The Gonstead system is the brainchild of Dr. Clarence S. Gonstead, a chiropractor with an engineering background. Throughout his time as a chiropractor, he discovered that a subluxation was often the true cause of gross misalignment in the spine and has endeavoured to derive a system to specifically seek out and solve the problematic subluxations in the spine. Thus, the Gonstead system was born and the consistent chiropractic treatments brought long-lasting pain relief to his patients. Soon, the Gonstead system became a well-known mainstay of mainstream chiropractic.