BS1.01 – 04 The MOPI Model of subluxation

  • MOPI stands for Malalignment, Occlusion of an opening, Pressure on a nerve and Interference with mental impulse
  • This lesson covers one of the classic, old-fashioned takes about what a subluxation is.
  • This old model was first introduced by BJ Palmer and became a very popular way to explain the subluxation.
  • We now know that there is very little (if any) evidence that people’s nerve roots get squashed unless you have frank nerve root lesion symptoms like radiating pain down an arm or leg.
  • Most subluxations are highly unlikely to have a squashed nerve root component.