Doctor Zink's Compensatory Patterns

From Leon Chaitow, via a shared osteopathy yahoo group:

I use the Zink test to guide me towards, or away from, specific interventions.
I will give as an example someone with widespread pain - perhaps with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FMS) or myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) (or a combination of both).
Inevitably I would attempt to deal with constitutional/ whole-person focus on lifestyle modification, exercise issues, nutrition, breathing patterns, postural advice etc.
And - if the Zink test proved negative (i.e. normal alternating rotational preferences at the spinal transition regions) - I would also consider specific interventions such as trigger point deactivation, or key spinal or pelvic manipulation - if indicated.
If, however, the Zink test proved positive, with a strong indication of a likelihood that specific interventions would be poorly coped with, I would avoid specific interventions, and would utilise constitutional approaches alone - selectively, and in slower motion (so to speak) than if Zink were negative.
Simplistically - all treatment involves adding additional stressor input to an already compromised system (taking pain and disease as representing failed adaptation) - which means that treatment needs to be carefully tailored to the individual's ability to respond to it.....and Zink allows me to judge this objectively (relatively)

I hope this makes sense?
Leon