A method of assessing the spine of a patient is provided, the method comprising (a) placing a patient to be assessed in a prone position; (b) providing a magnetometer; (c) identifying a vertebra of the spine to be assessed; (d) placing the magnetometer over the vertebra to be assessed and obtaining a magnetometer reading of the vertebra; (e) identifying at least one additional vertebra to be assessed and repeating step (d) for the at least one additional vertebra. The method also includes delivering a chiropractic adjustment to the vertebra and obtaining another magnetometer reading to determine if a change of about 1.0% absolute value has occurred.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/781,489, filed 13 Feb. 2001, now abandoned, which is hereby incorporated by reference. This application also claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/183,292, filed 17 Feb. 2000. Application Ser. No. 60/183,292 is hereby incorporated by reference.
