
June 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 06)
Acute Locked-Back Syndrome: Cause and Correction
January 1, 2017 (Vol. 35, Issue 01)
Identify & Adjust the Apex Posterior Sacrum
May 1, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 09)
Clinical Presentation & Adjustment: Base Posterior Sacrum
February 15, 2016 (Vol. 34, Issue 04)
Leg-Length Inequality and Pelvic Fixation: A New Approach to the Negative Derifield (Part 3)
July 1, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 13)
Leg-Length Inequality and Pelvic Fixation: A New Approach to the Negative Derifield (Part 2)
May 15, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 10)
Leg Length and Pelvic Fixations
March 1, 2015 (Vol. 33, Issue 05)
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