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Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
BRAIN BASED THERAPY EXPLAINED!
What is Brain Based Therapy?
Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.
Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.
-The Brain Explained-
Your brain controls and coordinates each and every function of the human body (Grey’s Anatomy).
When functioning normally, the cerebellum, which is located at the back bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or “fires” to the brain (right and left hemispheres that look sort of like big noodles), which in turn “fires” to the brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla which is located just prior to the spinal cord).
This Is Called The “Brain Loop”.
Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional stability are all directly correlated with proper brain function…the “Brain Loop”. When functioning correctly, the cerebellum receives adequate input, sending normal input to the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends sufficient input to the lower brain stem, keeping the mesencephalon from over-firing.
What goes wrong? Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress will adversely affect this “brain loop”.
Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of our culture that is so detrimental.
If one side of the cerebellum is not receiving enough nerve input, it cannot send sufficient nerve input to the frontal lobe, which can’t send enough input to the lower brain stem to keep the mesencephalon from over-firing.
What’s the deal with the mesencephalon?
The mesencephalon (a.k.a. upper brain stem, a.k.a. mid-brain, a.k.a. cerebral peduncle) normally is inhibited by the brain. In other words, when the “brain loop” is intact, the mesencephalon is kept in check; think of a young boy with his father there beside him to keep him from acting up.
However, once there is some sort of interruption of the “brain loop”, the mesencephalon is left unchecked (think here of that same boy, left home alone with no supervision and free reign of the house!).
Basically, the brain gets stuck in a sympathetic (fight or flight) response meaning that your body is running like you are in some sort of danger.
If our mesencephalon is not firing properly it may cause symptoms such as Fibromyalgia, Attention Deficit, Hypertension, Chronic Pain, etc.
What about the cerebellum?
Another key part to the “brain loop” is the cerebellum. This is the back, bottom part of your brain that controls your balance and coordination, spinal postural muscles, and terminates eye movements. When one side of your cerebellum is not firing properly it can lead to a host of common ailments.
A mis-firing cerebellum may cause one side of the postural muscles to be in constant spasm. This one-sided muscle spasm will change the motion of the spine allowing for injury and pain.
Additionally, individual vertebrae will lock up and be restricted in their normal movement. Consequently, chronic back and neck pain, spinal degeneration, arthritis, disc herniations, and sciatica may develop.
Chronic dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders are usually the result of cerebellar dysfunction if no pathology is present.
How Can I Fix Your Brain?
Thorough a Functional Neurological Examination we can reveal which aspect of your brain is not working optimally. Since once side of the body is controlled by the opposite side of the brain (example: right brain controls the left side of the body), most treatments are given on one side of the body to stimulate the opposite hemisphere of the brain.
A safe, gentle, hands-on, dynamic integration process is used to re-boot, reconnect and restore proper brain function. Traditional chiropractic instruments and/or adjustments are also used, but they are used in a very precise manner…to stimulate function in the effected part of the brain.
In addition, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimulation, vibration, eye movements, eye exercises, warm calorics and other modalities may be used to increase brain firing.
What health problems can you help with?
Please understand that BRAIN BASED THERAPY is not a specific treatment for any disease, illness or disorder. We do not try to cure anything.
However.... My expertise lies in increasing the function of your Brain by using Receptor Based Stimulation (RBS) that is both appropriate and within your brains metabolic capacity.
In essence we RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN which, in turn, will then be able to do what the brain was set up to do from the beginning which is direct your bodies systems, prompt your body to begin to heal and take back control of those systems that have gone haywire and caused you so much grief and despair.
Now once the “brain loop” is restored and the brain imbalances are minimized (brain balance restoration)…amazing things can and do happen!
• Balance Disorders
• Arm/Shoulder Pain
• Misophonia / Hyperacusis
• Failed Back Syndrome
• Bulging/Herniated Discs
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Dizziness/Vertigo
• Dystonia
• Paralysis
• Fibromyalgia
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Neck Pain
• Migraines/Headaches
• Sciatica/Leg Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Hip/Knee/Foot Pain
• Tremor Disorders
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Numbness/Tingling
• Insomnia
• ADD/ADHD/Autism/Tourette's
-Brain Based Therapy Origins-
Brain Based Therapy is a clinical and functional neurology protocol developed by Frederick Robert Carrick, DC, PhD, DACAN, DABCN, DACNB, DAAPM, FACCN, (click the link to see ABC's NightLine episode about Functional Neurology) the country’s leading chiropractic neurologist and chiropractic’s only neurological fellow. The Carrick Institute offers classes internationally and helps patients around the world with severe neurological disorders.
In addition, along with Dr. Michael Johnson, a board certified chiropractic neurologist, and author of the best selling alternative health book, What Do You Do When The Medications Don’t Work? we have added a major health improving division to the functional neurology paradigm, it is the metabolic division, we have coined the term Neuro-Metabolic, to cover what it is we do in our very specialized clinics.
-Find Out If We Can Help You-
Check out the links I have provided in this blog and then give us a call at 281-812-8101 or sign up on the website to begin your journey home to truly optimized health. Isn't it time you had a doctor committed to:IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE!
If you would like to see if our BRAIN BASED THERAPY might help you or a loved one contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment. 281-812-8101
What is Brain Based Therapy?
Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.
Brain based therapy is a form of treatment that is amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.
-The Brain Explained-
Your brain controls and coordinates each and every function of the human body (Grey’s Anatomy).
When functioning normally, the cerebellum, which is located at the back bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or “fires” to the brain (right and left hemispheres that look sort of like big noodles), which in turn “fires” to the brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla which is located just prior to the spinal cord).
This Is Called The “Brain Loop”.
Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional stability are all directly correlated with proper brain function…the “Brain Loop”. When functioning correctly, the cerebellum receives adequate input, sending normal input to the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends sufficient input to the lower brain stem, keeping the mesencephalon from over-firing.
What goes wrong? Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress will adversely affect this “brain loop”.
Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of our culture that is so detrimental.
If one side of the cerebellum is not receiving enough nerve input, it cannot send sufficient nerve input to the frontal lobe, which can’t send enough input to the lower brain stem to keep the mesencephalon from over-firing.
What’s the deal with the mesencephalon?
The mesencephalon (a.k.a. upper brain stem, a.k.a. mid-brain, a.k.a. cerebral peduncle) normally is inhibited by the brain. In other words, when the “brain loop” is intact, the mesencephalon is kept in check; think of a young boy with his father there beside him to keep him from acting up.
However, once there is some sort of interruption of the “brain loop”, the mesencephalon is left unchecked (think here of that same boy, left home alone with no supervision and free reign of the house!).
Basically, the brain gets stuck in a sympathetic (fight or flight) response meaning that your body is running like you are in some sort of danger.
If our mesencephalon is not firing properly it may cause symptoms such as Fibromyalgia, Attention Deficit, Hypertension, Chronic Pain, etc.
What about the cerebellum?
Another key part to the “brain loop” is the cerebellum. This is the back, bottom part of your brain that controls your balance and coordination, spinal postural muscles, and terminates eye movements. When one side of your cerebellum is not firing properly it can lead to a host of common ailments.
A mis-firing cerebellum may cause one side of the postural muscles to be in constant spasm. This one-sided muscle spasm will change the motion of the spine allowing for injury and pain.
Additionally, individual vertebrae will lock up and be restricted in their normal movement. Consequently, chronic back and neck pain, spinal degeneration, arthritis, disc herniations, and sciatica may develop.
Chronic dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders are usually the result of cerebellar dysfunction if no pathology is present.
How Can I Fix Your Brain?
Thorough a Functional Neurological Examination we can reveal which aspect of your brain is not working optimally. Since once side of the body is controlled by the opposite side of the brain (example: right brain controls the left side of the body), most treatments are given on one side of the body to stimulate the opposite hemisphere of the brain.
A safe, gentle, hands-on, dynamic integration process is used to re-boot, reconnect and restore proper brain function. Traditional chiropractic instruments and/or adjustments are also used, but they are used in a very precise manner…to stimulate function in the effected part of the brain.
In addition, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimulation, vibration, eye movements, eye exercises, warm calorics and other modalities may be used to increase brain firing.
What health problems can you help with?
Please understand that BRAIN BASED THERAPY is not a specific treatment for any disease, illness or disorder. We do not try to cure anything.
However.... My expertise lies in increasing the function of your Brain by using Receptor Based Stimulation (RBS) that is both appropriate and within your brains metabolic capacity.
In essence we RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN which, in turn, will then be able to do what the brain was set up to do from the beginning which is direct your bodies systems, prompt your body to begin to heal and take back control of those systems that have gone haywire and caused you so much grief and despair.
Now once the “brain loop” is restored and the brain imbalances are minimized (brain balance restoration)…amazing things can and do happen!
• Balance Disorders
• Arm/Shoulder Pain
• Misophonia / Hyperacusis
• Failed Back Syndrome
• Bulging/Herniated Discs
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Dizziness/Vertigo
• Dystonia
• Paralysis
• Fibromyalgia
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Neck Pain
• Migraines/Headaches
• Sciatica/Leg Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Hip/Knee/Foot Pain
• Tremor Disorders
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Numbness/Tingling
• Insomnia
• ADD/ADHD/Autism/Tourette's
-Brain Based Therapy Origins-
Brain Based Therapy is a clinical and functional neurology protocol developed by Frederick Robert Carrick, DC, PhD, DACAN, DABCN, DACNB, DAAPM, FACCN, (click the link to see ABC's NightLine episode about Functional Neurology) the country’s leading chiropractic neurologist and chiropractic’s only neurological fellow. The Carrick Institute offers classes internationally and helps patients around the world with severe neurological disorders.
In addition, along with Dr. Michael Johnson, a board certified chiropractic neurologist, and author of the best selling alternative health book, What Do You Do When The Medications Don’t Work? we have added a major health improving division to the functional neurology paradigm, it is the metabolic division, we have coined the term Neuro-Metabolic, to cover what it is we do in our very specialized clinics.
-Find Out If We Can Help You-
Check out the links I have provided in this blog and then give us a call at 281-812-8101 or sign up on the website to begin your journey home to truly optimized health. Isn't it time you had a doctor committed to:IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE!
If you would like to see if our BRAIN BASED THERAPY might help you or a loved one contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment. 281-812-8101
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Gluten Implicated In Neuropathy-Dizziness-Ataxia!
Having Trouble Walking Around Because Of Your Balance?
There are many Americans that are having difficulties with walking, balance, vertigo and dizziness that think that they are just clumsy or have been told that they will just have to learn to live with their Balance Disorder.....
Well, according to a study out of Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, neurological damage of unknown origin or Idiopathic Dizziness, Vertigo, Peripheral Neuropathy or a whole host of other nerve related diseases may just be the work of Gluten Reactive Immune Response!
Gluten is a "potential neurotoxin" in those that are susceptible to the insidious onslaught against their bodies systems. Gluten damage may cause everything from unexplained dizziness to numbness in the hands and feet.
Gluten Ataxia
Approximately 10 percent of people with Celiac disease develop neurological symptoms, according to the Center for Peripheral Neuropathy. Ataxia describes a neurological condition characterized by jerky movements and an awkward gait. Gluten ataxia specifically describes a neurological condition caused by a gluten sensitivity that leads to a wide range of symptoms, including:• Difficultly concentrating
• Loss of balance
• Frequent falls
• Visual disturbances
• Trouble walking
• Tremors
• Trouble judging distances
In people with a gluten sensitivity, eating foods with the gluten protein triggers an autoimmune reaction. The body attacks the gluten with antibodies in the same way that antibodies attack viruses. This damages the intestines. Intestinal damage inhibits absorption of nutrients, often leading to nutrient deficiencies.
Vitamin deficiencies could be to blame for gluten ataxia, according to an article in the Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Living Without magazine. Another explanation is that something in the brain is similar enough to gluten that the antibodies released to attack gluten also attack the brain.
This process is known as Molecular Mimicry and is a major theory as to why gluten can cause our immune system to attack self tissue, such as brain, nerve, connective tissue, thyroid, pancreas, insulin and any number of other tissues within our bodies...
The exact cause for gluten ataxia is unknown, but what is clear is that eating gluten makes it worse. A study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry in September 2003 found that participants with ataxia who followed a gluten-free diet demonstrated improvement in ataxia symptoms compared to the control group, and had significantly fewer anti-gliadin antibodies, or "anti-gluten" antibodies, after one year.
There are many instances in which people that get the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and other neurological conditions, are misdiagnosed and really suffer with Gluten related neurological conditions.
Gluten Neuropathy
Neuropathy, or Peripheral Neuropathy, describes a range of disorders characterized by nerve damage to one or more nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord. Often the cause of the neuropathy is unknown, in these cases, many times, the culprit is Gluten or one of the food proteins that is cross-reactive to gluten....Gluten neuropathy is when the autoimmune response is the root cause of the nerve damage.
A study published in Muscle & Nerve journal in December 2006 found that participants with neuropathy who followed a gluten-free diet showed significant improvement in symptoms after one year. The control group reported worsening of symptoms.
Treatment
People who have a gluten intolerance do not respond to simple allergy tests like someone with a milk or nut allergy might. The gentlest way to figure out if someone is sensitive to gluten is dietary therapy. Avoid gluten for several weeks, then reintroduce it and observe any reactions.Once it is known that a person has a problem with gluten there is only one form of treatment: abstinence. People with any degree of gluten sensitivity or intolerance must completely give it up. This means not only avoiding obvious foods like bread and pasta, but also foods like soy sauce and licorice that contain small amounts of wheat.
It may seem like an impossible thing to do but it is easily managed if you have someone that knows, form personal experience, what is involved it this lifestyle change.
To know for sure what your problem is you need to find a someone that specializes in this type of Immune System Inflammatory Response to Food Proteins.
Contact Dr. Walter K. Crooks
http://noneuropathyhouston.com/
http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/
by: Sarka-Jonae Miller
Having Trouble Walking Around Because Of Your Balance?
There are many Americans that are having difficulties with walking, balance, vertigo and dizziness that think that they are just clumsy or have been told that they will just have to learn to live with their Balance Disorder.....
Well, according to a study out of Center for Peripheral Neuropathy, neurological damage of unknown origin or Idiopathic Dizziness, Vertigo, Peripheral Neuropathy or a whole host of other nerve related diseases may just be the work of Gluten Reactive Immune Response!
Gluten is a "potential neurotoxin" in those that are susceptible to the insidious onslaught against their bodies systems. Gluten damage may cause everything from unexplained dizziness to numbness in the hands and feet.
Gluten Ataxia
Approximately 10 percent of people with Celiac disease develop neurological symptoms, according to the Center for Peripheral Neuropathy. Ataxia describes a neurological condition characterized by jerky movements and an awkward gait. Gluten ataxia specifically describes a neurological condition caused by a gluten sensitivity that leads to a wide range of symptoms, including:• Difficultly concentrating
• Loss of balance
• Frequent falls
• Visual disturbances
• Trouble walking
• Tremors
• Trouble judging distances
In people with a gluten sensitivity, eating foods with the gluten protein triggers an autoimmune reaction. The body attacks the gluten with antibodies in the same way that antibodies attack viruses. This damages the intestines. Intestinal damage inhibits absorption of nutrients, often leading to nutrient deficiencies.
Vitamin deficiencies could be to blame for gluten ataxia, according to an article in the Feb/Mar 2011 issue of Living Without magazine. Another explanation is that something in the brain is similar enough to gluten that the antibodies released to attack gluten also attack the brain.
This process is known as Molecular Mimicry and is a major theory as to why gluten can cause our immune system to attack self tissue, such as brain, nerve, connective tissue, thyroid, pancreas, insulin and any number of other tissues within our bodies...
The exact cause for gluten ataxia is unknown, but what is clear is that eating gluten makes it worse. A study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry in September 2003 found that participants with ataxia who followed a gluten-free diet demonstrated improvement in ataxia symptoms compared to the control group, and had significantly fewer anti-gliadin antibodies, or "anti-gluten" antibodies, after one year.
There are many instances in which people that get the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and other neurological conditions, are misdiagnosed and really suffer with Gluten related neurological conditions.
Gluten Neuropathy
Neuropathy, or Peripheral Neuropathy, describes a range of disorders characterized by nerve damage to one or more nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord. Often the cause of the neuropathy is unknown, in these cases, many times, the culprit is Gluten or one of the food proteins that is cross-reactive to gluten....Gluten neuropathy is when the autoimmune response is the root cause of the nerve damage.
A study published in Muscle & Nerve journal in December 2006 found that participants with neuropathy who followed a gluten-free diet showed significant improvement in symptoms after one year. The control group reported worsening of symptoms.
Treatment
People who have a gluten intolerance do not respond to simple allergy tests like someone with a milk or nut allergy might. The gentlest way to figure out if someone is sensitive to gluten is dietary therapy. Avoid gluten for several weeks, then reintroduce it and observe any reactions.Once it is known that a person has a problem with gluten there is only one form of treatment: abstinence. People with any degree of gluten sensitivity or intolerance must completely give it up. This means not only avoiding obvious foods like bread and pasta, but also foods like soy sauce and licorice that contain small amounts of wheat.
It may seem like an impossible thing to do but it is easily managed if you have someone that knows, form personal experience, what is involved it this lifestyle change.
To know for sure what your problem is you need to find a someone that specializes in this type of Immune System Inflammatory Response to Food Proteins.
Contact Dr. Walter K. Crooks
http://noneuropathyhouston.com/
http://lifechangingcarehouston.com/
by: Sarka-Jonae Miller
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