Upper Cervical Forest 29 October 2009 | Removing Ones Head Relieves Headaches
October 29, 2009 by drhambrick
Filed under Upper Cervical Forest
Just got an e-mail from our former Palmer intern, Jason Blackketter, who just arrived back in Davenport. Here is what he wrote me:I just spoke w/ Dr. Kern earlier this week and shared with him some of my experiences in your office. He was very positive about you (and Dr. Hubbard too) and the Blair technique. He also agreed with me that you are a gem, commenting that “they broke the mold after Tom Forest was made.” I can just imagine them violently breaking that mold stating, “Well, he should set society back a couple centuries!!!” (BTW, I forgot to attach the site of Jason’s article last week, here it is: https://docs.google.com/Doc?
Want to hear an excellent talk by Judge Andrew Napolitano regarding state rights and attempts to NATIONALIZE healthcare? Check out the brief video http://www.youtube.com/watch?
My wife, Chris, just came in the room with a shocked look on her face regarding a radio interview with a plastic surgeon she just heard. He is now advertising that if you have migraines, he is snipping the trigeminal nerve; crown headache=a nerve on top of your head; sinus headaches= a facial nerve near the nose; occipital headache=he cuts the muscles and nerves at the base of the head. When asked by the interviewer if this wasn’t a dangerous procedure for something as harmless as migraines and if he was actually qualified to do these procedures, the plastic surgeon said, “Botox works well but this is permanent and we discovered that after giving facelifts, often the headaches would disappear.” My comment, “CHOPPING OFF ONE’S HEAD ALSO MAKES HEADACHES DISAPPEAR!!!
Check out the current Palmer Beacon online beacon@palmer.edu and you will see in the September 2009 issue a nice article by Dr. Tron Malachowski titled The Kale Cases (pg 23). There is an excellent article by Stewart McMillan on Holding is Healing he talks of retracing and SURVIVAL VALUES. (pg. 11) On page 5 there is a SEPARATED AT BIRTH section comparing Dr. John Strazewski (head of Palmer Technique Dept. and UC instructor supreme) comparing his photo to actor Gabe Kaplan! There also is an October 2009 must-read article by Dr. Drew Hall as the Upper Cervical influence in the college newspaper continues to grow. Drew will be back in Iowa at the SPIZZ night November 6th. Make sure the house is packed as I know he will blow the roof off the place!!!
There are two upcoming KCUCS knee chest seminars. The first is Upper Cervical Neurology November 7th in Davenport and the second is”Ignite the Passion” seminar in Atlanta November 20,21 hosted by Dr. Rob Kessinger. Check out the attachments, head out to Davenport or down to Atlanta, and get excited by this superexcitable instructor!!!
I’m continually singing the praises of that superenthusiastic UC doc, Dr. Daniel Clark. He has done it again with some new posters and brochures (see attachment). Since all my walls are filled with his excellent UC posters, I’m thinking of putting any future ones on the ceiling in the rest area!!!
Need a portable side posture toggle table? Dr. Frederick Schurger, UCHC doc from Springfield, Ill, is starting to manufacture them. You can contact this talented doc at schurger@mac.com Hope his works better that the one I designed which had built in acupuncture!!!
Need a Blair doc in Alaska? A husband-wife team, the Lovedahls, graduated from Palmer recently, interned with Dr. Scott Matz, and have set up their practice in Anchorage. Make sure you ad these two to your referral list. Here is the info:
Drs. Shawn and Jennifer Lovdahl
6831 Jewel Lake Road
Anchorage, Alaska
phone # 907-245-0808
balancedhealthak@gmail.com
6831 Jewel Lake Road
Anchorage, Alaska
phone # 907-245-0808
balancedhealthak@gmail.com
We are all familiar with the concept of disposable income…the money left over after we have purchased our essential items. Consumers (patients) are actually our bosses and can choose to fire and hire us at will. A consumer will probably not go without their insulin, but may choose to not use this discretionary income on chiropractic. Therefore, it is imperative that we understand how to market to the consumer when the economy is tight. There is an Upper Cervical Practice Building and Marketing seminar on this very subject in Charlotte, NC coming up November 6,7. Check out the flyer as you will see that the speakers range from the famous Dr. Reggie Gold to the infamous Dr. John Hilpisch. Actually John is one of the sharpest UC docs I’ve ever met…just don’t tell him I said that! Anyway, check out the flyer. With the phenomenal speakers and current subject matter, this is probably the boot in the rear that you need to light your practice on fire!!!
Dr. Paul Hambrick has had some excellent interviews with docs including Drs. Ray Drury, Rob Kessinger, Shawn Dill, B.J. Kale and myself. His latest interview is with UC advocate supreme, James Tomasi. Check this:
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Http://www.uppercervicaldocs. Last week I had mentioned that Dr. Michael Burcon of Grand Rapids, MI was in the process of getting two separate papers published on Upper Cervical care and certain neurological conditions. I am happy to report that his paper: Cervical Specific Protocol and Results for 139 Patients Medically Diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research in the November or December issue. Great job Mike!!! |
Last week I also forwarded a heart-rendering story of a child with severe asthma and the amazing recovery seen in UCHC office of Dr. Rob Ohlsen. The patient’s family drove him 6 hours to get the UC care and were so thrilled they have been referring other family members in for UC care. Is that always the case? Check out a similar experience with an asthmatic case from Dr. Ben Locklear of Mangum, OK:
I had a asthma patient who is described in your email. He had been in the emergency room several times for crisis care over the previous several months. His parents were obviously distressed and couldn’t sleep because his wheezing became worse when lying down. Out of shear desperation they “thought they would give me a try”. Isn’t that the way people think? Anyway, one correction and one hour later he and his dad was playing hack sack. No wheezing, coughing and slept through the night for the first time is several months.
That was about a year ago. I stopped by our high school this morning to speak with the HS principle. I saw this young man walking down the hall. Doing really good. Now playing sports and has not been in for care in over 6 months.
What has to happen to get people to open their minds to UC care. This young man should have been a walking poster board for me. People saw what happened with him, but not one referral, not one mention of his success.
We all have patients who have unusual ways of subluxating their necks. A Life West student referred in a patient last week who had been standing on her desk trying to rescue/kill a spider. She stepped off the table onto a desk chair that had wheels and her body flipped horizontally and she struck with full force her head against the table as she fell. Constant occipital and neck pain has been present since the fall, with lateral head translation of 1 1’2″! The most intense symptom of all is a continual throbbing in the right temple that can actually be palpated as the neurovascular mechanism there seems substantially disrupted. (Could that continued pressure on that vessel eventually result in an aneurysm?) The UC x-rays show that the alignment of the axis odontoid and center of the spinous are off 10+mm. The great news, the night of the atlas/axis adjustments, the throbbing pain cleared for the first time in 30 days and she is so thrilled that she stated, “I felt like dancing.” That statement may have been prophetic based on her history of dance. If you ever come to San Francisco, the longest running musical is the must-see Beach Blanket Babylon, which is a hilarious, irreverent parody on everyone from Oprah to Obama. The participants wear hats that are often 10 feet high and shaped like the Transamerica Building (a huge pyramid), Coit Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge,… and, fortunately for their necks, the heavy hats are supported by bracket anchored to the stage or a back brace. In the old days, the head and neck supported the landmark laden hats…(check out the attached pic of this patient) and especially note the hats on the right and left. That is one method to increase the cervical lordosis!!!
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Matthew Lyon on Mon, 14th Dec 2009 8:12 pm
Keep up the great work – keep the inspiring stories coming. I enjoy them very much.
Dr. Matt Lyon
Charlotte, NC
drhambrick on Mon, 14th Dec 2009 8:22 pm
Thanks Doc.
It’s comments like this that make me happy to keep on.