...Real People, Real Problems, & Real Results
Our office utilizes the most advanced techniques possible in Chiropractic. We are one of the only offices in South Western PA that specializes in structural rehabilitation of the spine. The x-ray to the left represents a normal lateral cervical curve. This curve should be a 43 degree arc. This has been determined to be the strongest arc in nature and the strongest arc architecturally. (Is it any surprise that what God designed as normal just happens to be the strongest arc architecturally?). Neurophysiologists have now called the normal cervical curve the arc of life - for it truly gives life. Some of the latest research has shown that a loss of the cervical curve can result in stretching the spine and resulting in a loss of life. In fact we have only found one person with a reversal of 10 degrees or more of the cervical curve live past the age of 65 years old.
Structure is related to function:
There are three measurements that we are interested in.
#1 The 1st Cervical vertebra is by far the most important. It should be at a 31 degree angle, for even an angle of 26 degrees will result in 5 degrees of pressure on the brain stem. Just look at Christopher Reeves, many think that he severed his spinal cord, but he did not. All that happened was that when he fell from his horse, he had a small fracture of the upper cervical spine. It only takes between 8mm and 1.2 cm. of pressure to actually kill you - yet he had approximately 1 cm of pressure, which falls in the range that he could have died but he did not. However, he can't move his bowels on his own, he can't breathe without a respirator all because of just 1 cm of pressure in his upper neck. It's been said that you could cover-up all of his problem with just the tip of your pinky finger. The first cervical vertebra is by far the most important vertebra of the entire spine. In fact it controls almost 95% of your bodies function. In fact if you look at Christopher Reeves he unfortunately looks like he is barely functioning.
#2 As I said previously the Cervical Curve is one of the most important measurement in the body. A loss of the cervical curve stretches the the spinal cord resulting in a loss of function and early death.
#3 The first cervical vertebra should be over top of the seventh. If it is not it results in undue stress of the upper back, which are the nerves to the heart and lungs which predispose the body to heart and lung problems.
Our office corrects these structural malpositionings to the normal position God intended it to be. This has resulted in many patients stating that it is "almost a miracle". Like Colleen Arnold who had been to Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkin, etc., and was told she would be incapacitated (read Colleen's Testimonial), or Rita Freuchtal who was told she had a lesion in her brain and would be a vegetable - and now she lives a normal life, or Flo who had paralysis of the legs, and was confined to a wheel chair, but now can walk over 300 feet with the use of a walker. Or Ron Getz who at only 30 years old had a paralyzed arm and was threatened with a surgical fusion with cadaver bones.
Please don't ever give up hope. God gave you an incredible power to heal and to control and co-ordinate your body. I feel that our office has truly been blessed by God. If you are hurt or sufferring please give us a call - Please trust the power that God created you with, and never, ever give up hope!! Give us a call at 412-242-1600.
