UC Advocates

Post your comment here. It’s working now!

Check out http://www.ICServants.Ning.com for the latest prayer requests!

Order Lance Wallnau’s DVD’s on “The 7 Mountain Mandate” to learn how to empower Upper Cervical in your local area. RT
http://www.LanceLearning.com

Check out Jessica Jones NEW BOOK “wondrously Made” on our Catalog page. Read the edit about the book. It’s a MUST HAVE for everyone who desires to communicate the spiritual relationship between our body and Jerusalem, the Holy City of God. Great for pastors, clerics, Rabi’s and anyone searching for knowledge that combines science and spirituality or religion.

I’m new to Upper Cervical Care. But I was wondering why my Upper Cervical Doctor doesn’t use Massage therapist in his office. Have any of you ever had a massage after upper Cervical Care? If so did you hold your adjustment?

Many Upper Cervical DC’s are so focused on getting the atlas/axis aligned, that they don’t think past that. A few do utilize massage therapy in their offices. I personally wish many more would offer massage work.

I agree with you that Massage is a wonderful tool to unlock the muscles and help the body recover. I have used it a few times and understand why you asked. Thanks!

Anyone else want to reply?

Oh, yes! I hold better when the knots are out and I’m relaxed. Stress pulls us out. I ALWAYS warn the therapists not to do sacral massage and to stay away from my atlas. I then educate them about Upper cervical work and they usually sign up and refer!

That’s great news. I will ask my doc’s to consider using a LMT. I would pay double if I could get a massage as well as an adj! How many of you receive the Blair Technique? BTW I can see how Cranial Sacral can loose an adjustment. I wonder how though to convince a Cranial Sacral Therapist not to practice that on an Upper Cervical Patient? Any suggestions?

Sciatica
I have had pain from sciatica for as long as I can remember. For the past 2 years I have been sleeping on a rolled towel to lessen the pain. I have been under chiropractic care for several years with no lasting relief.

I started to go to UC care under Dr Rod Peddy in Rock Hill, SC. After about six months the pain was gone! I am running again and no longer sleeping on a towel!!! THANKS A MILLION DR ROD!!!!!

Health Care System?

It has been said that “The simple confounds the wise”. Our current health care system certainly is not simple and whether it is WISE or not is up for debate. If our current health care system is not a WISE system then what is it that you must do to ensure you and your family is as healthy as possible?

Currently the United States consumes well over half of the drugs produced in the world. This is an astonishing number especially when you do the math. There are approximatley 300 million people in the United States. And since the world population is somewhere in the neigborhood of 5 billioin, the U.S. population is a mere 6 percent of the world population, yet it consumes over half of the drugs produced in the world! WHO recently published their rankings on world health, and the U.S. ranks 30th in the world! Do any of you see a problem?

JAMA recently reported some statistics that were quite inflammatory toward their own profession. In fact it was determined that medical errors and prescription drug reactions were the third leading cause of death in the U.S. You heard that right! And it was published by JAMA and researched at Harvard school of medicine! Dr. Starfield compiled a chart to show where the deaths came from……..

- 106,000 from drug reactions to properly prescribed drugs
-80,000 from nosocomial infections(infections contracted while in a hospital)
-45,000 other errors in hospitals
-12,000 unecesarry surgeries
-7,000 medication errors in hospitals

This sounds like a NATIOINAL EMERGENCY to me, does it not to you? But the public continues to be in the dark about their options. Most Americans blindly follow the way they have been CONDITIONED to respond to health problems. OUR citzens have been trained from the day they were born that HEALTH comes from DOCTORS not NATURE. If the public really understood the magnitude of these numbers I guarnatee you that they would think twice before they took drugs to treat their symptoms. I also guarantee you less people would just blindly accept the advice of their doctor. When the public wakes up to the facts, their health care decisions will radically change!

I bring these statistics up to make those of you who read this aware that we have a major problem with our current health care system . When you become a consumer of health it is vital that you understand the risk reward before you make your decision. Our current health care system really is not a health care system at all. IT IS A DISEASE CARE SYSTEM. They do not increase health in a human body, they wait until it is riddled with problems and then treat the effects with drugs and surgery. To this day I still do not know of one drug that actually produces health. In other words , a lack of drugs in the human body is never the cause of disease or symptoms. It merely changes biochemistry, or numbs the nervous system to give the ILLUSION of health. When it comes to most chronic degenerative diseases it is necesarry to do things that increase function in the body be removing the causes to ill health. We have system that does not remove causes to ill health. They toxify the system with drugs and in this authors humble opinion in most cases do not give health but create greater problems down the road for the individual who is taking a drug approach to health care.

I must make a few comments to clarify things or else I am assured to be blasted in the comments section of this blog for making blanket statements. I am not against drugs or surgeries when they are absolutley necesarry. I am against a system that calls it self a HELATH CARE system when in fact it is a DISEASE CARE A SYSTEM. I am also against a system that is largley profit driven and has gloabally indoctrinated its people through pathways of media largely through the use of fear to herd them down the path of DRUG treatement. It is widley known that BIG pharma routinely ingores natural alternatives that may be more effective than a drug because the alternative would not be patentable We need medicine and surgeries when they are necesarry. What we don’t need is an entire country brainswashed by media and big business into believing that every symtpom should have a name and a corresponding drug to treat it. Whatever happen to grandmas natural medicine cabinet. NO profits?????

So what is one to do with their health? If you are tired of the drugs or the diagnosis that it is all in your head what should you do next? In the next section we will discuss a little known procedure that is changing lives though a SIMPLE method that has powerful healing results. I will discuss what UPPER CERVICAL HEALTH CARE is and how it works below.

THE PRINICIPLE OF UPPER CERVICAL HEALTH CARE

It is well known that the nerve system is the master controlling system in the body. Dorland’s medical dicitionary states that health is an optimal state of function where all body systems are function at 100 percent and NOT merely the absecence of disease and infirmity. SO if health is 100 percent function disease must be a LACK of fucntion. And if disease is a lack of function what causes a lack of function?

ATLAS SUBLUXATION CAUSES INTERFERENCE TO NORMAL TRANSMISSION OF NERVE IMPULSE FROM BRAIN TO BODY…causing a lack of function.

Atlas subluxation results from trauma. Most poeple have had a whiplash accident or fell on their head when they were a child. If most of us think about our past we will come up with all sorts of traumas that are possible causes of ATLAS SUBLUXATION. When the atlas shifts out of its normal postion and becomes locked underneath the skull it interupts the normal frequency of firing of nerve impulse therby causing the body to malfunction. Since every cell in your entire body is controlled by the nerve system it is not such a wild idea to then understand that ANY body part can be affected by the ATLAS SUBLUXATION.

The upper cervical doctor runs objective scientfic tests that determine if a person has ALTAS SUBLUXATION. Once it is determined that this exists the doctor will then take a set of PRECISE set of x-rays to determine how(what direction) the ATLAS has misalgined off the floor fo the skull. Once an exact direction for the misalginment has been determined, the doctor will then make a precise correction on the ATLAS to restor eit back to its normal position. This procedure requires no poppin , twisting, or pulling of the neck. It is a very gentle precise procedure and the results are astounding. This is a simple and safe method of health restoration and WISE poeple all over the nation are using it to get well. If you are suffering and have been told it is all in your head I would suggest to you that it may be just slightly below your head, where your atlas meets your skull. Give this procedure a whirl and you just might find it changes your life!!!!!!!!!

I am a Chiropractic student attending my last year of study at Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon. I wanted to share my story of the personal revelation I have endured in the past few months that has helped me appreciate the beauty of chiropractic, upper cervical, and recognizing the power our bodies have to heal.

It all began last quarter during the 5th week of classes. A classmate was setting up me for an extremity adjustment to the left superior clavicle. As he brought the joint to tension, I immediately lost sensation down the arm and into the hand. My arm and hand started tingling, went numb, got ice cold to touch, turned color to pale blue, and was severely weak. I immediately approached the presiding professor who told me that it might be an impingement of a tendon and to keep an eye on it. As the day proceeded, the symptoms worsened. I sought help from my assigned clinician that afternoon. Initial provocative tests were performed to determine if I was dealing with a case of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Once the indication of the cause coming from a disc in the spine was ruled out, it was suggested to adjust the clavicle with a drop table. I was hesitant about the approach and finally only allowed the activator to be used on the area. After the first blow from the activator, it was obvious to me I was facing a much larger issue and was overcome with pain that literally put me on the ground. I left the student health center that evening scared! I had no idea what was really going on. It was indeed obvious I had a case of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, but the cause had yet to be determined. I went home and sought a blessing from my elders quorum that evening and headed home to a restless night filled with fear and pain!

The next morning it was clear to me that this was not just going away. I went into the student health center and demanded the clinic director assign me a new clinician that could handle the condition. It had impacted my very ability to adjust or feel anything with that arm. He saw the trophic changes in that hand and immediately took my case to the Outpatient Clinic for the presiding doctors and Senior interns there to handle. I went in for my first visit there and quickly realized how much was yet to be done in regards to determining the cause of this condition. After more conclusive tests and x-rays it was determined that the cause was likely soft tissue. They started tracking the dysfunction of that arm with a dynomometer. The initial visit reading on the right was 25lbs and the left a mere 6lbs. It was so weak that I had a difficult time even using the arm to do my own hair or get ready in the morning without it fatiguing. It was very frustrating and I had a lot of time to question why this was happening to me. It was affecting every aspect of my life. My school performance, my daily living duties, and my attitude were daily consumed by this condition. As the frustration became overbearing, the sadness, worry, even depression set in following it.

Almost 2 weeks after the condition started, I joined some upper quarter classmates for a doctor report with a Maximized Living Doctor in the area. I got to talking to him about the condition and he noticed the trophic changes as well. He palpated and scanned my neck and found that my atlas was really subluxated and he adjusted the atlas at that point. Instantly, I had symptomatic relief. Instantly I felt sensation return to my hand and my hand start to warm up. The color followed, as did the strength. I was shocked how one adjustment would have such a profound effect on this problem. Even classmates witnessing such changes were compelled by the result of the adjustment as well. I was certain I was healed. However, to my dismay, I would find it wasn’t quite that simple. Within 2 days the symptoms started surfacing again. I was forced to yet again seek care on campus.

The next 4 weeks of care on campus was an up and down hill battle. Initially, the symptoms were headed in a SLOW but positive direction. However, as the weeks progressed, the symptoms changed form and in the end started even becoming worse. I started dealing with uncontrollable muscle spasms on top of the already consuming symptoms.

As the end of the quarter approached and only a week away from finals, the VP of the college requested a meeting with me to address the concern about the condition. He was very bold to mention that we had arrived at the point that we had to address the adjusting classes. He stated that is was time to determine how to approach finals. It was now my responsibility to assure that I was not going to put myself at further risk of injury by trying to take exams that I was not capable of doing. This essentially meant, that I had to discuss incompletes in these courses until I was in a better state of condition. I ran desperately to the professors of each course praying that they would have mercy on me in light of the given situation. Thankfully, each one was very supportive and readily granted the incompletes with the conditions to fulfill the courses later. I knew I had lost valuable studying time and had some ground to cover to prepare for finals, so I dug into the material for the classes I was still testing in.

As finals week approached, I felt the added stress start to takes its toll. I was much weaker, and had much more spasms than the prior few weeks. On top of that, I started to develop some right side jaw pain as I could literally feel the Tranverse Process of the atlas against my jaw. I was consumed more and more with mind fog and found that it was increasingly more difficult to focus and it was likewise increasingly more frustrating. I sat the first two day of finals and kept my head above water. As the last day of finals approached, the spasms were worse and I was in the clinic much longer than any other time. After all efforts given in the clinic were failed, it was suggested to finally turn care over to a Neurologist. The consult was given and to my disliking was mentioned that I must comply to assure I was seeking effort to get better.

In lieu of this entire event, I had recently come home from an Upper Cervical seminar in Nashville, TN the middle of April. I was compelled by the things I heard there and realized the value behind upper cervical care. I felt in my heart all along I needed to explore that avenue with the condition I was facing. However, unfortunately there is a serious lack of Upper Cervical Doctors in this area. Just after I had heard about the referral to the Neurologist, I spilled my heart out to an upper cervical doctor seeking some advice and guidance. I would later determine that this incredible soul forwarded my message to a NUCCA doctor in the area across the river in Vancouver, WA. The day before my last final, I received a phone call from this NUCCA doctor-Dr. Hau. He spoke to me stating he was aware of my condition I was facing. He knew he could heal me and he would do it. As a student with a limited income, I was concerned about the financial obligation for this care as well as making appointments at an office off campus since much of my time was on campus for classes and clinic. He told me to not worry about the financial aspect and he would accommodate my schedule. He was willing to get me on track and he knew in the long run I would pay back the profession much more than he could ever ask me to pay him.

The Friday after my last final, I went to Dr. Hau’s office for my first visit. After several meticulous exams, scans and films. He was able to determine quite a bit. He noted that I was carrying 7 lbs more weight on the right than the left. I had pelvic and shoulder tilt elevating them both to the left and I had a right side head tilt. After looking in the mirror when he pointed it out, I was amazed I had not seen this before. My scans all indicated the major problem residing in the upper cervical area of the spine as well as determined the increased muscle activity on that side. I left his office after the initial evaluation to return for care on the following Tuesday morning.

At the Tuesday visit, he disclosed the finding revealed on the films indicating a 4mm superior right side tilt of the atlas with a 3 degree rotation putting the subluxation in a very problematic yet difficult area. No wonder my symptoms were so remarkable! He mapped out my care and healing from this condition with a 7 month projected healing time consisting of three phases followed by wellness care. He did the initial correction at this visit. After the correction he immediately checked the postural markers and noted that the 7 lbs was reduced to only 2 lbs. He also did another set of films and had me sit in the resting room where I noticed once again the trophic changes to that arm and hand return to normal within a matter of minutes. That day, I felt extremely tired and worn out. I followed all his guidelines to assure that the correction held.

The next morning I woke up and noticed I had lost much of the mind fog. I took it easy that day and noticed that I had not been bothered by that arm half as much as I had each day. I knew I was on track and I knew it was a start. I have been under Dr. Hau’s care now only for a couple weeks, and I already feel closer to normal than I have at any point in the past few months. I went to see him this morning and found that I was now carrying 15 lbs more on the right. I immediately was thinking “O great, its not working”, but to my surprise I would learn it was a GREAT sign to him actually. His goal at this point is to break up the pattern its in right now and allow the body time to heal. It is normal to see symptoms worsen or new ones to surface as well as treatment markers to be way off the initial visit. After talking to him, I better understood the importance of these changes. Its a great indication that the body is indeed doing its work, repairing and healing! Retracing is a needed aspect in the true healing of the body.

The profound impact of upper cervical care has really sent me on a personal investigation. I have spent much of my break digging into BJ Palmer’s Green Books and Stevenson’s Chiropractic Textbook. I have learned so much in only a few months about the power behind this care! Its REMARKABLE! Chiropractors are not destined to become only musculoskeletal experts addressing painful spines. They are more than that! They assist the body in healing efforts by restoring the proper communication throughout the nervous system and re-establishing optimal function. Once that restoration is established, healing occurs. What an Incredible profession I am in……. I have the power to help others embark on their own healing journey by assisting them with nothing more than my hands!

There is NO DOUBT in my mind, my unfortunate experience with this wasn’t for the reason to teach me the passion and understanding of this BEAUTIFUL thing we call CHIROPRACTIC and specifically UPPER CERVICAL CARE!! I cant wait to step out into the world and offer others the power that was offered to me by Dr. Hau! I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL for that incredible Dr. willing to help me out and even more to the LORD for helping him find me when I needed him the most!!

“How Intelligent Am I Really?”
An Upper Cervical Patient Testimonial.

By: Ejay Espiritu
An Upper Cervical Patient testimonial. Hopefully, others take this as an actual experience for me, not just an opinion.

I was vaccinated since after birth. I only learned about taking medications because it was all I heard around me. Meaning, I grew up with a “passed on” information from my parents, relatives, friends, schools and others. There’s nothing wrong with that!

Recently, I was shown that there are alternatives out there when it comes to keeping a healthy life. I also learned that there is a huge difference between “able to” and “willing to” in having an open mind about these alternatives. Most of us are able to read, listen, and understand new reports of hows and whys of the medications/vaccinations. Although there are only very few who are willing to do anything outside of that information learned. If we’re not willing to take it in and process these “passed on” information or research, then we would never really know the real truth. How are we to judge if we never place ourselves to even trying? Try anything outside what we were told. Are we that afraid? I know that I was vaccinated and well medicated when needed since I was born. It’s funny how I was never really given the chance to refuse any of these vaccines. My parents were simply following advices from professionals, but the memory of my childhood health is that I constantly get sick so easily.

I remember when I heard these words, “God created us in his image!” I believe in God who created us all. I don’t think that God would create such a weak body allowing us to get all these illnesses. I don’t think our body was created to be in need of a constant supplement of vitamins and injections either. Now that I remember how exactly my body is formed, I realize there is a sign of intelligence. A sign of my wounded cut - blood clots and cut heals on its own showing new layer of skin in due time. I remember now that our brain is the cause of healing and that is innate. We are designed to function well from the very beginning. It is all that we did to our body that brought us here in our unhealthy stage. So I refuse to agree when said that we can’t avoid these chemicals. Yes we can.

Here’s what I think why we get so sick (it scares us so much thinking we need protection such as vaccines and medication). It’s all in our food and how we take care of our body. There’s a reason why they manufacture processed foods and that is for lazy people not wanting or claims to have no time to make their own food. Chemicals are added to processed food simply to prolong the shelf life of their products. Profit is all the reason for such an honorable edible production NOT for a healthier YOU. We have more cancers now than ever. We actually allowed ourselves to eat foods with pesticides, which causes us all sorts of root causing health problems and weaken our immune system. The same goes for the pharmaceutical industries. I see more drug ads on TV now than before. At the end of each ad, they speed up all the lists of side effects hoping you no longer heard it. Few months later, we see all attorney ads on TV asking for you to sue now that their med is on recall. Where I’m puzzled is that there are people out there who never seem to learn or they are just not willing to see the whole truth. That is taking toxic, whether which brand or dose is really not the answer anymore. Go ahead and sign your life away to clinical trials. Pharma would try so hard spending all their money to create a new med to take over the other failed med. Which means, they are still trying to figure out how our body functions. Did we forget? Our body is designed intelligently right from the very beginning. We never really needed anything else to live healthy. We destroyed that once we start taking vaccines and medications, which disrupts our nervous system. I did forget and it’s all changed for me now.

It’s not too late to think outside the box. That’s what I did. I started eating organic foods and avoiding anything with stuff that I myself can’t even pronounce. I’m not wasting time on doing research on things I can’t even spell. I exercise. I even advocate to a certain diet (Gerson Therapy) who claims to cure incurable diseases such as cancer just by changing what you eat and how you use them. I don’t have cancer (thank God), but for anyone who’s told they have 3 months to live, I tell them look at other things before chemo. I tell them about the diet and to try it. I promote Upper Cervical Care as an actual patient – for it allowed me to discover the natural healing powers of my body. I never knew from the start how it would help me - all I did is to “give it a try.” Of course I was a skeptic, but I had to try it and it works!

Here, I’ll show you the list of medications my medical doctor prescribed to me: depression pills, nausea meds, panic attack meds, muscle relaxant meds, narcotic pain meds, diarrhea meds, regular pain meds, cough syrup meds, migraine meds, fever meds, insomnia meds, antibiotic meds, PMS meds, allergy meds, flu shots, nasal spray meds, gastric/gerd meds, both of my lower tear ducts are plugged-in due to severe dry eyes, restasis for my eyes, and OTC “there’ll be no gas” meds including proactive for my acne. I also worn acrylics on my fingernails for 8 straight years. My standing and sleeping posture was terrible. It’s been 3 years now since I stopped all these. I was so determined to feel healthy, so I even quit smoking cigarettes. I feel healthier without them. I’m actually functioning better without any of these things. Talk about detox!!! I was diagnosed with migraines in 2005, but I had this pain since I was 8 years old. I get 2 migraine episodes each month in which lasted 3-5 days, but it has gotten better now. And no, I never had any flu shots for 4 years now. I haven’t had sniffles for a good 7-month period and when I did it only lasted for 3 days not 2 weeks. My body fights the virus at a much faster pace now than my younger years. I haven’t had a fever for 16 months now and it only lasted for a day not 5 days. I can digest dairy products now. I never liked orange juice because it made me so acidic. I drink OJ now every morning. My fingernails grow faster and stronger where they used to be so brittle because of my own doing. I’m conscious now of my standing and sleeping postures. My body can protect itself better and longer. Now I can withstand the same health issues out there, but much stronger. I remember I used to get sick so easily. I get so drugged that I had to lie in bed for up to 2 weeks. So, Why do you think I can’t stop talking about Upper Cervical? Wouldn’t you want to figure it out for yourself?

Also, THERE IS A CHOICE. The power of choice is you make it for yourself, not by anyone else. Think about WHAT EXACTLY you put in and on your body. From neck-body postures to skin lotion to eye drops to nail polish to prescriptions and fast foods. These are a few of the main causes of why we are not healthy, especially if they are chemically made. There are products out there made with natural ingredients. Look for them. There are also treatments available to help us restore proper function to our body. Ask around and you’ll receive the information, and then have the willingness to try it yourself before any judgment. I did and it changed my life. Thank God and innate. The power that made the body heals the body! ~eje012210~

I am an Upper Cervical Patient under the care of Dr. Collan Koeppen