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We offer Decompression Therapy
Our Clinic Offers New Non-Surgical Treatment of Chronic and Severe Back Pain resulting from Herniated Discs, Bulging Discs, Sciatica, Stenosis, Scoliosis, Kyphosis, or degeneration. No drugs, no surgery involved.
A medical breakthorugh in the treatment of Chronic back and Neck Pain.
Safe, Gentle and Effective. This new treatment may be able to free you from suffering.
Decompression works by creating negative pressure within the disc, moving the disc material and relieving pressure, opening the facet joints and restoring proper joint function.
In most cases the corrective treatment consists of only a few weeks of outpatient therapy. Individual results may vary.
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We offer Chiropractic Flexion Distraction Therapy For Chronic Low Back Pain
A recent study of this technique demonstrated that this form of treatment is superior to physical therapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain. For details please see the study posted on this site.
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Chiropractic Treatment Statistics
29% more patients improved under chiropractic care than those treated medically. This was measured during the three years after treatment, comparing pain, daily activities of living and satisfaction with their treatment. Chiropractic patients also expressed better sleep and were able to sit for longer periods.
How safe is medicine?
Journal of the American Medical Association 1998 106,000 Americans die each year from drugs prescribed by their MD Journal of the American Medical Association 1998 Over 2 million Americans become seriously ill each year from reactions to medications prescribed to them by their MD Gerlin Reader’s Digest 120,000 iatrogenic deaths annually each year in the US. 1 in 200 patients die from hospital mistakes New England Journal of Medicine 1999 16,500 deaths each year from NSAIDs Journal of Rheumatology 1992 1 in 2,500 osteoarthritis patients die each year related to NSAID use NCMIC 2001 The risk of tetraplegia or death resulting from NSAID use is 160-1,500 times greater than the risk due to manipulation US Department of Labor and Statistics 2 in 100 mortality rate from spinal fusion surgery
How safe is chiropractic?
Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association 1 in 3,846,153 neck manipulations Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 1995 1 in 2,000,000 neck manipulations Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 1996 1 in 900,000 upper cervical manipulations Canadian Medical Association Journal 2001 1 in 5,850,000 neck manipulations Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association No claims against chiropractors for death or stroke NCMIC 2001 (Chiropractic malpractice insurance carrier) Only 19 deaths worldwide for a 65 year period, from 1934-1999
Most significant fact
Safety comparison Activity Risk of death per person, per year soccer and football one in 25,000 taking contraceptives one in 5,000 motorcycling one in 50 skiing one in 430,000 drinking one bottle of wine per day one in 13,300 driving one in 5,900 smoking two packs of cigarettes per day one in 200 professional boxing one in 14,300 taking NSAIDs one in 2,500 hospital stay one in 200
chiropractic manipulation one in 6,842,106
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Treatment of Mood Lability and Explosive Rage with Minerals and Vitamins: Two Case Studies in Children
INTRODUCTION OVER 70 YEARS AGO, researchers identified irritability and mood problems as being associated with vitamin deficiencies (Hoobler 1928), and clinicians reported positive results of treating mental illness with various essential trace minerals (English 1929; Reed 1929). Lithium is of course the most salient example of a mineral that affects mood disorders, but there are other findings that have been relatively neglected over the years. A literature has gradually accumulated that supports the notion that specific dietary nutrients, especially essential minerals, influence mood and mood disorders (Werbach 1999).
Calcium imbalances have been found to influence mood. Hyperparathyroidism is associated with changes in anxiety, depression, and cognitive function (Linder et al. 1988; Okamoto et al. 1997), and abnormally low intracellular calcium levels have been documented in patients with bipolar disorder (Dubovsky et al. 1992, 1994). Zinc, as another example, is known to play an important role in brain function and mammalian brain development (Sandstead 1985; Sandstead et al. 2000),
and relative zinc deficiency may also play a role in the expression of certain psychiatric conditions. Serum zinc levels were significantly lower in 48 adults with unipolar depression compared to 32 normal volunteers, and the severity of zinc deficiency correlated with the severity of the depressive symptoms (Maes et al. 1994, 1997). In another study, serum zinc levels were found to be lower in 43 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in controls (Toren et al. 1996). Lower zinc levels correlated with severity of aggressive behavior in 135 assaultive incarcerated males compared to controls (Walsh et al. 1997).
Similarly, serious iron deficiency, though rare in North America, is associated with irritability and aggression (Benton and Donohoe 1999).
Some additional examples are selenium (Benton and Cook 1990) and chromium (McLeod et al. 1999). Werbach MR: Nutritional influences on mental illness: A Sourcebook of Clinical Research, 2nd ed. Tarzana (California), Third Line Press, 1999. Address reprint requests to: Bonnie J. Kaplan, Ph.D. Alberta Children’s Hospital 1820 Richmond Road, SW Calgary, AB T2T 5C7 Canada E-mail: kaplan@ucalgary.ca TREATMENT OF MOOD WITH NUTRIENTS 219
Genetic Diseases due to Defective Enzymes Can be Remedied or Ameliorated by the Administration of High doses of the Vitamin Component of the corresponding Coenzyme
Some examples include the alanine-to-valine substitution at codon 222 (Ala222→Val) [DNA: C-to-T substitution at nucleotide 677 (677C→T)] in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH) and the cofactor FAD (in relation to cardiovascular disease, migraines, and rages), the Pro187→Ser (DNA: 609C→T) mutation in NAD(P):quinone oxidoreductase 1 [NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone)] and FAD (in relation to cancer), the Ala44→Gly (DNA: 131C→G) mutation in glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase and NADP (in relation to favism and hemolytic anemia), and the Glu487→Lys mutation (present in one-half of Asians) in aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) and NAD (in relation to alcohol intolerance, Alzheimer disease, and cancer). Am J Clin Nutr 2002;75:616–58. KEY WORDS Genetic disease, therapeutic vitamin use, binding defect, favism, alcohol intolerance, autism, migraine headaches, single nucleotide polymorphisms, enzyme mutations, review INTRODUCTION High doses of vitamins are used to treat many inheritable human diseases. The molecular basis of disease arising from as many as one-third of the mutations in a gene is an increased Michaelis constant, or Km, (decreased binding affinity) of an enzyme for the vitamin-derived coenzyme or substrate, which in turn lowers the rate of the reaction. The Km is a measure of the binding affinity of an enzyme for its ligand (substrate or coenzyme) and is defined as the concentration of ligand required to fill one-half of the ligand binding sites.
It is likely that therapeutic vitamin regimens increase intracellular ligand (cofactor) concentrations, thus activating a defective enzyme; this alleviates the primary defect and remediates the disease. We show in this review that _50 human genetic diseases involving defective enzymes can be remedied by high concentrations of the vitamin component of the coenzyme, and that this therapeutic technique can be applied in several other cases, including polymorphisms associated with disease risks, for which molecular evidence suggests that a mutation affects a coenzyme binding site.
The nutrients discussed in this review are pyridoxine (B-6) (page 618); thiamine (page 625); riboflavin (page 627); niacin (page 632); biotin ( (B1)page 637); cobalamin (B12) (page 638); folic acid (page 641); vitamin K (page 643); calciferol (D) (page 645); tocopherol (E) (page 645); tetrahydrobiopterin (dervived from Folate)(page 646); S-adenosylmethionine (SAM-e) (page 646); pantothenic acid(B5)(page 646); lipoic acid (page 647); carnitine (page 647); hormones, amino acids, and metals (page 648); and maxi B vitamins (page 649)
The proportion of mutations in a disease gene that is responsive to high concentrations of a vitamin or substrate may be one-third or greater (1–3). Determining the true percentage from the literature is difficult because exact response rates in patients are not always reported and much of the literature deals only with individual case reports. The true percentages depend on several factors, such as the nature of the enzyme, the degree of enzyme loss that results in a particular phenotype, how much a small conformational change disrupts the binding site of the particular enzyme, whether the binding site is a hot spot for mutations, and whether dietary administration of the biochemical raises its concentration in the cell.
From what is known of enzyme structure, it seems plausible that, in addition to direct changes in the amino acids at the coenzyme binding site, some mutations affect the conformation of the protein, thus causing an indirect change in the binding site.
Am J Clin Nutr 2002;75:616–58. Printed in USA. © 2002 American Society for Clinical Nutrition High-dose vitamin therapy stimulates variant enzymes with decreased coenzyme binding affinity (increased Km): relevance to genetic disease and polymorphisms1–3 Bruce N Ames, Ilan Elson-Schwab, and Eli A Silver 616 1 From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley (BNA, IE-S, and EAS), and the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA (BNA and IE-S). 2 Supported by grants to BNA from the Ellison Foundation (SS0422-99), the National Foundation for Cancer Research (M2661), the Wheeler Fund of the Dean of Biology, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center (ES01896). 3 Address reprint requests to BN Ames, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609. E-mail: bames@chori.org. Received September 20, 2001. Accepted for publication December 19, 2001.
Acetaminophen
Nevertheless, acetaminophen overdose is one the most common causes of OTC drug poisoning in the United States and Britain. More than 30,000 cases per year of acetaminophen overdose are reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (Bartlett D 2004).
It is a leading cause of liver failure in the Western world and the leading cause of drug-induced liver failure in the United States (Bartlett D 2004).
People who have liver disorders or who consume large amounts of alcohol are advised to avoid acetaminophen, which can damage both the kidneys and the liver, even at therapeutic doses (Bromer MQ et al 2003).
People who use acetaminophen on a regular basis double their risk of kidney cancer (Kaye JA et al 2001; Gago-Dominguez M et al 1999; Derby LE et al 1996).
Toxicity Acetaminophen is extremely toxic to adults in single large doses of about 7000 mg (or 150 mg per kilogram of body weight). This large amount in one setting, however, is relatively rare. Instead, most cases of acetaminophen poisoning occur because people take smaller doses over a long period of time.
In this setting, doses of 4000 mg daily can be toxic. In children, daily maximum oral dosing is not to exceed 90 mg per kilogram of body weight (O’Malley P 2005).
Acetaminophen poisoning affects the liver similarly to any other toxin, including alcohol. At higher doses, the drug can no longer be metabolized by the liver, and the excess is oxidized into a toxic metabolite. This causes a rapid depletion of the internal antioxidants glutathione and S-adenosyl-L-methionine in the liver. When glutathione levels are reduced too far, liver cell death begins to occur.
Symptoms of Overdose Within 24 hours of a toxic dose of acetaminophen), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal tenderness may be present. Elevation of liver enzymes can occur from an acute dose as soon as 36 hours after ingestion (Ankeer A 2001).
Within days, liver damage can result, followed by kidney damage.
If liver failure occurs, mortality rates are relatively high (Oz HS et al 2004). Kidney function tests and liver enzyme measurements help assess adverse effects from acetaminophen (Wu E 1994; Brestel E 1994).
Treatment When a person with suspected acetaminophen poisoning is admitted to a hospital, the standard treatment is to administer a prescription drug called Mucosil as rapidly as possible.
This drug inhibits the buildup of toxic by-products in the liver, thus limiting free radical damage and antioxidant depletion. The main ingredient in Mucosil is the nutrient N-acetylcysteine (NAC). In cases of acetaminophen poisoning, NAC should be administered within eight hours of ingestion of the acetaminophen.
NAC stimulates synthesis of glutathione, which reduces free radical damage in the liver (Harris RA et al 2002). It also may act on the acetaminophen metabolite that directly depletes glutathione (Bartlett D 2004; Ankeer A 2001). NAC is most effective when administered even before high acetaminophen levels are confirmed (Ankeer A 2001). Prior to NAC administration to improve liver function, a single dose of charcoal may be administered within the first four hours of acute ingestion to decontaminate acetaminophen not already absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract (Bartlett D 2004). Source Lef.org
Spondylolisthesis and Back Pain
Whether or not spondylolisthesis produces back pain is a hotly debated topic. For those who think that pain is produced by this condition, the specific mechanism for pain production remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to "observe whether a causal relationship exists between and L5/S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis and the symptoms of back pain." Subjects presenting with spondylolisthesis and a grade 1 listing at L5/S1 were divided into three groups for comparison: 57 symptomatic spondylolisthesis subjects; 29 asymptomatic spondylo- listhesis subjects; and 63 asymptomatic non-spondylolisthesis subjects (the control group).
Radiological measurements, including intervertebral disc (IVD) angle and sacral base angle (SBA) were made from film obtained from two private clinics and the Macquarie University Outpatients Clinic. Results showed that average SBA was significantly higher (43.1) in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients than in non-spondylolisthesis patients. Additionally, the lumbosacral disc angle was significantly smaller in the spondylolisthesis groups compared with the non-spondylolisthesis group.
Conclusion: "The high incidence of L4/L5 hyperextension, the variability in disc angles, and the increased sacral base angulation in symptomatic spondylolisthesis patients illustrate biomechanical changes and dysfunction, and offer possible explanations for the origin of symptoms associated with spondylolisthesis."
Bull P, Hayek R, Cameron J, et al. The effects of spondylolisthesis on the lumbar spine: a cross-sectional radiological survey. Chiropractic Journal of Australia, March 2000:30(1), pp5-12. Reprints: Tel: +61 2 6921 3238; Fax: +61 2 6926 2556; e-mail: chance@wagga.net.au
Systematic Review of Published Clincal trails; Chiropractic Cervical Adjustment Safe & Effective
Commentary; The current evidence for chiropractic’s efficacy for spinal conditions is quite good. In fact, a substantial amount of literature suggests it is superior to the traditional, nonsurgical, medical interventions Chiropractic has been demonstrated to be both very safe and, in most studies, more effective than medicine. Arthor Croft D.C.
Chiropractic Flexion Distraction Superior to Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Results: Subjects had a decrease in pain and disability after intervention, regardless of which group they were in. However, during the year after care, subjects who received chiropractic care (flexion distraction therapy) had significantly lower pain scores than subjects who received physical therapy (exercise program).
The authors conclude: "Flexion distraction was found to be more effective in reducing pain for 1 year when compared to a form of physical therapy."
Cambron JA, Gudavalli MR, Hedeker D, McGregor M, Jedlicka J, Keenum M, et al. One-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial comparing flexion distraction with an exercise program for chronic low-back pain. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, September 2006;12(7):659-68.
Chiropractic Treatment for Neck pain is as Safe as any treatment offered by primary-care medical doctors
Cervical Adjustment Demonstrates Significant Reductions with High Blood Pressure
In a pilot study conducted at the University of Chicago, a one-time specialized chiropractic adjustment, delivered to patients suffering from high blood pressure and misaligned C1 vertebrae, resulted in significant reductions in diastolic and systolic BP compared to controls. According to a press release from the University of Chicago Medical Center, Office of Public Affairs, the decrease in BP was equivalent to that seen with concurrent administration of two blood pressure drugs. None of the patients took any antihypertensive medications during the study period.
The study was led by George Bakris, MD, director of the Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Study participants were referred to Dr. Marshall Dickholtz Sr., a Chicago-area chiropractor and member of the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA), for cervical assessment, including paracervical skin temperature determination, postural analysis, pre-alignment craniocervical X-rays, and supine leg-length check. NUCCA practitioners focus on precise manual adjustment of the Atlas.
Half of the 50 patients received a NUCCA adjustment, while the remaining half received a sham procedure, carefully designed to mimic the actual adjustment in order to ensure blinding. This was possible due to the delicate nature of the C1 adjustment. The primary outcome measure, assessed after eight weeks, was change in systolic and diastolic BP compared to baseline readings. Average age of the study participants was 52.7 years; 70 percent were male.
At week eight, differences were noted in systolic and diastolic BP when comparing the adjustment group with the control group (patients receiving the NUCCA adjustment: –17±9 mm Hg systolic, –10±9 mm Hg diastolic; patients receiving sham treatment: –3±11 mm Hg systolic, –2±7 mm Hg diastolic). Additionally, patients administered the NUCCA adjustment showed 0.04 degrees lateral displacement of C1 after eight weeks, compared to 1.0 degrees at baseline. By comparison, patients in the control group had an average of 0.5 degrees displacement after eight weeks, compared to 0.6 degrees at baseline.
The study authors emphasize that “[while] the mechanism as to why this improvement in blood pressure occurs is unknown and cannot be determined by this study … the data presented, however, raise a number of important questions including a) How does misalignment of C1 affect hypertension?; and b) If there is a cause and effect relationship between C1 and hypertension, is malposition of C1 an additional risk factor for the development of hypertension?” A larger clinical trial is being planned to address these questions.
Resources
1. Bakris G, Dickholtz M, Meyer PM, et al. Altas vertebra realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study. Journal of Human Hypertension, March 2, 2007 (advance online publication). 2. “Special Chiropractic Adjustment Lowers Blood Pressure Among Hypertensive Patients With Misaligned C-1 Vertebra.” Press release from the University of Chicago Medical Center, Office of Public Affairs, March 14, 2007. 3. For additional information about the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association, visit www.nucca.org.
Chiropractic treatment for Low Back Pain Clearly Better then hospital treatment
a Medical Research Council Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1M 6BQ, b Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow HA1 3UJ
Correspondence to: Professor Meade.
Abstract
Objective: To compare the effectiveness over three years of chiropractic and hospital outpatient management for low back pain. Design: Randomised allocation of patients to chiropractic or hospital outpatient management. Setting: Chiropractic clinics and hospital outpatient departments within reasonable travelling distance of each other in 11 centres. Subjects: 741 men and women aged 18-64 years with low back pain in whom manipulation was not contraindicated. Outcome measures: Change in total Oswestry questionnaire score and in score for pain and patient satisfaction with allocated treatment. Results: According to total Oswestry scores improvement in all patients at three years was about 29% more in those treated by chiropractors than in those treated by the hospitals. The beneficial effect of chiropractic on pain was particularly clear. Those treated by chiropractors had more further treatments for back pain after the completion of trial treatment. Among both those initially referred from chiropractors and from hospitals more rated chiropractic helpful at three years than hospital management. Conclusions: At three years the results confirm the findings of an earlier report that when chiropractic or hospital therapists treat patients with low back pain as they would in day to day practice those treated by chiropractic derive more benefit and long term satisfaction than those treated by hospitals. Source British Medical Journal
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