I had a few great doctors throughout my life and a few real stinkers.
One stinker in particular told me that the pain in my side was caused by shingles and that the telltale rash would appear shortly after. After a couple of weeks, I got a second opinion from Dr. Canavan who looked at my lifestyle first, not my side. He asked questions, one of them was whether I drove with my kick vent open. It was a very cold winter and I drove all day for work. I told him yes, all the time. He responded, close it. Within days, the pain was gone! He became my doctor for years until the state of New Jersey took him from me to be their expert at dealing with incompetent or ill doctors who needed to stop practicing.
I wrote about these 2 and others in an essay called “Choose Your Doctor Wisely.” It’s at the link below if you’re interested.
Sorry, sent before reviewed, bad habit but I think the message is clear for those of you that it is not I’m going to repeat it with finite scrutiny:
“ I have seen a similar situation with the horse, only his head was not bobbing at all. It was obvious to the train eye that the upper cervical occiput C1 was fixated, which was pretty obvious during training. Two Chiropractor stabilize the horse, attention directed towards the front while they grabbed the tail, and with a bilateral tug sent reverberation up the spine into the suboccipital mechanism, causing a loud“ pop/crack” . The result was remarkable in terms of timing on the track and the observation of normal upper cervical movement during the Gallup. I practice chiropractic and physical therapy as well as acupuncture for 35+ years.
A horse we knew had a serious bobble head at every step. Several vets had semi-diagnosed him but none had truly helped.
At the barn, I saw a close friend who was a vet— and an acupuncturist—with abt 15 vials, filled with thick,
black fluid, STUCK into the horse. I asked her what on earth was in the vials. “Blood”, she said.
“NO, the thick BLACK stuff! What is it?”
“BLOOD!”, she said.
So, I looked closer and sure enough, it had a faint red tint. The blood was getting to the horse’s lower legs, then not being pumped very well back up to his heart so it had lost most of its oxygen.
SO, she tossed maybe 10 thick needles here and there all over his body, sticking each one in. Before my eyes, the blood in the vials went from being dark black to thinner and much more red! She stuck a few
more needles here and there and the vials went to a NORMAL redness and normal consistency of blood!
She removed the needle-vials and needles, and jogged him around the arena.
His extreme head bobbing dissipated at least 85%. Overnight, he got back another 5-10% normal movement. Idk whether they ever got him to 100% but they surely did him a huge favor getting him acupuncture!
Had you asked me prior to seeing that, whether it was a good idea, I’d have said it was a great way to separate a fool
from his money.
But seeing is believing! That horse was much better off having had acupuncture.
I have seen a similar situation with the heart. Only his head was not bobbing at all. It’s upper cervical spine two chiropractors that well, the horse was attention driven in front of him. His tail was yanked beyond belief and you could hear the release and the timing of the track run was markedly Improve and you could actually see the bobbing of the head improvement
We had a chiropractor out after our horse had surgery. He healed up fine but he was “hinky” in his movements afterward and seemed to duck out of jumps which he didn’t do before.
The chiro whacked him pretty
good in a few places with a kind of rubber mallet. The horse had been terrified of the guy at first but he popped so
much— he instantly felt better! He had a HUGE sigh, a shook all over, he hung his head and started licking and chewing! He followed that man all the way to his truck then RAN after him all the way through the pasture. He was in LOVE— I guess bc he felt SO much better!
This came after months of us scratching our heads abt why our horse was such a mess. DIH!!! He had spent 6 hours on his BACK on an operating table!
“There is nothing new…
only that which has been forgotten”
Marie Antoinette
A very worthy read with a viewpoint long overdue in modern medicine!!
I had a few great doctors throughout my life and a few real stinkers.
One stinker in particular told me that the pain in my side was caused by shingles and that the telltale rash would appear shortly after. After a couple of weeks, I got a second opinion from Dr. Canavan who looked at my lifestyle first, not my side. He asked questions, one of them was whether I drove with my kick vent open. It was a very cold winter and I drove all day for work. I told him yes, all the time. He responded, close it. Within days, the pain was gone! He became my doctor for years until the state of New Jersey took him from me to be their expert at dealing with incompetent or ill doctors who needed to stop practicing.
I wrote about these 2 and others in an essay called “Choose Your Doctor Wisely.” It’s at the link below if you’re interested.
https://andythed.substack.com/p/choose-your-doctor-wisely?r=ugzy3&utm_medium=ios
Sorry, sent before reviewed, bad habit but I think the message is clear for those of you that it is not I’m going to repeat it with finite scrutiny:
“ I have seen a similar situation with the horse, only his head was not bobbing at all. It was obvious to the train eye that the upper cervical occiput C1 was fixated, which was pretty obvious during training. Two Chiropractor stabilize the horse, attention directed towards the front while they grabbed the tail, and with a bilateral tug sent reverberation up the spine into the suboccipital mechanism, causing a loud“ pop/crack” . The result was remarkable in terms of timing on the track and the observation of normal upper cervical movement during the Gallup. I practice chiropractic and physical therapy as well as acupuncture for 35+ years.
A horse we knew had a serious bobble head at every step. Several vets had semi-diagnosed him but none had truly helped.
At the barn, I saw a close friend who was a vet— and an acupuncturist—with abt 15 vials, filled with thick,
black fluid, STUCK into the horse. I asked her what on earth was in the vials. “Blood”, she said.
“NO, the thick BLACK stuff! What is it?”
“BLOOD!”, she said.
So, I looked closer and sure enough, it had a faint red tint. The blood was getting to the horse’s lower legs, then not being pumped very well back up to his heart so it had lost most of its oxygen.
SO, she tossed maybe 10 thick needles here and there all over his body, sticking each one in. Before my eyes, the blood in the vials went from being dark black to thinner and much more red! She stuck a few
more needles here and there and the vials went to a NORMAL redness and normal consistency of blood!
She removed the needle-vials and needles, and jogged him around the arena.
His extreme head bobbing dissipated at least 85%. Overnight, he got back another 5-10% normal movement. Idk whether they ever got him to 100% but they surely did him a huge favor getting him acupuncture!
Had you asked me prior to seeing that, whether it was a good idea, I’d have said it was a great way to separate a fool
from his money.
But seeing is believing! That horse was much better off having had acupuncture.
I have seen a similar situation with the heart. Only his head was not bobbing at all. It’s upper cervical spine two chiropractors that well, the horse was attention driven in front of him. His tail was yanked beyond belief and you could hear the release and the timing of the track run was markedly Improve and you could actually see the bobbing of the head improvement
We had a chiropractor out after our horse had surgery. He healed up fine but he was “hinky” in his movements afterward and seemed to duck out of jumps which he didn’t do before.
The chiro whacked him pretty
good in a few places with a kind of rubber mallet. The horse had been terrified of the guy at first but he popped so
much— he instantly felt better! He had a HUGE sigh, a shook all over, he hung his head and started licking and chewing! He followed that man all the way to his truck then RAN after him all the way through the pasture. He was in LOVE— I guess bc he felt SO much better!
This came after months of us scratching our heads abt why our horse was such a mess. DIH!!! He had spent 6 hours on his BACK on an operating table!