Some people say I should blow my own horn a bit more since they feel that my chiropractic techniques have been very helpful, in fact more helpful than those of other chiropractors they’ve been to. I guess that blowing my own horn will take the form of me giving away some of my "secrets". There are no real secrets, only a perfected system of analysis and care that I deliver with great care. Here is an explanation of some of what I do:
So what is my "secret" to being able to keep the lumbar spine and pelvis in perfect alignment and to hold? It's a combination of the Thompson Technique, an analysis and correction technique taught to me by Dr. Armand Rossi, and a few pointers offered to me by Dr. Tom (last name unknown) who used to coach me when I had an office at a truck stop in Bartonsvillle, PA. Putting all three of these techniques together formed the perfect solution.
MOST people I care for wonder what it is about the "upper cervical" adjustment since the way I care for a person’s neck is so different. I often hear, "my old chiropractor just took my neck and twisted it. But THIS is so much better." Most chiropractors who use specific upper cervical adjustments depend on x-rays in order to make very specific measurements. I depend on a combination of five different analysis techniques to determine the specifics of what needs to be done. It makes for a much longer exam, one which leaves patients scratching their heads as to what on earth I am doing.
The techniques I use are Thompson prone leg checks, Palmer supine leg checks, motion & static palpation, and applied kinesiology (as taught by the father of Dr. Palmer Peet, whose name I can't remember). The actual maneuver is properly known as the Palmer Toggle Technique. It has also been dubbed by Dr. B.J. Palmer as the "Hole In One" technique. THIS one adjustment alone makes AMAZING changes to peoples' LIVES, to say the least. Also, between adjusting the cervical spine with the patient lying face down and then performing a few minutes of manual traction, I rarely have to do the “taking the neck and twisting it” routine. When I do, my patients hardly even notice it because of the minimal rotation I use.
For the thoracic spine (around the ribs), not much force is needed when I "rub out" any muscle tension first and then adjust the subluxated vertebrae with a double-hypothenar move as the patient inhales and exhales. Patients are amazed that anything moved at all with such a light touch. I won't hesitate to use the good ol' anterior "bear hug" move for those really stubborn spots.
For extremity adjusting, I do everything according to the guru of extremity adjusting, Dr. Kevin Hearon himself.
When giving a Reiki session, I do everything according to Takata. If you say you are a Reiki practitioner but you do not know who Takata is, then you don't know what Reiki is. There is a reason why people who come to me for Reiki healing say that they've never experienced anything like it before, even from Reiki "Masters". You would really need to read the article I wrote that is on my website explaining what Reiki REALLY is.
A part of my practice that I no longer advertise, but I still make available, is functional medicine testing. I use Metametrix/Genova Diagnostics (who are now one company) and LabCorp to test for various conditions if requested. The purpose of such testing is to determine the status of your overall health, such as nutritional status, hormonal imbalances, allergies, etc. and to make referral to other health providers if needed.
Why? Well, let's put it this way -- such testing is what brought me from being house ridden to being functional when I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1997. Also, if you were showing signs of severe internal bleeding and needed to go to the hospital for an operation and transfusion, I wouldn't be like one such chiropractor who, while I was in this very situation in the summer of '96, called me while I was out of sorts in my hospital room not to ask me how I was doing but to ask me why I didn't go to my chiropractor instead. Yes, there are such crackpots out there. He was a teacher at the chiropractic college I went to, and there were other such crackpot teachers and students there as well.
Well, that’s about as much horn blowing as I am able to do. I won't get longwinded with my "secrets". Just know that what I do is NOT what you would find in a typical chiropractor's office. People leave being very pleasantly surprised by how amazing they feel after receiving very precise, and very conservative, care.
