- What's up?
I'm with Dr. Jason,
and today he's gonna be cracking my neck.
- You ready, bro?
- I'm ready. So why should anyone even do this?
What is this good for?
- You know, man, if the neck is out of alignment,
it's kinda like flossing the teeth.
Like, why should anybody floss their teeth?
And it's to get the debris out.
With the neck, if you're stuck out of alignment
and we don't put it back,
then your tissues hold you into that place
and it sets off a whole cascade of degenerative events.
- How often can you do this?
- So that's a great question.
If you're out of alignment,
we can adjust you multiple days in a row.
Three to four days a week is totally okay.
The trick is, to not over adjust somebody,
is to do a proper exam and to see what they really need.
- I've read online that there were people
that had gotten adjusted
and have gotten injuries, either paralyzed
or completely changed for the rest of their lives.
What do you think about that?
Are there any dangers to this?
- So with any medical procedure,
there's always a benefit and there's always a risk.
And the people that have been injured,
my heart goes out to them,
'cause I don't wish that on anyone.
And I don't wanna say anything about any specific doctors,
because the truth is, I don't know.
But generally speaking, either people have had conditions
where they were perhaps bound to have an issue of some kind
and it was unfortunate that they went to a chiropractor
and then that unfolded.
And these are medical issues that people would've had.
- Like what, for example?
- Like for example, a stroke.
So we've learned that you can have a stroke
that's in progress, and people can get their hair washed
in a basin, in a hair salon,
somebody can be backing out of their driveway
and that could provoke a stroke
if they're already susceptible to that.
And the biggest way to prevent any type
of issue is taking a proper history
and a proper consult and examination.
So before anyone ever gets to my table,
we know, you know, are they a candidate
for chiropractic care and are they susceptible
to any types of problems?
And if so, should we avoid certain types
of adjustments or maneuvers?
- What about like breaking someone's neck,
like you see in the movies?
They just do that, boom, and like,
he's dead. - Oh man,
a lot of things happen in the movies, right?
To truly break someone's neck,
you would have to take them into such extreme rotation
that it's, you know, I don't do
that type of chiropractic adjustment.
And really, there's no adjustments,
other than perhaps one or two exceptions,
that we should utilize rotation.
It's something that we try to stray away from
and we use more of a lateral bend
with maybe a little bit of rotation,
but that's it.
- So can anyone at any age get this done?
I've seen online like little babies getting adjustments.
Yeah? - Yeah.
So my own children, I have three children,
checked and adjusted since the first day of birth,
or in the case of my stepdaughter,
since right from when I knew her.
And I've taken care of many children,
many pregnant mothers,
even had celebrities bring me their babies
to get checked when they're
just a couple weeks old. - Wow.
- Yeah.
So they have spines, the spines can get out of alignment,
and with a child, the adjustment is very gentle.
- What about like animals?
I've seen videos online, also,
of like dogs and horses getting adjustments.
- Yeah, so that's actually great,
because they have spines
and they have a lot of spinal issues,
especially horses from being raised and that sort of thing.
And animals as well, they have, you know,
you've seen videos of dogs tumbling
and rolling and jumping over couches and breaking stuff,
and it's not my specialty,
but there are animal chiropractors out there
and it's a great thing.
They're taking care of the spine.
- I was about to say, I gotta bring my dog to you, bro.
- Oh, man.
You know, I have taken care of a few dogs over the years,
but it's really not my specialty.
But they can benefit from it, yeah.
- So I have two more questions before I get this done.
And if you guys have any questions as well,
leave a comment down below and I'll ask Dr. Jason next time.
So Dr. Jason, if the crack is louder,
does that mean that the adjustment was better?
- You know, I'd love to say yes,
because when we do get that release,
and all that release is, by the way, is air just releasing,
it's nitrogen gas releasing from the joint,
that means you're less inflamed
and we got more joint motion.
So in a way, yes it is, but on the same note,
if we don't get that noise, but we thrust into a joint
and we're with the right line of drive,
moving through where the joint is not moving,
we might not hear that cavitation, as we call it,
but it can still have massive benefits,
both neurologically and mechanical.
So yes, it's a better release, but on the other hand,
it's not lost if we don't get that noise.
- All right, my last question. Does it hurt?
- An adjustment shouldn't hurt.
The only time it really would hurt
is if someone has an injury.
So for someone that has no injuries
and they're just training hard, that type of thing,
it's gonna be more of a relief than anything.
- All right, well then, I'm ready to give it a shot.
- All right, let's roll.
So we're gonna go ahead and lay face down here.
And the first thing we're gonna do here
is we're gonna bring this neck piece up a little bit.
And we're gonna work, yep,
on getting that curve back into your neck.
So the face rest is gonna come up a little bit more.
- [Chris] So this is like the warmup? Or like-
- Yeah, this is like a warmup.
This is basically what we call a drop table.
So the table's gonna come up
and then it's gonna drop back down like that.
You okay there?
- Yep. - Perfect.
So here we're just working on inputting
mechanical information to your brain,
letting your brain know
that we want that curve in your neck.
Perfect. Now you're gonna lay onto your back, Chris.
So here you're moving really well.
Really your lower neck, upper back
is the one area that's really stuck.
So we're gonna adjust the lower neck, upper back here.
You're gonna breathe in nice and deep
and you're gonna feel the movement and hear a noise.
And it's close to your ears,
so it's a little louder than a typical adjustment.
Breathe in again.
(neck cracks)
- Woo.
- [Dr. Jason] How'd we do there?
- That felt good, bro.
- The rest of your neck actually feels really good.
So this is a perfect example of, you know,
I don't feel that I need to.
Oh wow! (laughing)
He's all stuck like this.
- No, it's all good.
- [Dr. Jason] Wow.
- All good.
All good.
It actually felt really good.
- Yeah, you moved really well too.
- Woo.
Should we crack some other bones?
- Yeah, let's do it. Let's lay face down here.
- [Chris] All right, here we go.
- So we're gonna adjust your mid-thoracic spine here.
So you're gonna breathe in deep, Chris.
- [Chris] Okay.
- [Dr. Jason] And out.
How'd we do there? - Woo.
- Yeah. (laughs)
This guy. Full of jokes today, bro.
Okay, wow. (laughs)
- Wow, bro. Woo.
It's like a breath of fresh air.
- Yeah, it's opening, right? - Yeah.
After the adjustment,
I was feeling a lot less tension in my back.
It's so much easier to stand up straight
when you've had a good adjustment.
And now I'm ready for what Dr. Jason has planned next,
the hyperbaric chamber.
- You and I are breathing 21% oxygen right now.
And when you get in and put the mask on,
you're gonna be breathing 91% oxygen.
And then, anytime you compress a gas,
according to Henry's Law, it forces it into liquid.
So it's gonna force the oxygen into your bloodstream,
hyperoxygenate everything,
and you're gonna recover faster from any injuries,
decrease your inflammation.
And the cool thing about oxygen and hyperbaric therapy
is that oxygen has been shown to kill a lot of things.
So for instance, cancer can't survive
in the presence of oxygen.
And someone actually won the Nobel Prize for that.
So it can help your body to heal,
but it has far reaching implications beyond that.
So all you're gonna do is basically climb in here,
and you're gonna be in here for an hour.
And then lay onto your back.
And then when you put the mask on,
make sure you tighten it around your face
so it widens up a little bit
and that'll help with the oxygen flow.
All right, Chris, go in and relax there.
Let your body relax.
We're gonna let the airflow come in by tightening this here.
And now it's gonna take about five minutes or so,
maybe five to seven minutes to fully inflate.
This thing will be so hard
that I could even planche on top of it, man.
And then remember, once it gets up
to about four and a quarter, the pressure,
then what's gonna happen is it's gonna start letting air
out the back and you just relax.
And that's it. Let your body do the healing.
All right.
An hour in the hyperbaric chamber, man.
Go ahead and take the mask off.
All that training, bro.
We gotta rehab too, you know?
Here you go.
- Oh brother.
- Yep. Come on out.
- Oh.
Man. - Man.
Look at that.
Little relaxed?
- Feels good. Feels good.
What's next?
- [Dr. Jason] Infrared. Yeah, we're gonna do it.
- [Chris] Next up was the red light therapy bed
with its healing properties of increasing blood circulation,
reducing inflammation, which is exactly what I need,
stimulating collagen and even wound healing capabilities.
- [Dr. Jason] All right.
- Let's go. Let's do this.
Being inside felt like I was in a microwave.
- [Dr. Jason] How we feeling, Chris?
- Feeling good, bro.
Literally like dozing in and out.
- Oh, that's perfect man.
Yeah, man.
Look at you, like a new man. Come on.
- [Chris] Alright, that's gonna wrap up today's session.
Thank you to Dr. Jason for adjusting my neck
and helping me on my road to recovery.
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