From the February 2004 issue of the Journal of Chiropractic Pediatrics, comes a documented case study of a 28 year old women who suffered with migraine headaches for over a decade before being helped with chiropractic care. In her case there was no history of previous trauma. Her migraines would last for several days and would cause nausea and dizziness.
In addition to her headaches, she also revealed a history of an irregular menstrual cycle, she would normally menstruate no more than twice per year. This problem resulted in infertility. After years of not becoming pregnant, she sought help from a reproductive endocrinologist. She was placed on medication which created additional side effects but did allow her to become pregnant. Unfortunately, after 9 weeks she suffered a miscarriage.
After years of these problems the woman started chiropractic care. She was initially given an examination and it was determined that she did have spinal problems. A series of specific chiropractic adjustments were then initiated. A re-examination was performed one month after care began. The patient reported a reduction in her headaches. After the second month of care another examination was performed and the patient reported that she had no incidence of migraine headache for the entire previous month. Additionally, the patient noticed that she had started a regular menstrual cycle. Within six months of the initiation of chiropractic care, she became pregnant.
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Thursday, 17 December 2009
what do chiropractors do?
just been trying to define what I do as a chiropractor:
what I do as a chiropractor:
We understand that the brain and the nervous system control all the
systems and functions of the entire body - the brain runs the body
through the nerves. Due to past stresses and injuries the body develops
health problems. We look for the cause of health problems by examining
the posture and alignment of the neck and spine and limbs and if we
find a bone out of place that is causing nerve interference
('subluxation'), we adjust the area using very gentle chiropractic
techniques. When nerve interference is removed then the body can heal
itself. We also can help with most muscular problems using appropriate
and effective soft tissue techniques. We also use acupressure
techniques. Acupressure (acupuncture without needles) deals with
problems all over the body using the traditional chinese concept that
the body is connected by meridians. We can enhance the flow through
these meridian pathways to correct and rebalance the body.
what I do as a chiropractor:
We understand that the brain and the nervous system control all the
systems and functions of the entire body - the brain runs the body
through the nerves. Due to past stresses and injuries the body develops
health problems. We look for the cause of health problems by examining
the posture and alignment of the neck and spine and limbs and if we
find a bone out of place that is causing nerve interference
('subluxation'), we adjust the area using very gentle chiropractic
techniques. When nerve interference is removed then the body can heal
itself. We also can help with most muscular problems using appropriate
and effective soft tissue techniques. We also use acupressure
techniques. Acupressure (acupuncture without needles) deals with
problems all over the body using the traditional chinese concept that
the body is connected by meridians. We can enhance the flow through
these meridian pathways to correct and rebalance the body.
chiropractic and the NHS
this looks like a step in the right direction:
Patients with persistent low back pain should be offered chiropractic and acupuncture on the NHS, says NICE
It is the first time the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has explicitly backed the use of complementary therapies.
The rationing watchdog said evidence suggests they help and will be cost effective if doctors stop providing less proven back services like X-rays.
The move was welcomed by some charities and experts.
Patients whose pain is not improving should have access to a choice of different therapies including acupuncture, and chiropractic.
According to Professor Peter Littlejohns of NICE,
"Low back pain is a very common problem affecting one in three adults in the UK each year, with an estimated 2.5 million people seeking help from their GP.
For many people the pain goes away in days or weeks. But for some, the pain can persist for a long time and become debilitating."
NICE says anyone whose pain persists for more than six weeks and up to a year should be given a choice of several treatments, because the evidence about which works best is uncertain.
In addition to painkillers and regular advice to stay active and carry on with normal activities as much as possible, patients, together with their doctor, can decide to opt one of three complementary treatments.
This includes up to eight exercise sessions or 10 sessions of acupuncture over 12 weeks, or a course of manual therapy, which includes up to nine sessions of chiropractic.
The costs to the NHS would be minimal - in the order of £77,000 - because they are offset by the savings in terms of reducing future disability and healthcare needs and moving away from treatments with little supportive evidence.
The guidelines, which apply to England and Wales, say doctors should no longer offer spinal x-rays or MRI scans or injections of therapeutic substances into the back for non-specific low back pain.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy welcomed the guidelines, as did Dr Dries Hettinga of the charity BackCare.
He said: "This offers a real choice for patients.
"This guideline will help patients understand what treatment and care can help them with their back pain and shows that there can be a positive outlook for treating this condition."
Patients with persistent low back pain should be offered chiropractic and acupuncture on the NHS, says NICE
It is the first time the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has explicitly backed the use of complementary therapies.
The rationing watchdog said evidence suggests they help and will be cost effective if doctors stop providing less proven back services like X-rays.
The move was welcomed by some charities and experts.
Patients whose pain is not improving should have access to a choice of different therapies including acupuncture, and chiropractic.
According to Professor Peter Littlejohns of NICE,
"Low back pain is a very common problem affecting one in three adults in the UK each year, with an estimated 2.5 million people seeking help from their GP.
For many people the pain goes away in days or weeks. But for some, the pain can persist for a long time and become debilitating."
NICE says anyone whose pain persists for more than six weeks and up to a year should be given a choice of several treatments, because the evidence about which works best is uncertain.
In addition to painkillers and regular advice to stay active and carry on with normal activities as much as possible, patients, together with their doctor, can decide to opt one of three complementary treatments.
This includes up to eight exercise sessions or 10 sessions of acupuncture over 12 weeks, or a course of manual therapy, which includes up to nine sessions of chiropractic.
The costs to the NHS would be minimal - in the order of £77,000 - because they are offset by the savings in terms of reducing future disability and healthcare needs and moving away from treatments with little supportive evidence.
The guidelines, which apply to England and Wales, say doctors should no longer offer spinal x-rays or MRI scans or injections of therapeutic substances into the back for non-specific low back pain.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy welcomed the guidelines, as did Dr Dries Hettinga of the charity BackCare.
He said: "This offers a real choice for patients.
"This guideline will help patients understand what treatment and care can help them with their back pain and shows that there can be a positive outlook for treating this condition."
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Koren Specific Technique
Dr John Parsons treats patients using a revolutionary treatment called Koren Specific Technique (KST).
The first thing you will appreciate is there is no 'cracking', 'popping', or twisting of your joints. The second great advantage is that you do not have to remove any of your clothing and many of the adjustments during the treatment occur with you standing or sitting.
KST is a gentle yet very powerful treatment. Patients often notice spectacular changes from the first visit. KST means that the body is more likely to hold the correction and therefore the time period between adjustments is longer.
What does KST actually do?
KST allows us to gently, effectively and quickly find and adjust your body for subluxations; wherever in your body they happen to be. This includes the spine, cranial (head), TMJ, (jaw), hips, sternum, ribs, femur, shoulders, feet, hands etc.
What causes subluxation?
Subluxations can be caused by many things including, physical, emotional stress or trauma. This clinic will endeavour to remove this stress from your body and mind to enable you to be fitter both mentally and physically.
Retracing.
Another amazing side to KST is the powerful retracing experience that patients often report. Retracing is the removal of deep seated stress leaving the patients body. This fundamental feature of the treatment gives your body the ability to heal itself. It can involve bringing out old forgotten feelings and emotional stresses.
The Onion Effect!
Your body, like the humble onion has many layers. At each session your body can allow more layers can be revealed and healed to allow you to move forward positively and healthy. Old injuries and emotions can re-surface at later sessions. This is all part of the healing process, and will help your body to be restored to health.
Side effects of Retracing.
Patients often report physical and emotional side effects of KST. These are often short lived and completely normal. Some of the side effects include 'cleansing' style symptoms, such as rash, diarrhoea, mucus, fever etc. Emotional side effects can be laughter, crying, intense dreams etc.
How does the KST work?
If a body part is out of alignment, even slightly, the body will give 'binary neurological feedback' to the practitioner. He will place his hands on the base of your skull, (this is the Occipital Bone). When the body part is challenged, i.e. moved ever so slightly if there is a problem the occipital bone will drop slightly to the left. This is known as the Occipital Drop, (OD). The body part is then adjusted using the Arthrostim® This instrument very gently corrects the misalignment. It is so gentle that children and babies can be adjusted this way with no trauma or upset.
How will I feel after KST?
We are all different and the KST can effect us in various ways. But particular common responses are a feeling of lightness and well-being. As well as their structural changes feeling easier or often completely healed, patients can have an emotional release and be able to breathe more deeply.
Some people feel as though they have completed a work out, others report improved eyesight and greater peripheral vision. You may experience none or just a few of the above. Please take note and report back to us
The first thing you will appreciate is there is no 'cracking', 'popping', or twisting of your joints. The second great advantage is that you do not have to remove any of your clothing and many of the adjustments during the treatment occur with you standing or sitting.
KST is a gentle yet very powerful treatment. Patients often notice spectacular changes from the first visit. KST means that the body is more likely to hold the correction and therefore the time period between adjustments is longer.
What does KST actually do?
KST allows us to gently, effectively and quickly find and adjust your body for subluxations; wherever in your body they happen to be. This includes the spine, cranial (head), TMJ, (jaw), hips, sternum, ribs, femur, shoulders, feet, hands etc.
What causes subluxation?
Subluxations can be caused by many things including, physical, emotional stress or trauma. This clinic will endeavour to remove this stress from your body and mind to enable you to be fitter both mentally and physically.
Retracing.
Another amazing side to KST is the powerful retracing experience that patients often report. Retracing is the removal of deep seated stress leaving the patients body. This fundamental feature of the treatment gives your body the ability to heal itself. It can involve bringing out old forgotten feelings and emotional stresses.
The Onion Effect!
Your body, like the humble onion has many layers. At each session your body can allow more layers can be revealed and healed to allow you to move forward positively and healthy. Old injuries and emotions can re-surface at later sessions. This is all part of the healing process, and will help your body to be restored to health.
Side effects of Retracing.
Patients often report physical and emotional side effects of KST. These are often short lived and completely normal. Some of the side effects include 'cleansing' style symptoms, such as rash, diarrhoea, mucus, fever etc. Emotional side effects can be laughter, crying, intense dreams etc.
How does the KST work?
If a body part is out of alignment, even slightly, the body will give 'binary neurological feedback' to the practitioner. He will place his hands on the base of your skull, (this is the Occipital Bone). When the body part is challenged, i.e. moved ever so slightly if there is a problem the occipital bone will drop slightly to the left. This is known as the Occipital Drop, (OD). The body part is then adjusted using the Arthrostim® This instrument very gently corrects the misalignment. It is so gentle that children and babies can be adjusted this way with no trauma or upset.
How will I feel after KST?
We are all different and the KST can effect us in various ways. But particular common responses are a feeling of lightness and well-being. As well as their structural changes feeling easier or often completely healed, patients can have an emotional release and be able to breathe more deeply.
Some people feel as though they have completed a work out, others report improved eyesight and greater peripheral vision. You may experience none or just a few of the above. Please take note and report back to us
'Atlas Adjustment' Lowers Blood Pressure
Study Finds Special 'Atlas Adjustment' Lowers Blood Pressure:
A special chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests.
"This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination," study leader George Bakris, MD, tells WebMD. "And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems," adds Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center.
Eight weeks after undergoing the procedure, 25 patients with early-stage high blood pressure had significantly lower blood pressure than 25 similar patients who underwent a sham chiropractic adjustment. Because patients can't feel the technique, they were unable to tell which group they were in.
X-rays showed that the procedure realigned the Atlas vertebra -- the doughnut-like bone at the very top of the spine -- with the spine in the treated patients, but not in the sham-treated patients.
Compared to the sham-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number).
None of the patients took blood pressure medicine during the eight-week study.
"When the statistician brought me the data, I actually didn't believe it. It was way too good to be true," Bakris says. "The statistician said, 'I don't even believe it.' But we checked for everything, and there it was."
Bakris and colleagues report their findings in the advance online issue of the Journal of Human Hypertension.
A special chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests.
"This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination," study leader George Bakris, MD, tells WebMD. "And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems," adds Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center.
Eight weeks after undergoing the procedure, 25 patients with early-stage high blood pressure had significantly lower blood pressure than 25 similar patients who underwent a sham chiropractic adjustment. Because patients can't feel the technique, they were unable to tell which group they were in.
X-rays showed that the procedure realigned the Atlas vertebra -- the doughnut-like bone at the very top of the spine -- with the spine in the treated patients, but not in the sham-treated patients.
Compared to the sham-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number).
None of the patients took blood pressure medicine during the eight-week study.
"When the statistician brought me the data, I actually didn't believe it. It was way too good to be true," Bakris says. "The statistician said, 'I don't even believe it.' But we checked for everything, and there it was."
Bakris and colleagues report their findings in the advance online issue of the Journal of Human Hypertension.
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