Ulcers
Use of spinal manipulative therapy in the
treatment of duodenal ulcer: a pilot study. Pikalov AA, Vyatcheslav
VK. Presented at the June, 1993 meeting of the Consortium
for Chiropractic Research, Monterrey, CA.
Sixteen adult men
and women 16-47 years old with endoscopically confirmed diagnosis
of ulcer disease were in the experimental group that received
chiropractic care. Forty were in the control group that received
traditional medical treatment. They were studied using endoscopy
and clinical examination. The chiropractic group had pain
relief and healing of the ulcer after 1-9 (average 3.8) days
while the control (medical) group took ten days longer. Most
frequently involved segments were T9-T12.
Gonstead claimed duodenal
ulcer T4-T10. Homewood’s
review of the literature signified T6-T9.
The above paper also
appeared in Use of spinal manipulative therapy in the treatment
of duodenal ulcer: a pilot study. Pikalov AA, Kharin VV Journal
of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 1994 17(5):
310-313.
The side-effects of the chiropractic adjustment. Arno
Burnier, D.C. Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol. 1 No. 4 May 1995.
This
is a case history of J.C. male, 1 year old.
Medical diagnosis
(gastroenterologist): post-viral enteritis, c.difficile enteritis,
colitis secondary to antibiotic usage, allergic colitis, gastroesophageal
reflux with esophagitis, gastric and/or duodenal ulcer disease,
duodenitis secondary to congenital or autoimmune phenomenon,
club feet requiring surgery.
Medication: Amoxicillin™, Zantac™ , Reglan™,
Tylenol™, and Ambesol™.
Chiropractic results: Off
all medication after first visit. Immediate improvement within
24 hours. Complete resolution within 3 weeks of care. Six months
later the child is in radiant health, has had no need for medical
care and has been free of medication and over-the-counter drugs.
Club feet straightened out without surgery within 1 1/2 months
of care.
Presenting Subluxation Findings: Occiput/C1 with an
Atlas ASRP, Sacrum base posterior.
Original Adjustments: Left
occiput ridge meningeal contact for 30 seconds, double notch
sacral meningeal contact for 1 minute; structural manual adjustment
of Atlas ASRP, left Temporoparietal suture adjustment.
Systemic
effects of spinal lesions. Dhami MSI, DeBoer KF In Principles
and Practice of Chiropractic, 2nd edition, Appleton and Lange,
East Norwalk, CT 1992.
The authors list “organic disorders reported to be
related to spinal lesions or affected by chiropractic manipulation.” These
include: abdominal discomfort, asthma, Barre-Lieou syndrome,
cardiac arrythmia, colic, constipation, dysmenorrhea, high
blood pressure, low-blood sugar and hyperinsulinism, migraine,
pulmonary diseases, ulcers, vertebral autonomic dysfunction.
An
osteopathic approach to disease of the upper gastrointestinal
tract. Harakal, J.H., Burns, and C.L. Osteopath Ann 1978;
6:51-54.
Manipulative treatment for diseases of stomach and
duodenum, Kranz, M.A.: Symposium on stomach and duodenum Journal
Of The American Osteopathic Association 29:158-60, Dec, 1929.
The
treatment of acute gastritis, or an acute inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the stomach and also the duodenum, besides
the eliminative, dietary, and measures that will assure rest,
should include a thorough investigation of the spinal area
from the fifth to the seventh thoracic segments…manipulation
should be the outstanding form of treatment, but all other
agencies that have value should not be omitted.
Segmental spinal
osteophytosis in visceral disease. Burchett GD J of the American
Osteopathic Association 1968; 67(6): 675.
The author examined sixty-one hospital patients and found
that in 88% of 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.
Burchett also found that
31% of patients with duodenal disease had osteophytes at T9-L2.
A
double blind clinical study of osteopathic findings in hospital
patients. Kelso. A.F. Progress Report. Journal Of The American
Osteopathic Association 70:570-592, Feb 1971.
Acute effects of spinal manipulation on gastrointestinal myoelectric
activity in conscious rabbits. DeBoer KF, Schutz M, and McKnight
ME. Manuelle Medicine, 1988; 3:85-94.
An acute stimulus thought
to mimic a chiropractic subluxation (surgically implanted
spinal appliances) was created at T6 and at various points
above and below. Within 2 ½ minutes,
there was a dramatic decrease of smooth muscle contraction
in the stomach and duodenum. Masarsky CS and Weber M Eds
of Neurological Fitness (Vol. 2 No. 4 July 1993) in commenting
on this study: “These changes could make the upper
gastrointestinal tract vulnerable to disease and dysfunction.”
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