Old Fashioned Upper Cervical
May 13, 2010 by drhambrick
Filed under Upper Cervical Forest
The younger students and docs continually give me a hard time for having an elastic string on the x-ray tube to determine the exact direction of the central ray. They prefer to use the collimator light exclusively. My light burnt out yesterday and it was very nice to have that old fashioned string to align the tube. Now I’ll just get out my sliderule…!!!
Of course, everyone is a critic. A couple weeks ago I sent our a wrong contact address and Dr. Kirk Eriksen replied: Quit drinking while you put together the UC Stuff…I am sure you can hold off a day or so…just a friendly suggestion!
While on the subject of equipment, Dr. Jeremy Maxwell (IMOVEBONES@aol.com) has a ‘primo condition’ Tytron 3000 for sale. Hardly used, it can be purchased for $3,500 and he will pay for the $260 transfer fee to get your office name on the unit to make it yours. He is also seeing some pretty wonderful results in his Fayette, Missouri office:
Had a 34 yr old female who was trampled by a horse 4 years back and broke pelvis and injured left shoulder. After 4 years of pain and told she needed her SI joint fused she finally committed to care. She had called 3-4 times prior but did not commit because her insurance did not cover it. Long story short after about 4-6 weeks of time and two uc corrections her pain has substantially decreased and her SI joint is 75% improved. She now wants to write all the doctors a letter telling them how much better her SI joint is and that she will no longer need that fusion. She told me on one of the visits that before coming to see me she had radio frequency nerve ablation done on her low back to make the SI pain go away. She said that the pain was so bad that if she could have gotten up out of bed and to her gun cabinet she would have taken her life. She said praise the Lord I couldn’t move because now here I am seeing you and getting my life back.
Dr. Craig York sent this:
I wanted to convey a case history that relates to recent discussions of CSF flow, Chiari “0″ malformations, cervical hypolordosis and in this case, blackouts or drop attacks. Last fall I met Dr. David Harshfield, an interventional radiologist in Little Rock, who had just completed soon to be published research with Dr. Scott Rosa which demonstrates CSF flow improvements post UC (Atlas Orthogonal) adjustments in patients with a Chiari “0″ malformation (as evidenced on upright MRI) secondary to loss of cervical curve. I recently adjusted a patient who meets the above criteria after being totally unresponsive for an hour prior to his wife calling me at 1:00 am on a Sunday morning. I met them at my office as the patient’s wife, her father and brother carried him into my office, unconscious emanating foaming saliva. After a brief rest on the waiting room floor, they carried him to the adjusting room where he returned to normal after an adjustment from a Laney Torque Specific instrument. Within 15 min. he sat up and requested his family take him for a ham and cheese omelet at Waffle House (did I mention we’re in Arkansas?) . In 20 years of practice, I’ve never seen anything so dramatic- talk about “turning on the power”!! Sadly, I didn’t capture it on film, didn’t think of that until it was too late!
Lots of UC docs using innovative ways to fill their offices with informed new patients;
Dr. Jack Truong of Elk Grove, CA had an ‘open house’ (patient appreciation day) last Saturday and his office was packed when I stopped by. The fact that when I showed up the patients then ran out screaming indicates my reputation is spreading!!!
Dr. Dennis Campbell wrote me this: I’m doing a dinner with doc this next week and I already have several new patients who couldn’t wait to see me. I’m giving them a big discount off my newly raised prices to see me, which means they pretty much are paying the same they always pay me. I had to rent a whole pizza parlor to get the crowd in. Let you know the finally tally when it’s all over. X-rays are good, Can take a picture and know in seconds how good I am, and dam — I’m good. Always ready to come up an assist you with your seminars, gives me time to catch up on my napping!
Dr. Steve Forest came up with an innovative method of being in two places at once. He had a ‘super excited” patient do a spinal screening at one location while he was at another. The patient signed up 14 new patients. This great idea was probably due to all those years of my getting him in a headlock (a wrestling term for wrapping your arm tightly around ones head) increased the blood flow to his cranium!!!
Got some excellent UC technique seminars coming up:
(1) Drs. Ray Drury, Thad Vaugniaux, and Randy Kale will be at their best teaching you to ‘turn on the UC power’. Attached you will see the May 14,15 Knee Chest seminar to be hosted in Charlotte, N.C. It will included 12 hours of CE (in many states) and will focus on infants/children and difficult cases.
(2) Dr. Johnny Truong will be hosting a Blair Intermediate at his LA office:
Blair Upper Cervical Technique Intermediate Seminar
May 22 (Sat. 9-5:30pm) and May 23 (Sun. 9-1pm)
3600 Wilshire Blvd. 16th Floor Conference Room
Los Angeles, Ca 90010
contact information: Johnny Truong 858-218-5881 cell ; email: js268@hotmail.com
Instructor: David Topping, D.C.
“Educational Investment” (pre-register by May 18):
$245 for Doctors ; $145 for Students After May 18th: $295 for Doctors; $195 for Students.
May 22 (Sat. 9-5:30pm) and May 23 (Sun. 9-1pm)
3600 Wilshire Blvd. 16th Floor Conference Room
Los Angeles, Ca 90010
contact information: Johnny Truong 858-218-5881 cell ; email: js268@hotmail.com
Instructor: David Topping, D.C.
“Educational Investment” (pre-register by May 18):
$245 for Doctors ; $145 for Students After May 18th: $295 for Doctors; $195 for Students.
(3) Dr. Michael Lenarz will be instructing a Blair Intermediate in Sedro Woolley, WA on June 12,(13) and you can register by contacting him at michaellenarz@mac.com.
(4) Dr. Rob Kessinger will be hosting a Knee Chest June 11,12 in Atlanta, GA (see attachment) You will also note in the attachment that the KCUCS group will also be having a Dominican Republic Mission Trip on July 7-14. (only two spots left!)Here is your chance to change some lives…and get a tan all at the same time!!!
(5) Dr. Shawn Dill announced that there are only five spots left for the El Salvador Mission Trip sponsored by Life West (see attachment) to be held June 13-20. Even though we have passed the registration date, if you act quickly he may be able to sneak you in the back door!!!
(6) Drs. Kirk Eriksen and Michael Wagner both sent me a notice, which I’ve attached, regarding an upcoming ‘webinar’ coming up Saturday May 15th titled TITLE: Merging of Radiological and Clinical Perspectives on Spine Imaging. Understanding the relationship between UC subluxation, CSF flow, venous occlusion, cervical hypolordosis and altered brainstem function is critical to the advancement of our collective efforts to demonstrate the the world our ability to restore health through upper cervical adjusting. Next Saturday, May 15th, at 10:00 to 11:00 am CST. Dr. Harshfield will be conducting a webinar at Orthospinogy’s advanced seminar in Atlanta (Orthospinology.org) and will review his research and discuss the anatomy and neurophysiology of this region and his findings regarding UC care and pre and post adjustment improvements of CSF flow. Dr. Harshfield has a Master’s in physiology, a radiology degree, numerous publications and is an upper cervical patient making him likely the only person in the world who can tie together all the recent global information on this timely topic.Rest assured, if BJ is looking down on us, he’ll be smiling broadly as will anyone watching this amazing presentation. A discussion will follow with global participation which hopefully (they will be invited) will include the Italian MD’s working with UCHC doctors re: MS. For those unable to attend this seminar, we are inviting ALL interested doctors to attend the webinar at the above time and join in, not only will you get to participate in this historic meeting, but you can aquaint yourself with a neurophysiological model that perfectly explains the connections between UC care and brainstem function with demonstrable results using the latest imaging. You may enroll at performtec.net until 12:00am CST, Wed., May 12th. Enrollment is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. It looks exciting! With all these advanced videoconferencing methods now available, I’ve actually planned a seminar a decade from now that I will be giving from my casket!!!
Dr. Roger Morrison of Shawnee, Kansas sent me an article out of Radigraphics, which I’ve attached, dealing with the difficulty in evaluating pediatric x-rays. The article failed to mention my unique method of limiting motion of a young child being x-rayed which consists of duct taping them to the bucky..but I’m sure that was just an oversight!!!
Switching over to the negative, at one time we had 70,000 attorneys in California, not sure of the current number. As you can imagine in a tough economy, everyone is looking to branch out and “create” new business. You probably have heard that the trial lawyers have a multitude of seminars on “How to sue chiropractors.” Attached you will find that a Washington D.C. lawyer is pulling out all stops as he tries to save the world (and line his pocketbook!) Maybe someone should familiarize him with the LATEST study which states the chances of a CVA following a manipulation is EXACTLY the same risk as experiencing one following a visit to the G.P.!!!…in other words, almost too small to measure!
In the continuing saga of Upper Cervical recoveries experienced in Dr. Drew Hall’s life, check out Dr. Paul Hambrick’s www.UpperCervicalDocs.com and hear about an infant with encephalitis and her ‘life restored by UC” in Dr. Dan Kuhn’s office. Makes you proud!!! (I had one patient mention this week that she really enjoys the “Testimonial Tuesdays” and I have no idea how she heard about it…talk about free advertising!!!)
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Josh on Sat, 26th Jun 2010 9:47 am
Hello!
I am an new doc looking for a Tytron for my Upper Cervical office opening soon in New Orleans. If you or anyone you know is looking to sell one for a good price please email me at drrilette@gmail.com Thank you!!!