J. Gordon Zink, DO1 was the originator of the term Common Compensatory Pattern (CCP). He used the term to describe commonly found patterns of dysfunction in the body (neuromyofascial-skeletal unit 2) as a whole. Several other physicians3-6 before and since, have also described recurring patterns of dysfunction found in their patient populations. Dr. Zink, however, is considered to be “… the first to provide a written, understandable, and clinically useful explanation for treatment, with a method of diagnosing and manipulative methods of treating the fascial patterns of the body.” 7 Zink himself considered these concepts to be the basis of a respiratory and circulatory care model. 2

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Ross E. Pope, DO, FAAO

This article originally appeared in The American Academy of Ophthalmology Journal