Parsons Chiro

chiropractic and M.E. (Myalgic Encephalopathy)

John — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:44:54 +0000

Experiences of chiropractic varied from member to member. Jim has had M.E. for nine years, trying many treatments along the way. “Few have helped but chiropractic is one that does. It certainly is no cure but it does relieve some of my symptoms. I have found that chiropractic treatment really helps to rid me both of the neck stiffness and the pain, which is an absolute delight. The relief is not permanent but can last for weeks and months. I visit about once every three months for one treatment and that seems to do the job. I was very careful selecting my practitioner, opting for one that was gentler and had some genuine understanding of M.E.”

(from Action for ME website)

(Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome)

Famous Chropractic patients

stuh — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:00:31 +0000

Warren Smith

I spend my year after year, season after season putting stress on my spine to the point where it still sometimes prevents me from being my best. I hunt Dr Craig down wherever I am in the world and travel from Switzerland especially to get adjusted by him. I know this keeps me at my best…

Tim Brabants

In pursuit of being in the best possible shape whilst training, racing and in the build up to the Beijing Olympic Games I believe that regular chiropractic treatment plays a vital role.

MRI scans not useful for back pain

stuh — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:14:17 +0000

The routine use of MRI scans in patients with lower back pain does not improve their outcomes, US scientists say.

They looked at six trials including more than 1,800 patients and found no benefit from the scans when patients were followed for up to a year.

Previous studies in the UK have shown similar results.

The researchers said the results were most applicable to the type of acute lower back pain assessed by a GP.

They looked at pain, function, quality of life, mental health, overall patient- reported improvement and patient satisfaction in the care they received for up to a year after their initial treatment.

All the patients were randomised to receive either immediate scans or standard clinical care.

Some of the standard care group were offered scans if they had not improved within three weeks.

They did not find significant differences between immediate imaging with X-ray or MRI scans and usual clinical care either in the short-term – up to three months later, or the long-term – six to 12 months.

Imaging in the first month of low back pain is not recommended in the US or in draft guidelines frim NICE that were published in October 09.

Study Finds Special ‘Atlas Adjustment’ Lowers Blood Pressure

stuh — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:14:40 +0000

A special chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests.

“This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination,” study leader George Bakris, MD, tells WebMD. “And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems,” adds Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center.

Eight weeks after undergoing the procedure, 25 patients with early-stage high blood pressure had significantly lower blood pressure than 25 similar patients who underwent a sham chiropractic adjustment. Because patients can’t feel the technique, they were unable to tell which group they were in.

X-rays showed that the procedure realigned the Atlas vertebra – the doughnut-like bone at the very top of the spine – with the spine in the treated patients, but not in the sham-treated patients.

Compared to the sham-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average 14mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average 8mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number).

None of the patients took blood pressure medicine during the eight-week study.

“When the statistician brought me the data, I actually didn’t believe it. It was way too good to be true,” Bakris says. “The statistician said, ‘I don’t even believe it.’ But we checked for everything, and there it was.”

Bakris and colleagues report their findings in the advance online issue of the Journal of Human Hypertension.

Quentin Wilson’s son autism recovery

stuh — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:13:52 +0000

Quentin Wilson – Top Gear celebrity advocates chiropractic. BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ celebrity has been a huge advocate of chiropractic since his son who was diagnosed as having autism made a ‘miraculous’ recovery after a visit to a chiropractor. In the Daily Telegraph dated Thurs 26 May 2005 Quentin said “I’m startled by the difference in Max (his son) before and after chiropractic. He has gone from being labelled autistic and needing a classroom assistant to becoming an active and feisty seven-year-old in mainstream education.” They were at the point of putting Max on Ritalin, the drug that is used to treat children with ADHD when they had an “almost surreal” revelation. At a birthday party Max had “done his usual trick of sitting under the table for 2 hours.” Hemet a mother who’d been observing Max and she thought he should go to see her chiropractor as she suspected an imbalance in his skeleton. Although very sceptical the Wilsons took him for care and they remember the gentleness of the first adjustment as “it was just a flicking of the bones around the neck and shoulders,” said Quentin, but that night, Max slept continuously until morning for the first time since his birth nearly 5 years previously! His speech, eating and abilities quickly improved. “This is the unimpeachable testimonial of a man who did not believe in it. We have to raise awareness,” said Quentin “because it worked so thoroughly for my son and changed his life and ours. If I can help just one child that’s going through what we went through then that’s my reward.

Chiropractic is founded on “Tone”

stuh — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:47:10 +0000

Chiropractic is based on the principle of Tone. What we do is allow normal tone to occur. To allow the restoration of the brain-body connection. To allow that nerve system, free of interference, to more fully express Life Energy, so that every cell can know and perform its task for the good of the whole. And as that person assimilates the lesson held within the energy and information stored as subluxation, they heal. They grow. They evolve. And their friends, families and acquaintances benefit from the change.

What we do is far more than put people’s pain to sleep. We allow life to awaken. We bring forth in every individual that which will cause the world to heal. To move in a better direction. To allow the restoration of natural processes on the planet by making one more person less of a problem and more of a solution.

Clash drummer now a chiropractor!

stuh — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:01:24 +0000

Clash drummer now a chiropractor! So, what do you do next after you’ve been in one of the most celebrated bands on the planet? Become a chiropractor, of course! Terry Chimes, drummer with the Clash, played all of the biggest stadiums. He has had Bob Dylan, Jack Nicholson and Eddie Murphy coming backstage to pay him tribute. Rolling Stone magazine places his records in the top 10 of all time. But now, Terry has become a chiropractor in Essex, England and his stage appearances are now limited to motivational seminars for doctors. “I felt it was time to completely change – and over the time I’d been a musician, I’d already become a non-drinking, non-smoking, non-drug-taking vegetarian who does yoga.” And that’s not mentioning the triathlons. “People say how can you prefer treating patients to being on stage in front of 100,000 people? But if you can get someone healthy, there’s a satisfaction in that which is much more profound.”