Simply put, many other methods of chiropractic push on the spine, as well as other joints, to look for areas that are stiff and not moving well. These areas are then adjusted (moved by hand) in order to increase their motion. ABC differs distinctly because it recognizes that areas of stiffness are compensations and are stabilizing the body as a whole. Rather than adjusting these areas, ABC objectively detects and corrects joints that have lost leverage and are no longer supporting the body efficiently. Fixing these areas eliminates the need for compensations and allows stiff areas to relax and move better without forcing them to.

Still other methods of chiropractic attempt to find bones that are out of optimal alignment and correct them by applying a force directly to the bone in order to realign it. For example, if a vertebra (cylindrical shaped bone of the spine) is rotated to the left, an attempt would be made to rotate it back to the right. ABC recognizes that these misalignments occur because the body is compensating for areas that are not functioning properly (aka "structural loss of leverage"). Trying to realign the compensating areas by force does not work. The compensating areas will go right out of alignment again as soon as the person starts to move around because they are needed to keep the body upright and functioning. 

With ABC, the only misalignments that are adjusted are those that the body cannot self correct. Once these adjustments are made, the compensating bones that are out of alignment will realign without any external force because the body no longer needs the compensations in order to stay upright.