BIOMECHANICAL DESIGN : Bring clarity to your hands by understanding the biomechanics of the body.

ADJUSTING

IN TONE

Where intuitive practitioners learn to adjust with grounded clarity, not force.

 Adjusting isn’t just technique. It’s timing.

Refine how you read the body, understand tone, and adjust with precision - not force.

A small group, hands-on experience for chiropractors and hands on body workers who know there’s more happening under their hand…..but haven’t been shown how to work with it.

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*Limited to 30 practitioners per event

There comes a point in practice where you know the adjustment you were taught isn’t the one the body needs……but you do it anyway. Because that’s what you were trained to do.

You feel:

  • The body isn’t ready

  • The response isn’t landing

  • Something is being missed.

And over time, that creates doubt. Not in chiropractic, but in how you're applying it. The issue isn’t your technique. And it’s not that you’re “too sensitive.”

It’s that most practitioners were never taught how to:

  • Read tone before force

  • Recognise when the body is not ready to receive an adjustment

  • When you understand this, everything changes.

Adjusting isn’t just technique.

It’s timing.

Refine how you read the body, understand tone, and adjust with precision - not force

ADJUSTING IN TONE

Adjusting in Tone is a practical, hands-on training designed to refine how you assess, interpret, and adjust the body. This is not about doing more. It’s about seeing more and acting with precision.

Biomechanical Design -

The body is not a collection of parts. It is a living design.

Learn to see beyond individual muscles and joints and begin to recognise the lines, relationships and patterns shaping the way the whole body moves, adapts and responds.

The next module in the Adjusting in Tone series : Biomechanical Design : September 26th - Sydney

What is Biomechanical Design?

Biomechanical Design is an immersive, hands-on exploration of the body through the principles of art, structure and living design.

My own understanding of biomechanics deepened in an unexpected place: art class. As I learned to observe line, form, proportion, tension, balance and relationship, I began to see the body differently. The body is not a machine made from separate parts. Every structure exists in relationship with the whole. A change in one area can influence movement, load and adaptation elsewhere.

In this module, we will explore how to observe these relationships with greater clarity. You will learn to look beyond the immediate area of discomfort and become more curious about the larger design being expressed. Biomechanical Design is not about imposing an ideal shape on the body. It is about learning to recognise the body’s existing organisation, understand its adaptations and work with greater sensitivity, precision and intention.

What You Will Explore

During Biomechanical Design, we will explore:

  • How line, form, proportion and balance can deepen your understanding of the body

  • How different areas of the body relate biomechanically

  • How load, tension and movement are distributed throughout the whole structure

  • How the body adapts around injury, stress, habit and compensation

  • How to distinguish the site of discomfort from the larger pattern

  • How to observe before deciding what the body needs

  • How palpation and visual observation can inform one another

  • How to work with the body’s design rather than forcing it into a predetermined model

  • How to bring greater clarity, curiosity and precision into your clinical work

You will leave with a more integrated way of seeing the body and a practical framework you can continue developing in practice.

What Art Taught Me About the Body

Art taught me that seeing is a skill.

Before creating a form, an artist must learn to notice. Where is the weight held? Which line creates movement? What gives the structure balance? Where is there tension, space or support? These same questions transformed the way I understood the body.

When we learn to see design, biomechanics becomes more than memorising movements or analysing isolated joints. It becomes an exploration of relationships: how one area supports another, how the whole structure adapts and how the body continually reorganises itself.

This Is Not Simply Another Technique Seminar

Biomechanical Design brings together clinical experience, hands-on exploration and the observational principles of art. Rather than beginning with the question, “Which technique should I use?”, we begin by asking:

  • What is this body showing me?

  • Where is the structure supported?

  • Where is force being absorbed or redirected?

  • Which relationships are influencing the whole?

From this place, technique becomes more thoughtful. Your hands become more discerning. Your choices become less automatic and more responsive to the person in front of you.

What You’ll Walk Away With

You will leave with a clearer, more confident way of seeing, feeling and understanding the body.

You will be better able to:

• Look beyond the immediate symptom
• Recognise relationships rather than isolated restrictions
• Understand how the body compensates and adapts
• Bring greater purpose to your observation and palpation
• Make more specific and thoughtful clinical choices
• Explain what you are noticing more clearly
• Respond to the individual rather than relying solely on a formula
• Work with greater curiosity, creativity and confidence

You will not leave with another rigid protocol. You will leave with practical principles that can support you with every unique body you meet.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

During this experiential, hands-on module, you will learn:

• How to observe the body as a complete biomechanical design
• How lines, curves, angles and planes influence movement
• How balance, proportion and asymmetry reveal adaptation
• How tension and compression are distributed throughout the body
• How one area can influence seemingly unrelated areas
• How to recognise patterns without making rushed assumptions
• How to use posture, movement and palpation together
• How negative space can reveal important structural relationships
• How to distinguish meaningful patterns from incidental differences
• How design principles can guide more considered clinical decisions

You do not need any experience in art. You only need a willingness to look more closely.

THE PROBLEM

Many practitioners are taught to examine the body in separate parts: a shoulder, a hip, a knee or an area of pain.

But the body does not function as a collection of isolated pieces. Every curve, angle, joint and line of tension influences the whole.

Without understanding these relationships, it can be difficult to know why the body is compensating, where tension is being transferred or how it may respond to care. You may feel what is tight, but not fully understand the larger design behind it.

THIS MODULE WILL CHANGE THAT

Biomechanical Design will teach you to see the body as an interconnected, intelligent and responsive structure.

By exploring principles used in art and design including line, shape, balance, proportion, tension and negative space, you will begin to recognise the relationships shaping the body’s posture and movement.

Rather than immediately trying to correct what appears uneven or restricted, you will learn to pause, observe and ask: What is the body organising around? What is it protecting? Where is force being transferred? What might change throughout the whole design if I work here?

Learn to See the Body Differently

There is a difference between looking at a body and truly seeing its design. Biomechanical Design will invite you to slow down, notice more and explore the relationships that shape movement, adaptation and tone. If you are ready to move beyond isolated parts and develop a more integrated understanding of the body, I would love to welcome you into this next Adjusting in Tone module.

  • The quality of our work is influenced by the quality of our observation.

    When we only look at the place that hurts, we can miss the larger pattern supporting it. When we understand the body as a living design, we gain more possibilities for how we assess, interpret and respond.

    This workshop will help you:

    • See patterns you may previously have overlooked

    • Connect anatomy with whole-body movement

    • Understand compensation with greater depth

    • Refine your hands and your clinical eye

    • Make more considered decisions in practice

    • Work with greater precision and less unnecessary force

    • Feel more curious and engaged in your clinical work

    • Develop principles you can apply across many different presentations

    Come to expand not only what you know, but what you are able to notice.

  • Biomechanical Design is for practitioners and other hands-on who:

    • Want to understand the body beyond isolated muscles, joints and symptoms

    • Feel there is more to biomechanics than the models they were originally taught

    • Want to improve their observation and palpation

    • Are curious about the relationship between structure, movement and adaptation

    • Want greater clarity when deciding where and how to work

    • Value thoughtful, precise and responsive care

    • Enjoy learning through demonstration, exploration and hands-on practice

    • Want to become more confident without becoming more ‘forceful’

    • Are ready to look at familiar anatomy through a fresh lens

    You do not need an artistic background. You only need a willingness to slow down, observe and become curious.

  • This workshop may not be the right fit if you are looking for:

    • Want high-force techniques

    • A rigid protocol to apply to every person

    • A list of techniques to memorise without exploring the principles behind them

    • A purely theoretical seminar with no experiential learning

    • A model that views the body as a collection of unrelated parts

    • A quick answer that replaces observation, palpation and clinical reasoning

    • A force-based approach that attempts to make every body conform to the same ideal

    • Prefer protocol over interpretation

    • Are not prepared to be uncomfortable

    • Students still at university

    Biomechanical Design invites participation, curiosity and a willingness to question what you think you already see.

  • Dr. Therese Perdedjian, Chiropractor has been in practice, and teaching for over 12 years.

    She is known for her ability to translate complex, often unspoken clinical experiences into clear, applicable frameworks.

    This is the first time she is formally teaching her approach to:

    • Reading tone

    • Working through layered systems of the body

    • Adjusting with clarity and precision

  • Do I need to be good at art?

    Not at all. You will not be judged on your ability to draw or create art. We use principles such as line, form, balance and proportion to help you observe the body more clearly.

    Is this an anatomy or technique seminar?

    It brings anatomy, biomechanics, observation and hands-on practice together. You will explore principles that can deepen the way you assess and apply the techniques you already use.

    Will the workshop be hands-on?

    Yes. Biomechanical Design is intended to be experienced, not simply explained. There will be opportunities for observation, palpation, practical exploration and shared learning.

    Is it suitable for newer practitioners?

    Yes, provided you have the relevant professional or student foundation for hands-on learning. Newer practitioners can develop a broader way of seeing before clinical habits become fixed.

    Will experienced practitioners benefit?

    Yes. Experienced practitioners may find that the workshop gives them new language and perspectives for patterns they have already sensed through years of practice.

    Do I need to have attended the previous Adjusting in Tone module?

    No.

    Is this a force-based adjusting workshop?

    No. The emphasis is on observation, relationship, tone and precision. The intention is not to impose force upon the body, but to understand its design and respond appropriately. Once that is understood, you understand the force within.

    What should I bring?

    Please bring comfortable clothing, note-taking materials and a portable chiropractic table.

    Will I be able to use this in practice?

    The principles are designed to inform your observation, palpation and clinical reasoning. How you apply them will depend on your professional scope, experience and the needs of each individual.

    Will there be ongoing support?

    There will be a follow up zoom classroom

    Do I need experience?
    Yes - this is designed for qualified hands on practitioners in practice.

    Is this technique-based?
    No. This is about refining how you interpret and apply your existing skills. There is a checklist that will guide you

    What is the layout of the course? Lecture and practical hands on

    Can we ask questions throughout Yes - interactive workshop and questions are welcomed

    Can I implement straight into clinic? Yes

    Will this replace how I currently practice?
    No - it will deepen and sharpen it.

    Is it very physical?
    It is hands-on, but focused on precision rather than force.

    Is it whole body work? Yes. The September module will have emphasis on the bie mechanics design of the body ‍ ‍

Adjusting In Tone

This is not about doing more. It’s about seeing more and acting with precision.

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EVENT DETAILS

Event: Adjusting in Tone - BioMechanical Design

Facilitator: Dr. Therese Perdedjian, Chiropractor

Dates: September 26th Saturday (limited intake)

Time : 9am - 5pm

Location : Sydney, Green Square

Format: Small-group, hands-on training

Capacity: 30 practitioners per event

Standard: $1045 (next 10 stops) ; Final Release: $1195

Prefer to avoid the online booking fee? Simply email us at admin@artofchiropractic.com.au to register and arrange payment directly

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