May 21, 2024 • 16 mins
Discover the key to unlocking a healthier you as Dr. Enrico Dolcecore takes us through the remarkable world of upper cervical chiropractic care. Imagine a life where chronic headaches, neuralgia, and even digestive disorders are a thing of the past – that's the promise of understanding the Atlas and Axis vertebrae's influence on our neurological health. In our latest episode, we're not just talking about the spine; we're uncovering the intimate relationship between the upper neck and our most primitive functions, like sleep and hunger, guided by a leading expert in the field.
Dr. Dolcecori, with his wealth of knowledge, walks us through the gentle, precise adjustment techniques that set upper cervical care apart from traditional chiropractic methods. As we peel back the layers on the sophisticated diagnostic tools like thermography and heart rate variability, you'll see how these technologies paint an immediate picture of your nervous system's health and the profound effects of realignment. Ready to revolutionize your approach to wellness? Tune in and be inspired by testimonials that illuminate the life-changing benefits of upper cervical care and consider sharing this episode to spread the word on this hidden gem of health care.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to another episode of Living a Full Life.
I'm Dr Enrico Dolcecori.
This week we're going to betalking about upper cervical
chiropractic care and what itmeans and how it's helped
millions of people resolveamazing ailments.
Upper cervical means upper neckand it's a very unique
(00:22):
neurological position in thehuman body.
The upper neck has two or threevertebrae that are stacked on
top of one another, called C1,c2, and C3.
We've uniquely named the topvertebrae in the spine that goes
right underneath the skull andprotects the brainstem as Atlas.
Atlas comes from Greekmythology.
(00:44):
He's the guy holding the worldon his shoulders and literally
this one ounce bone holds theentire central nervous system on
its shoulders.
It's an amazing area.
The bone below at C2 is calledaxis.
Axis meaning for rotation, kindof like the axis rotation of
the earth, how it spins aroundits axis at all times.
(01:06):
It's the same thing there.
The axis holds and stabilizesthe spine and the skull
specifically in its place, so itdoesn't spin around like an owl
Because of something veryunique that runs in there the
spinal cord and, moreimportantly, the brain stem.
It's an extension of the brain.
The entire spinal cord is anextension of the brain.
The entire spinal cord is anextension of the brain.
It's the superhighway fiberoptic cable that connects the
(01:29):
brain to the body and it'scalled the central nervous
system.
But uniquely at that, brainstem is the control center for
all primitive functions, fromsleep, hunger, mood, everything
that is automatic, that youdon't think about is relayed
right there and transported tothe body and back and forth to
the brain.
(01:49):
It's an amazing area.
So it's really important thatthis area stays clear of any
type of interference.
We don't want decreased bloodflow to the area.
We don't want decreasedcerebral spinal fluid in the
area.
We of course don't want anyimpingement in the area.
We want this place to be veryclear so it can do its job.
And what ends up happening?
With stresses through our life,both physical, chemical,
(02:11):
emotional, mental stresses wecan get a lot of rotation and
misalignment in the upper neck,especially physical.
Everyone that comes into ouroffice always tries to figure
out why they may have had amisalignment in their neck.
After we find it, we tell themhey, your upper neck's
misaligned, we're going to dosome adjusting.
They're like hey, what can I door what should I not do?
That throws this off.
(02:32):
So we get a direct referralbecause of physical.
So sports injuries, whiplash,falling off a ladder, yard
injuries, trampoline gymnastics,all these whipping around,
going to the hairdresser, havingyour head back for 45 minutes,
getting your hair washed and cut, these little things.
(02:54):
We always think about thephysical sleeping the wrong way,
stacking the pillows, sleepingin a hotel, having the wrong
pillows so people always have alot of ideas of the physical
reasons why their neck may bethrown off.
So we think it's physical.
But what I found over my careeris the chemical and the
emotional stresses play a biggerrole in throwing this area off.
(03:14):
Because it's kind of like thecircuit breaker to the nervous
system.
Once we overload it with toomuch stress whether it's
physical, chemical, emotionalthe circuit breaker trips and we
go into what's called a holdingpattern or a protecting pattern
to protect the central nervoussystem.
It's just a defense mechanismto protect it, kind of like how
a snake will coil up to protectitself or hide.
The same thing happens with thecentral nervous system.
(03:36):
So what we look at aschiropractors in this area is we
have to measure the function ofthis area.
So we use neurology to functionthis.
We can use eye testing, motortesting, reflexes, thermography,
heart rate variability,glomerular filtration, rate of
(03:57):
the kidneys.
We can test a whole bunch ofthings from blood work to
external.
We try and keep it reallysimple with the testing for
patients and then we usediagnostic imaging.
So we'll use x-rays, motionx-rays, and we'll cone beam cti.
We've installed a ct in ouroffice to even look even deeper
and more detailed into the area.
Once we find the misalignmentwhichever way it goes you can so
(04:18):
many different combinations ofmisalignments then a unique
adjustment is given to this area.
There's no twisting, crackingor popping because of many
different things that happen inthe upper neck.
The articulation between theskull and c1 has no disc.
The rest of our spine has discs.
So between C2 and C3, c3 and C4, c4 and C5, c5 and C6, and all
(04:40):
the way down the spine T1 and T2, l1 and L2, l5 and the sacrum,
all the way down the spine wehave what's called discs, spinal
discs that are cartilaginousmaterial filled with some
hydration and they keep a spacebetween the vertebra, between
the bones, kind of acting like ajoint and a shock absorber.
(05:00):
But between C1 and C2, there isno disc and between the skull
and C1, there is no disc.
So there's no articulationbuffer between those two, so
they're designed to slide on oneanother and translate as we
turn our head, rotate, so it hasa very unique motion.
As soon as we bend or turn ourhead, atlas shifts into the
(05:21):
skull and actually closes thejoint, and that's how we stop
from our head going past too faror our ear not going too far
past our shoulder, and this isall mechanical, just like how
your knee is not supposed tohyperextend or your elbow is not
supposed to hyperextend.
We have these systems in placeto hold us articulations in
place as well.
So there's unique adjustmentsand typically what ends up
(05:43):
happening is you got to lie downthe person on their side and
keep them in a neutral positionand then use either an
instrument or by hand, slideinto C1 or C2 and perform the
unique adjustment based off thex-rays and findings.
So very cool way to do this.
And once the alignment is putback into place, people
instantaneously, same day,notice something, some changes.
(06:07):
So we've seen things as littleas anxiety not that it's a
little symptom, it's a hugesymptom but little things as
anxiety or not feeling right orbrain fog, all the way up to
loss of motor function, wherepeople are trembling, have a
tremor, cannot use their legsproperly, they're on a cane,
they're not walking properly.
(06:27):
They come in with some type ofdiagnoses that are not
correlated to major diseases,like they may come in with MS
symptoms and not have MS vertigosymptoms and been checked, had
brain scans, ct scans, have hadneck scans, have been to
neurologists, have seeneverything.
There's no pathology, there isno brain lesions, there is no
damage.
(06:47):
There's nothing medicallydiagnosable through that and
what we see in our office isthat's great, that all those
scans are great.
And then we do the uppercervical scans and they have a
misalignment.
We restore the misalignment,remove the subluxation and
people start to restore quitequickly, which is just
absolutely amazing.
And if I were to sit here andtalk about all the ailments that
(07:09):
upper cervical has helped overjust my short career, 17 years
will be here all day.
I thought it was somethingalways related.
I always tell people you havemigraines, headaches, vertigo or
dizziness, tinnitus, vestibularmigraines, anything related to
the head you should get yourupper neck checked.
But I've had people who havehad sciatica down the leg have
(07:31):
been to PTs, neurologists, otherchiropractors, have x-rays of
their low back, get adjusted andstill have sciatica and I'm
like let's take a look at yourneck just to make sure
everything's okay up there tooand they have massive
misalignments up there.
We adjust those.
Their sciatica goes awayimmediately, mainly because
they've done the work before andthen all they were missing the
(07:52):
piece to that.
Hence why we do that in ouroffice.
So if you've been dealing withanything chronic, long-term and
have looked down differentavenues and you're like, what is
this upper cervical thing?
Definitely look into uppercervical.
Upper cervical is a low I callit a low barrier healthcare
offer to get into becausechiropractors are accessible,
(08:13):
you can get same weekappointments and the barrier to
get in is low economically.
I mean you chiropractors charge, uh, couple hundred bucks
compared to going to specialistsor hospitals where they charge
thousands of dollars.
So economically I tell peopleit's not that chiropractic is
cheaper, is that chiropractic isa lower barrier offer to get
into, so easily accessible formost of the population to get
(08:35):
into.
It's only worth checking it outand doing an assessment to even
see if you have upper cervicalmisalignments and then getting
those corrected is easy peasy,as we call it in our industry,
because the adjustments are justso tailored and so custom to
you and there's many differenttechniques on chiropractic and
we can talk about that.
The techniques vary.
So if you start getting intoupper cervical research, you're
(08:57):
going to see things where peopleuse the chiropractors use their
hands or maybe use aninstrument or a tool, and
they're all based on differentideas.
One is that by hand is how italways used to be done 90 years
ago is how they all started withtoggle recoil.
They were using their hands.
Hole-in-one technique, theBlair technique is done by hand,
nuka is done by hand.
(09:18):
Then you get into stylus typeadjustments or by tool, where AO
, orthospinology, orthogonal,all of these other type of upper
cervical techniques thatthey're called.
They use tools or instruments totry and take away human error.
There's a belief that if we usean instrument we may take away
(09:41):
the human error betweenpractitioners.
So people are always like well,is there truly human error?
If you see the same doctor allthe time, you'll get the same
adjustment all the time.
But if you're moving aroundseeing different doctors, then
one person may have a lighterforce, one might have a more
firm hand, one edit changes it.
So then they have a tool thatgives out the same force on
every adjustment.
(10:01):
So it's supposed to eliminatehuman error.
So these are just littletheories, but the beauty of this
upper cervical is that everyoneis assessing, analyzing,
locating, detecting for thesemisalignments, these
subluxations, and thencorrecting them.
That is just so cool.
So I highly recommend uppercervical chiropractic.
I'm a big Blair fan and Nukafan, just because those are the
(10:23):
things that I've been taught in.
So if you're in the Tampa arealooking for a full upper
cervical chiropractor, comecheck us out at Full Life
Chiropractic so that's a greatopportunity there.
Or email us at info atfulllifetampacom.
Check out or email us, andwherever you live anywhere in
Canada or the US, we will find alocal chiropractor for you that
(10:46):
does it.
Or go to upper cervicalchiropractor near me.
Check that out and you'll seedifferent directories based on
techniques as well.
So a very important area of thehuman nervous system is in that
upper neck, with the brainstemand its control center is
absolutely spectacular and whatit does.
So we focus on it, because ifthat's not clear, other things
(11:12):
may not be clear.
So it's a great way to justclear that up and then start
work your way down.
We always start from above downand in chiropractic so we clear
C1 and then we work our waydown.
In our office we use a mix oftechniques to make sure that the
entire spine gets its attention.
We even do sports injury stuff.
So we'll adjust any joint inthe body.
I've adjusted fingers, wrists,elbows, shoulders, knees, ankles
(11:34):
, hips.
Every joint can be manipulatedif there's misalignment in it,
for sure, and it always helps.
So that is an upper cervicaldefinition of what the technique
actually does.
Reach out to us atfulllifetampacom if you have any
questions and if you want totry upper cervical.
Typically, what it looks likewhen you come in is there's
(11:57):
paperwork, there's anexamination, the neurological
tests that we do arereflex-based and neuro-based.
Then there are specific testingthat are done for the
misalignment.
So you don't have to getx-rayed every single visit.
That's what I first thoughtwhen I first became a doctor.
Okay, I found the misalignmenton x-ray.
I'm going to correct it.
Next time the patient comes in.
Do I have to re-x-ray them sowe may do a post In NUCCA?
(12:22):
I remember taking an x-ray,adjusting the patient, letting
them rest for 20 minutes, goingback to the x-ray room or, on
their next visit, going back tothe x-ray room and x-raying them
post-visit or post-adjustment,making sure that the correction
we gave them made a change intheir alignment.
So there would be objectivedata to show that.
And then that was it.
We confirmed the misalignment.
We confirmed that that's theway this patient goes out, it's
(12:44):
their primary misalignment, andthen they leave.
And then we had neurochecksbased reflexes with their legs,
where we would check leg length.
We would make them turn theirhead left and right, we would
check the reflexes and see ifthey were out or holding that
day Again.
The brainstem controlseverything, especially
coordination and balance.
So a lot of the reflexes are inthe legs and ankles.
That's where all the receptorsare when you stand and walk.
(13:07):
And if you were to blink orclose your eyes as you walk, you
wouldn't fall over, becausethose receptors know that you're
standing in space, so they knowto hold your body up in space.
That's what the central nervoussystem is always doing.
Another cool fact is you mayhave stumbled across we only use
10% of our brain.
It's not true.
We use 100% of our brain, 100%of the time it's always
(13:30):
functioning doing things.
We cognitively use 10% of ourbrain 100% of the time.
It's always functioning doingthings.
We cognitively use 10% of ourbrain's capability.
So what it's saying is that weuse 10% of the potential of our
brain in our cognitive lobebecause of the potential that we
could possibly do with it.
So the other 90% of your brain's, used all the time, is actually
using to keep you upright,every moment of every day.
(13:52):
It keeps you breathing.
It's actually using to keep youupright every moment of every
day.
It keeps you breathing, itkeeps you moving.
It keeps you upright so youdon't fall.
That's what 90% of your brain'sdoing is spatial recognition
and spatial detection, in theuniverse or on earth.
That's what it's doing all thetime.
It's just sensing theenvironment and protecting you
so you're ready to jump away orrun away or go to sleep,
(14:13):
wherever it may be.
It's digesting food.
It's doing all the other things.
We use 10% of our cognitivefunction as humans with an
unlimited potential there.
That's where that stat is.
So we measure 100% of yournervous system with our testing
thermography heart ratevariability, static
electromyography and these testsare used all the time.
(14:35):
We love the thermography preand post.
Every single visit shows us thepattern and that is a quick
window of upper cervical careand how.
Maybe this is something thatmay help you share this podcast
with anyone anywhere.
Uh, that gives them a littleinsight about upper cervical and
hopefully changes their lifeone way or another.
(14:57):
And, of course, visit ourwebsite and follow us on youtube
and see all the cooltestimonials of some of the
conditions that we've helped,from chidrenal neuralgia,
sciatica, irritable bowelsyndrome, crohn's disease,
vestibular migraines, vertigo,seizures, and the list just goes
on and on and on about all thelittle things that a
misalignment in the upper neckcan actually cause.
(15:19):
A lot of frequency issues.
That leads down the wrong path.
So it's a missed technique.
And people always ask me youknow, why isn't this in medicine
?
Why don't they look at this?
Well, let us know if you haveany questions and reach out.
(15:39):
Have a great week.
Welcome to another episode of Living a Full Life.
I'm Dr Enrico Dolcecori.
This week we're going to betalking about upper cervical
chiropractic care and what itmeans and how it's helped
millions of people resolveamazing ailments.
Upper cervical means upper neckand it's a very unique
(00:22):
neurological position in thehuman body.
The upper neck has two or threevertebrae that are stacked on
top of one another, called C1,c2, and C3.
We've uniquely named the topvertebrae in the spine that goes
right underneath the skull andprotects the brainstem as Atlas.
Atlas comes from Greekmythology.
(00:44):
He's the guy holding the worldon his shoulders and literally
this one ounce bone holds theentire central nervous system on
its shoulders.
It's an amazing area.
The bone below at C2 is calledaxis.
Axis meaning for rotation, kindof like the axis rotation of
the earth, how it spins aroundits axis at all times.
(01:06):
It's the same thing there.
The axis holds and stabilizesthe spine and the skull
specifically in its place, so itdoesn't spin around like an owl
Because of something veryunique that runs in there the
spinal cord and, moreimportantly, the brain stem.
It's an extension of the brain.
The entire spinal cord is anextension of the brain.
The entire spinal cord is anextension of the brain.
It's the superhighway fiberoptic cable that connects the
(01:29):
brain to the body and it'scalled the central nervous
system.
But uniquely at that, brainstem is the control center for
all primitive functions, fromsleep, hunger, mood, everything
that is automatic, that youdon't think about is relayed
right there and transported tothe body and back and forth to
the brain.
(01:49):
It's an amazing area.
So it's really important thatthis area stays clear of any
type of interference.
We don't want decreased bloodflow to the area.
We don't want decreasedcerebral spinal fluid in the
area.
We of course don't want anyimpingement in the area.
We want this place to be veryclear so it can do its job.
And what ends up happening?
With stresses through our life,both physical, chemical,
(02:11):
emotional, mental stresses wecan get a lot of rotation and
misalignment in the upper neck,especially physical.
Everyone that comes into ouroffice always tries to figure
out why they may have had amisalignment in their neck.
After we find it, we tell themhey, your upper neck's
misaligned, we're going to dosome adjusting.
They're like hey, what can I door what should I not do?
That throws this off.
(02:32):
So we get a direct referralbecause of physical.
So sports injuries, whiplash,falling off a ladder, yard
injuries, trampoline gymnastics,all these whipping around,
going to the hairdresser, havingyour head back for 45 minutes,
getting your hair washed and cut, these little things.
(02:54):
We always think about thephysical sleeping the wrong way,
stacking the pillows, sleepingin a hotel, having the wrong
pillows so people always have alot of ideas of the physical
reasons why their neck may bethrown off.
So we think it's physical.
But what I found over my careeris the chemical and the
emotional stresses play a biggerrole in throwing this area off.
(03:14):
Because it's kind of like thecircuit breaker to the nervous
system.
Once we overload it with toomuch stress whether it's
physical, chemical, emotionalthe circuit breaker trips and we
go into what's called a holdingpattern or a protecting pattern
to protect the central nervoussystem.
It's just a defense mechanismto protect it, kind of like how
a snake will coil up to protectitself or hide.
The same thing happens with thecentral nervous system.
(03:36):
So what we look at aschiropractors in this area is we
have to measure the function ofthis area.
So we use neurology to functionthis.
We can use eye testing, motortesting, reflexes, thermography,
heart rate variability,glomerular filtration, rate of
(03:57):
the kidneys.
We can test a whole bunch ofthings from blood work to
external.
We try and keep it reallysimple with the testing for
patients and then we usediagnostic imaging.
So we'll use x-rays, motionx-rays, and we'll cone beam cti.
We've installed a ct in ouroffice to even look even deeper
and more detailed into the area.
Once we find the misalignmentwhichever way it goes you can so
(04:18):
many different combinations ofmisalignments then a unique
adjustment is given to this area.
There's no twisting, crackingor popping because of many
different things that happen inthe upper neck.
The articulation between theskull and c1 has no disc.
The rest of our spine has discs.
So between C2 and C3, c3 and C4, c4 and C5, c5 and C6, and all
(04:40):
the way down the spine T1 and T2, l1 and L2, l5 and the sacrum,
all the way down the spine wehave what's called discs, spinal
discs that are cartilaginousmaterial filled with some
hydration and they keep a spacebetween the vertebra, between
the bones, kind of acting like ajoint and a shock absorber.
(05:00):
But between C1 and C2, there isno disc and between the skull
and C1, there is no disc.
So there's no articulationbuffer between those two, so
they're designed to slide on oneanother and translate as we
turn our head, rotate, so it hasa very unique motion.
As soon as we bend or turn ourhead, atlas shifts into the
(05:21):
skull and actually closes thejoint, and that's how we stop
from our head going past too faror our ear not going too far
past our shoulder, and this isall mechanical, just like how
your knee is not supposed tohyperextend or your elbow is not
supposed to hyperextend.
We have these systems in placeto hold us articulations in
place as well.
So there's unique adjustmentsand typically what ends up
(05:43):
happening is you got to lie downthe person on their side and
keep them in a neutral positionand then use either an
instrument or by hand, slideinto C1 or C2 and perform the
unique adjustment based off thex-rays and findings.
So very cool way to do this.
And once the alignment is putback into place, people
instantaneously, same day,notice something, some changes.
(06:07):
So we've seen things as littleas anxiety not that it's a
little symptom, it's a hugesymptom but little things as
anxiety or not feeling right orbrain fog, all the way up to
loss of motor function, wherepeople are trembling, have a
tremor, cannot use their legsproperly, they're on a cane,
they're not walking properly.
(06:27):
They come in with some type ofdiagnoses that are not
correlated to major diseases,like they may come in with MS
symptoms and not have MS vertigosymptoms and been checked, had
brain scans, ct scans, have hadneck scans, have been to
neurologists, have seeneverything.
There's no pathology, there isno brain lesions, there is no
damage.
(06:47):
There's nothing medicallydiagnosable through that and
what we see in our office isthat's great, that all those
scans are great.
And then we do the uppercervical scans and they have a
misalignment.
We restore the misalignment,remove the subluxation and
people start to restore quitequickly, which is just
absolutely amazing.
And if I were to sit here andtalk about all the ailments that
(07:09):
upper cervical has helped overjust my short career, 17 years
will be here all day.
I thought it was somethingalways related.
I always tell people you havemigraines, headaches, vertigo or
dizziness, tinnitus, vestibularmigraines, anything related to
the head you should get yourupper neck checked.
But I've had people who havehad sciatica down the leg have
(07:31):
been to PTs, neurologists, otherchiropractors, have x-rays of
their low back, get adjusted andstill have sciatica and I'm
like let's take a look at yourneck just to make sure
everything's okay up there tooand they have massive
misalignments up there.
We adjust those.
Their sciatica goes awayimmediately, mainly because
they've done the work before andthen all they were missing the
(07:52):
piece to that.
Hence why we do that in ouroffice.
So if you've been dealing withanything chronic, long-term and
have looked down differentavenues and you're like, what is
this upper cervical thing?
Definitely look into uppercervical.
Upper cervical is a low I callit a low barrier healthcare
offer to get into becausechiropractors are accessible,
(08:13):
you can get same weekappointments and the barrier to
get in is low economically.
I mean you chiropractors charge, uh, couple hundred bucks
compared to going to specialistsor hospitals where they charge
thousands of dollars.
So economically I tell peopleit's not that chiropractic is
cheaper, is that chiropractic isa lower barrier offer to get
into, so easily accessible formost of the population to get
(08:35):
into.
It's only worth checking it outand doing an assessment to even
see if you have upper cervicalmisalignments and then getting
those corrected is easy peasy,as we call it in our industry,
because the adjustments are justso tailored and so custom to
you and there's many differenttechniques on chiropractic and
we can talk about that.
The techniques vary.
So if you start getting intoupper cervical research, you're
(08:57):
going to see things where peopleuse the chiropractors use their
hands or maybe use aninstrument or a tool, and
they're all based on differentideas.
One is that by hand is how italways used to be done 90 years
ago is how they all started withtoggle recoil.
They were using their hands.
Hole-in-one technique, theBlair technique is done by hand,
nuka is done by hand.
(09:18):
Then you get into stylus typeadjustments or by tool, where AO
, orthospinology, orthogonal,all of these other type of upper
cervical techniques thatthey're called.
They use tools or instruments totry and take away human error.
There's a belief that if we usean instrument we may take away
(09:41):
the human error betweenpractitioners.
So people are always like well,is there truly human error?
If you see the same doctor allthe time, you'll get the same
adjustment all the time.
But if you're moving aroundseeing different doctors, then
one person may have a lighterforce, one might have a more
firm hand, one edit changes it.
So then they have a tool thatgives out the same force on
every adjustment.
(10:01):
So it's supposed to eliminatehuman error.
So these are just littletheories, but the beauty of this
upper cervical is that everyoneis assessing, analyzing,
locating, detecting for thesemisalignments, these
subluxations, and thencorrecting them.
That is just so cool.
So I highly recommend uppercervical chiropractic.
I'm a big Blair fan and Nukafan, just because those are the
(10:23):
things that I've been taught in.
So if you're in the Tampa arealooking for a full upper
cervical chiropractor, comecheck us out at Full Life
Chiropractic so that's a greatopportunity there.
Or email us at info atfulllifetampacom.
Check out or email us, andwherever you live anywhere in
Canada or the US, we will find alocal chiropractor for you that
(10:46):
does it.
Or go to upper cervicalchiropractor near me.
Check that out and you'll seedifferent directories based on
techniques as well.
So a very important area of thehuman nervous system is in that
upper neck, with the brainstemand its control center is
absolutely spectacular and whatit does.
So we focus on it, because ifthat's not clear, other things
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may not be clear.
So it's a great way to justclear that up and then start
work your way down.
We always start from above downand in chiropractic so we clear
C1 and then we work our waydown.
In our office we use a mix oftechniques to make sure that the
entire spine gets its attention.
We even do sports injury stuff.
So we'll adjust any joint inthe body.
I've adjusted fingers, wrists,elbows, shoulders, knees, ankles
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, hips.
Every joint can be manipulatedif there's misalignment in it,
for sure, and it always helps.
So that is an upper cervicaldefinition of what the technique
actually does.
Reach out to us atfulllifetampacom if you have any
questions and if you want totry upper cervical.
Typically, what it looks likewhen you come in is there's
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paperwork, there's anexamination, the neurological
tests that we do arereflex-based and neuro-based.
Then there are specific testingthat are done for the
misalignment.
So you don't have to getx-rayed every single visit.
That's what I first thoughtwhen I first became a doctor.
Okay, I found the misalignmenton x-ray.
I'm going to correct it.
Next time the patient comes in.
Do I have to re-x-ray them sowe may do a post In NUCCA?
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I remember taking an x-ray,adjusting the patient, letting
them rest for 20 minutes, goingback to the x-ray room or, on
their next visit, going back tothe x-ray room and x-raying them
post-visit or post-adjustment,making sure that the correction
we gave them made a change intheir alignment.
So there would be objectivedata to show that.
And then that was it.
We confirmed the misalignment.
We confirmed that that's theway this patient goes out, it's
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their primary misalignment, andthen they leave.
And then we had neurochecksbased reflexes with their legs,
where we would check leg length.
We would make them turn theirhead left and right, we would
check the reflexes and see ifthey were out or holding that
day Again.
The brainstem controlseverything, especially
coordination and balance.
So a lot of the reflexes are inthe legs and ankles.
That's where all the receptorsare when you stand and walk.
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And if you were to blink orclose your eyes as you walk, you
wouldn't fall over, becausethose receptors know that you're
standing in space, so they knowto hold your body up in space.
That's what the central nervoussystem is always doing.
Another cool fact is you mayhave stumbled across we only use
10% of our brain.
It's not true.
We use 100% of our brain, 100%of the time it's always
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functioning doing things.
We cognitively use 10% of ourbrain 100% of the time.
It's always functioning doingthings.
We cognitively use 10% of ourbrain's capability.
So what it's saying is that weuse 10% of the potential of our
brain in our cognitive lobebecause of the potential that we
could possibly do with it.
So the other 90% of your brain's, used all the time, is actually
using to keep you upright,every moment of every day.
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It keeps you breathing.
It's actually using to keep youupright every moment of every
day.
It keeps you breathing, itkeeps you moving.
It keeps you upright so youdon't fall.
That's what 90% of your brain'sdoing is spatial recognition
and spatial detection, in theuniverse or on earth.
That's what it's doing all thetime.
It's just sensing theenvironment and protecting you
so you're ready to jump away orrun away or go to sleep,
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wherever it may be.
It's digesting food.
It's doing all the other things.
We use 10% of our cognitivefunction as humans with an
unlimited potential there.
That's where that stat is.
So we measure 100% of yournervous system with our testing
thermography heart ratevariability, static
electromyography and these testsare used all the time.
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We love the thermography preand post.
Every single visit shows us thepattern and that is a quick
window of upper cervical careand how.
Maybe this is something thatmay help you share this podcast
with anyone anywhere.
Uh, that gives them a littleinsight about upper cervical and
hopefully changes their lifeone way or another.
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And, of course, visit ourwebsite and follow us on youtube
and see all the cooltestimonials of some of the
conditions that we've helped,from chidrenal neuralgia,
sciatica, irritable bowelsyndrome, crohn's disease,
vestibular migraines, vertigo,seizures, and the list just goes
on and on and on about all thelittle things that a
misalignment in the upper neckcan actually cause.
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A lot of frequency issues.
That leads down the wrong path.
So it's a missed technique.
And people always ask me youknow, why isn't this in medicine
?
Why don't they look at this?
Well, let us know if you haveany questions and reach out.
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Have a great week.
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