Palmer Lyceum Was Great | BJ Palmer on the Radio
August 20, 2010 by drhambrick
Filed under Upper Cervical Forest, Upper Cervical in the News
Hi Docs-
WOW, what a great Lyceum at Palmer
Iowa last week. Upper Cervical was highly represented throughout the program. At
the Delt house (see attachment) I met up with Drs. Andy
Roberts and soon to be Dr. Lauren Millman
(008). Lauren is just finishing up at Life College and is writing a paper on a
patient of mine with ‘reflex sympathetic dystrophy’ who has gone from a
wheelchair to the soccer field! Andy also has Drs. Cailen
Wells and Shana McLaughlin in his Detroit
area office all learning from him…they will all go far with that HIO
schooling!
WOW, what a great Lyceum at Palmer
Iowa last week. Upper Cervical was highly represented throughout the program. At
the Delt house (see attachment) I met up with Drs. Andy
Roberts and soon to be Dr. Lauren Millman
(008). Lauren is just finishing up at Life College and is writing a paper on a
patient of mine with ‘reflex sympathetic dystrophy’ who has gone from a
wheelchair to the soccer field! Andy also has Drs. Cailen
Wells and Shana McLaughlin in his Detroit
area office all learning from him…they will all go far with that HIO
schooling!
Speaking of top UC docs from Michigan, I spent
quite a bit of time with Dr. Rick DiGregorio of
Monroe, MI. I even bought him lunch…once I found the tab was all of
$6.00! Anyway, we spent a couple hours checking out his new
digital x-ray conversion system. Here is the scoop! The x-ray pics are hospital
quality. You convert your existing x-ray unit to a ‘direct digital’ via his
bucky system. Films take 7 seconds to go from exposure to computer screen. The
graphic tools allow for NUCCA, AO, Grostic, Blair,…analysis and the line
drawing and angles can be easily accomplished. One excellent feature is the
stereo capacity. Using a 1″ tube shift, the computer automatically offsets the
two stereo films on a special overlapped dual screen monitor and using
simple 3-D glasses (that look like sunglasses) the images really pop out at you.
The stereo BP was like standing over a jack-in-the box as the cranium projected
upwards. The stereo laterals came out in almost a holographic fashion as
you could move your head around and the image would move with you (almost like
the portraits in the Disney Haunted Mansion) Anyway, I think I have Rick
convinced to bring the digital 3-D to FUSION next month so you can get a
personal look at these amazing films…unless you’d rather pay 70 grand for a
new DR system!!!
quite a bit of time with Dr. Rick DiGregorio of
Monroe, MI. I even bought him lunch…once I found the tab was all of
$6.00! Anyway, we spent a couple hours checking out his new
digital x-ray conversion system. Here is the scoop! The x-ray pics are hospital
quality. You convert your existing x-ray unit to a ‘direct digital’ via his
bucky system. Films take 7 seconds to go from exposure to computer screen. The
graphic tools allow for NUCCA, AO, Grostic, Blair,…analysis and the line
drawing and angles can be easily accomplished. One excellent feature is the
stereo capacity. Using a 1″ tube shift, the computer automatically offsets the
two stereo films on a special overlapped dual screen monitor and using
simple 3-D glasses (that look like sunglasses) the images really pop out at you.
The stereo BP was like standing over a jack-in-the box as the cranium projected
upwards. The stereo laterals came out in almost a holographic fashion as
you could move your head around and the image would move with you (almost like
the portraits in the Disney Haunted Mansion) Anyway, I think I have Rick
convinced to bring the digital 3-D to FUSION next month so you can get a
personal look at these amazing films…unless you’d rather pay 70 grand for a
new DR system!!!
Roger Titone had a
booth at the Lyceum and showed off his wonderful Tytron Infrared Scanner. He
also had his updated toggle monitor, so I felt it appropriate to challenge Dr.
DiGregorio to a toggle-off. The speeder was smoking after I adjusted,….
crushed after he adjusted…ENUF SAID!!!
booth at the Lyceum and showed off his wonderful Tytron Infrared Scanner. He
also had his updated toggle monitor, so I felt it appropriate to challenge Dr.
DiGregorio to a toggle-off. The speeder was smoking after I adjusted,….
crushed after he adjusted…ENUF SAID!!!
While on the subject of UC equipment, I’ve talked
to the people at Lloyd Table Co. for years about the need for an easier access
side posture table. A few years ago they developed one that could be raised
straight up horizontally towards the ceiling, which could also then be utilized
as an exam table. They just introduced their new prototype at Homecoming
and here are the pics. Pic 004 is not DD Palmer but Dr.
Lloyd Steffensmeier, who founded of the company in 1963, demonstrating
the table in the middle position….it lowers just as low as the standard Lloyd
side posture table, but can be raised up for taller doctors. Note the headpiece
raises and lowers electronically. This new table can be raised horizontally (pic
007) but also can be raised and lowered like a HiLo for easy access for elderly,
hot low backs,…(pics 005, 006) The guy you see being lowered onto the table is
Dr. Dave Phillips from Minneapolis who used to work
with Dr. Addington in the Blair Clinic and was Dr. Todd Hubbard’s roommate at Palmer (pic 002). Check out
pic 003 as you will see Dave trying to use an inferior line of drive on
BJ!!! (you can get more info on the toggle table by contacting them
at sales@lloydtable.com. Note the
table sells for $10,000 but supposedly $5,000 comes right off your final tax
total due to ADA/handicapped equipment tax benefits.)
to the people at Lloyd Table Co. for years about the need for an easier access
side posture table. A few years ago they developed one that could be raised
straight up horizontally towards the ceiling, which could also then be utilized
as an exam table. They just introduced their new prototype at Homecoming
and here are the pics. Pic 004 is not DD Palmer but Dr.
Lloyd Steffensmeier, who founded of the company in 1963, demonstrating
the table in the middle position….it lowers just as low as the standard Lloyd
side posture table, but can be raised up for taller doctors. Note the headpiece
raises and lowers electronically. This new table can be raised horizontally (pic
007) but also can be raised and lowered like a HiLo for easy access for elderly,
hot low backs,…(pics 005, 006) The guy you see being lowered onto the table is
Dr. Dave Phillips from Minneapolis who used to work
with Dr. Addington in the Blair Clinic and was Dr. Todd Hubbard’s roommate at Palmer (pic 002). Check out
pic 003 as you will see Dave trying to use an inferior line of drive on
BJ!!! (you can get more info on the toggle table by contacting them
at sales@lloydtable.com. Note the
table sells for $10,000 but supposedly $5,000 comes right off your final tax
total due to ADA/handicapped equipment tax benefits.)
While bringing up the subject of B.J., third
generation UC doc, Dr. Meg Banitch of Montclair, NJ
forwarded me this:
This is cool. If you think it is appropriate, pass on to your list
Tom. Talk to you next week. Meg
Tom. Talk to you next week. Meg
Subj: BJ Palmer on the
Radio
Here is the link…I believe there are four different shows highlighting
actual talks from BJ
As mentioned earlier, great times over at the Delt
house in Davenport as the speakers were amazing and I found it quite
interesting that a large amount of the audience was able to hear the speakers
20 feet away while lounging in the pool! Anyway, one of the brothers in
attendance was Dr. Kevin Leach(pic 010). Kevin
has practiced in the San Marino UCHC office in central Italy. Another UC doc
will be taking that practice over as Kevin moves to the new office in Trapani,
near Venice. Apparently the new office is state-of-the-art and adjacent to the
hospital, making UC research a top priority. If you ever wondered what
starting this whole process of the phenomenal interest in Upper Cervical in
Italy, check out the latest Testimonial Tuesday by Dr.Paul
Hambrick as interviews Dr. Drew Hall. Here
is a brief overview:In this episode, Dr. Hall tells the story of a
lady from Italy who suffered with cerebellar ataxia for 10 years and how an
upper cervical correction changed her life, and how it changed the course of
upper cervical chiropractic in the country of Italy. (www.UpperCervicalDocs.com)
Got to spend quite a bit of time with Dr. Brett Bolton (when he wasn’t roughhousing with his
rugby buddies) Brett is a 3rd generation UC DC. Met his father, Dr. Stanley Bolton, who at one time had 28 UC clinics in
Australia. He regaled me with stories of his HIO education, working at BJ’s
Clearview Sanitarium, and the bright future for Upper Cervical…a delightful
man.Also spent quite a bit of time with Dr. Todd Hubbard, Certified Advanced Blair
Instructor& Palmer Instructor, who just completed his masters in clinical
research. He just sent me this today:I started a female patient on march 31st. Her
main complaints were tremors and migraines. After 4 months of care the
migraines are down from 2-3 per week to less than 1 per month. Her tremors
used to be constant in both hands and are now transient at the most. She can
go 2-3 days were she doesn’t notice any tremor at all. When they do come back,
she can control them by doing her posture exercises we gave her. Her initial
lateral cervical x-ray showed a c-spine curve of 17 degrees. Now, 4 months
later, her c-spine curve is 30 degrees. She has only been adjusted C1 and C2.
No weights or traction or any other adjusting. It goes to show, get the upper
neck right and the rest will take care of itselfI need to get a little serious with you. Dr. James Fiore, super Blair doc from Santa Ana, CA, sent
me a great article by a heart surgeon who readily admits that lowering
cholesterol has had little effect in cardiovascular disease and gives reasons
why this disorder which was rare six decades ago is commonplace now. It
is probably too long of an article to read right now, but read it next time
your are bored…or taking one of my classes!!!If you’d like a little ‘practical health advice’
from an Chinese medical doctor, check out the info below sent to me by Dr. Linda Savage, a UC oriented instructor at Life West.
Words of wisdom to live by!!!Take care-Tom
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