Why does NCRP treatment--which is structural--seem to help some of my biochemical problems such as poor digestion and post-nasal drip?
The nervous system controls all functions in the body, including digestion and manufacturing of mucus. Most of the nervous system is found inside the skull. With NCRP, as the structures become more idealized, the nervous system functions are enhanced and many bodily processes normalize. This is why a wide variety of seemingly unrelated conditions can all improve with NCRP. Also the addition of the dural release in the spine releases the traction on the 31 pairs of spinal nerves improving nerve flow and also decreasing nerve irritation.
How and why does NCRP help the following conditions?
Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's disease is associated with poor functioning of the brain. In autopsies Alzheimer brain tissue is dramatically different from regular brain tissue. A person suffering from Alzheimer's disease is not yet at the point of death, so their condition is somewhere between a normal person and death. Brain function is dependent on at least three factors: the state of the brain tissue, the flow characteristics of the blood and tissue, and the flow characteristics of the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid. Without the flow of blood and cerebrospinal fluid, the brain cannot function at all. Yet most therapeutic plans to treat Alzheimer's disease have focused on the brain tissue. This is why there are attempts to formulate new drugs as well as natural approaches using diet, detoxification of toxins and heavy metals, nutraceutical supplements and homeopathic medicines. These can help. But it is also important to insure that the fluid flow characteristics of the brain are optimized. This is where NCRP can help. By improving the shape of the head, fluid flow patterns of the blood and cerebrospinal fluid can be improved, allowing the brain tissue to function at the peak of its capabilities. Granted, with Alzheimer's disease, this will still be sub-optimal performance, but it will be a distinct improvement over the non-treated patient.
NCRP is an important part of a treatment protocol for Alzheimer's patients.
Anxiety and nervousness?
Anxiety is a condition of the brain. Drugs like Xanax and herbs such as kava kava, skullcap, valerian and hops have all been used successfully to treat anxiety symptoms. Sometimes counseling is effective for treatment of anxiety, but the patients who seek my care have found it ineffective. For them, the underlying cause of anxiety is a functional problem of the brain, so its treatment must address brain functioning.
Standard treatment techniques incorporate methods to change the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. In this way, the areas of the brain that lack enough or have too much neurotransmitter can be normalized, temporarily alleviating the problem. The drugs and herbs used to treat anxiety temporarily change the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. When the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain are raised or lowered, changes in feelings and behavior are seen and felt everywhere in the brain. This can often help a patient to feel less anxious.
The problem with medications is their lack of specificity in the brain. They make their changes throughout the brain instead of the specific area of the brain under concern. This can lead to side effects. The areas of the brain that have abnormal neurotransmitter levels (too high or too low) will change, hopefully in the way the doctor wishes. But the areas of the brain that already had normal levels of the neurotransmitter will now have the wrong level, leading to a side effect associated with the previously normal area of the brain now being over- or under-stimulated.
The problem of anxiety is associated with neurotransmitter levels. However, it is rarely a simple situation of under- or over-production but instead a problem of the distribution of neurotransmitters in the brain. Some areas of the brain have too low a level of some neurotransmitters, or some areas of the brain have too many neurotransmitters, or both situations are occurring simultaneously in different areas of the brain. This situation makes it difficult to give medications that are effective and without side effects.
The flow of cerebrospinal fluid and the flow of blood govern the distribution of neurotransmitters. The shape of the skull determines this. With NCRP, the skull shape changes, altering the patterns of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and blood. As the fluid flow characteristics change, the patterns of distribution of neurotransmitters are changed as well. The problem of the medications is circumvented with NCRP. With NCRP the distribution patterns of blood and cerebrospinal fluid can be normalized, ensuring normal levels of neurotransmitters throughout the brain.
As skull shape is optimized, then, the function of the brain becomes more optimal too. This creates a lasting change in conditions like anxiety.
Arthritis, bursitis and rheumatism?
Arthritis and rheumatism are conditions of the joints. NCRP, manipulation and spinal dural stretch, can change joint function in two major ways. Through its ability to change:
1) the positions of the bones of the spine and pelvis, and
2) the nervous system.
People who have these conditions never have perfect posture. As NCRP changes the postural patterns, the areas of pain and discomfort in the spine and pelvis diminish. When the weight-bearing patterns of the spine and pelvis are changed, the weight-bearing patterns of the hips, knees and feet change too. The sore points in the knee (for instance) will no longer be at the point of maximum weight bearing. This means that the position of the feet during walking (toe-in or toe-out, for instance) will not be the same. This can make iNCRPedible changes in a person's pain pattern.
The nervous system controls everything in the body, including the immune system. With conditions like rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune arthritides, optimizing immune function can make a great change in levels of inflammation.
I have rarely seen people with bursitis, yet I have seen many people wrongly diagnosed with bursitis. Fortunately, with these shoulder conditions, there is hope. Often the problem with a chronically frozen shoulder or other painful shoulder conditions is both postural and muscular. The muscular problems are often caused by the joint pain created from the postural pattern, which triggers chronic spasms of the muscles to guard the body from performing painful joint movements. This occurs especially after whiplash injuries, when the straightening of the neck and upper back (from the head moving too far forward from the injury) leads to a posture in which the shoulders are rolled forward and inward, accompanied by chronic muscle spasm of the neck, upper back and shoulders. When the shoulders are like this, performing normal shoulder activities like reaching toward the ceiling or combing the hair becomes mechanically impossible. A person cannot reach toward the ceiling if the shoulder joint is aimed at the wall and the muscles are as tight as cables. With NCRP treatment, the postural pattern can be improved so that the shoulder is positioned more normally, allowing a person to return to more everyday activities.
Attention Deficit Disorder, dyslexia, hyperactivity and other learning disabilities?
Learning disabilities are frequently treated with prescriptions of Ritalin, a nervous system stimulant. The prevailing theory is that neurotransmitter deficiency in the brain leads to malfunctioning of the brain. The immediate solution is to iNCRPease neurotransmitter levels throughout the brain with Ritalin to correct the deficiency. This medication often helps, but it does not cure. It iNCRPeases the levels of some neurotransmitters throughout the brain. The effectiveness of Ritalin shows that learning disabilities are not psychological but are, instead, conditions created by problems with nervous system function. A nervous system stimulant like Ritalin works by changing levels of neurotransmitters in the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. This means that inappropriate levels of neurotransmitters in specialized areas of the brain cause learning disabilities. When the brain lacks neurotransmitters in some areas, concentration or interpretation of visual or auditory phenomena is impaired. So iNCRPeasing the level of these neurotransmitters helps to temporarily get rid of the problem.
Then why doesn't everybody with learning disabilities take Ritalin or some similar medication? The problem with administration of Ritalin is the side effects, which are generally symptoms associated with other areas of the brain becoming overdosed with neurotransmitters. If some areas of the brain improve function by iNCRPeasing levels of neurotransmitters, and if other areas of the brain get side effects by iNCRPeasing the same, there is a problem of distribution, not a deficiency of neurotransmitters. So the symptomatic treatment of learning disabilities with medication that iNCRPeases the level of neurotransmitters can never cure the problem because it doesn't address the situation properly.
A cure of learning disabilities must include optimization of fluid flow characteristics in the brain. With optimal flow of blood and cerebrospinal fluid, learning disabilities improve or cease.
The approach of NCRP is to improve the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by changing the shape of the skull. As the cranium optimizes, the flow of CSF becomes more and more uniform, removing the problem of poor distribution of the fluids in the brain.
This seems like such a simple solution to an aggravating problem, and it is. But clinically it provides better results than the medications. There must be more truth to this model than the Ritalin deficiency model outlined above. I’ve received letters from teachers saying they can’t believe the changes in learning after NCRP treatments. Trust results!
Autism?
Autism is not understood and there is no predictable, effective treatment. I have worked with many autistic children, and they have all been unique. But I think they all have problems with brain function, similar to those discussed with ADD and hyperactivity. With autism, there is no simplified model that allows medications to control the symptoms. People who come out of their autistic state can shed little light on the cause(s) of autism. There are behavior control techniques that are opposed by some as being too harsh, but they are sometimes effective.
I have seen improvement in the autistic patients I have treated, but I find it slower and less predictable than with learning disabilities. Nonetheless, I believe that an important part of effective treatment of autism is to optimize the structures of the head and spine.
Brain surgery?
After brain surgery, NCRP is very important.
The brain is surrounded by connective tissue, such as the meninges, and then by bone. This network of bone and connective tissue is interlocked and integrated. When they are changed, there are great implications for the functioning of the brain and body. The structures of the head are changed dramatically with surgery, and there are usually no efforts to return the head to its normal mechanical function. With NCRP, the skull can return to normal and the brain and body structures begin to work again the way they were designed.
Cerebral palsy?
Cranial therapy has been used for many years to treat person with cerebral palsy. This is a condition with which Dr. J. R. Stober had dependable results using the old BNS therapy. NCRP works even better.
People whom I have seen with this condition generally fall into two classes: those with excessive muscle tone (they used to be called spastics) and those with too little muscle tone (we used to call this flaccid paralysis).
Both of these conditions are related to the level of functioning of the cerebellum, a part of the brain that controls muscle tone and the ability to stop movement once it has begun. One group has a hyper-functioning cerebellum and the other a hypo-functioning one.
With NCRP, once movement of the back of the head has been accomplished, the function of the cerebellum can be optimized.
I know of no other therapy than NCRP that can change the general condition of people with cerebral palsy.
Bipolar disorder (Manic-depression)? Depression? Obsessive-compulsive disorder?
