Music Therapy and Chiropractic: An Integrative Model of Tonal and Rhythmic Spinal Adjustment.

This perspective piece, written by a board-certified music therapist and a chiropractor, proposes live improvised music therapy as a partner to Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) during the adjustment itself. The music therapist tracks rhythmic cues in the session, such as breathing, spontaneous body movement, muscle tone, and the chiropractor's own pace, first matching the patient's emotional state in sound and then guiding the music toward release and resolution. The authors connect the model to their earlier pilot study, which recorded signs of a calmer stress response (reduced sympathetic activity) during NSA care.

Miller EB, Redmond P. Music Therapy and Chiropractic: An Integrative Model of Tonal and Rhythmic Spinal Adjustment. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 1999;5(2):102