Comments on: It Is Imperative That We Accurately Define Upper Cervical http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/it-is-imperative-that-we-accurately-define-upper-cervical/ Helping upper cervical doctors communicate better with patients and peers. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: goldtone http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/it-is-imperative-that-we-accurately-define-upper-cervical/comment-page-1/#comment-919 goldtone Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:22:19 +0000 http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/?p=224#comment-919 I am interested in UC therapy, and have a few questions after reading this post: 1) Where is Dr. Jim Fiore’s e-mail about the Atlas Profilax? And what is your opinion of it? Do you have a thorough post on it? I am considering getting it done, and would love to read more about it. 2) <a href="http://www.thepowerofuppercervical.com/" rel="nofollow">This site</a> says in the intro that it can improve eyesight...possibly like <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1210696/Pensioner-ditches-jam-jar-specs-stroke-gives-20-20-vision.html" rel="nofollow">this case</a>? Have you seen any myopia improve from UC therapy? 3) Where can we find a local practitioner of UC? Thank You! I am interested in UC therapy, and have a few questions after reading this post:

1) Where is Dr. Jim Fiore’s e-mail about the Atlas Profilax? And what is your opinion of it? Do you have a thorough post on it? I am considering getting it done, and would love to read more about it.

2) This site says in the intro that it can improve eyesight…possibly like this case? Have you seen any myopia improve from UC therapy?

3) Where can we find a local practitioner of UC?

Thank You!

]]> By: Dr. Benjamin Kuhn http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/it-is-imperative-that-we-accurately-define-upper-cervical/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Dr. Benjamin Kuhn Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:31:32 +0000 http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/?p=224#comment-270 Carol, Great story! One thing I have noticed in practice (not universally, but more often than not) is that migraine patients have typically more than 4 degrees of rotation between C1 and C2. I had one epileptic consult who never elected to continue with care that had 12 degrees of rotation between those bones! I was actually really hoping he would come back, as I wanted to write him up as a case study. The reason I bring up the migraine patients is that the most typical drugs prescribed for migraine relief are anti-seizure medications ... makes you wonder. I'd be very interested to know if any other UC docs out there have been seeing significant relative rotation between C1 and C2 in patients with epilepsy and/or migraines. I wish your daughter all the best, and would suggest you mention the C1-C2 relative rotation to your UC doc as a point to re-evaluate at some point to see if there is any correlation between reduction of that measurement and reduction of your daughter's epilepsy symptoms. In Health, Dr. Benjamin Kuhn Carol,
Great story! One thing I have noticed in practice (not universally, but more often than not) is that migraine patients have typically more than 4 degrees of rotation between C1 and C2. I had one epileptic consult who never elected to continue with care that had 12 degrees of rotation between those bones! I was actually really hoping he would come back, as I wanted to write him up as a case study.

The reason I bring up the migraine patients is that the most typical drugs prescribed for migraine relief are anti-seizure medications … makes you wonder.

I’d be very interested to know if any other UC docs out there have been seeing significant relative rotation between C1 and C2 in patients with epilepsy and/or migraines.

I wish your daughter all the best, and would suggest you mention the C1-C2 relative rotation to your UC doc as a point to re-evaluate at some point to see if there is any correlation between reduction of that measurement and reduction of your daughter’s epilepsy symptoms.

In Health,
Dr. Benjamin Kuhn

]]> By: carol radakovich http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/it-is-imperative-that-we-accurately-define-upper-cervical/comment-page-1/#comment-268 carol radakovich Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:31 +0000 http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/?p=224#comment-268 I have a 21yr old daughter who began having grand mal seizures four years ago. No tests could determine why she was having the seizures. The frequency of the seizures occurred between two to three monthes apart the first two years. The last two years, the seizures have been more frequent; during times of stess is the main time of occurrance. She will be a senior at university this Fall and maintains a 4.0gpa. The nuerologist she sees at the University of Utah Epileptic Center ups her dose of meds after each episode. Maurissa, my daughter, hit her left temporal area of her head in a tetherball accident when she was 11. Her left pupil was not properly dialating for a few hours after the incident. Within six monthes of the incident, she had what we now realize was her first seizure. Nothing at the children's hospital revealed any abnormalities. No more seizures followed that one until she was at the end of her junior year in highschool. However, four years after the tetherball accident, it was discovered she has a serious jaw disorder. The joint in her left jaw joint is 2/3 gone. 1/2 is gone in her right side. One year after this diagnosis, she began having seizures and continues to this day. In April she had three seizures in a matter of two weeks. The nuerologist wants to change meds, and at some point set up a video eeg to determine if surgery is necessary. As Maurissa's seizres are in her frontal lobe, surgery is somethin she said she will never consider. I got on line to find alternative therapies for seizure and Erin Elster out of Boulder CO popped up. My daughter goes to school in Laramie WY, so Boulder is only two hours away for her. I'm in SLC UT, but am willing to do what it takes. Just this week, Erin determined that her upper cervical C1 and C2 have held. Time is what will prove the success of upper cervical therapy, but my family fully sees a logic in the therapy we have not seen in traditional medicine. Drugs for seizure treatment are harsh, and some day we hope to take our daughter off them. Any thoughts are always welcome. Carol Radakovich I have a 21yr old daughter who began having grand mal seizures four years ago. No tests could determine why she was having the seizures. The frequency of the seizures occurred between two to three monthes apart the first two years. The last two years, the seizures have been more frequent; during times of stess is the main time of occurrance. She will be a senior at university this Fall and maintains a 4.0gpa. The nuerologist she sees at the University of Utah Epileptic Center ups her dose of meds after each episode. Maurissa, my daughter, hit her left temporal area of her head in a tetherball accident when she was 11. Her left pupil was not properly dialating for a few hours after the incident. Within six monthes of the incident, she had what we now realize was her first seizure. Nothing at the children’s hospital revealed any abnormalities. No more seizures followed that one until she was at the end of her junior year in highschool. However, four years after the tetherball accident, it was discovered she has a serious jaw disorder. The joint in her left jaw joint is 2/3 gone. 1/2 is gone in her right side. One year after this diagnosis, she began having seizures and continues to this day. In April she had three seizures in a matter of two weeks. The nuerologist wants to change meds, and at some point set up a video eeg to determine if surgery is necessary. As Maurissa’s seizres are in her frontal lobe, surgery is somethin she said she will never consider. I got on line to find alternative therapies for seizure and Erin Elster out of Boulder CO popped up. My daughter goes to school in Laramie WY, so Boulder is only two hours away for her. I’m in SLC UT, but am willing to do what it takes. Just this week, Erin determined that her upper cervical C1 and C2 have held. Time is what will prove the success of upper cervical therapy, but my family fully sees a logic in the therapy we have not seen in traditional medicine. Drugs for seizure treatment are harsh, and some day we hope to take our daughter off them. Any thoughts are always welcome.
Carol Radakovich

]]> By: Brandon Harshe http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/it-is-imperative-that-we-accurately-define-upper-cervical/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Brandon Harshe Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:45:16 +0000 http://www.uppercervicaldocs.com/blog/?p=224#comment-250 Great idea! I like it. Great idea! I like it.

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