Is it safe to do self-adjustment?

This is a question I am asked a lot. I try to encourage people to take care of themselves, but there can be too much of a good thing. When you try to adjust yourself, repetitively, you usually are attacking the same area from the same angle, often an incorrect angle on an area that’s not the real source of the problem. So, at best, you often release the same area again and again, leading to a hypermobile area. And a hypermobile segment is an unstable segment. Meanwhile, there is usually a hypomobile or “stuck” area that’s not being addressed at all.

Simply put, occasional self-adjustment is likely harmless. But it’s important to discover and correctly treat the underlying cause that’s creating the need to continually self-adjust.