Total Body Modification evolved from the minds and insights of Dr. Victor L. Frank and the late Dr. C. Harold Havlic.  Dr. Frank learned true chiropractice from the old master such as:  Dr. George Metzinger, father of Diversified; Dr. Al Wernsing, a practitioner of HIO and founder of the NUCCA philosophy; and many of the other experts and pioneers of chiropractic including Barney Minder, Lou Smithson, Dro Roosevelt, Carl Nixon Sr., and many others.  Dr. Havlic lived in the home of and studied with Dr. Hauser, of Janse, Hauser and Wells, authors of the original adjusting text used in Chiropractic colleges.

Dr. Frank is a diplomate and charter member of the International College of Applied Kinesiology and was one of ICAK's original workshop leaders.  While he was and is grateful for the efforts and advancements made in the chiropractice world by Dr. George Goodheard and all the other diplomates of Applied Kinesiology, Dr. Frank became frustrated and impatient with the commitment needed in the everday practice of Applied Kinesiology.  He found it difficult, tiring, and tedious work.

About that time Dr. Robert Riddler, a chiropractor and diplomate in both Radiology and Applied Kinesiology, began to explor the body's healing potential beyond what AK had already successfully demonstrated.  In his own reserch, he had found ways of accessing the healing potential of the body.  He found ways of accessing the body's bio-computer through the use of body touch points discovered in AK, as well as in trigger point therapy and acupuncture.

Dr. Riddler simplified and expanded the conepts of AK using the above-noted points and began to share this information with colleagues.  He began teaching his work in California and Canada and inspired Dr. Frank and Dr. Havlic.

These two innovative chirpractors, Dr. Frank and Dr. Havlic, found that they truly believed that for every disease, there is a cure within nature.  They decided that they wanted to develop and perfect a method of natural care that was repeatable and teachable to everyone.  They wanted to do by intent what chirpractic has always done by accident.  They also wanted to prove that the living body functions differently than the cadaver body.  They started a new philosphy called "functional physiology".

With all of this expertise and experience and through the health experiences and challenges of several family members, TBM was born.  Many, many students came to visit Dr. Frank's and Dr. Havlic's clinics to see what they did.  Drs. Roger and Thora Grifka wanted Dr. Frank to teache his methods to other chirpractors.  Dr. Frank did not know if the work was teachable, learnable or repeatable at this stage but decided that, although he had had no plans to teach, he was compelled to try and see if it could be taught.  It could!  It worked!  It was exciting to impart a new way of looking at HEALTH!  It was the beginning of a new phase in chiropractic and health care!

Needless to say, the work progressed.  Dr. Frank listened to the many, many sources voicing new conditions and new ideas.  As the years progressed some points were added, while others were deleted from the basic work --only to be added again later into the more adavanced Modules.