- [Patient] So I've been having issues with my stomach.
I have IBS, I have GERD, I have some heartburn
and then I also have a herniated disc
and I just had a baby, so maybe that
has some resulting in it in the lower back pain.
- Well, here's the deal.
The reason why we take a picture
of the whole entire structure of your spine
and we first take a look at your foundation.
So if you have a stable strong foundation,
see your structure's going to be nice and stable.
Unstable foundation, unstable structure.
Now, from what you've been discussing, okay,
over here, here are some key points.
Okay, so we talked about the IBS.
So, this region over here deals with the nerve
that goes into your small intestines.
And that's exactly where most of our digestion occurs.
So if the nerve is not functioning properly there,
it's a possibility you may experience IBS.
Another component right here in the mid back right here.
I'm sorry, let me highlight these first.
So we said over here, okay, this region over here
controls the small intestines and this region
over here, if you have a structure abnormality there,
and a structured nerve, you may experience
heartburn or GERD.
Okay, and then the last fun part,
that sciatica you've been experiencing right there,
may help experience all kinds of interesting fun parts
down to the colon.
Okay, so now let's take a look at the X-rays
and take it from there.
Take a look overall in terms of your foundation.
Okay, it's not too bad.
It's something we'll work on, okay,
but overall it's not too bad.
What I do see as a main issue is this fifth lumbar
right over here.
And that's what we also confer on right here
on your MRI, see over here, that disc right there
is just not a happy camper.
So, to simplify what we're talking about is this.
This is a model of the lumbar spine.
It should be here.
This is what a normal one is supposed to look like.
What I see instead is on the MRI and also on the X-ray,
not only does it come backwards,
yours is tilted inwards as such.
Okay, so to give you an idea, if you take a look over here,
see this, there's a little movement in there.
That's normal.
However, when we're in this position,
you see how much excessive motion in there, right.
So is it any small wonder why the small
little motions you do, it's just not fun at all, right.
Because it's just too unstable in addition to,
because it's this unstable, that's why you feel
all the surrounding muscles just spasm
and then clench up.
Why?
It tries to provide some stability
to this unstable joint over here.
So that's fact number one.
Number two, I know it's a little harder to see,
but what I'm seeing over here on this 12th dorsal,
okay, this one over here, everything's rotated
towards the right, this 12th suddenly switches
to the left.
So it's irritated the nerve over here
that goes into your small intestines.
In addition to, and as you can see,
your overall spine is not straight.
Okay, it's curving in compensation due
to instability of this fifth lumbar,
and the 12th dorsal and it then it spins again
right over here in this little curve going up.
This sixth dorsal, as we mentioned before,
that nerve goes to your stomach,
so I would not be surprised if it's causing
that GERD and that heartburn up in there.
So these three are the areas we need to correct.
Actually just by seeing right off the bat,
I already can see this area right here,
there's a lot of swelling right there,
so I wouldn't be surprised if we see a
heat reading right there.
Yeah, it's chronic, so that's why we got to
tilt the scope and right there.
And we can see it right over here,
it's all puffy, that's the swelling right there.
Right there we go.
It looks like number 12.
Right there.
So we already identified with visualization,
there's a lot of swelling right over here.
So it's smooth over here and it's just foggy
right over here.
Okay, and if I challenge it enough,
uncomfortable right there right?
Yeah.
Same thing over here as well.
Over here is smooth and feels like a little
speed bump right here,
in this region right here.
Uncomfortable right there, too, huh, this one?
And there's also again a lot of swelling right there.
There's a little boggy, everything's trying to
attack this whole entire region
of this fifth lumbar disc.
See, also you can feel the muscles,
not so tight on the right side,
but kind of tight on the left side there.
Now I'm gonna check, which for each patient,
I'm going to check to see any abnormal movement.
Okay the hip is doing decently.
Okay, right hip is somewhat stuck.
You feel that jam right there?
Okay, I know it's a little uncomfortable.
But right now it's this fifth lumbar right here
is just not a happy camper.
Okay, I don't mean to poke the bear.
Right there.
You're tender right there or here?
A little tender right there, huh.
But then again, the swelling is not too bad,
so I would not be surprised when we correct this,
you're gonna feel a lot of tension alleviated
with your neck, right.
Let's go ahead and let's correct your low back first.
Ready, right there.
- [Patient] It feels like it's a lot lighter.
I don't feel the pain trending down right now.
- Okay, so this for the chiropractic students
and the young docs, the reason why we go after
these two fellows over here in our composition
turns to subluxations, we also help along
with this atlas that's rotated on the anterior
on the left side.
So by correcting these two as well,
even the compensation of subluxations,
they'll alleviate, take the pressure off the nerve,
four to 12 dorsal, six dorsal and also take
the rotation and twerking out of the atlas as well.
I'm just going pump it up first.
Because there's a lot of swelling in here.
So if we try this right away,
it'll be uncomfortable to the patient,
so we're gonna pump it up a little more.
Not too bad there?
Okay.
Good.
I'm just gonna pump this up.
There we go.
How's the neck?
- [Patient] It feels loose.
- It feels looser, right?
- [Patient] Yeah.
- That's the beautiful thing about it
because we corrected your underlying foundation
for your neck, we didn't even correct your neck at all.
That's why it so vital.
We restored the biomechanics in your spine.
That's why your neck feels so much better already.
How's the shoulders?
- [Patient] Yeah, looser.
- I'm trying to remember, you mentioned about
your right shoulder's been a problem?
Move it around, see how's that.
- [Patient] Okay, it's not really clicking either.
- Not clicking at all, right?
I didn't adjust your right shoulder either.
Well, I'm still gonna take a look at it
and see how it comes along, okay.
Also, what other things do you notice that's different?
- [Patient] My breathing actually.
- Easier?
- [Patient] Yeah.
- Okay, good.
I want you to come back here.
Let's take a look at your right shoulder.
Right now we're checking to see how the
shoulder blade itself is moving in all directions.
Feel this over here, okay.
There's too much give here.
So the ligaments over here, okay they're compromised.
And it's gonna take some time for the nerves
to fall from the sixth dorsal into the rhomboids
over here and those are the ligaments,
the structures underneath, how we stabilize
and restore that bursa exactly
where it's got to be.
So we're just gonna pump this fellow up, okay,
just to wake up and stimulate the nerves
and the ligaments in there
to get this shoulder a whole lot more better.
And work on it to put the shoulder blade itself
to hold a lot better, okay.
You feel that how it's starting to glide better now?
It's almost like a swing, okay.
There we go.
See this difference now.
It doesn't have that little ka clump going on now.
Now we're swinging it back and forth, okay,
sliding it right on top of that
subscapular bursa over there.
- [Patient] It feels good.
I feel the cracking, but it doesn't hurt.
- Okay, again because it's been in that,
because the nerves has been obstructed for so long,
he bursa and also all the ligament structures
that help support and keep that shoulder blade
in place have been compromised.
Okay, it's gonna take quite some time to restore
the nerve function back into those
structures as well to keep that shoulder blade
properly in place.
We're not gonna do too much, okay.
Because a bunion, okay, there's very high
tension in there.
It's like a loaded off spring trap.
Okay, so if we do it too much, okay,
you're not gonna like me for the next
couple of nights because this will actually
be painful enough, it could wake you up
during the middle of the night.
Okay, so we're gonna do very conservative
and only loosen up some of the tension out of this.
- [Patient] That felt good, though.
- Hmm?
- [Patient] That felt good, whatever you did.
- So what we're gonna do is this.
We're gonna first restore the foundation for your feet.
Following visits, we'll work on the rest
of the structures responsible for your bunion
and also your buniette.
Push against my knee.
Good.
Okay.
Good, walk around please.
- [Patient] It feels good.
- Okay, so fill me in, how's the feet now?
- [Patient] It's less pressure, it just feels lighter.
- [Doctor] Feels like you're walking on a cloud, right.
- [Patient] Yeah, it feels a lot lighter.
- Ain't that something?
All right, so how are things since we last saw you?
- [Patient] My hip issue with my lower back
has been a lot better.
Bending, it's been good.
- Okay.
- [Patient] My stomach issues, the IBS,
today actually was the first day I really
feel like relief.
- Okay, how's the heartburn and that GERD?
- [Patient] The heartburn I haven't felt actually.
- So, ain't that a beautiful thing?
- [Patient] Yeah, I haven't felt that.
- How you loving it?
- [Patient] It feels good.
- All right.