Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-30
December 30, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Was watching YouTube on TV with Shelly (love streaming blueray) & the lead singer of Air Supply is getting old – looks like Susan Boyle #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-25
December 25, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Merry Christmas from the Ozarks! Check out the kids reaction this morning: http://bit.ly/5WkCgi #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-25
December 25, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Merry Christmas from the Ozarks! Check out the kids reaction this morning: http://bit.ly/5WkCgi #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-25
December 25, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Merry Christmas from the Ozarks! Check out the kids reaction this morning: http://bit.ly/5WkCgi #
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Upper Cervical Saves Man From Suicide
December 23, 2009 by drhambrick
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Dr. Charles Ward forwarded an article which I’ve attached titled Little-know chiropractic treatment saves man’s life which was printed in the September 24, 2009 The Des Moines Register. The A.C.A. News November 2009 mentioned the same article which refers to the journey UC advocate James Tomasi traveled trying to find a solution for his trigeminal neuralgia. Fortunately a solution was discovered and the story is greatly detailed in his book, What Time Tuesday? People are so desperate for solutions, so when ‘telling the UC story’, remember this quote from James, “All I had to do was kill myself and the pain would be gone. When you are hurting so bad, all of a sudden those thoughts make sense!!!”
It is about this time of year, the time for giving, that we start thinking about those less fortunate. Oklahaven Children’s Center provide Upper Cervical oriented care for kids with physical and emotional disturbance…some of these kids are quite damaged. So I have attached a flyer from Have-A-Heart program and I’m sure the director, Dr. Bobby Doscher, will be very appreciative of anything you can do!
Dr. John Goodfellow is the top notch HIO DC who took over the practice in Chicago from Dr. Jack Whaley (that bad boy who was long ago crossed off the Christmas lists of the most of the medical profession and eclectic chiropractic!) Dr. Goodfellow also provided care for Dr. Crowder’s patients in Davenport after Bud passed on. Here is the latest from John: I thought you might find this case interesting.
A female patient in her late 30′s and under regular care for at least 10 years came in Monday night. She had been dealing with laryngitis for almost 8 weeks. The ENT she consulted diagnosed her with vocal cord paralysis and scheduled her for an MRI and CAT scan the day after her visit. When she entered, she could hardly whisper and commented from the nerve chart that C5 is important in the vocal cords. Sure enough, there was irritation evident on the cervical graph and she had significant muscle tightness at C5. Now, I could have manipulated C5 as I would have been totally justified in doing such – but I decided to work the problem from an upper cervical perspective. In order to control the lower cervical spine, I modified the adjustic thrust by producing a slower deeper impulse and I raised the superior portion of the headpiece. This allowed the adjustment of the atlas to take place, but it also allowed force to transmit to the lower cervical spine allowing Innate to make the appropriate correction at the potential “subluxation” at C5. After a 20 minute rest, the graph reading reduced both at atlas and C5 and the patient had significantly more volume in her voice. I learned last evening from her mother-in-law that she had much more energy as this has been quite stressful on her body and her voice continued to gain strength. The results from the MRI and CAT scan will be interesting
A female patient in her late 30′s and under regular care for at least 10 years came in Monday night. She had been dealing with laryngitis for almost 8 weeks. The ENT she consulted diagnosed her with vocal cord paralysis and scheduled her for an MRI and CAT scan the day after her visit. When she entered, she could hardly whisper and commented from the nerve chart that C5 is important in the vocal cords. Sure enough, there was irritation evident on the cervical graph and she had significant muscle tightness at C5. Now, I could have manipulated C5 as I would have been totally justified in doing such – but I decided to work the problem from an upper cervical perspective. In order to control the lower cervical spine, I modified the adjustic thrust by producing a slower deeper impulse and I raised the superior portion of the headpiece. This allowed the adjustment of the atlas to take place, but it also allowed force to transmit to the lower cervical spine allowing Innate to make the appropriate correction at the potential “subluxation” at C5. After a 20 minute rest, the graph reading reduced both at atlas and C5 and the patient had significantly more volume in her voice. I learned last evening from her mother-in-law that she had much more energy as this has been quite stressful on her body and her voice continued to gain strength. The results from the MRI and CAT scan will be interesting
Along those same lines we have a psychologist who is a patient and her chronic cough of two months cleared post atlas adjustment, so she sent her 86 y/o mom in for care. Mom does line dancing and is very active, but has been afflicted by a chronic cough for 5 continuous years. GP and ENT have no clue what to do. The cough would occur 10-15X/hr, was intensified by cold air and lying supine, and would eventually develop into dry heaves. She was re-examined today…not once cough since her initial PIL atlas adjustment on 11-09! This stuff really works!!!
Often UC cases are more run of the mill. We had a new patient come in two weeks ago with such intense LB pain that her husband actually had her draped over his back carrying her into the office as she could not walk. Everything said HNP (ruptured L-sp disc) from the 0 degree LB ROM to the intensity of the pain. I insisted she get an MRI immediately but she wanted care prior to the imaging. Adjusted ASR atlas and within 2 days the pain dropped from a VAS of 10 to a 3-4. It is now a 0! She never did get the MRI, she didn’t follow my advice. Apparently Innate doesn’t listen to my advice either!!!
Need a UC practice? Dr. Bart Patzer has been active in trying to keep established UC practices thriving, so I’ve attached information regarding some available. Local DC’s have been predicting my retirement for ages but they don’t know that I’m the Dorian Grey of chiropractic!!!
Need some Blair headclamps? Dr. Brandon Harshe has an older set for sale: I am selling a set of Blair headclamps for anyone interested. They are older with some wear and tear, but overall, still work just fine. I am selling them for $500. email me at drbharshe@gmail.com if interested.
Got another piece of equipment for sale. Used Tytron infrared scanners are about as rare at tax cuts, but every now and then you find one. Dr. Ben Locklear of Mangum, OK is selling his lightly used one and you can contact him at 580-782-3141.
Great seminar coming up in Atlanta this January 29,30 titled I’m a doctor, now what? This program will feature famous author Michael Gerber along with Drs. Robert Rectenwald, Jeffrey Scholten • Jon Swartzbauer • Joey Miles, Ray Drury • Thad Vuagniaux • Kyle Troyer • Nick Tedder • Bart Patzer and Billy Doherty. See the attachment for registration information. Atlanta will be rockin!!!
Another UCHC sponsored seminar is a Knee Chest Technique seminar coming up January 16th in Charlotte, NC. I’ve attached the flyer and I think you will be amazed what you can learn in one day! Put on your thinking cap because this seminar will be intense and rewarding. (They wouldn’t let me attend, merely because I repeated 1st grade three times!!!)
My associate, Dr. Allen Cox, assists me when we examine and x-ray the new patient. After we do the Romberg test for balance with the patient’s eyes closed, I have them stand on the posture SAM machine looking straight ahead. Last week a patient was standing on the machine with her eyes closed and Dr. Cox told the patient she didn’t have to close her eyes. She said “They’re closed so I don’t have to look at you!!! OUCH
OK, here is the latest with my former associate Dr. Jake Hollowell in Sicily….remember you have to experience the bitter to enjoy the sweet:
How is it going? I have had every problem imaginable since opening my first office, but I hear this is normal. I’ve learned patience, and gained a sense of humor. I just have to laugh at some of the things. The following is what has happened: I got a broken side posture table and they don’t sell standard size tools here, no ear plugs, office with no furniture, no office supplies, Wobbly resting beds, pictures but no frames, files but no cabinet or storage, computer but no keyboard, printer but no way to plug it in, brochures but no holder, the x-ray marking program won’t let me log in every time windows does an update which is almost everyday, I have a fancy office software program for scheduling, but Sicilians show up when every they want so what’s the point, no person to answer the phones, the x-ray shifting locks broke, so we have to turn the machine off so I can move it, then I have to have my interpreter turn it on when I think I have it in place, bc the collimator light only works when its on. Mind you it takes 15 sec to turn it on or off. (I am lucky to have learned from the best.) And I just found out that almost half what I make goes to taxes. American tax seems like nothing to me now. But I’m still having a great time, and learning Italian is fun but hard. I know how to yell at people pretty good while I’m driving.
So the good stuff. I’m taking care of the head of the MDs in Sicily, (He has only needed on adjustment so far) and he is excited. I adjusted a boy who is paralyzed and has brain damage, He had a C2 myelic fracture 4 years ago that never fully healed instead Innate intelligence started to fuse it to C3. 4 mm misalignment of C1. His scan straightened after the first adjustment and his PT immediately noticed a difference, and I overheard someone talking about it in the bar this morning. Being a Catholic country, they are very found of miracles. Though most people are skeptical, they are willing to take a risk in hope of a miracle. When the word gets out here I will need an associate soon. I have a Parkinson patient, who has only received one adjustment. She was my first patient adjusted. Her neurologist is shocked by the changes, and she called and scheduled next week. I described what I did to another neurologist, and his comment was “So you are kinda like a neurologist!” I replied “No… I have common sense!” Of course I didn’t have that translated to him. Overall I have more patients who are MDs than anything else. It is very strange to actually get respect, and sometimes even admiration from Mds. It feels like an strange Foreign Film. So far No research is being done in my office, but Dr. Conicello in Rome has been getting good results, and an Orthopedist wants to use functional MRI to prove UC.
(GREAT WORK JAKE!)
Take care-
Tom
Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-23
December 23, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Jesus is not the missing piece to the puzzle of your life… He is the redeemer of sinners! Merry Christmas! #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-17
December 17, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Important to remember if you're thinking about sending your upper cervical patients Christmas cards: http://bit.ly/5xgHMk #
- Long range forecast calls for snow Christmas day here in the Ozarks. #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-15
December 15, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Oral Roberts has died… so want to say something about a 200 ft Jesus… can't bring myself to do it though. #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-14
December 14, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Check out this upper cervical necktie – sweet! – http://www.zazzle.com/151875182561681985?rf=238556166529913404 #
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Dr. Hambrick’s Twitterin On 2009-12-12
December 12, 2009 by drhambrick
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- Have all 3 kids by myself today for the first time… out, not in and it's freezing outside. #
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