Case Histories

Case Study #5

Case Study #5

Case Study #5 This 28-year-old single female presented with daily headaches with neck, shoulder, and arm pain and stiffness after a motor vehicle accident. She reported that she had been a passenger in a car that was rear-ended about 18 months prior. Both she and the car’s owner settled their claims after she had visited the hospital and received pain medication with the reassurance that the...

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Case Study #4

Case Study #4

Case Study #4 Pre-treatment x-ray. The thoraco-lumbar spine is globally displaced and uncompensated relative to gravity. This patient was a 32-year-old female chiropractic student with low back pain following physical activity. The pain traveled from the low back into the back of the right leg, causing the leg to swell and go numb. The occurrence of these problems increased, resulting in less and...

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Case Study #3

Case Study #3

Case Study #3 The patient presented with severe low back pain and pain in both legs, as well as minimal range of low back motion. There was also a zero tolerance for low back mobilizations. Her skull was locked in extension on the atlas. Therefore, it was mobilized for flexion on the atlas using the Negative Z. The patient was then fitted with four pounds of weight on the high-shoulder side of...

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Case Study #2 – This patient is a self-employed carpenter

Case Study #2 – This patient is a self-employed carpenter

Case Study #2 This patient is a self-employed carpenter. He presented with debilitating low back and leg pain. He sat with difficulty and had minimal range of motion. All disc signs were positive. The patient stated that he got five to six bouts of debilitating back pain per year, and the severity was increasing. He also stated that he had visited orthopedic doctors, who gave him pain pills and...

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December Case History

December Case History

Case Study #1 The patient is a 19-year-old Asian female who had recently suffered a rear-end motor vehicle accident. She presented complaints of severe headaches and pain in the neck, arms, mid- and lower back. The patient also complained of a sore throat, periodic loss of her voice, and voice changes. A lateral skull-cervical x-ray revealed what appeared to be a hematoma between the front of the...

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Patient Of The Week L.P.

Patient Of The Week L.P.

Patient of the Week L.P., 54 years of age, entered the Active Healing Center on 03/16/2009 after I did a stress health discussion at her place of employment. Upon evaluation and x-ray examination I revealed that she had neck, low back and pelvic structural and functional imbalances.  Secondarily, as a result of those imbalances, there was neck, low back and bilateral knee arthritis.  Primary...

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