"Motion Palpation and Manipulation of the Lower Cervicals"
Presented by -- L.J. Faye, D.C.
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Videotape -- approximately one hour running time
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Not long ago, a young man came into my office with a sharp pain at
the thoracolumbar junction received from a fall off a ladder. He
had already been the medical route (naturally) and had never been
to a chiropractor before.
He was loaded with all kinds of questions -- ones filled with
obvious skepticism. At one point I almost asked him why he had come
in the first place, but since I encourage questions I let him just
fire away.
After taking a history, I began the physical examination. To my
surprise, he had enough electrodes strapped to his back to make a
robot jealous. He assured me that the TENS unit he was wearing was
the only way he could get through the day without unbearable pain.
After four visits he came in and told me that he thought he might
not be coming any longer because he wasn't making the progress he
thought he should.
"Sorry," I said, "sometimes it takes a little time to experience
relief and, of course, chiropractic isn't a panacea."
He nodded. "And people have told me that chiropractors make you
come back all the time."
"There are some unethical chiropractors who sometimes schedule
excessive visits," I admitted, "but remember, every time someone
takes a prescription drug, that person is receiving a medical
treatment. The only difference is that you have to go to the
chiropractor's office. Chiropractic therapy doesn't come in a
bottle."
Then came the bombshell. When I asked him if he had felt any
relief from anything we had done in the four visits, he admitted
that he had cut down on his medication and no longer had to wear
his TENS unit.
"But I thought you said you hadn't made any progress!" I said in
obvious surprise.
"Yeah," he replied, "but I probably would have gotten better
anyway. Besides, I don't really believe in what you guys do. I
mean, how can you tell if you've really moved a bone?"
After scraping my jaw off the floor, I assured him that the
determination of the success of an adjustment was not only
discerned through symptomatic relief but through the motion
palpation of the structures mobilized after the adjustment.
This seemed to satisfy him and he continued treatments until he was
symptom free.
This event made me think that too often patients will come into a
DC's office and get "popped" without having the slightest idea
about the skilled analysis it takes to render a successful
adjustment.
With the Faye videotape on palpation and adjustment of the mid and
lower cervical spine we have, as a profession, the quintessence of
mechanical analysis of the human structure. Recent research as
that published in the December 1989 issue of JMPT indicates that
studies have shown that both the mid-cervical and lumbar spines are
quite difficult to effectively palpate.
It is, therefore, extremely important for the chiropractic
physician to develop an expertise in the more difficult areas of
spinal palpation. The wonderful thing about all of the tapes in
this series is that they aren't just "how to" tapes. They are, in
fact, lessons in topographical anatomy and in mechanical movement
indigenous to the area.
With multiple cameras and expert editing, every subtle nuance of
palpation and the mobilization of fixations is clearly demonstrated
from different angles.
It doesn't matter what technique is used, this tape on the mid and
lower cervicals is essential in the learning process of every
student of chiropractic, every teacher, and every doctor in the
field. It's pure, it's clean, it's what we do.
RHT
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