The ultimate ‘integrity’ of ‘core’ spinal  balance hence Spinal Integration depends largely upon the ‘tensional’ forces at play that surround and connect the bony ‘core’ components together and make them into an integrated and functional unit.

The various muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia that connect the spinal column, coccyx, sacrum, pelvis and cranium are really the primary structural system that must be regulated before the bony components can move back into their optimal positions.

Muscles move bones

The term ‘tensegrity’ (tensional integrity) refers to the dynamic and static relationships that exist between our elastic soft tissues and harder bony tissues, and helps us to understand the very simple but important principle that ‘muscles move bones’ and generally not the other way around.

Essentially we are able to remain upright not because of the unstable bony skeleton we have but because of the combined tensional forces acting on the skeleton.

To this extent NST focuses on optimizing tensional integrity of the soft tissues that will ultimately determine the precision and sustainability of Spinal Integration.