Hey Tom, 

I thought I would shoot you a quick e-mail about two very interesting cases. 

First one is a 29 year old woman who has been suffering with abdominal migraines since she hit puberty.  I have never heard of this problem before, but the way that she describes it is quite devastating.  Since 13 she vomits uncontrollably and has intense abdominal pain throughout her menstrual cycle.  Literally vomiting 10-15 times an hour.  This has been going on every month for 16 years.  Every medical option has been tried.  They removed her gall bladder and part of her small intestine (why not?).  Since no solution has been found, medical management has consisted of admitting her to the hospital every month and keeping her on IVs and meds for the duration of her period.  Her health insurance company has literally spent near  $2,000,000 on her care.  Her back story is that she had a birth trauma to the upper neck when the nurse tried to hold the babies head IN while waiting for the doctor to show up.

Ok, now for the good part.  Another chiropractor referred her to me for specific upper cervical care.  Miraculously, Innate took over after a C1 ASR/ASL, followed a few weeks later by a C2 ARS adjustment.  She has now had 3 MONTHS of no vomiting and no abdominal pain for the first time in 16 years!  What a blessing to be a Blair doctor and have the tools to change people’s lives by turning their power back on!  Think about the savings on our health care system if she had seen an upper cervical doctor after birth! 

Second story:  A C3 major??? We had a dinner with doc one month after which we signed up 33 new patients.  A husband of one of my patients came in from this dinner with a writing problem.  He is a retired autoworker, and was once know for his excellent printing skills.  Anyone in the company needed something written clearly, he was the guy.  Over the last 7 years that ability has faded.  He told me that his hand “just feels wrong” and his writing is cramped and squished.  For several years his wife has been doing all the writing for the family. 

On exam, his prill tests were non-reactive.  Both is protractos looked even, which had me jumping at shadows to come up with a listing.  Eventually I decided to stop trying to imagine a C1 listing and adjust the really obvious C3 ALS that I saw.  The next day he came in to office ecstatic and waving a form that he had filled out a few hours after his adjustment.  He said that his handwriting was 90% back to normal within a few hours of the adjustment!  How cool is that? 

 

 Oh, where to begin…….  Thirteen years ago I was hit head-on by a driver who chose to cross over into my lane on a two-lane highway .  The impact was at 70 mph.  It was a miracle I survived.  The injuries I sustained were from my seat belt and from the sudden jolt of the impact. The majority of my muscles in my back, neck, and chest were torn and several of my ribs were fractured.  I underwent physical therapy for a year and a half.  Then I was released because there was nothing else that could be “medically” done for me.  I was told by two doctors, upon my release from their care, that they were sorry because I was so young and they went on to give me a list of “things” I could not and would not, ever, be able to do for the remainder of my life and that within 10 years I would have to have back surgery that would fuse several of my bones together. I asked, “What about having children? ”  They proceeded to tell me not to, even, try it and that I should just be thankful I survived.   At 23 years of age, I was unwilling to except such a bleak future. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Tom,

Just wanted to keep in touch. It was nice seeing everyone in Atlanta. As you probably know , I’m not one to talk to much about patients we see. But today was a day,for me ,worth sharing. Had a 9yr old boy with pretty severe asthma. Parents drove over 6 hours to get to the office on Friday. Pretty much stuff as you would expect, on 2 drugs, and his steroid puffer(3-5 x a day). Consistent cough with any activity and every night almost all night long, for almost 4years. Would try to play different sports but within a few minutes of increased activity wheezing for air. Any type of increased activity even just walking up steps would bring on asthma attack. His face and body had that real puffy steroid look. Took Blair x-rays did chiro exam. X-rays showed 2c PRI , 1c ASR, was in a pattern, half inch short right leg, right head tilt. He has been adjusted off and on most of his life with full spine adjustments. I adjusted Axis and Atlas then rested him for about an hour. Post scan was a mirror image scan. Short leg down to less than a quarter inch. His Grandparents live in the Quad Cities so they spent the night there. I saw him on Sunday afternoon. No coughing at all,even all night long, didn’t need to use his puffer after waking up, ( a daily thing). He also went out and played football out in the back yard with his brothers , cousins, aunts, and uncles before coming out. No wheezing , coughing or loss of breath at all. Scans showed not in pattern, legs even, head tilt pretty much not present. Parents went home that night very happy about there son great one day progress. They decided to have him stay here and Grandparents would bring him out to office today to get checked one more time and then Grandparents would take him back home to Kentucky. Today’s visit, Grandparents said absolutely no coughing or asthma attacks at all. He also had his Grandparents take him to a skateboard park to play Sunday night and then this morning before coming out. They said they couldn’t say no because they had never gotten to see him play anything over the last few years without having an attack and getting sick and having to stop. Check show a very nice straight clear scan, legs balanced,  head , shoulders , pelvis all level. I ask the little boy how he was feeling now. He said It is real nice to feel like a real person again and said thanks for helping him get better and then jumped up into the air and yelled I feel great! That’s when the tears came out of my eyes. It was just one of those moments when there is nothing better in life than,see how innate can re- create a little persons life in just an instant in time from a split second adjustment.. So I just wanted to say thank you to you for helping me to learn how to do the Blair work over the past few years. Thanks!!! Now I know that I do not do the healing but that a higher power does that when there is no interference, but man does it make a person feel that all the other crap we sometimes have to put up with is all worth it to see great things like this happen and to just be a small part of it. Oh and by the way, his Step dad got a set of x-rays and adjusted ASL while the little boy was resting. He has had severe left arm pain and complete numbness in his left pointer finger for almost over a year. After his rest period he sat up and exclaimed that the pain in his left arm was completely gone and he had complete feeling in his pointer finger. All on Saturday, not to bad for a day I don’t work on!

Upper cervical position available now for a qualified preceptor, licensed or non-licensed Minnesota chiropracTOR.  Contact me at dpPhillipsdc@yahoo.com stating in the subject field upper cervical opportunity.  An attached resume/CV is encouraged–but not required, along with a preferred contact days/times and phone number. Here is what he says about the area:

UPPER CERVICAL CHIROPRACTIC, P.A. is located in southern Minneapolis/Bloomington, Minnesota, in the heart of the mighty Midwest.  The practice is a few blocks from the corporate headquarters of Best Buy in the Twin Cities 5 minutes from the Mall of America and 10 minutes from Minneapolis St. Paul Int’l airport.  The land of 10,000 lakes & many cornfields, Minneapolis/St. Paul is the home of 1.5 million people.  It’s not bursting at the seams like Chicago and has retained a vibrant economy despite the economic downturn.