A 65 year old woman had a 30 year old closed head injury form an auto accident. She had been to many chiropractors: SOT, Gonstead, and finally AK. She has had loss of “executive ability” (the ability to organize and get things accomplished.) I tried a lot...
I strained the muscle in my right forearm doing arm pull down exercises (on a weight machine.) There were “hot spots” on the top of my forearm at my elbow and it hurt to use my wrist. I couldn’t even open and close my hand or make a fist. So I went to Stop Your...
A 42 year old male professional cello player presented with a 2 year history of problems including his left arm shaking while he is playing. He has a history of falling on his left hand and forearm which resulted in a very bad sprain of the wrist. This injury...
I had a patient present with low back pain. As I do with all my new patients, I asked him to recall all his previous major injuries as I always clear these first. Included in his history of injuries was open heart surgery back in 1994. His left chest had been numb...
A new patient came to see me because her chiropractor was out of town. Her complaint was severe neck and severe radiating arm pain. I asked about surgeries, broken bones and injuries. She had eight surgeries on her legs and as a result had difficulty walking because...
I was demonstrating Range of Motion in an Assessment class for massage students. One student had been in an auto accident which fractured her lower cervical vertebrae and injured her shoulder. After 6 years of physical therapy her shoulder abduction was still...
A 3 ½ month old baby girl presented who had been born prematurely (32 weeks) and subsequently was found to have an intestinal volvulus (where the intestine was twisted 1 ½ times on itself obstructing passage of contents through the gut.) Surgery (LADD procedure) to...
A 41 year old nursing mother presented with a right breast infection (including her nipple and the entire lateral half of the breast) of 6 days duration. She described the pain as “excruciating,” especially when she nursed (which, of course, she continued to do in...
A 50 year old woman had endometriosis surgery 12 years ago. The blade of the endoscopic instrument nicked her descending aorta on the way in. The surgeon immediately withdrew the instrument but nicked the aorta again on the way out. She bled out on the table....
A man in his mid-60s had open heart surgery. He reported that, after the surgery he had a lot of trouble concentrating and became easily confused, got lost a lot when driving and often would forget what he was doing. After IRT using a laser to several head areas he...
A woman in her late 60s had a left hemisphere stroke 6 months earlier. As a result she had significant problems with right arm and leg strength and control with a very erratic gait. After IRT using a laser to her left hemisphere she reported dramatic improvement in...
One of my patients presented herself with chronic mid thoracic pain which occurred shortly after her breast reduction surgery. She had bilateral pectoralis major, clavicular (PMC) weakness which was not associated with a temporal bulge or an HCl deficiency. I...
