Infertility/Inability to Conceive
Successful In Vitro Fertilization in a Poor
Responder While Under Network Spinal Analysis Care: A Case
Report Senzon SA, J Vertebral Subluxation Research September
14, 2003, pp 1-6
This case report describes the successful in
vitro fertilization (IVF) of a 34 year old female who had
one previous aborted In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) attempt
prior to Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) care that was attempted
due to her partner’s
azoospermia.
The patient had been treated medically Mircette
(birth control pills), Lupron (a gonadotropin releasing hormone
agonist), and Gonal-F (a recombinant FSH). The IVF was cancelled
due to poor response. The patient commenced regular NSA care
and her body chemistry responded positively so that the next
IVF was successful and was followed by a successful pregnancy.
The patient is still under NSA care, and is now in her second
trimester with normal fetal heart sounds.
The resolution of
chronic colitis with chiropractic care leading to increased
fertility Blum, CR J Vertebral Subluxation Research August
31, 2003, p 1-5. A 32-year-old female presented at my office
for chiropractic care of her chronic colitis and did not disclose
her condition of infertility during the course of care at this
office. There appears to be some relationship between chiropractic
care and relief of some visceral conditions relating to the
colon and female reproductive organs. Chiropractic care including
Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT), chiropractic manipulative
reflex technique (CMRT), and category one block placement and
protocol were employed. The patient had her chronic condition
of colitis relieved and relatively simultaneously became pregnant
after giving up on allopathic fertility treatments for 7 years.
Case
Study Reduction of Vertebral Subluxation using Torque Release
Technique with Changes in Fertility: Two Case Reports J Vertebral
Subluxation Research Anderson-Peacock E., July 19, 2003, pp
1-6
Two women had been deemed medically infertile and artificial
insemination was being considered. Upon presentation, complete
chiropractic evaluations were performed which detected spinal
subluxations. Torque Release Technique Protocols were utilized
for both evaluation and application of care. Adjustments
were performed with an instrument, the Integrator, to improve
spinal-neural integrity. During the course of chiropractic
care both women were able to conceive. Although chiropractic
care is not a treatment for infertility, it is postulated
that improvement of spinal neural integrity through specific
chiropractic adjustments may have contributed to improved
homeostasis and physiological adaptation thus allowing the
body to express a greater level of health as an outcome.
Insult,
interference and infertility: an overview of chiropractic research.
Behrendt, M. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research May
2, 2003, p. 1-8. This paper reviews 14 retrospective articles
involving 15 women aged 22-65. Eleven had no history of pregnancy,
nine had previous treatment for infertility, four were undergoing
infertility treatments when starting chiropractic care and
a “poor responder undergoing
multiple cycles of IVF” (in-vitro fertilization) .
Chiropractic
care’s successful outcomes are discussed
and the various adjusting techniques used are reviewed.
Below is the story of a California woman who was given a 5
percent chance of ever becoming pregnant, even with in vitro
procedures, and who became pregnant after chiropractic adjustments.
A
spine tingling affair
The Monterey County Herald, Match 1998
Section D Page 1.
Did you hear the one about the woman who went
to the chiropractor and got pregnant?
Really, all Karen Bulch
wanted was a little neck-and-shoulders adjustment.
But a month
after wandering into chiropractor Mark Kimes’ Salina
office, the 44-year-old Monterey woman was with child, something
she had unsuccessfully been trying to accomplish for 4 ½ years.
Kimes
told her it might happen. And if it did, he said it would be
within the first few months.
Seems when he was doing the neck/shoulders/complete
personal history drill, Kimes noticed a subluxation – essentially,
that’s chiropractic for blockage – in Bulch’s
lower back. He wasn’t sure, but Kimes thought he just
might be able to tweak the subluxation to the point of reproduction. “I’ve
been in practice for 12 years and I’ve seen it happen
with many women,” he said. “Probably about a
dozen women.”
Manipulative Therapy in Rehabilitation of
the Locomotor System, 2nd ed. Lewit K (1991), Butterworth-Heineman,
Ltd. Oxford:
“There is growing evidence that female insterility
with negative organic findings may be attributable to pelvic
dysfunction.”
The author quotes a randomized, controlled
trial by Volejnikova and Krupicka (1992) in the journal Manuelle
Medizin where 34% of the women in the treatment group became
pregnant within months compared to 8% in the control group.
After the study ended the women in the control group were given
spinal care and a further 27% of them became pregnant.
Fertility
via the back door. Davidson, M What Doctors Don’t
Tell You. March 2001 Vol. 11 No. 12 p.12.
“A couple had
lost their third child in a tragic accident and wanted another
child to complete their family. They had been trying without
success for three years. The woman, who was 38, [initially]
received a chiropractic adjustment; he husband was adjusted
a few months later. Within 12 months, they had a fine healthy
child.”
Chiropractic applications for infertility. Anderson,
C. ICA Review. September/October 2000.
This is the case history
of a 40 year-old female who had a miscarriage at 16 weeks.
Midback pain brought her to the chiropractor. Postural studies
revealed anterior head carriage, right head tilt, high shoulder,
and high hip, hypokyphotic spine and pronation of both feet.
Spinal
and postural analysis revealed interference at C1 and C2 with
other areas involved at C3, T1, T2, T6, L5 and S1.
The patient
was adjusted using diversified technique and neuro-emotional
technique. The husband also began to have chiropractic care.
She became pregnant, carried to term and delivered a baby girl
on Jan 30th, 2000.
Inability to conceive. Two case histories
from the files of Larry L. Webster, D.C. International Chiropractic
Pediatric Association Newsletter. Nov. 1995.
Case number 1:
This is the case history of a female, age 32. Her prior care
had been medical and she received fertility pills and shots
with negative results. She had not had a menstrual period for
12 years.
The major area of the spine adjusted was the lumbar
region. After two months of chiropractic care, her menses resumed.
Patient complained of abdominal discomfort during cycle.
It
was the author’s opinion that this discomfort would
be a natural occurrence following an absence of menses for
12 years. Her menses returned and occurred on a regular cycle
for four months when she conceived.
She was referred back to
her medical doctor for confirmation of pregnancy. Her doctor
informed her it was impossible for her to be pregnant - after
all, he had done everything medically possible “and besides,
there were no nerves emitting from the spine to the reproductive
organs.” A few months
later she delivered a healthy 7 ½ lb. son
Case number
2: This is the case of a female, age 26 who had been trying
to get pregnant for past few years. She had taken the medical
route with fertility pills, shots, etc. with negative results.
She
had a severe scoliosis (Cobb’s angle of 58°)
and, upon examination, was informed that chiropractic care
could affect the Cobb’s angle and that possibly the
severity of the curve with the subluxations present could
be the reason for her body’s inability to conceive.
After
six months of care x-rays revealed the Cobb’s
angle was reduced to 47°. Approximately one month later,
she became pregnant and remained under care throughout the
pregnancy and delivered a fine baby with no complications.
The areas adjusted were sacrum, lumbar and cervical spine.
No
side posture moves were utilized in this case.
The restoration
of female fertility in response to chiropractic treatment.
Proceedings of the national conference on chiropractic and
pediatrics, 1994:55-64. McNabb B.
This is the case history of
a 36-year-old woman who had been medically tested and examined
for infertility for a year. No abnormalities were found in
her or her husband’s
reproductive system.
When she finally sought chiropractic care
she had pelvic pain (often interfering with sleep) low neck
and upper back pain, headache of two weeks duration and tinnitus
of several years duration.
Chiropractic care consisted of adjustments
of C1-2, T11-T12, and L-4-5. Care was three times a week for
two weeks, twice a week for four weeks and once a week for
3 weeks.
The pelvic, lower neck and upper back pain and tinnitus
were improved. Headaches became mild and rare. Patient become
pregnant shortly thereafter and had an uncomplicated delivery.
Osteopathic
physicians have been aware of subluxations (they call them
spinal lesions) and infertility. Early osteopathic literature
has many references relating to this subject. In the paper
below, the author summarizes some of the osteopathic clinical
findings:
Vertebral lesions and the course of pregnancy in animals.
Burns, L. Journal Of The American Osteopathic Association
Vol. 23 No. 3 November 1923.
From the paper (p.157):
Dr. L.M. Whiting of South Pasadena,
has reported the evil effects of vertebral lesions upon the
course of pregnancy and labor in several articles and lectures.
She reports many normal pregnancies followed normal labor and
normal young in women in whom there are no vertebral lesions,
but she reports no normal pregnancies followed by normal labor
in any case in which lumbar, innominate or lower thoracic lesions
are found on examination."
“Dr. Jeanette Bolles,
of Denver, reports several families in which no children were
born until the correction of a lumbar lesion, and that pregnancy
often followed the correction.”
“Dr. A.V. Fish,
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, reports an interesting case. After four
years of sterile married life, the correction of lesions involving
the innominate and the fifth lumbar vertebrae was followed
by an almost normal pregnancy. The patient became pregnant
within two weeks after the correction."
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