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The technique doctors ask about most in comparison to
ABC™ is Chiropractic
BioPhysics™ so I will cover that one first.
The basis of CBP™ is that as Dr. Breig wrote and did
experiments to physically demonstrate, when the
spinal column is flexed AT ANY POINT, it leads to stretching of the spinal
cord and brainstem. The stretching causes the ill effects on
the nervous system that is discussed in chiropractic,
osteopathy and other structural healthcare methods. Dr.
Breig was the first to note it was STRETCHING of the nerves
and not "pinching" of the nerves that causes a problem. This
has been confirmed by Yamada and others doing dual laser
spectrophotometry on live human subjects as well as animal
subjects.
Breig wrote and showed these
experiments on fresh cadavers and live subjects in Adverse
Mechanical Tension in the Central Nervous System in 1978.
After a further decade of research in 1989 he published Skull
Traction and Cervical Cord Injuries showing the further
research and confirmation of his original work.)
As
stated, ALL these things have been
confirmed recently by Yamada and Lonser in Adult Tethered
Cord Syndrome. (click
here for abstract and discussion)
to go look at this. It is
one of the most important works relating to chiropractic,
structural healthcare and
nerve function you will find anywhere in the world.
First is to note that Dr. Breig made no assertions without
physical experiments on fresh specimen cadavers (not preserved
so the tissues were not altered as you saw in your dissection
labs) and live subjects (from his neurosurgery) to back them
up.
Next, is to note that Dr. Breig had no theories he was
trying to prove or disprove. He was just trying to see what
happened mechanically in the body and made discoveries. Dr.
Breig found that bringing bodies into slight extension
resulted in a shortening of the spinal canal and l reduced
tension on the cord and brainstem.
Breig noted that though the ENTIRE spinal cord and brainstem
stretched when ANY PART OF THE SPINAL COLUMN is flexed, the
greatest change in spinal cord length is during flexion and
extension of the cervical spine. Therefore, the way Dr. Breig
handled patients with everything from disc conditions to
degenerative conditions of the central nervous system with
excellent results (even Multiple Sclerosis and the like) was
to screw a plastic ribbon into the base of their occiput,
thread it down below the skin to the midthoracic region, pull
the head a bit into extension and tie it off in the thoracic
spinouses at that point. Generally illustrated below with a
picture from his text below that.
        
As you can see, the ribbon has the effect of pulling the
cervical column back into extension. This results in
slackening of the cord, tension off the cord and brainstem,
which lets the nerves in the cord and even peripheral nerves
attached to the cord, function as they are supposed to
function -- as was stated by Breig and has now been proven by
Yamada. Taking the tension off the cord is why it does not
matter if there are disc protrusions. Cord and nerves slack,
no pulling/stretching of the nerves over the disc = no
symptoms or difficulties. What was missed by CBP™
creator Harrison is mechanical
What was missed by CBP™ creator Harrison, is the mechanical
nature of the EXTERNAL support provided by the ribbon AND the
fact that Breig showed in numerous experiments that ANY PART
OF THE SPINE put into
flexion causes
axial stretch on the cord
and brainstem EVERYWHERE from head to tail, though the focus at any one point
depends upon the overall mechanics.
There
is a very large mechanical difference between the external
support provided by by the ribbon and trying to force the
cervical spine into extension using traction on the head and
P-to-A adjusting on the upper thoracic spine (which forces
flexion there). The missed observation
of the mechanical nature of the external support
is a biggie, BUT the fact that not taking into account the effects
of the adjusting toward the anterior on other parts of the spinal column
which creates flexion, could be
more important than the effects on the cervical spine. (This
missed observation is the reason CBP™ practitioners will often
have an "improved" cervical curve but increased neurologic
symptoms in certain types of patients. The basic premise of
CBP™ could not be true if this combination of improved
cervical curve and worse neuologics
occurs even once.) Breig
himself makes this very clear in his work, noting that the
entire spine works as a single unit and looking at one section
will only get you in trouble. (occasion what CBP™ says to do will
work -- which is one of the biggest problems -- since it works
sometimes but not always, one makes the mistake of thinking the
basic premise is valid though there is actually some other factor at
work unknown to the Harrisons.)
For all his talk of "global" changes, Harrison has really only
focused on one area. The premise is incorrect. I noted this
for him in 1995 along with the mathematics for him to discover
the
ABC™ principles on his own. I still have his return letter
telling me I misused the principles of calculus. BUT now
Harrison is measuring full spine and moments of inertia of the
vertebrae. Exactly what he told me was a misuse of the
principles of calculus and physics. Call
203 366-2746 today and learn the First Rib Maneuver. You will
change your posture and the posture of others more in a minute
or two than you can do with CBP™ in months.
Click here for the page on the
First Rib Maneuver.
For all his personality disagreeable traits Harrison is
following and objective line of research so he will eventually
get to where
ABC™ already arrived. The reason my research was
refused publication throughout the 1980's and 1990's was that
it included some of the full spine films you see on this site
-- anyone of which invalidates all the theories (but not the
practical results) of structural healthcare out there today.
It is a case of what someone thought (Harrison thinking that
forcing the head into extension will slacken the cord and
brainstem) is not the same as what actually happens in the
physical world. Breig specifically notes why you do not do
hyperextension on the head and neck and on page 231 notes the
damage that can be caused by it, or hyperextension in a dental
chair, is the same as a hyperextension injury only differing
in rate of onset of damage/symptoms. This is why so many
docs tell me about greater neurological symptoms after CBP™ in
quite a few cases. The reason it does not happen more often is
that, unlike dentists, those using hyperextension traction are
not knocking people out so patients who get dizziness, pain or
numbness (absolute signs of brain stem compression and
possible neurologic damage) refuse to do the traction.
Breig noted that all his experiments showed you must consider
that the entire spine is a single synchronized unit tied
together by the meninges running from the coccyx to the skull
and only firmly attached at the skull and coccyx -- the
dentate ligaments are more like bungees allowing the cord to
move around in the neural canal -- because the meninges
transfer the stress INSTANTLY throughout the entire system.
Breig also specifically noted that column could thus could not
be considered as separate sections, cervical thoracic and
lumbar without completely missing the actual effects of any
treatment. (This single synchronized unit was in
Breig's book as a major observation about the functioning of
the column in fresh cadavers, live specimen animals as well as
humans.)
This is another missed observation, what are the
effects of the adjusting on other parts of the spinal column.
Harrison doesn't know because he did not look. What about
people whose cervical spines come back into a lordosis from a
kyphosis yet their arm is still numb or more numb than before?
CBP™ cannot answer what occurred in the rest of the spine because
for all the talk of "global change" they do not x-ray the
entire spine. It is a set
of missed observations. (This relates to
those people docs tell me have better cervical curves after
the adjusting but whose neurological symptoms are worse.)
I could go much further but these basic missed observations in
basic theory are enough to invalidate the basic premise of
CBP™. I will note however, that I wrote Harrison about
ABC™ in
1995, including the entire basis. I have that letter and the
return telling me that you cannot measure curves of the spinal
column and use calculus to make determinations of function as
I have done -- and he is now coming around to doing because he
has no choice if he will follow and objective line of
research. I will also note that for all his personality
quirks, Don Harrison is indeed following an objective line of
research and will have to eventually come to all the points I
have found that make up the observations of
ABC™ and the resultant
treatments to correct bodies. For you as a doc in
clinical practice I ask, Why wait?
Call 203 366-2746 today and learn the first rib maneuver. You
will change your posture and the posture of others more in a
minute or two than you can do with CBP™ in months.
The next thing to read is here:
Axioms of body structure correction page (click here)
Sincerely, Dr. Jesse
Jutkowitz |
