Gallbladder
Segmental spinal osteophytosis in visceral
disease. Burchett GD J of the American Osteopathic Association
1968; 67(6): 675.
Using radiography, Burchett examined sixty-one hospital patients
and found that in 88% of the patients with gallbladder disease
there was lipping from T7-T10; spinal osteophytes (T9-T11)
were found in 82% of those with stomach disease.
Many sufferers
of pancreatic disease had segments T5-T7 involved and 31%
of patients with duodenal disease had osteophytes at T9-L2.
Postmortem
studies of viscerosomatic relationships. Snyder GE, Chance
JA, Clarey JK J of the American Osteopathic Association 1966(5)
65:995. 90% of patients with gallbladder disease
(on post-mortem examination) had exostoses of T7 or T8.
The
Evidence of the association, in dissected cadavers, of visceral
disease with vertebrae deformities of the same sympathetic
segments. Winsor H. Sympathetic segmental disturbances—II.
The Medical Times, Nov. 1921, 49:267-271 and The Prevalence
of minor curvatures and deformities of the spine in man.
Also in other vertebrates. appeared in The Medical Times,
Oct.1921, pp.237-239.
All five cases with gallstone disease
had spinal misalignments in the same spinal area.
Gallbladder
crystals resolve. Unpublished clinical report from Tedd Koren,
D.C. 1980.
A patient was diagnosed with crystals in his gallbladder,
a pre-gallstone condition. Spinal examination found T-7 subluxated
and segment was adjusted. His gallbladder became inflamed
shortly thereafter and remained that way for about two weeks.
He was very uncomfortable. When he next had his gallbladder
checked his internist was surprised to find that the crystals
were gone. Inflammation may have been a curative response.
Acute
cholecystitis and colitis (report of a case). Denslow, JS Journal
of the American Osteopathic Association March 1933 p. 285
This
is the case report of a woman, aged 30 admitted to the hospital
with severe pain radiating along the 7th and 8th ribs. Treatment
consisted of deep pressure applied over 7th and 8th dorsal
vertebrae which gave almost immediate relief.
Diseases of the
biliary tract. Burns A. Osteopathic Annals 6:2 Feb. 1978
Dysfunction
of the biliary and digestive system, with its related somatic
alteration, is amenable to modification toward health by treatment
of the related somatic dysfunction. Treatment of the somatic
dysfunction can be accomplished by many manipulative procedures
directed to the affected tissues. Such somatic treatment results
in normalization of the related neural, vascular, and lymphatic
components that favor return to more normal function and well-being.
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