Re: Cranial Adjustment?

Mark Probert wrote: 
JanD wrote:

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JanD wrote:

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During Whole Life Expo 2005 (at the metro toronto convention center), I
attended a lecture called "Cranial Misalignments". The chiropractor
said that through manipulating the bones in the skull he had allowed
non-verbal autistics to speak and greatly improved the condition of
people with Chronic Fatigue Sydrome and other disorders such as ADD, he
talked about a few of these people. He said that misalignments in the
skull caused by head injuries either from the birthing process or from
accidents can contribute to a variety of health problems such as those.
He did mention that this is different from craniosacral therapy which
involves fluids in the brain.

Do any of you have any experience with this type of therapy? Have you
ever been to a chiropractor who practices this kind of treatment? Is
there any other source of information regarding this treatment?

Obviously, I'm very skeptical to let someone manipulate the bones in my
skull, so I would appreciate any information on this.

Thanks! 



http://www.chiropractors.asn.au/cjournal/vol35/cjamarch05.html

Cranial and Other Chiropractic Adjustments in the Conservative Treatment of Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Case Report
FRANK O. PEDERICK

ABSTRACT: Trigeminal neuralgia, sometimes called tic douloureux, is characterised by episodes of electric-shock-like pain in areas of the face where branches of the trigeminal nerve are distributed. Medical treatment includes pharmaceuticals, analgesics, surgery, radiosurgery, low-powered lasers, TENS, acupuncture and biofeedback. Manipulative approaches have been used successfully in a medical centre in China, and reports of successful treatment with chiropractic techniques have been published. The patient in this report had a history of right-sided facial pain, diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia, over a 6-year period with remissions after dental or medical treatment and exacerbations, the most recent of 2 months duration. Prior to cranial and other chiropractic adjustments, the patient had continuous pain that she rated at 9.5 on the visual analogue scale, and after 4 consultations over an 11-day period, pain had reduced to 0.5. Spinal and cranial adjusting potentially affects a wide range of causes of trigeminal neuralgia and offers a conservative, low-cost, low-technology initial approach which, if ineffective, will not greatly delay or inhibit other treatment. Occasional maintenance care may be required in some instances to reduce occurrences.


INDEX TERMS: MeSH: CHIROPRACTIC; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA. Other: CRANIAL ADJUSTING, SPINAL ADJUSTING; CRANIAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE THERAPY.

Chiropr J Aust 2005; 35:9-15

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http://www.icnr.com/cs/cs_06.html


Interesting *case report*. I hope it can be repeated for others who suffer from trigemminal neuralgia.

However, that being said, it does not in any manner support the chiropractors claim that he can treat AD/HD or autism with cranial manipulation. the skull is one solid bone. It cannot be moved. The entire purpose of using helmets is to prevent any injury to the skull.




http://www.turnerwellness.com/media/cranial-adjusting-mike.pdf


Yes, Dr. Turner, whom I suspect is the chiropractor referred to by the OP, is promoting this. However, he offers NO PROOF that it works. None. Zero. Not even a decent anecdote. 

Darn...hit that send button too soon...

Yes, it is Turner who was the chiropractor that the OP referred to:

TURNER WELLNESS     Barrie ON     *143
Chiropractic Cranial Adjustment

http://www.wholelifeexpo.ca/expo2005/exhibit.html

Turner is an "exhibitor" and did not present any form of research that is referenced on that website.
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