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		<title>Atlas Profilax at it Again</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Might as well get the negative out of the way first. Atlas Profilax is at it again. Dr. Kirk Eriksen forwarded this very impressive site http://www.atlasevolution.com/&#160;and I believe this may be the &#8216;therapist&#8217; who was banned in Oregon&#8230;so he just trotted down to California. (We seem to have issues at stopping people from crossing our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong><font face="Arial">Might as well get<br />
 the negative out of the way<br />
first. Atlas Profilax is at it again.<font color="#0000ff"> Dr. Kirk<br />
Eriksen</font> forwarded this very impressive site </p>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="border-collapse: separate;"><a href="http://www.atlasevolution.com/" target="_blank">http://www.atlasevolution.com/</a><wbr/>&nbsp;and</p>
<p>I believe this may be the &#8216;therapist&#8217; who was banned in Oregon&#8230;so he<br />
just<br />
trotted down to California. (We seem to have issues at stopping people<br />
from<br />
crossing our borders!!!)</span></span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="border-collapse: separate;"></span></span></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="border-collapse: separate;">While continuing my<br />
negative theme, m</span></span></font>y associate,<font color="#800000"><br />
 Dr. Allen<br />
&#8220;Tiger&#8221;Cox</font>, attended a one day 12 hr CE course last Thurs, so<br />
keep in<br />
mind he may have been sleepy when he heard this info&#8230;but here is the<br />
latest<br />
regarding the &#8216;proposed&#8217; National Health Care (based on the Medi-Care<br />
model):</div>
<p></font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(1) ONLY M.D.&#8217;s and Osteopaths will be<br />
considered<br />
Primary Physicians.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(2) Physical Therapists will be Doctors<br />
of<br />
Physical Therapy.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(3) Physical Therapist will get up to 60<br />
 office<br />
visits per condition.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(4) Chiropractors will get 12 office<br />
visits.<br />
(Before you blow your stack, I cannot validate this info but want you to<br />
 keep in<br />
mind that our lobbiests &#8216;suck&#8217; compared to the big buck lobbiests&#8230; as<br />
usual<br />
<u>&#8220;they got the gold mine and we got the shaft!!!&#8221;)</u></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">One other thing Dr. Cox mentioned is the<br />
 term<br />
medical doctors understand for subluxation is &#8220;Articular<br />
Neurodyskinesia&#8221;&#8230;just<br />
rolls off the tongue doesn&#8217;t it???</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">One of Tiger&#8217;s best friends in high<br />
school was<br />
<font color="#008000">Dr. Drew Hall</font>, current prez of the Blair<br />
Society. You<br />
may remember last week that I&#8217;d mentioned he had an anesthesiologist<br />
come in for<br />
care due to severe vertigo, bilat. TMJ, and C-sp pain from walking into a</p>
<p>lamppost while in college and he &#8216;knew&#8217;&nbsp;the problems<br />
were&nbsp;cervicogenic. He looked up UC on the internet, got his first<br />
adjustment last week, and came in for a re-check this past Saturday&#8230;<br />
reporting<br />
that his vertigo of 10 year duration was already 80% better. He said,<br />
&#8220;Next week<br />
I am sending in three of my friends who are neurologists. This work is<br />
amazing!&#8221;<br />
(Now THAT&#8217;S how we spread the word of Upper Cervical!)</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong>Dr. Hall&#8217;s partner in the LA (Koreatown)<br />
 office is<br />
<font color="#800000">Dr. Johnny Truong</font> (who has been on fire<br />
giving Blair<br />
Primary seminars in his office this year). Anyway, this weeks<br />
Testimonial<br />
Tuesday narrated by<font color="#000080"> Dr. Paul Hambrick</font> goes<br />
as<br />
follows:</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Testimonial Tuesday Episode 11: </strong><em><strong>High<br />
Blood<br />
Pressure &amp; Ankle Swelling<br /></strong></em></p>
<p>In this episode, Dr. Truong&#8217;s future mother-in-law suffered from high<br />
 blood<br />
pressure, and a chronic ankle swelling which was the result of a serious</p>
<p>fracture she had experienced to the affected ankle a few years ago.</p>
<p>Hear how both conditions were affected by an atlas correction from<br />
Dr.<br />
Truong. <strong>Check out </strong><a href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/" target="_blank"><strong>www.UpperCervicalDocs.com</strong></a><strong></p>
<p>for &#8220;the rest of the story!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p></font></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">We certainly do attract very<br />
&nbsp;&#8217;interesting&#8217;<br />
cases in UC offices. I wrote you&nbsp; a couple weeks ago about an 18 y/o who</p>
<p>had moderate GERD and dysphagia for 3 years being observed and treated<br />
at<br />
Stanford&#8230;with minimal results. The first week following the atlas<br />
correction,<br />
the symptoms completly abated and she remains asymptomatic 8 weeks into<br />
care.<br />
Anyway, her 23 y/o brother came in yesterday and mentioned that he flew<br />
over the<br />
handlebars of his bike&nbsp;four years ago. X-raying him required me to<br />
rotate<br />
the chair about 30 degrees to get his head aligned for a good base<br />
posterior.<br />
One of his symptoms is that immediately after the injury, he has lost<br />
his<br />
ability to perspire on the entire left side of his body!&nbsp; Anyway, the<br />
Blair<br />
films revealed a 1/2 mm PIR atlas displacement. Regarding atlas<br />
misalignments&#8230;<br />
&#8220;Size does not matter!!!&#8221;</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">Got a practice for sale or lease&nbsp;in<br />
downtown<br />
Oakland, CA&nbsp;<font color="#800000">Dr. Thanh Dang</font> associated with<br />
me<br />
for a while (until she wised up!)&nbsp;and opened an office fully equipped to</p>
<p>practice UC. The x-ray unit has stereo shift, Blair headclamps,&#8230;.<br />
scanner,<br />
Lloyd side posture table,&#8230;are included in the purchase. Contact Dr.<br />
Dang, if<br />
interested, by calling 510-508-6395.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong><font color="#008080">Dr. Amanda Dunn</font><br />
 has a,<br />
hard to find,&nbsp;tilting bucky for sale.&nbsp;She wrote: </strong><font face="Times New Roman">I have an 8&#215;10 tilting bucky that I want to sell.<br />
 I am<br />
keeping the head clamps.&nbsp; This is what it looks like.&nbsp; I bought it<br />
used 3.5 years ago. <a href="http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/dunnma/Office%20Pictures/?action=view&amp;current=DSC_0561.jpg" target="_blank">http://s72.photobucket.com/<wbr/>albums/i196/dunnma/Office%<wbr/>20Pictures/?action=view&amp;<wbr/>current=DSC_0561.jpg</a></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;and<br /><a href="http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/dunnma/Office%20Pictures/?action=view&amp;current=DSC_0562.jpg" target="_blank">http://s72.photobucket.com/<wbr/>albums/i196/dunnma/Office%<wbr/>20Pictures/?action=view&amp;<wbr/>current=DSC_0562.jpg</a></font><strong>&nbsp;</strong></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong>You can contactg Dr. Dunn at <a href="mailto:dunnma@hotmail.com" target="_blank">dunnma@hotmail.com</a> </strong></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong>UC icon, <font color="#008000">Dr.<br />
Daniel<br />
Kuhn</font> of Huntington Beach, CA, is looking for an associate.<br />
</strong></font><font face="Times New Roman">We are currently looking<br />
for a new<br />
Upper Cervical associate. The following requirements must be met to be<br />
interviewed:<br />&gt; Completed chiropractic college courses<br />&gt;<br />
Passed all<br />
state boards in California<br />&gt; Passed x-ray certification<br />&gt; Is<br />
 an<br />
outgoing self-starter willing to put in the time to build your<br />&gt;<br />
practice.<br />&gt; Practices Upper Cervical HIO or Blair techniques only<br />&gt;</p>
<p>Send resumes to <a href="mailto:vicki.kuhndc@verizon.net" target="_blank">vicki.kuhndc@verizon.net</a> or mail them to:<br />&gt;<br />
Kuhn<br />
Chiropractic Offices<br />&gt; c/o Vicki Dorvall<br />&gt; 16052 Beach<br />
Blvd., Suite<br />
130<br />&gt; Huntington Beach, CA 92647<br />&gt; Each resume will be<br />
reviewed and<br />
we will call you with available interview<br />&gt; times. Please include<br />
your<br />
phone number and e-mail address.</font></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">Surfing skills are not<br />
mandatory!!!</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial"><strong><font color="#008080">Dr. James Fiore</font><br />
 has<br />
been practicing UC in Southern California for a few decades having had<br />
his<br />
training from the late <font color="#008000">Dr. Weldon Muncy</font><br />
(the revered<br />
leader of the Blair technique following Dr. Blair&#8217;s death) After he read<br />
 about<br />
the last Upper Cervical Evolution, he wrote me this: </strong></font><font face="Times New Roman">Just read your report on the uc conference.&nbsp;<br />
Seems<br />
that there was an educational time had by all.&nbsp;My stepson who is<br />
12&nbsp;had ms, severe asthma and chronic ear infections when his mom and I<br />
started seeing each other 6 years ago,&nbsp; Two years after we met, he was<br />
playing flag football. The tubes in his ears fell out on their own, he<br />
had<br />
stopped taking meds of any kind and was walking normally. Needless to<br />
say, I was<br />
adjusting him Blair specific ASR when he needed an adjustment.&nbsp;<br />
Interesting<br />
insight those Italians have about ms, No?</font></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Take care-</strong></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Tom</strong></font></div>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW, did we have a great time at the Upper Cervical Evolution in Charlotte this past weekend! The cohesiveness of the UC docs is amazing and let me get you the details: &#160; (1) The highlight of the program was Prof. Giuseppe Marceca, M.D. (a top cardiologist in Italy) as he acknowledged a groundbreaking undertaking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong><font face="Arial">WOW, did we have a great time at the <font color="#ff0000">Upper Cervical Evolution</font> in Charlotte this past<br />
weekend!<br />
The cohesiveness of the UC docs is amazing and let me get you the<br />
details:</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><br />&nbsp;</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(1) The highlight of the program was <font color="#800000">Prof. Giuseppe Marceca, M.D.</font> (a top cardiologist<br />
 in Italy)<br />
as he acknowledged a groundbreaking undertaking of UC research upon<br />
which they<br />
have embarked. He introduced <font color="#000080">Sandro Mandolesi,<br />
M.D.</font>&nbsp;who took us through the very technical research on<br />
vascularity<br />
of the brain stem region and measurable changes in outflow in patient<br />
supine and<br />
upright positions. He discussed the different types of Multiple<br />
Sclerosis as it<br />
relates to disturbed microvacular circulation. <u>The conclusion based<br />
upon four<br />
female MS patients is that it is highly likely that UC subluxations play<br />
 a role<br />
in the etiology of MS and correction may have corrective or preventative</p>
<p>potentials</u>&#8230;.and this&nbsp;isn&#8217;<span class="il">t</span> based upon<br />
opinions, it is legitimate<br />
research utilizing the most advance vascular scanning devices currently<br />
available in the&nbsp;medical field!&nbsp;They would like to get 500 to 1,000 MS<br />
patients involved in the study. </font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(2) Dr.Marceca mentioned that presently <font color="#008000">Drs. Steve Conicello</font> (Rome), <font color="#008000">Kevin<br />
Leach</font> (San Marino), and <font color="#008000">Jake Hollowell</font></p>
<p>(Sicily) are a great start, but he mentioned 7 other cities (including<br />
the city<br />
many think is the most beautiful in the world&#8230;Florence) in which he<br />
would like<br />
to start UCHC clinics in conjunction with his partner, <font color="#008080">Dr.<br />
Ray Drury. </font><font color="#000000">It was great seeing all three of<br />
 these<br />
Italia UC docs at the Evolution and know we are really represented by<br />
top notch<br />
dedicated doctors&#8230;who also are dedicated at breaking down walls and<br />
getting a<br />
legitimate relationship with these medical<br />
researchers!!!</font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(3) <font color="#800000">Dr. Patrick<br />
Gentempo</font> had an excellent talk on the need for accurate equipment<br />
 to<br />
detect subluxations and confirm that they <u>have</u> been corrected. If<br />
 any<br />
method of health care is to be respected, it&nbsp;MUST be accurate and it<br />
MUST<br />
be reproducible.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(4)</font><br />
Michael Gerber</font> (E-myth author) discussed the concept of marketing<br />
 a<br />
reproducible product in an exacting fashion. This well known author<br />
utilized<br />
many corporate examples of running a system in a predictable and<br />
efficient<br />
manner.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(5) <font color="#800000">Dr. Paul<br />
Hambrick</font><br />
covered the methods of educating patients to UC using the electronic<br />
media,<br />
patient communication,&#8230;BTW check out&nbsp;Dr. Hambrick&#8217;s <a href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/" target="_blank">www.UpperCervicalDocs.com</a>&nbsp;<font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">and you will find an episode by <font color="#008000">Dr. Drew Hall</font> on a very interesting dysphasia<br />
patient.</font></font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(6)</font><br />
Dr. Robert Brooks</font> gave an amazing and humorous talk on NUCCA&nbsp; and<br />
 he<br />
has a superb website in which the patient can type in their x-ray<br />
listing and<br />
the animated spine moves into that subluxated position.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(7)&nbsp;Dr. Brook&#8217;s&nbsp;longtime<br />
colleague/friend <font color="#800000">Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt</font> (see<br />
pic 018)<br />
discussed UC as it relates to kids. She showed the tie in between<br />
erector spinae<br />
muscle rigidity and upper cervical subluxations and explained how<br />
to&nbsp;perform a leg check on&nbsp;a typical&nbsp;six month old&#8230;bow legged,<br />
kicking, and screaming. It ain&#8217;<span class="il">t</span> easy, but for<br />
Dr. Hunt it<br />
seems&nbsp;effortless.&nbsp;</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(8)&nbsp;Upper Cervical Health Centers of<br />
America<br />
(UCHCA)&nbsp;<font color="#800000">Billy Doherty </font><font color="#000000">gave<br />
 a<br />
great presentation on practice management and high tech marketing. Billy<br />
 always<br />
presents his high energy talks from a very businesslike vantage<br />
point&#8230;making<br />
you think, why didn&#8217;<span class="il">t</span> I think of that?</font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000">(9)</font>&nbsp; <font color="#800000">Dr. Jon Schwartzbauer</font> discussed the need for us<br />
to not only<br />
expand the number of UC docs worldwide (send more students to chiro<br />
colleges<br />
that teach and support UC) and then finally picked up a guitar and put<br />
his<br />
message to lyrics titled <em>Taking Upper Cervical Door to Door</em>.(see<br />
 pic<br />
024 and you may be able to read the lyrics)</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(10)&nbsp;<font color="#800000">Dr. Stan<br />
Pierce,<br />
Jr</font>. did an awesome job of explaining the intricacies of using an<br />
orthogonal technique in a 9,200 sq. ft. office. Dr. Pierce and his<br />
father (the<br />
famous <font color="#008000">Dr. Stan Pierce, Sr</font>.) train docs in<br />
this<br />
ultraprecise care and are both strong advocated of UC unity while<br />
remaining<br />
steadfast in their beliefs.&nbsp;</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(11) <font color="#800000">Dr. Bo<br />
Rochester</font><br />
(co-author of the Orthospinology text with <font color="#800000">Dr.<br />
Kirk<br />
Eriksen</font>) kept the audience enthralled with the precision of the<br />
work.<br />
This researcher implored us to&nbsp;never be accepting of<br />
mediocrity!</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(12)</font></strong><strong><font face="Arial">&nbsp;<font color="#800000">Dr. Bart Patzer <font color="#000000">discussed precision orthogonal chiropractic in a high<br />
volume<br />
clinic.How he can be on the board of UCHCA, run two practices, find<br />
buyers&nbsp;of clinics to replace retired UC doc, teaching technique,&#8230;I&#8217;ll<br />
never know?</font></font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(13)&nbsp;</font>Dr. Bryan Duff</font> gave one of the best<br />
talks<br />
on the history of instrumentation and pattern work.His&nbsp;father, <font color="#008000">Dr. Stephen Duff, Sr</font>. was an admirer&nbsp;of BJ&#8217;s<br />
Research<br />
Clinic and&nbsp;purchased a general hospital in the Napa Valley with the<br />
intention of duplicating the&nbsp;B.J.&#8217;s clinic out west.&nbsp;(Bryan is seen in<br />
pic 27 with Dr. Marceca) and he is a carbon copy&nbsp;of&nbsp;his<br />
dad!</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(14)&nbsp;<font color="#800000">Dr. James<br />
Sigafoose</font> started out low key and then kicked into overdrive<br />
keeping<br />
everyone laughing at his common sense approach to BJ type UC<br />
chiropractic.<br />
</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(15)The audience heard me speak on the<br />
life of<br />
<font color="#800000">Dr. Blair </font>and letters from his daughters<br />
about Upper<br />
Cervical tripling his life span&#8230;and how he would scold them if they<br />
drank Coke<br />
or Dr. Pepper prior to being scanned!<font color="#800000">&nbsp;I did wrap<br />
up my<br />
talk with a 10 minute tribute to our great friend, Dr. Kirk Eriksen<font color="#000000">!</font></font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(16)</font> Greg Buchanan</font> was in rare form as he<br />
led us on<br />
a journey&nbsp;from a life of misery to one of joy (he also showed some great</p>
<p>dance moves during a music&nbsp;video!)</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">(16) <font color="#800000">Dr. Drew Hall<br />
 <font color="#000000">(pic 023) was in his usual dynamic form, but this<br />
 time did a<br />
tribute to his mentor</font>, Dr. Dan Kuhn<font color="#000000">.</font></font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(17) <font color="#800000">Dr. Kuhn</font> gave a<br />
wonderful talk at the Saturday luncheon<br />
imploring us to use the right&nbsp;terminology (not therapy, treatment,<br />
manipulation,chiropractic physician&#8230;but use adjustment, Upper Cervical</p>
<p>doctor,&#8230;</font></font></font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><font color="#000000">(18)</font>&nbsp;Drs. Ray Drury and Thad Vaugnaiux </font><font color="#000000">(pic 001) updated us on the amazing progress of UC in<br />
Italy but<br />
reminded us of the need to produce a very identifiable and efficacious<br />
product<br />
that consumers can not only get excited about, but also need to know it<br />
isn&#8217;<span class="il">t</span><br />
Jones Chiropractic office (which means nothing to them), it is an Upper<br />
Cervical<br />
Clinic&#8230;which can be easily defined!!!</font></font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">It wasn&#8217;<span class="il">t</span> all<br />
serious stuff, there was a lot of<br />
laughter and fun. As we dined outdoors in the rain Friday night (pic<br />
006) you<br />
will see from left to right, Dr. Hollowell&#8217;s interpreter, <font color="#008080">Drs. Hollowell, Meg Banitch, Scott Glocke, Rob Ohlsen,<br />
Frederick<br />
Schurger, Johnny Truong, John Hilpisch, me, Drew Hall, Jack<br />
Truong,&nbsp;Jeanne<br />
Schurger,<font color="#000000"> and</font> Liz Hilpisch.</font><br />
</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong><font face="Arial">The vendors were pretty amazing also,<br />
just too<br />
many to mention.&nbsp;The Upper Cervical Store (maker of the new Blair<br />
headclamps) showed off their new elevating side posture table for those<br />
of you<br />
tired of bending over to make leg checks. <font color="#800080">James <font color="#000000">and</font> Rhonda Tomasi</font> were energizing the<br />
whole group<br />
with their &#8220;whole world needs Upper Cervical&#8221; attitude!&#8221;Titronics was<br />
there(pic<br />
015) and the photo shows <font color="#808000">Roger Titone</font>, <font color="#ff00ff">Rick DiGregorio</font> (who is working on a holographic<br />
 3-D x-ray<br />
image), and Boris Karloff!!! </font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial">DON&#8217;<span class="il">T</span> KNOW WHERE<br />
 UPPER CERVICAL<br />
EVOLUTION&nbsp;5&nbsp;WILL BE HELD,&nbsp;BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE<br />
THERE!!!</font></strong></div>
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<div>Take Care-</div>
<div>Tom</div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Great things happening in Upper Cervical. It is always interesting to find out what caused the patient&#8217;s most recent atlas subluxation. Last week a patient reported to me that on a very hot night with the screened window open, she started sleepwalking and walked out the window, face first onto the redwood deck. So reminded me of those Friday nights at college!!!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Last week I mentioned that <span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Jeff Gilbert</span> of Des Moines, IA needed a side posture table and Blair headclamps but didn&#8217;t include his contact info. Here it is:</strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> 515-971-4161  <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="mailto:drjeff@gilbertwellness.com" target="_blank">drjeff@gilbertwellness.com</a></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">He also wrote me:</span></strong><br />
&#8220;Just got back from a great morning spent with <span style="color: #008000;">Dr.John Hilpisch</span>.  See you next weekend.&#8221; <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">If they went to lunch together, you&#8217;d better believe John got alligator arms once that check was placed on the table!!!</span></strong></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">What he meant by see you next weekend is the <span style="color: #ff0000;">Blair Primary</span> <span style="color: #800080;">Dr. Todd Hubbard</span> <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="mailto:Todd.Hubbard@palmer.edu" target="_blank">Todd.Hubbard@palmer.edu</a> and I are giving on campus this Sat. Hope you can be there and, considering the August Iowa weather, you should be able to exercise those pores rather vigorously!!!</span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Probably the biggest complaint we hear is, &#8220;Where it the UC research?&#8221; Here is what is happening on the Palmer Iowa campus according to Dr. Hubbard:</span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Palmer</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> College</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> is currently recruiting patients for their Blair Upper Cervical care on fibromyalgia patients. This is a feasibility study looking at the outcome of care on patients receiving Blair care verses a sham cervical adjustment.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Dr. Todd Hubbard is waiting to hear any minute if his pediatric cyclic vomiting case report is accepted for publication in The journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. This is a case report of a 7 year old female whose cyclic vomiting episodes were stopped by using the  Duff  Neural Canal x-ray analysis. The Blair Chiropractic Society teaches the Duff x-ray analysis for pediatric patients.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;">Dr. Hubbard, Dr. Casey Crisp and Brett Vowels (student) are currently writing a case report on a female epileptic patient whose seizures has have stopped since her Blair care began. <strong><span style="font-size: small;">Just got this 5 minutes ago:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I talked to my graduate committee today. They are going to approve the change of topics for my research. I am now going to do an:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Inter and Intra reliability study on the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic X-ray analysis protoco</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">l.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This is huge. Basically we will reproduce the Addington study and have it go through because it is my practicum. I will get guidance on writing the manuscript which will guarantee publication. Almost too good to be true.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>The support we are getting from the students for UC continues to increase. Check out what Life Blair Club prez <span style="color: #008080;">Lauren Milman</span> has to say about life on campus:</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Another round of a Blair Advanced has just wrapped up here in Marietta! This weekend both Sherman and Life students got together for another great Blair-unifying session! We all are on FIRE and can&#8217;t WAIT for the Conference in September! We have so many students currently interested in learning Blair that <span style="color: #800080;">Dr. Susan Hooper</span> will need to host ANOTHER Advanced course to accommodate the need in October (exact date TBA). We wanted to let all the UC docs around the country know that the UC buzz around the Life campus is continuing to grow. The Blair Club was invited to present our technique to the student body at the first ever Life Technique Night, along with other much MUCH larger clubs on campus (I would have expected them to push us back to Weeks 2 or 3, but the first night makes me excited!!) So the word is being spread. </strong></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On behalf of both Sherman and Life Blair Clubs, we look forward to seeing everyone in September</span>!! (at the <span style="color: #ff0000;">Atlanta Blair Conference</span>&#8230;details <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="http://www.blairchiropractic.com/" target="_blank">www.blairchiropractic.com</a> )</strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><strong><strong>Another future doc super excited about Upper Cervical is Parker student<span style="color: #000080;"> Brandon Harshe</span> and he has some equipment for</strong> <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>sale:</strong></span></strong></strong></span></strong></span></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li>X-ray developer/processor- $500</li>
<li>Full x-ray unit- includes tilting bucky, standard headclamps (not Blair) 3 viewboxes, free-standing lead shield, x-ray chair, 2 boxes of 14&#215;17 film, cassettes&#8230; unit overall is pretty old, but still works fine&#8230; $5,000 for everything.</li>
<li>3 resting tables, 1 of which is a spinalator- $300</li>
<li>Hylo Table- needs a little work- $1,000</li>
<li>Posture Constant Chair- in perfect condition- $500</li>
<li>DermaThermaGraph- includes box with paper&#8230; I have a second</li>
<li>DermaThermaGraph, but 1 screw has been mutilated and I haven&#8217;t been able to remove to replace the paper&#8230; if you want it, it&#8217;s yours- $150</li>
<li>2 Rock Tables- 1 needs hydraulic oil (I think), the other needs the headpiece put back together- $400</li>
</ul>
<p>Everything is in an air-conditioned storage unit in Fort Worth, TX. This equipment belonged to Sterling Pruitt, Jr for years. His wife sold it to me back in May. Like I said, I am moving away from DFW and will not be using any of this equipment. You will have to come pick it up if you buy it. You can email me at<a style="color: #0000cc;" href="mailto:brandon@theatlasoflife.com" target="_blank">brandon@theatlasoflife.com</a> if interested. <strong><span style="font-size: small;">Make sure you check out his great UC site regardless!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;">While on the subject of UC things for sale, the dynamic Texas UC Orthospinologist <span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Bart Patzer,</span> tries to keep historic UC practices moving forward to serve lifelong UC patients after the DC passes on. Here are two to think about:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Practice for Sale</strong></p>
<p><strong>San Angelo, Texas</strong></p>
<p>Continue a legacy (doctor retiring) in a beautiful historic building that was built as a chiropractic clinic in 1930.  Successful upper cervical practice for sale or available for associateship –to purchase in the great city of San Angelo, TX.  Abundance of trees, lakes and friendly hometown environment.  Great place to raise a family.  Must have experience in Grostic, Nucca, Orthospinonlogy, Atlas Orthoganal, or Blair.  Train with one of the top upper cervical specific teams in the world and begin living your dream.  Contact BJ Patzer at (512) 619-7267 or email resume to patzer1@flash.net.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Practice for Sale</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lubbock/Floydada , Texas</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A legacy continues for<span> </span>this practice of 55 years. Most patients have been coming <strong>30+ years</strong> and have always paid <strong>cash</strong>. The doctor has retired, but patients are still seen by 2 DC’s twice a month.<span> </span>This area was once home to the largest concentrated area of upper cervical doctors in the SW United States.<span> </span>This practice is the last one of those standing.<span> </span>The demand and awareness in this area is high and underserved.<span> </span>It’s always said “the people out here are great, and so friendly.<span> </span>Lubbock is has a large university and is a<span> </span>retail hub for the surrounding agriculture , ranching country.<span> </span>Must have Grostic, NUCCA, Orthospinology, Atlas Orthoganal training, or Blair.  Call now for easy , immediate income and regular committed patients<span> </span>to BJ Patzer,DC 512.619.7267 or email at <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="mailto:patzer1@flash.net" target="_blank">patzer1@flash.net</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Dr. John Goodfellow</span><span style="color: #000000;">, HIO doc</span> from Chicago, wrote me: </strong>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t added anything to my website in a long long time, but I just uploaded a three page PDF on spinographic interpretation. <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="http://www.drgoodfellow.com/" target="_blank">www.drgoodfellow.com</a> and click on Chiropractic Student. Perhaps this might be of some interest to your students.&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large;"><span>Dr. Patrick Newhouse forwarded an article which I&#8217;ve attached which is a &#8220;call to action&#8221; regarding a Federal Health Bill fundings for psych treatment. I am totally in favor of those in Washington having ANY mental health treatment available!!!</span></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p>I think I&#8217;m being way to happy today, so why not a dose of reality. Dr. Roger Morrison forwarded an e-mail which I&#8217;ve attached (OUR FUTURE, OUR CHILDREN&#8217;S FUTURE) which is a summary of the proposed National Health Care program. Our family was arguing this subject last night as my  son-in-law from a country which has National Health Care swears the system can work and that it will mainly be for the impoverished and uninsured with the rest of the system intact. His concern is that unless insurance companies go &#8216;non-profit&#8217;, they can&#8217;t be regulated and rates can be set on a whim. Thus they serve the shareholders (maximize profits) vs. the patient (cut costs, cut quality care). He quoted a Texas study which showed 9% of insurance monies actually went to &#8220;health care&#8221; while the remainder went to &#8220;administrative fees&#8221;&#8230;.i.e. CEO portfolios!!!</p>
<p><strong>While on the subject of National Health Care, check out the site <span style="color: #000080;">Dr. Mike Thompson</span> sent me </strong><a style="color: #0000cc;" href="http://www.freeourhealthcare.com/" target="_blank">www.freeourhealthcare.com</a> <strong>and you will discover a petition signed already by almost 1 million people aimed at minimizing government takeover of your health care rights. Check it out!</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Dr.Bryan Duff</span>, of the famous UC Duff family, is in need of an associate in his Northern California office. Here are his needs: </strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua';">I would greatly appreciate you posting an email that I am looking for 1-2 associates to train/share office SPACE ON OFF DAYS. T/TH/SAT+. for Novato [MARIN OFFICE] <span style="text-decoration: underline;">STRAIGHT U.C.</span> only of course.You can contact him at <a style="color: #0000cc;" href="mailto:BDUFF10203@hotmail.com" target="_blank">BDUFF10203@hotmail.com</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>I listed the wrong address last time I posted this&#8230;.sorry&#8212;must have been subluxated!</strong></span></span></strong></p>
<p>Dr. Drew Hall has been seeing some amazing recoveries. Here are the latest:</p>
<p>Had a guy who is an immigration lawyer&#8230;&#8230;..6 months ago he woke up with excruciating sciatica..it got to a point where the pain was so severe they hospitalized him and gave him some narcotic I had never heard of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;It damn near killed the guy.  He had a horrible reaction and at one point his family was planning the funeral&#8230;.. Well he came out of it and was left with a severe head tremor, hands shaking to the point that he was unable to write legibly and still had severe sciatica to the point where he can&#8217;t work.  Well innate adjusted his atlas and he came back 4 days later with 80 percent reduction in pain.  His head tremor was gone and he is pretty much a happy camper!</p>
<p>Forgot to tell you this one also&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;I have been taking care of this guy for three months&#8230;&#8230;he came in with severe bi lateral leg neuropathy to the point he couldn&#8217;t walk for more than 3 minutes without sitting down&#8230;. Chronic constipation, allergies, low energy , insomnia etc etc etc   He has had one adjustment and has cleared 90 percent of the symptoms&#8230;.but here is the great part of the story&#8230;. he was on his brand new inversion table he bought off the Internet last week at a 70 percent angle the caribeaner broke and he landed upside down on his head/shoulder.  I checked him 4 times and could find nothing&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. and he wasn&#8217;t someone who was off 1/4 of an inch! he was off like 5/8 when he first came in &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..go figure!</p>
<p>So Dr. Fred Harkins called me the other day to tell me a story about a lady who has been under care for about 3 years!  I think he said three years&#8230;.. She has worn bi-focals for 20 years.  Well in the past week or so all of a sudden her vision normalized!  From what Fred told me they have records from the optometrist and of course that doc said that it was impossible what happened&#8230;..Fortunately Innate doesn&#8217;t hold the same opinion!!!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I sent you a power point on all the pollution and waste from drinking and packaging bottled water. Alice Whaley, wife of that firebrand retired Chicago UC doc, Dr. John Whaley, wrote me the following: All water purification systems leave a great deal to be desired. Bacteria is one of many problems. Lake [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I sent you a power point on all the pollution and waste from drinking and packaging bottled water. Alice Whaley, wife of that firebrand retired Chicago UC doc, Dr. John Whaley, wrote me the following: All water purification systems leave a great deal to be desired.  Bacteria is one of many problems.<br />
Lake Michigan use to have great water but now with fluoride added (a by-product of industry and<br />
not the natural stuff), it is not good to drink.  Also, fluoride is almost impossible to remove from<br />
the water.  Dr. Whaley did a radio show on fluoride about 50 years ago.  The problems they knew<br />
then are the same today.  We get our water from a well (our daughter&#8217;s well).  Before then, we<br />
would pump our water from a well in the forest preserve.</p>
<p>Here is another Upper Cervical opportunity for an associate/partner:This is DocTOR Ian Bulow with UCHCA Pittsburgh and I am looking for a passionate UC warrior to join me in my mission to &#8220;Work with and through HIS design, to restore and maintain health in HIS creations!&#8221;  If you know such a person, please have them contact me for an interview. Thank you!<br />
Sincerely,</p>
<p>Dr. Ian Bulow<br />
Upper Cervical Health Centers of America<br />
724-772-7060 (P)<br />
724-772-7061 (F)<br />
drbulow@uchca.com<br />
www.uppercervicalcare.com<br />
www.thepowerofuppercervical.com</p>
<p>Anyone have any extra UC equipment?   Here is what Dr. Jeff Gilbert needs:   I was wondering if you could mention in your upper cervical stuff that I am looking for a side posture table and Blair headclamps. </p>
<p>Jeff Gilbert, DC</p>
<p>5525 NW Meredith Drive Ste B</p>
<p>Des Moines, IA 50310</p>
<p>Dr. Rob Kessinger has an The Business of Upper Cervical management seminar open  to all August 7,8 in Atlanta. Check out the attachment and decide if you can join this principled dynamo in Hotlanta!!!</p>
<p>Upper Cervical Health Centers (UCHC) are holding a seminar that very same weekend, Aug 7,8 in Charlotte, NC. The speakers will include Drs. Vaugniaux, Hilpisch, Drury, Conicello, and Patzer. The subject of the seminar is: GROW YOUR UPPER CERVICAL PRACTICE IN THIS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. Dr. Hilpisch has promised not to make the arm pit noises he was so famous for while in college!!! (Here is a last minute notice, due to scheduling problems with the speakers, this seminar was rescheduled for Nov. 6,7!)</p>
<p>Dr. Ben Locklear of Mangum, OK forwarded an interesting message which I&#8217;ve attached regarding chiropractors being included in U.S. Public Health Service (we should be included but the Surgeon General put us on a back burner!) and forgiving portions of your student loans for serving in impoverished areas&#8230;interesting concept. It isn&#8217;t a realty yet but nice to know some people are actually using their intercranial tissue in Washington!!!</p>
<p>I probably wouldn&#8217;t be grossed out by a slasher movie nowadays as it would probably resemble my less than accurate skills in cadaveric dissection class while at Palmer! A TV show that does gross me out is a new once called Wipeout which shows people slamming their heads into various objects. (Apparently the Japanese version doesn&#8217;t allow the contestants to wear pads.) When you see the clips advertising the program you probably will have to turn your head as you start thinking of the physical and emotional illnesses that will occur as a result of this feeble attempt to &#8220;entertain!&#8221;  While on the subject of entertainment, a patient of mine who is 69 and decided to embark on a career as a model/actress, told me yesterday she may have gotten a walk-on roll in a medical series they will be shooting in San Francisco. Her part would be that of a pedestrian who gets hit by a car. We agreed that as the camera pans in closer on her body, her hand will slowly open up showing her firmly grasping my business card!!!</p>
<p>Drs. Patrick and Jackie Newhouse opened their Blair Upper Cervical clinic in Moline, Ill. and they have been seeing dramatic recoveries:<br />
Dr. Forest, here is a cool case.  We had a guy come in 4 weeks ago who was somewhat skeptical.  He reluctantly sat through my Doctor&#8217;s report, and decided it was time to do something about his health.  He has had guillian Barre syndrome for the past 30 years and has been living in constant pain.  He had trouble walking, trouble urinating and fatigued very easily.  After his first adjustment he found he was able to urinate better.  After several weeks of care he kept gradually getting better and better.  One weekend, he was able to walk at the farmer&#8217;s Market in the humid Iowa weather for one entire hour without having to sit down. </p>
<p>Well the past two visits I have seen him, he said for the first time in 30 years he has been completely out of pain!!!  Isn&#8217;t innate amazing!!!<br />
I asked  Patrick about his daughter who was born less than 4 lbs and he has a photo of her sitting in his cowboy boot. No truth to the rumor that the pic shows her plugging her nose! Here is the story:</p>
<p>The story of my daughter Morgan is an interesting one.  We delivered her at home (Thank GOD!!) and she came out weighing 3 lbs 10 oz.  She was not early either (38 weeks ).  She had her power turned on right away, and was an amazingly healthy little princess.  The midwife who helped us was somewhat nervous about her small size, and wanted to get a second opinion. I was against it, but reluctantly agreed to have someone give a second opinion to make sure everything was ok.  So, on the day she was born we went to a DO in town to give a second opinion.  This horse&#8217;s ass did the basic checks and then proceeded to tell us how we should have had her in the hospital where she should have been on antibiotics, under a heat lamp, and fed baby formula, etc.  (because as you know God screwed up when he made breastmilk and thankfully we have wonderful companies like enfamil and others who make up for His shortcomings).  In fact his recommendation was to start feeding her Enfamil!!</p>
<p>We obviously disregarded this clown&#8217;s advice and took her home.  She ate very well and is as healthy as ever.  We are so thankful every single day we knew the Principle and decided to have her at home!!! I shudder to think what would have happened to her if the church of medicine would have been able to get their clutches on her.  She probably wouldn&#8217;t be here right now.  I am not at home right now, but when I get home I will scan you the pictures of her when she was very little and some pictures now. </p>
<p>Dr. Dena King is a Life West grad who practices UC in Novato, CA and sent me the following:Just had to tell you this&#8230;I got an &#8220;Auntie&#8221; who came in and said: &#8220;if you can make me feel better, my niece (in her 40&#8242;s) will come in (she has MS, fibromyalgia, and a host of too many things to list&#8230;.she&#8217;s had many accidents, 8 surgeries on her back, 2 surgeries on her eyes and &#8220;only wants to drive a car again&#8221;. She used to race cars.)</p>
<p>Well, &#8220;Auntie&#8221; said she (herself) has &#8220;Sjogrens&#8221; the autoimmune dx of dry eyes, mouth, etc (among other things) and numbness/ pain down both arms (particularly the right) and into her back.<br />
After her second adjustment; that evening the &#8220;waterworks&#8221; in her left eye turned on and was running down her face the rest of the night. She couldn&#8217;t believe it and didn&#8217;t associate it w/ the adjustment until we talked the next visit.  &#8220;Oh&#8221;; she said, I just remembered! (I&#8217;d showed she and her niece your article about &#8220;I forgot to remember&#8221; ;.) Thank you! (the numbness is gone and the pain 90% reduced! :>))</p>
<p>SO&#8230;.now the niece is coming in and has been adjusted (first time C1 ASL-ASR and C2 ALS-ARS: &#8211; &#8220;WOW&#8221; I said to myself &#8211; &#8220;never seen this&#8221;  I did each listing individually on C2 and the advanced listing for C1 (after studying the guide for what seemed a Looooong! time!&#8230;..the second time I just adjusted C1.) They both asked: &#8220;so you mean there is a reason I&#8217;m like this? The doctors haven&#8217;t done anything for me&#8230;I get MRI&#8217;s almost every six months&#8230;. Post 2nd adj. she said: &#8220;wow, that hurt so good!&#8221; and started laughing and couldn&#8217;t stop giggling. It was SOOooo cool Tom!  (She hasn&#8217;t smiled at all since we met weeks ago.) Here is the latest on this case:PS: &#8220;Auntie&#8221; is off her 9800mg (yes you are reading that correctly) ibuprofen and is going off her meds for Sjogrens&#8230;we&#8217;ll see what happens. Her Thermography was in the &#8220;red&#8221; but her leg challenges/checks were totally clear&#8230;bizarre&#8230;.I did NOT adjust her although I felt so nervous about it!  </p>
<p>Dr. Drew Hall  and Dr. Beth O&#8217;Rourke did a spinal screening at Raleigh Studios, a 22 acre movie studio in Manhattan Beach, CA. They are currently filming Iron Man II, CSI, and 90210 (and many other movies and TV series) at that lot. They got 8 signups and very positive feedback that these screenings could lead to bigger and better things coming out of Hollywood for Upper Cervical!!!</p>
<p>Our Palmer Blair series which was to start Aug.1,2 was cancelled at the last minute which is a bummer as we have been giving three series a year (9 seminars) since 1999 and this is only the third one that didn&#8217;t have enough sign-ups. Anyway, Dr. Hubbard and I decided to still do a primary workshop Sat. Aug. 1 as a number of doctors has non-refundable tickets. Todd said:I am setting this up for just one day, Saturday August 1st. We are<br />
charging $50 for students and $200 for doctors. You can contact him for registration at Todd.Hubbard@palmer.edu.</p>
<p>Speaking of Dr. Hubbard, he informed us via our last Blair Conference call that there is a federal stimulus program you that may interest you. Here is what he wrote me:</p>
<p>Here is the website for DCs to learn about the $44,000 they can receive from Obama’s stimulus package. It is part of the National electronic health care records.</p>
<p>There is a 1 hour seminar explaining the entire thing.</p>
<p>http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/</p>
<p>Dr. Drew Hall sent me this note on the Blair conference to convey to UC students and docs regarding the Blair Conference:(see attachment)</p>
<p>BLAIR ANNUAL SEMINAR IN ATLANTA</p>
<p>GEORGIA SEPT.  18TH AND 19TH</p>
<p> Students and colleagues,</p>
<p>If you have not registered for the Blair annual in Atlanta please do so. To register go to www.regonline.com/blair2009. The event is going to be held at the BRAND new W Hotel.  We have secured our keynote speaker, Kirk Eriksen fiery Upper Cervical Doctor, Researcher, and Leader within our ranks.   Kirk will bring back the fire for why you have chosen to do what you do.  Please come and support the Blair work by attending.   There is great power in being around like minded individuals with a common purpose.</p>
<p>For the students; there are still a few free rooms left, but they are going quick.  I would appreciate it if the students could spread the word at their schools.   Can some of you please email me back that are interested in spreading the word?  I will have a PDF file to print some flyers about the Conference that can be distributed here shortly. Thanks for your support.</p>
<p>WE WILL NOT BE DENIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>OK, to end things on a light note. Many of you docs back east think that we Californians are a little lax when it comes to disciplining our children. We are tough as nails. One of my daughter&#8217;s high school classmates is sternly restricted for bad grades, curfew offenses,&#8230; The parents take away her Range Rover&#8230;.and make her drive the BMW!!!<br />
Take care-<br />
Tom</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>From The Desk of <a title="Dr. Forest Interview" href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/in-depth-interview-with-dr-tom-forest/" target="_self">Tom Forest</a>:</h4>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/forest.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-234 alignleft" style="margin: 4px;" title="Dr. Tom Forest" src="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/forest.jpg" alt="forest" width="90" height="180" /></a>Seems like the energy in Upper Cervical is ramping  up every day.  We had a 3 y/o boy referred in last week by a neurologist  who wanted to know what was going on in the upper cervical region. This baby was  born with a &#8220;safe&#8221; C-section. (I say this tongue in cheek as we all remember the  excellent video pediatric UC expert and <em><a title="The Power of Upper Cervical DVD" href="http://www.thepowerofuppercervical.com/" target="_blank">The Power of Upper Cervical</a> </em>star <span style="color: #008000;">Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt</span> showed at <span style="color: #ff0000;">UC Evolution II</span> which revealed the tremendous tractioning  and elongation of the neck as a head half the size of the opening is  yanked through!) </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">X-raying him was a real task and I can show you the vertex  with two tiny hands on the film as he pushed himself away from the bucky as I  anchored his head in place. The posterior arch is rammed against the  occiput. This child cried one straight year! Presently he has optic nerve  hypoplasia (he is legally blind), epilepsy (100 eye blinks/hour and fist  clenching and leg extensions with each seizure), cannot talk, cannot walk due to  extreme balance problems. His father died last year and the mom is trying  everything to normalize their lives. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">It has only been one week following the  C-1,2 corrections but he is now walking with his hands against a wall for  balance and can open doors now (not sure that is a good thing!) I EXPECT  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Innate Intelligence</span> to reverse this condition and will accept nothing  less!!!</span></strong></div>
<h4>Upper Cervical Needs Differentiation</h4>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">I feel it is IMPERATIVE that we accurately  define Upper Cervical! <span style="color: #800080;">Dr. Jake Hollowell</span>, who  practices in my office and will be operating the UCHC office in Sicily before  the end of the year, was talking to a fellow grad who insisted he &#8220;does upper  cervical&#8221; even though he practices Gonstead! </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">His reasoning: &#8220;&#8230;we x-ray and  adjust the neck,&#8221; (along with every other segment in the spine). </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nothing wrong  with Gonstead, my uncle has taught the method for 30 years&#8230;but it is NOT Upper  Cervical. So if you think the public is cloudy on the issue, even our own  profession is confused. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">My suggestion, have all the heads of UC techniques make  up ONE web site which describes Upper Cervical (what we all have in common)  and then have a section for each technique to tout their uniqueness. Couldn&#8217;t  hurt!!!</span></strong></div>
<h4>Upper Cervical Fraud</h4>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">I hate to give the Atlas Profilax-ATLANTOtec  (laypeople thrusting on atlas) any more &#8220;pub&#8221; than they already have, but since  I&#8217;m on the subject of defining UC accurately to the public, it needs to be  addressed. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Check out <span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Jim Fiore&#8217;s</span> e-mail on the  subject which I attached, it is very insightful. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jim has been practicing  excellent UC in the LA area for a couple decades after having attended probably  20 Blair seminars given by Dr. Muncy. When I was Dr. Muncy&#8217;s  seminar assistant, Jim used to compliment me on my AWESOME skill of turning the  lights on &amp; off during the seminar right on cue. He can spot  talent!!!</span></strong></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Dr. Ray Drury</span> wrote the  president of the Swiss Chiropractic Association regarding sanctions against this  Swiss base atlasprofilax and here is what he wrote back:</strong></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Thank you for your e-mail.We are aware of these  activities. Unfortunately nothing can be done in these cases. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>How do you think BJ Palmer would handle this  issue???</strong></span></div>
<h4>Upper Cervical Needs Publicity</h4>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">One of Dr. Fiore&#8217;s best friends is <span style="color: #008080;">Dr. Dave Topping</span> of Yorba Linda, CA (Richard Nixon&#8217;s  birthplace!). </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most of you probably know Dave&#8217;s story, a full spine  DC surfer, who konked his head riding a wave and short term memory, along  with a plethora of other symptoms made his life unbearable. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">He literally took  his x-rays down Pacific Coast Highway from doctor to doctor with no results  until he was finally referred to <span style="color: #008000;">Dr. Kuhn</span> (star of  <em>The Power of Upper Cervical.</em> </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dr. Topping had never heard of Upper  Cervical  (despite having his DC degree!) but the moment the atlas was  corrected, his head cleared and remained that way. </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">After taking Dr. Muncy&#8217;s  classes, he immediately converted his busy full spine practice to UC&#8230;..  and never had one patient transfer! </span></strong></div>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">One of Dave&#8217;s patients came in to see me  today (a famous retired opera star) and noted that his career would have been  cut short without UC care. His nephews are 6&#8242; 10&#8243;, 6&#8242; 11&#8243;, and 6&#8242; 10&#8243; and claim  that UC care is the ONLY thing that keeps their lower back pain free. In  fact one of them referred their best friend, a college football player  who has been injured for one year due to LB injuries, and he just completed a  football season with absolutely no pain!!!</span></strong></div>
<h4>Correction</h4>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Last week I announced an excellent interview by  <span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Paul Hambrick</span> </strong><a href="../../blog" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #800080; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;">on</span> <span style="color: #00ffff;">Dr. Rob Kessinger </span><span style="color: #000000;">and stated incorrectly that he was the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">developer</span> of  Knee Chest technique. With apologies to<span style="color: #008000;"> Dr. B.J. Palmer </span>(the originator) and Dr. Michael Kale (who reactivated the method), I do  know that <span style="color: #000080;"><a title="Dr. Kale Interview" href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/dr-bj-kale/" target="_self">Drs. BJ Kale</a>, <a title="Dr. Drury Interview" href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/dr-ray-drury/" target="_self">Ray Drury</a>, Thad Vaugnaiux,  Shawn Dill</span>, &#8230;also teach this excellent UC technique. Dr. Kessinger  deserves our praise because of his dedication, published studies, awesome  neurology seminars, missions abroad,&#8230;</span></span></strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Speaking at the colleges would also help define UC  for the students. <span style="color: #000080;">Dr. Giancarlo Licata</span> is a CCCLA  grad who was introduced to UC by <span style="color: #ff00ff;">Dr. Drew  Hall</span>. </strong></span></div>
<h4>Upper Cervical Research</h4>
<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Greg Buchanan</span> sent me a research  article regarding the MS and brain stem hypoxia which I printed last week  and here are Dr. Licana&#8217;s comments: </strong></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>The latest research linking MS to venous changes is  absolutely exciting.  I&#8217;m assuming you know that NUCCA is presently  conducting research using phase contrast magnetic resonance angiography and  found that venous drainage measurably increased, and venous pressure decreased  following a nucca correction!  This was done on a migraine patient and they  are preparing to start a larger study.  This opens the door for an entirely  new direction in understanding the mechanism of the atlas correction in  affecting the brain and body.  There has not been a more exciting time in  upper cervical as now. </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>I attached a copy of the literature from NUCCA, you  can pass it on so others can see what else has been discovered about the atlas  subluxation. </strong></span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.ucrf.org/files/UCRFProjectBroLG.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>http://www.ucrf.org/files/UCRFProjectBroLG.pdf</strong></span></a></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Dr Giancarlo Licata, D.C.</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>PS I&#8217;m giving a talk to CCCLA students on &#8220;New  Perspectives in Evidence-based Chiropractic&#8221;. I hope to boil down all the latest  research and share what that means for the direction of UC and the chiropractic  profession as a whole.</strong></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Upper Cervical Evangelism</span></p>
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<div><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Thomas Taylor</span> wrote me about a doc  he has been trying to convince switch to UC. Here is what he wrote me:</strong></div>
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<div>I  will intro<span>duce</span> you to a seasoned diversified Doctor who is recently  attended the UC evolution convention and admitted that in his 30 plus years  of practicing, his so called miracle cases had one thing in common. &#8220;He  somehow bumped the Atlas.&#8221; So he got himself a tilting bucky and a chair  and head clamps and is going to find out just how he had &#8220;bumped&#8221; it to see  if he can get more miracle cases. He mentioned that he was taught that  there are 24 movable bones in the spine and to not ignore them. ..I reminded him  that there is only one Brain stem, He said &#8220;I never thought of it like  that&#8221;</div>
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<h4><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Upper Cervical Research Part Deux</span></h4>
<div><strong>Got an e-mail question from UCHC doc, <span style="color: #808000;">Dr.  Ian Bulow</span> in Pittsburgh, asking if I had any research on UC care and type  1 diabetes as he had a patient coming in within hours that wanted this data.  Although I have seen some excellent improvement with my diabetic patients, I do  not have any studies I have performed myself. To the rescue&#8230;<a title="Dr. Eriksen Interview" href="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/in-depth-interview-with-dr-kirk-eriksen/" target="_self"><span style="color: #008080;">Dr. Kirk Eriksen</span></a>!  I quickly looked through his  fantastic book <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Upper Cervical Subluxation Complex, </em>A Review of the  Chiropractic and Medical Literature</span> (which you can obtain at </strong><a title="Lipincott" href="http://www.lww.com" target="_blank">Lippincott</a><strong> (type in  eriksen under search) or it can be purchased at any of the chiropractic  colleges)  and came up with a pilot study performed by the famous <span style="color: #800000;">Dr. Marshall Dickholtz, Sr</span>. on six patients that really  showed promise. </strong></div>
<div><strong>I am DEMANDING all UC docs and students, get this book! Give up  latte&#8217;s for a month if you cannot afford it!!!</strong></div>
<h4>Upper Cervical Testimonials</h4>
<div><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">How is this for the POWER OF UPPER CERVICAL? <span style="color: #008080;">Drs. Gerard</span> &amp; <span style="color: #008080;">Tabitha Liboiron</span> opened a UC practice in Round Rock,  Tx (near Austin) and have been seeing some amazing results. Check out the latest  and I think you can see how the truth can spread like  wildfire:</span></strong></div>
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<div>A medical doctor in South Carolina read &#8220;What Time Tuesday?&#8221; and referred  his Son-in-law who is in the army stationed at Ft. Hood TX to our office.   He had severe pain shooting down both arms and they wanted to kick him out of  the army because he was unable to wear his heavy helmet and bullet proof  vest&#8230;.here&#8217;s his testimonial: <a href="http://www.focusedonyouchiropractic.com/testimonials.html" target="_blank">http://www.focusedonyouchiropractic.com/testimonials.html</a> #2 .  Not long after starting care, his pain was all gone and he got his  life back.  He later misses an appointment because his wife had a  miscarriage.  Next visit I asked him about it and she&#8217;s had 3 miscarriages  and has never maintained a pregnancy beyond 3-4 weeks.  I insisted he bring  his wife in for care and she&#8217;s now 26 weeks pregnant.  His pregnant wife  then forcibly drives a reluctant co-worker with Meniere&#8217;s disease to our office  to get adjusted and it goes away on the table at her 1st adjustment.   Meniere&#8217;s lady proceeds to tell me about her son-in-law who had a stroke in his  brain stem, is in a wheel chair, blind in one eye, etc.  I insisted she  bring him in the next day.  I stay late, do his x-rays and adjust  him&#8230;..on the 45 minute drive home, he proclaims: &#8220;I Can See!&#8221; His vision came  back in his blind eye!!!!   The news found out about it and just did a  story tonight&#8230;</div>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post has an article about how chiropractic can help you fight the Swine Flu.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-169 alignleft" style="margin: 4px;" title="Upper Cervical Chiropractic In The Huffington Post" src="http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/huffpost-w400-h400-300x251.png" alt="Upper Cervical Chiropractic In The Huffington Post" width="180" height="151" />I&#8217;m posting this article because I found it very interesting, particularly because an upper cervical study was used as a reference.</p>
<p>The article doesn&#8217;t mention upper cervical chiropractic outright, and you have to search for the fine print in the references section, but it&#8217;s there.</p>
<p>Most interesting of all however, is the comments section.</p>
<p>Dr. Wegmann, from a layman&#8217;s point of view is very provocative with this article.</p>
<p>Make sure you read the comments.</p>
<p>From The Huffington Post <a id="title_permalink" title="Permalink" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mj-wegmann/3-sure-fire-strategies-to_b_191859.html">3 Sure-Fire Strategies to Prevent the Swine Flu.</a></p>
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		<title>Upper Cervical Specifically Cited As Dangerous By PTs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTs rally to have the right to manipulate the spine, and in the process make accusations against upper cervical adjustments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you seen this from the Seattle Times?</p>
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<p>At least the law states that PTs may not perform chiropractic adjustments, but is this another step towards phasing out any association between chiropractors and MDs?</p>
<p>The PT organizations also alluded to “&#8230;concerns raised of injury resulting from manipulation of the upper cervical spine. By contrast, within the physical therapy profession studies have been published on effective methods for addressing neck pain by manipulating the thoracic spine, where less risk exists.”</p>
<p>Sounds like they are doing all they can to alienate us and cow towing to the MDs.</p>
<p>Objective efficacy studies, like the one conducted by Dr. Kirk Eriksen, are more necessary now than ever before.</p>
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		<title>Upper Cervical To Utilize CT Imaging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upper Cervical Chiropractors to be using CT imaging.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Years ago, when I was practicing in Sarasota, FL, I came in contact with a neuromuscular dentist who was showing me around his office.</p>
<p>These dentists are specialists who are focused on cosmetics, but their work has much farther reaching capabilities in that their patients often see relief of migraines and breathing problems&#8230; all by changing the way the teeth come together.</p>
<p>Most of these dentists are trained at the Las Vegas Institute, and at one time, they were encouraged to seek out upper cervical doctors because it was determined that getting the atlas corrected greatly complemented the neuromuscular dental work they were performing on their patients.</p>
<p>So anyway, this dentist was showing me his office, and he showed me an amazing piece of equipment.</p>
<p>It was a Mini CT scanner that took up about 6 square feet of office space, had a chin rest, and head clamps.</p>
<p>One press of a button, and you get a full 3D image of the patients head and cervical area.</p>
<p>The pictures were unbelievable, and the software looked very similar to the upper cervical analyzing software that was just coming out for digital xray.</p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe that upper cervical doctors weren&#8217;t all over this, but no upper cervical doctor I talked to had heard anything about it.</p>
<p>I tried to get doctors and even a well known upper cervical imaging rep interested in this instrument, but no one seemed to care.</p>
<p>Well then, this week, Dr. Tom Forest&#8217;s weekly email had this blurb from Dr. Ray Drury of the Upper Cervical Health Centers:</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">The talk was great.  We had three M.D. get up and  say things in favor of UC that I never thought I would witness in my life  time.  One said that <span style="text-decoration: underline;">&#8220;As medical doctors they are excellent at giving a  patient a diagnosis but maybe they weren&#8217;<span class="nfakPe">t</span> so good at getting their patients  well.  That UC seems to do a better job of helping patients get well and  that they need to embrace this &#8220;new&#8221; technology and work with the UC docs in  order to help more people.&#8221;</span> The head MD told the story of an MD in the  1880&#8242;s that stood up against his own profession and pointed out a mistake that  was commonly made by MD&#8217;s in the delivery of babies that caused the babies and  often the mothers to die.  He was ridiculed by his profession, his license  taken away and he was committed to an insane asylum where he later died.   He said this cannot happen again.  He acknowledged that this was like  declaring war on his own profession.  But, if the patient&#8217;s better interest  was the most important, then they have to acknowledge that UC is better at  helping people get well of a wide variety of conditions than medicine.  He  also stated that Dr. Drury had taught him things about the body and the nerve  system that he did not know.  Such as the body could heal itself naturally  as long as the brain stem and the nerve system was clear of interference.   Pretty incredible coming from a highly decorated MD.</span></p>
<p>He and I are  partnering up to open the first UCHC of Italy in Rome.  It should be open  in February.  <span style="color: #ff0000;">We are going to use the seated 3-D CAT scan</span> on our patients  and he wants to start with an MS research project.  This research project  will start in San Marino and we&#8217;ll continue it in the Rome office.  His  name along with another MD and the UC docs participating in the study will be on  the study.  He expects this to be published in medical journals all over  the Europe (maybe in the US as well.)  He is also a board member of the  most prestigious medical school in Europe.  All pretty unbelievable  stuff!</p>
<p>Finally, it looks like upper cervical care is entering a new frontier.</p>
<p>I hope to interview Dr. Drury soon and ask him about the CT scan.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 180px"><a href="http://www.conebeam.com/?q=cbct-clinician/manufacturers"><img title="Mini CAT scan" src="http://www.conebeam.com/images/cbct_clinician/i_cat.jpg" alt="The i CAT mini CT scan" width="170" height="255" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The i CAT mini CT scan</p></div>
<p>If you&#8217;d like more info on the Mini CATs you can check out these two websites:</p>
<p>http://www.xorantech.com/ContentHtml/miniCAT.php</p>
<p>http://www.conebeam.com/?q=cbct-clinician/manufacturers</p>
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		<title>The Doctors TV Show Features Upper Cervical</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Doctors TV show features upper cervical chiropractic.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the tv show The Doctors, on November 25th they featured atlas orthogonal doctor Patrick Kerr of New York City.</p>
<p>This is the second time Dr. Kerr has been featured on a national TV show as he is Montel Williams chiropractor, and was featured on that program as well a few years ago.</p>
<p>For more info, go to http://www.thedoctorstv.com.</p>
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		<title>Life West hires H. Charles Woodfield, DC as new research faculty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drhambrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life West hires leader in hypertension/upper cervical research.]]></description>
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<p>Life Chiropractic College West has announced the addition of Charles Woodfield, DC, RPh, as full-time research faculty. Woodfield’s has more than 25 years of research experience in healthcare service, and he was a major contributor to the recent widely publicized paper on hypertension.</p>
<p class="Editorial">Woodfield will propose new research at Life West, serve as a facilitator approaching funding sources, and help build stronger relations with the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA) community. Future projects will include further collaboration with George Bakris, MD, of the University of Chicago in pursuit of the validation of the clinical processes and measures used to determine an Atlas misalignment.</p>
<p class="Editorial">Woodfield developed the hypertension study protocol and was a major contributor to the Journal of Human Hypertension publication of the results. Recent investigation has involved a case study in measuring changes of cerebral blood flow resulting from an Atlas correction using Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Angiography (PC MRA).</p>
<p class="Editorial" style="text-indent: 0in;"><em>Source: Life Chiropractic College West, <a href="http://www.lifewest.edu/">www.lifewest.edu</a></em></p>
<p class="Editorial" style="text-indent: 0in;">Life West is fast becoming THE upper cervical chiropractic school.</p>
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