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Welcome To “On Purpose”
November 2014
Happy Go Lucky
• An 8 year-old diagnosed with depression, ADHD
and learning disabilities was brought to a
chiropractic office by his mother, who reported his
medications appeared to be ineffective. Subluxation
based chiropractic was given over an 8 month
period and as a result, improvement was noted in all
areas by his parents and school teachers.
Zielinski E, Mankal K: An Epidemiological Approach to the Effects of Subluxation-Based Chiropractic Care on
the Management of ADHD, Depression and Learning Disabilities in an 8-Year Old: A Case Study. A. Vertebral
Subluxation Res. September 15, 2014.
Epidemic ADHD
• According to the CDC, approximately 12% of
children have ADHD.
Zielinski E, Mankal K: An Epidemiological Approach to the Effects of Subluxation-Based Chiropractic Care on
the Management of ADHD, Depression and Learning Disabilities in an 8-Year Old: A Case Study. A. Vertebral
Subluxation Res. September 15, 2014.
Bang Your Head
• A 15 year-old girl diagnosed with concussion after
being hit on the head with the trunk of a van
experienced constant pain, headache and difficulty
concentrating.
• 3 weeks after the incident she sought chiropractic
care and experienced huge improvements in her
Impact Concussion Tests after nine adjustments.
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
NFL (No Fun Lesions?)
• More than 3,000 former NFL players are suing the
league for not properly educating them about the
risk of brain injury.
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
Play Till it Hurts
• Over one fifth of emergency room visits from
children age 5-24 are due to sports injuries.
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
Sad Statistic
• It is estimated that 5,000 American children are
injured or die from sports related concussions per
year.
Author: Max Andrews
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
Function Right
• The body’s inability to function
normally due to altered sensory
input may be caused by
subluxation.
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
HD You
The Nerve Roots of the Spinal Cord
• Every dimension of the human
experience is processed
through the nervous system.
Slak J-M, Price K: Symptomatic & Cognitive Improvement Following Chiropractic Care in a Patient with
Concussion and Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health - September 30,
2014.
Dry Your Eyes
• A 10 year-old boy with bedwetting presented to a
chiropractor. After 4 weeks of chiropractic care, the
bedwetting ceased.
Luscombe S, Alcantara J, Holmes S, Holt K: Resolution of Nocturnal Enuresis in a 10-year-old Child
Following Chiropractic Care to Reduce Vertebral Subluxation: A Case Report. J. Pediatric, Maternal & Family
Health - August 28, 2014.
Synchronize for Less
Irritability
• Irritable bowel syndrome appears to be due to a
miscommunication between the brain, the gut and
the microbiota.
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Lots of IBS
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome affects between 5%-20%
of individuals worldwide.
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Smart Stomach
• Gut function and behavior, and health, are linked by
the nervous system.
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Three Brains
• There are those that say we have 3 brains; one in
your head, a heart brain and a gut brain.
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Feed Your Brain with Probiotics
• Like the spinal cord, the
gut holds up to 600 million
neurons and can operate
independently of the brain
and modulates immune
activity.
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Adjust Your Supplements
• You can put all the supplements you want into a
subluxated body, but if the communication is
disrupted they won’t have much impact.
Photo by Nagagym
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
Fight or Flight Tummy
• Irritable bowel syndrome patients frequently show
increased sympathetic (fight or flight) nervous
system activity and decreased parasympathetic
(rest/heal/repair) activity.
or
Collebrusco L, Lombardini R: What About OMT and Nutrition for Managing the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
An Overview and Treatment Plan. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages
309–318, September–October, 2014.
T4 and After
• A 64 year-old woman presented with T4 Syndrome
– bilateral paresthesia, upper back pain and
numbness in the hands – to a chiropractor’s office.
• Chiropractic adjustments to reduce vertebral
subluxations were applied and by the 5th visit the
patient reported complete resolution of symptoms.
Kibrone P, Kalantarov E: Resolution of T4 Syndrome Following Chiropractic Care: A Case Report. A.
Vertebral Subluxation Res. August 29, 2014.
Chiropractic Knows No Age
• In a one year study with a
Medicare population,
chiropractic proved to be
significantly protective against
one year decline in activities of
daily living, stooping, walking,
self-rated health and worsening
health.
Weigel PA, Hockenberry JM, Wolinsky FD: Chiropractic Use in the Medicare Population: Prevalence, Patterns,
and Associations With 1-Year Changes in Health and Satisfaction With Care. J Manipulative Physiol Ther.
2014 Sep 15. pii: S0161-4754(14)00144-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.08.003. [Epub ahead of print].
Stressed Kids =
More Stressed Adult
• Adverse stress early in
life can lead to long term
hyper-response to stress
later in life.
Maniam J, Antoniadis C, Morris MJ: Early-life stress, HPA axis adaptation, and mechanisms contributing to
later health outcomes. Frontiers in Endocrinology 2014, Vol. 5, Article 73.
Windows to the Soul
• The precision with which people can make
decisions can be predicted by measuring pupil size
before they are presented with any information
about the decision.
Pupil size shows reliability of decisions. Medicalnewstoday.com. 9/19/14.
Immune Environment
• Our immune response is much more
strongly regulated by environmental
factors than was initially known.
Epigenetic programming of immune system training unraveled. Medical News Today. 9/26/14.
Can You Hear Me Now?
• A study has confirmed nerve
signals are sound pulses.
Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses. Medical News Today. 9/13/14.
No Need for State Farm
• Two colliding nerve impulses pass through one
another and continue unaffected.
Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses. Medical News Today. 9/13/14.
Socially Painful
• Back pain all too often disrupts peoples’ social
identities and relationships, leading to withdrawal
from normal social life and relative isolation.
The Back Letter 2014;29(6)Pain Ravaging Social Lives?
Handle with Care
• A study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of
the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in
New Orleans suggested that spinal fusion for
degenerative disc disease does not appear to
adequately reduce symptoms or subsequent
spending on spine care. The results were dismal.
The Back Letter 2014;29(6) Spinal Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Disc Disease: Dismal Results,
According to U.S. Insurer.