By utilizing 3D X-rays to determine the vector force, the NUCCA technique continues the work of Palmer, Grostic and Gregory...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has an elusive etiology and baffling history. After extensive research diagnostic criteria finally were established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A differential diagnosis of CFS can be confirmed if a patient has a history of persistent or relapsing fatigue for six or more months, plus concurrent occurrence of four or more of the symptoms listed below.1 A careful evaluation of a patient's health is imperative to rule out other causes of ongoing or unexplained fatigue such as depression, obesity or thyroid disorders.

A child with bronchial asthma breathes normally again, the acute attack stilled by a chiropractic adjustment. A man suffering intense pain from sciatica returns to his daily labors after weeks of suffering, relieved by a chiropractic adjustment. A lady patient, tormented for years by migraine, is freed from pain by the chiropractic adjustment. A boy who constantly suffered from "stomach pains" lives a normal pain-free life after a chiropractic adjustment. A girl with a twisted pelvic girdle is liberated from her braces as a result of a chiropractic adjustment. The patient who could not raise his arm, could not sleep except under sedation because of the pain, completely recovers after his chiropractic adjustment.

The questions most frequently asked by patients are answered in simple language here.

Q. What do you mean when you say I have an atlas subluxation?

A. The atlas is the top vertebra (spinal bone) of the spinal column. If it moves out of its normal position (misaligns), it causes damage to nerve structures, bodily distortions, produces spinal column imbalance, spastic contracture of the extensor muscles, and a contractured (short) leg.

The purpose of this brochure is to explain the chiropractic adjustment, how it works, what it does to the patient, what benefits the patient may receive from the adjustment, and other relevant facts that the patient should know.

The word "adjustment" is a rather loosely used term in chiropractic today. It denotes the application of a force to a spinal bone (vertebra) to move it from one position to another. The intention of the adjuster in moving a vertebra is to correct the patient's subluxation (a misaligned spinal bone causing harm to nervous structure). In order to do this, the adjuster must reduce the vertebra to or toward its normal position. (The term "manipulation" is frequently used for the same reason).