| "Intelligence
is present everywhere in our bodies. Our own inner-intelligence is far
superior to any we can try to substitute from the outside."
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
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About Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care
National Upper Cervical Chiropractic
Association (NUCCA).This
website contains information about the NUCCA procedure for doctors and patients. Make sure you
check out the online
brochure page (Brochures require a .pdf reader).
You can also find a doctor
for friends and family that live outside of Northeastern Ohio.
The National Awareness Campaign for Upper Cervical Care is advocacy group run by people whose lives have changed from upper cervical care. Louella Harris started the group after recieving help with her fibromyalgia. Here is her story.
NEW! Another patient advocate is Greg Buchanan. He found upper cervical care after a head injury. He recently launched a website www.upcspine.com. He has a good testimonial section.
TheSociety of Chiropractic Orthospinology uses a similar procedure to NUCCA.
The Atlas Orthogonal Technique is also a similar procedure. They make the corrections using an instrument rather than by hand.
Dr. Marshall Dickholtz Sr. is the past President of the research arm of NUCCA. His website contains research on NUCCA's benefit to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers. Here is another article on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Before moving back to Ohio, I trained with current president of NUCCA: Dr. Robert Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Several years ago, he realized that correcting the spinal misalignment was an essential component of recovering from Fibromyalgia.
NEW! Here is an important article that discusses how Fibromyalgia is a neurological rather than muscular disease.
Before opening, I was able to take a class taught by Ray and Mary Marshal. Here is their website.
Dr. Patrick Foran, a Canadian NUCCA doctor who has been practicing since 1959, has a great website. Included are some great articles some of which he wrote.
While the Academy of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Organization's website is geared mostly for doctors, they have some case studies that patients may be interested to read.
Dr. Darryl Roundy is an Atlas Orthogonal practitioner. His website has a wealth of information about upper cervical care and health in general.
Other Links
While I focus primarily on spinal care, I will continue to offer nutritional counseling, based on the works of Dr. Michael Lebowitz and Dr. Walter Schmitt, with other Applied Kinesiology protocols included (another website).
90% of the nutritional products that I use are from Thorne Research. Their Supplement Facts Brochure explains their dedication to quality products (requires .pdf reader). I have used several manufacturers, and Thorne is by far the best.
Because of our heritage and genetic makeup, no single diet will work for everyone. Some do well on vegetarian diets; others do well with a high fat/high protein diet. For those beginning the search for a healthier diet I recommend that they try Peter D'Adamo N.D.'s diets first.
New! I never crawled as a child. While my posture has improved dramatically from the NUCCA procedure I continue to have retained primitive reflexes. For the last month I have been doing crawling excercises adapted from to the Miriam Bender Diagnostic Center and am seeing great results. I'm finding that having the stress off of the brainstem and spinal cord allows the reflexes to mature easier (when doing the exercises). Their website promotes their book Stopping Hyperactivity. According to this paper, retained reflexes are directly correlated with dislexia. Many years ago, I recieved basic training in educational kinesiology and brain gym.
An article on the dangers of Trans-Fatty acid.
Remember, the nervous system, that includes the brain, spinal cord, and brain stem are the master controller for digestion and assimilation of nutrients, and excretion of toxins. Get your spine checked first!
The National Awareness Campaign for Upper Cervical Care is advocacy group run by people whose lives have changed from upper cervical care. Louella Harris started the group after recieving help with her fibromyalgia. Here is her story.
NEW! Another patient advocate is Greg Buchanan. He found upper cervical care after a head injury. He recently launched a website www.upcspine.com. He has a good testimonial section.
TheSociety of Chiropractic Orthospinology uses a similar procedure to NUCCA.
The Atlas Orthogonal Technique is also a similar procedure. They make the corrections using an instrument rather than by hand.
Dr. Marshall Dickholtz Sr. is the past President of the research arm of NUCCA. His website contains research on NUCCA's benefit to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers. Here is another article on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Before moving back to Ohio, I trained with current president of NUCCA: Dr. Robert Brooks in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Several years ago, he realized that correcting the spinal misalignment was an essential component of recovering from Fibromyalgia.
NEW! Here is an important article that discusses how Fibromyalgia is a neurological rather than muscular disease.
Before opening, I was able to take a class taught by Ray and Mary Marshal. Here is their website.
Dr. Patrick Foran, a Canadian NUCCA doctor who has been practicing since 1959, has a great website. Included are some great articles some of which he wrote.
While the Academy of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Organization's website is geared mostly for doctors, they have some case studies that patients may be interested to read.
Dr. Darryl Roundy is an Atlas Orthogonal practitioner. His website has a wealth of information about upper cervical care and health in general.
| "The
doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his
patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and
prevention of disease." Thomas
Edison
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Before
attending Logan College of Chiropractic,
I was a naturopath and body worker with over 300 hours training in Ortho-bionomyTM. I received a massage
degree and a certificate in naturopathy from the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts.
New! I used to practice a cranial-sacral technique. It was because of the profound effect of upper cervical chiropractic on my cranial sacral system that I started to learn NUCCA. Here is an article on the anatomy of upper cervical spine and how it relates to the meningeal (cranial-sacral) system.
Here are some articles on nutrition that I wrote several years ago.
New! I used to practice a cranial-sacral technique. It was because of the profound effect of upper cervical chiropractic on my cranial sacral system that I started to learn NUCCA. Here is an article on the anatomy of upper cervical spine and how it relates to the meningeal (cranial-sacral) system.
Here are some articles on nutrition that I wrote several years ago.
While I focus primarily on spinal care, I will continue to offer nutritional counseling, based on the works of Dr. Michael Lebowitz and Dr. Walter Schmitt, with other Applied Kinesiology protocols included (another website).
90% of the nutritional products that I use are from Thorne Research. Their Supplement Facts Brochure explains their dedication to quality products (requires .pdf reader). I have used several manufacturers, and Thorne is by far the best.
Because of our heritage and genetic makeup, no single diet will work for everyone. Some do well on vegetarian diets; others do well with a high fat/high protein diet. For those beginning the search for a healthier diet I recommend that they try Peter D'Adamo N.D.'s diets first.
New! I never crawled as a child. While my posture has improved dramatically from the NUCCA procedure I continue to have retained primitive reflexes. For the last month I have been doing crawling excercises adapted from to the Miriam Bender Diagnostic Center and am seeing great results. I'm finding that having the stress off of the brainstem and spinal cord allows the reflexes to mature easier (when doing the exercises). Their website promotes their book Stopping Hyperactivity. According to this paper, retained reflexes are directly correlated with dislexia. Many years ago, I recieved basic training in educational kinesiology and brain gym.
An article on the dangers of Trans-Fatty acid.
Remember, the nervous system, that includes the brain, spinal cord, and brain stem are the master controller for digestion and assimilation of nutrients, and excretion of toxins. Get your spine checked first!
| Get
knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases." Hippocrates,
460-377 BC.
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