Zero Balancing
Zero Balancing is a Modern / Fulcrum — zero balancing fulcrum points body system as transmitted through the lineage Zero Balancing was developed by osteopath Fritz Frederick Smith as a touch practice that uses gentle pressure and fulcrums around bones and joints. This map renders six foundation landmarks from the teaching vocabulary as a front-view route, without asserting a measurable energy field or clinical outcome.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Fritz Frederick Smith, The Alchemy of Touch: Moving Between Polarity and Neutral (North Atlantic Books, 1986) — Smith presents Zero Balancing's fulcrum-based touch model and skeletal-landmark language; see chapters describing fulcrums and the balance of bone and energy.
Known lineage variants
- Zero Balancing schools vary in session sequence, contact pressure and the names of specific fulcrums; the six-point route is a condensed editorial teaching map.
- Sacroiliac and other posterior structures are projected onto the front silhouette, so coordinates are approximate and do not replace palpatory anatomy training.
- Claims about energy balance and therapeutic effects are not established biomedical mechanisms; this diagram must not replace medical evaluation.
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Crown fulcrum ↔ Crown (distance 0.005)
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Foot fulcrum — Foundation contact
- Ankle fulcrum — Lower skeletal fulcrum
- Hip fulcrum — Pelvic foundation
- Sacroiliac fulcrum — Axial foundation
- Shoulder-girdle fulcrum — Upper skeletal balance
- Crown fulcrum — Superior balance point
Frequently asked
What is Foot fulcrum?
Foot fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.
What is Ankle fulcrum?
Ankle fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.
What is Hip fulcrum?
Hip fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.
What is Sacroiliac fulcrum?
Sacroiliac fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.
What is Shoulder-girdle fulcrum?
Shoulder-girdle fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.
What is Crown fulcrum?
Crown fulcrum is a teaching landmark in the Zero Balancing fulcrum model described by Fritz Smith. This front-view anchor is an editorial orientation aid for a skeletal contact region, not a claim that touch at the coordinate diagnoses or treats disease.