Fixed Asymmetric Sympathetic Dystonia
Your Abnormal “Pattern”
We routinely track your progress, judge the effectiveness of an adjustment, schedule a follow-up visit and make many other clinical decisions based on the use of Paraspinal Digital Infrared Imaging (PDII) or “scan”. This non-invasive heat reading device provides valuable data to us concerning the function of your nervous system.
A normal scan of thermographic area #8 (the back of your neck) shows a mildly wavering line up the center of the graphing screen on the PDII. The slight wavering is perfectly normal and does not get more than 0.3°C (about 1/2°F) from the midline. If you wait about 10-15 minutes and do another graph it will look a little different and that is as it should be, normal.
The slightly wavering line that looks a little different throughout the day is a reflection of a nervous system that is on-line and working just as it should, keeping you well, healing you up and adapting your internal environment to the external environment.
Problem:
Injury to the upper cervical spine can occur. Due to the neurology of humans, this injury creates abnormal feed back into the central nervous system and confuses this adaptative process that regulates your internal environment.
Without the normal adaptation your internal environment is unable to keep you well. Your scan shows this lack of adaptation as your “pattern”. A repeated pattern is abnormal!
Your Abnormal Pattern:
Typically your abnormal pattern will show two things.
ü Temperature swings that are beyond the normal 0.3°C.
ü Your scan will still waver but it repeats the same pattern of wavering over and over again. Hence the term “Your Pattern”.
The abnormal pattern’s severity is judged by how big the swings are and how fixed those swings are over time.
In order for care to be effective we must identify your pattern and normalize (clear) it. This will occur as nerve function returns to normal after the appropriate upper cervical spine adjustment.
Nothing else will do……..
Why All of This Really Matters:
The picture on the left is a color representation of a Paraspinal Digital Infrared Imaging (PDII) scan. It shows the difference in the temperature on the right side of your spine compared to the left side. The picture shows significantly abnormal differences in temperature in the neck, shoulders, lower mid back and low back. If the picture was normal all the bars would be green meaning the difference between the right and left is 0.3°C or less. Who says what is normal? To date 9000 peer reviewed Index-Medicus journal reports, studies and surveys conducted over the past 30 plus years. In other words monumental fully accepted research world-wide over 3 decades. The picture on the left shows an autonomic (sympathetic) nervous system that is in physiologic crisis. A nervous system that is essentially out of control, unable to regulate normal internal physiology in that person.
The picture on the right can be found in most any accepted anatomy text book (Gray's, Cunningham, CIBA) on any doctor’s book shelf any where in the world in any language. It is a pictorial representation of the autonomic nervous system that regulates and controls all internal functions in every human on the planet.
The picture on the left is a picture of whether or not the nervous system is functioning normally and it is not in this graph I have shown. The picture on the right shows where the dysfunctional nerves go. Which organ systems the nerves regulate the function of. It really in’t a great leap to realize that dysfunction of the nervous system can cause dysfunction in the human body. It really in’t a great leap to realize that spinal dysfunction especially of the upper cervical spine can cause nervous system dysfunction. When the nervous system is impaired organ systems controlled by these nerves may also dysfunction. When the dysfunction get bad enough we can developer symptoms. When the symptoms get bad enough we can call it a disease, label it and categorize it.
PDII allows us to "read" the function of the nervous system. It also allows us to monitor the effectiveness of our treatment beyond asking you "how do you feel today"? Chiropractors claim that adjusting the spine helps the nervous system work more normally. In this office we verify it.
Really, I see no other choice. I want to know if what I am doing to try and help you, actually is helping you at this very basic physiologic foundational level.
Abnormal Positioning of the Human Spine
Leads to Abnormal Weight Bearing on the Disc, Joints and Muscles
The Abnormal Load can cause Abnormal Wear and Tear
Gradual Collapse of Spinal Structure can Produce Neurological Dysfunction
We feel that normal positioning and neurological function are critical factors in regaining and maintaining health. Clinically, we have found this approach to be highly effective and is at the core of our approach to examination and treatment.
