How I Found Relief for my Neck; Shoulders & Back Video Lecture | Understanding Accupressure and Different Body Points - Health & Fitness

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hi Gabi how are you
there's my doc hey how are you great yes
thank you see you too we're ready for
today we are so ready for today meeting
yeah so we're here today in dr. Delicias
office because big secret I was
suffering with chronic neck and shoulder
pain for years for years exercise stress
sleep positions all of that and I went
online and I did some research and I
found dr. de Loesch and came in and the
first thing we did was take x-rays which
revealed a whole lot about my particular
situation so let's go ahead and talk
about that okay so Dominic we had we
took two x-rays of her neck and we
discovered that she had some rotation
and the upper part of her neck so which
caused it to have some pinched nerves
and that caused the circulation to go
down in between her shoulders and even
in dour arms that could cause later
problems but what pinched nerves when
you have a pinched nerve what happens is
it cuts off the blood the oxygen and the
lactic acid and when that happens it
causes spasms in the pain and that's
where the pain comes from so what we
need to do each session is just move
these over so that she has a straight
line rather than out of alignment right
here so that her neck is straight and is
supposed to have a curve and it supposed
to look like its shape of a banana
basically and she's lost elasticity in
her neck and we're trying to put the
curve back in not to the original state
but at least to give her so she can have
some range of motion that's better than
it was before what's that that middle
part it's the spine it's the spinous
processes that line up right underneath
each other and mine had shifted the
whole spine to the left correct from my
neck all the way down to my mid-back the
first thing you asked me was were you in
an accident
and I wasn't
and then I was trying to think well what
is it that I could have done because
that's repetitive motion and then it
made me thinking I don't know I'm
diagnosing myself here but it made me
think after being in an anchor chair for
23 years
- my aunt co-anchors left and constantly
pivoting and facing in this direction
might have had something to do with it
sleep might have had exercise but it
just goes to show that certain
repetitive motions without it being a
big impact or an accident can have a
profound effect on your spine and how it
functions that's true so once we we saw
this you sort of came up with a game
plan for me yes and we're gonna walk
through and and show everybody what that
game plan is because I certainly want to
dispel the myth of what a chiropractor
is what they do and take sort of the
mystery and the fear out of it
because for me this has been a game
changer right now what we're gonna do is
we're gonna place the stems on her
troubled area which is the neck and this
is gonna speed up the recovery process
by stimulating the muscles and so and
this is the the stems make the muscles
kind of drink and contract them to try
there you go that's the proper
terminology yes ma'am I always try to
wear appropriate clothing for these gals
to give them access so we're gonna place
this around the neck region like so
usually doc is pretty precise so she
usually let me know what she wants and
then we kind of just build from there
what it does is it increases the blood
flow to that area to promote healing
faster so that's what she was telling
you earlier but we put it on the point
of pain and and we can do interferential
or biphasic which means you know we can
do it words localizes in the area we've
done both for you so today we're going
to do interferential we're gonna add
some heat as well
the heat warm up the muscles I'm gonna
go ahead and start the stems how about
as one unit so just go ahead and let me
know when it's comfortable for you okay
and I usually like it pretty intense yes
you know really well you can tell you
work out people that work out they
usually like a little bit more okay
we're gonna let you relax and enjoy your
time the stems did you go vibratory
massage which is a fancy way of saying
we're just gonna vibrate the back
massage it she left our deep tissue wand
yes
this is where you find out where your
really silly is
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I'm going to go up on the spine
and this therapy also increases the
blood flow to the area so everything we
do is trying to put you know promote
healing faster so it increase the blood
flow so that way when she gets her
adjustment it'll hold better
so what I'm doing right now is just kind
of filling up down the spine even though
it's her neck we always try to treat the
whole spine because it's all connected
so we're just going to stretch the
muscle tissue and then now we're going
to start aligning the spine where she
has her troubled areas take a deep
breath let it all out
perfect deep breath she's got this down
she got her breathing down everything
yes then we come down here and then you
can see this even though it's her neck
problem she still has some low back
issues a little bit here there minor but
there still need to be taken care of and
what we do is we measure the feet and
you can see that the right leg is
shorter than the left and then we put it
together say the rights shorter okay no
we're gonna no we're actually gonna fix
it for you so you don't have to wear it
okay okay go on your side away from me
perfect
okay take a deep breath let it all out
perfect okay lay on your stomach and
then we're gonna show you how the leg
lengths are the same you just get up
just a little bit more so you don't I
know you
it's even and that cool believable
you're perfect again once again you're
perfect
you okay go ahead and sit up and I'll do
your neck so this is the part that
usually freaks everybody out
so explain you could face me and then
that way that will explain the dynamic
the dynamics and the cracking sound
because it's not vertebrae that's
cracking know what's going well you know
no one really knows what it is everybody
has the you know the educated guess
would be that there's nitrous oxide in
between that's positive gas gas for
exactly favorite red all the way over
that way let it just relax let your ear
drop to your shoulder perfect see she's
oh she's oh pro already and she relaxes
mm-hmm like all the way with that way
let your ear drop mmm perfect get your
shoulders yeah okay see how then it's
all about balancing so what we do is we
look at her shoulders and see how this
shoulders just slightly off from this
one and it just happens because you know
you're right you favor right-handed
versus left-handed and that kind of
stuff so this is it thank ya okay now
you're balanced she saw can you tell the
difference
it's kind of cool in it and then you
have a little trick up your sleeve
pertaining to sinuses yeah it's a big
deal for people living in this area what
we're gonna do is we're gonna adjust the
ear there we go mm-hmm it's a strange
sensation on the ear but then you
immediately feel this just open up yes
it does it just in it there within five
minutes you can feel the drainage coming
through the sinuses it's unbelievable
yeah you learned that one well it's from
China you know and so this patient I'm
going to I actually learned it from
another chiropractor right so she taught
me and of course the first time she did
it to me I was a little nervous as well
but she did it and my son is just opened
up so quickly that and she she said she
learned it from China so doing this
repetitively mm-hmm does what what will
it do for me what will it do for
somebody who needs help well it keeps it
takes the pain away number one you know
and we're not working on symptoms we're
working on the problem so that way you
you literally can't your postures better
you can you can sit for longer periods
times you have better range of motion
and you know mainly every one is about
getting rid
the pain but we're getting where we're
always about getting rid of the problem
so we're gonna do both yeah so if so
explain okay I'll have you do it while
she's doing it okay this this has helped
me tremendously because I've noticed
that when I came to you I was I felt
very swollen I'm here there was a lot of
puffiness and kind of fluid retention
and and just I guess it's an
inflammatory response to pain and so you
do this ultrasound and I know you'll
talk about what it is but I noticed that
it immediately started to help with that
yes yeah because it's it it's it you
know we already put heat on you but we
put a deep this is a deeper heat it's
not like the ultrasound for the babies
it's a different ultrasound it goes in
there and it it literally breaks down
any kind of calcium right residue that's
in the muscle that's that causes that
crystallizes then the muscle and causes
it to harden and causes it to muscles
you know for you have muscle spasms and
inflammation so it gets rid of it helps
get rid of that we're just going to take
off the inflammation by using this
special wine I feel nothing you know you
don't feel it no it's all internal work
and explain what it does to the muscle
so it just pulls the muscle this is just
a magnet and so it just removes the
inflammation well I think this is one
area where people go for long periods
and issues become chronic mm-hmm yes and
we're only as strong as our weakest link
you know so if people have neck problems
that's that's the first thing that
happens you know you get angry or sad or
mad you know you you start tightening up
your neck and then your neck starts to
hurt and then or your if it's your low
back it's your low back that starts to
hurt you know so doc explain the
protocol when I started coming how often
I came
okay so when you first came of course
you know it's as simple as just filling
out the paperwork and you come in and
then we do the consultation it takes
about five minutes ten minutes depending
and then we do the neurological
orthopedic exam which is basically a
range of motion testing to see what you
can do what you can't do and you were
limited in your you'd gone to other
places as you said and then it didn't
didn't get you weren't quite as happy
about the results and we did the range
of motion and you were limited and so
what we did was try to increase those
and then you had to come in every day
that week and then three times a week
for the next three to four weeks and now
we're going to where I think we're at
two times a week and then there'll be
one time a week and then you'll be after
that'll be just maintenance once a month
it's funny because at first when I tell
patients that they have to be here you
know their length ago what I can't
possibly come you know six visits or
twelve visits or two months or whatever
the case might be depending on the
problem you know and then and then after
it's all over I go okay you can go now
and they go no no why do I have to go
funny story about this paint gel by the
way I put it on every day and I was
walking my dog one morning and a
neighbor stopped me and hugged me and
said perfumer you smell that good yes
that's not better because it it has it's
not like the vikre you know the Vicks
like old school or the this stuff is
amazing
it actually has lavender in it what it
is and it lasts a long time yes and then
of course Chanel's are massage
therapists too and Gabby's are massage
therapists and we also offered that here
and acupuncture we just we do it all
there
okay we have to bring out that
incredible pillow okay yeah okay last
but not least not only did I buy your
pain gel but I bought one of these
pillows and I want you to explain how
this works and how it corrects the head
and neck okay so like when you sleep at
night the the people that have that have
lost the curve in their their neck which
is a majority of us since we've all have
had car accidents when you lose the the
curve in your neck you need to put the
curve back in so when you sleep you want
to make sure that your neck is level so
you don't want your neck to go up like
this and you don't want your pillow to
be too flat and go like this because
you're holding your your shoulder like
this and you're cutting pinching the
nerves and cutting off the circulation
so with this pillow it comes in where
you can it has the curve right in the
middle and you people with short necks
can go here and the people with a nice
beautiful long necks like Dominique she
can want use the the longer version but
it it definitely it's a hundred percent
effective if you lay on your back so
when you lay on your back you're
sleeping like this and you you rest it
for ten minutes and it makes a huge
difference and so it's a hundred percent
effective this way but it's fifty
percent effective on the side so fifty
percent is better than no percent which
this is what you want to do you want to
look like you're straight like this and
it saves on chiropractic treatment
that's might be a sad thing but it's a
good thing but it but it just it at the
same time it says you know it's a great
cervical support pillow so it works very
well matter of fact if you sell it to
one person their spouse always once one
wants one always not long ago my husband
and I went to New York for a long
weekend and I forgot to bring my pillow
and I slept on a regular pillow and I
woke up the next morning I was dying
from pain and what did you tell me to do
I told you to get a you know to get a
towel and roll it up and then make it
look like this best as possible to put
it underneath there so that you have you
can put the curve back in then so even
if you forget your pillow you can just
take a towel and sleep with it and make
it have the same effect I wish I why
didn't I call you
okay so here we are do you realize that
you are one of the few doctors where
somebody can walk in in pain and leave
feeling a whole lot better that's a cool
thing you know that's the one thing it's
everybody wants a job that you feel like
you've put back into the society and
that you bring something out of it
yourself and right every day it makes me
feel so much it feels makes me so I'm
gonna get chucked up we start crying
makes me more fulfilled that I can help
somebody and make them feel better
because when they come in they are
grouchy
they are veritable because pain does
that to you it takes that that pain you
have all your energy probably that it
makes you more tired it makes you more
moody and so when you come out of here
you're less moody less you know more
energetic you kind of feel like you can
fight the world so you do feel like
you're contributing something back into
the oil so I can't changer for me I'm so
glad I found out today more hugs I like
it I like it thank you and and and
thanks for making it differently your
and for valuing that that's a big deal
well you're quite welcome there's been a
pleasure