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Upper Cervical Patient Concerns:
A bulging disc in his neck with a pinched nerve. Chronic headaches (for 12 years). Chronic joint pain. Spinal pain. Pain in hips and knees. Constipation. Poor sleep.
Physical injury:
Traumatic brain injury from work accident (head injury) five years prior
Changes in structure from injury:
- Right tilt of the head, with neck leaning left, back leaning to the left, and low left shoulder
- Short left leg of 1 inch but with a high left hip
- Decreased ability to rotated head to left and right with pain
- Decreased ability to bend head to side on left and right, with pain toward left
- Decreased ability to look up, causing pain in mid- back
- Before and after posture picture on same visit
- Upper cervical correction on 10/19 and 10/23
- No adjustment needed between 10/23 and 11/13
- 11/13 posture photo shows maintenance of structural improvement without pre correction
Chiropractic methods:
Gentle correction to the neck, upper cervical chiropractic care.
Upper Cervical Case Outcomes:
90% or greater resolution of abdominal pain with decreased neck stiffness, decreased headache, neck pain, and left radiating arm pain. Constipation no longer a problem.
Notes for providers:
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- No active/passive rehabilitation or traction
- Low force cervical corrections without extension/rotation to C1 transverse region
- Side posture patient placement
