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Letters to the EditorDear
Dr. Don:
Great seminar on CBP® lumbar rehab by Deed and you in New Jersey
in the fall!. Several new chiros were really interested in CBP®’s
structural rehab of the lumbar spine.
Additionally, I thought you might be interested in one of my
recent cases. I testified in court on 11-16-99 for a patient. We won the
case with my testimony. The attorney told me that it was the first time
in several years that a chiropractic expert witness won a case on just
his/her testimony. The patient got a settlement and chiropractic care
for life. My testimony was CBP® technique and CBP® research! My thanks
to you CBP® researchers!
Sincerely,
Steve Guagliardo, DC
Staten Island, NY Dr.
Guagliardo:
You are welcome! Also I would like to thank you for helping me
for years in New Jersey by teaching practical stations on Saturday
evenings. Without your expert abilities in correcting attendees’
postures, attendees would not immediately see the benefits of CBP®
Mirror Image™ methods.
Your friend,
Don Harrison, PhD, DC Dear
Drs. Harrison:
I always look forward to getting your journal every month. Over
the last year I have noticed that the format of the journal has become
more polished. The addition of regular columnists as well as guest
authors have greatly broadened the topics of the journal. One of the
articles that prompted me to write this letter was Dr. Roger Coleman’s
article. His parable on the scientific method was entertaining and made
a great point, with a little humor thrown in. It also served to break up
the more technical articles in the journal (which were also very well
done.) Hopefully other trade journals will follow your example and
elevate their standards.
P.S. Don, your granddaughter Alexandria is doing great. Your
daughter brought her in for her check up six days after she was born.
After a mirror image instrument adjustment to correct a slight +Rzh she
was aligned and doing well. As you probably heard “Mom” had a short
labor of one and a half hours, and recovered quickly. We managed to keep
her from developing a swayed back posture during her prenatal care, and
she did very well with her home care instructions. Congratulations on
your second grandkid. Your older grandson Zach is already trying to help
me adjust his mom, and knows how to set the head drop piece. How many
chiropractors do you want in the family?
Sincerely,
Tim C. Norton, DC
Seattle, WA Dear
Dr. Norton:
Thank you for taking care of my daughter and grandchildren. Can
you believe that I am old enough to have grandkids???
Bummer! Changing the subject, we hope for some more chiros in our
family. Deed, Sang and I are DCs. Dr. Deed’s fiancée, Dr. Shirlene
Ching, is a DC.
My brother, Dr. Glenn Harrison, and Sang’s brother Dr. Tae Jong
Oh are DCs. My late wife Dr. Deanne Harrison was a DC and my step son,
Dr. Ron Benson (San Jose), is a DC.
Sincerely,
Don Harrison, PhD, DC Dear
Dr. Harrison:
Please find enclosed a reprint from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The four-day investigative report details medical mishaps occurring at a
hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The records were released to public
view only because of the bankruptcy proceedings.
I enjoyed Murphy’s article on Medical Madness in the AJCC. I
believe you will enjoy this reprint. I have also forwarded a copy to Dr.
Murphy. I have had the pleasure of attending three CBP® seminars in
Newark, NJ and have been lucky enough to receive instruction from you in
all three. I am an active, dues-paying member of CBP® Non-Profit, Inc.
and appreciate the research you are conducting.
I have applied for extension faculty status at Palmer regarding a
12-hour course on whiplash and the subluxation. For the course I have
references. I have used many of yours, especially for the definition of
subluxation and the sagittal curves for the cervical and lumbar spine.
Of course, Dr. Troyanovich’s research into chronic, long-term
deformities have also found a place in the seminar. Your hard work on
research and compiling references has benefitted the whole profession.
My dues are well spent.
Congratulations on your Ph.D. I find it amazing what you have
accomplished in a short amount of time.
In Health,
David B. Smith, DC
DrDaveS@aol.com
Harrisburg, PA Dear
Dr. Smith:
Thank you for the compliments and the reprint of the articles by
your local news paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer. There are some amazing
cover-ups of major malpractice in that hospital. I have added your
e-mail address in case any readers would like to see this document.
Perhaps you could direct them to the newspaper as to how to obtain it.
Thanks, Don Harrison, PhD, DC Dear
Dr. Harrison:
I am enclosing a copy of a letter that I recently sent to Doctor
James Cox in response to his article BIOMECHANICS IN COX DISTRACTION
ADJUSTING which appeared in the October, 1999 publication of CLINICAL
CHIROPRACTIC.
As I pointed out in the letter, thousands of practitioners have
used extension procedures (exercises, adjustments, etc.) with great
success and evidently so has Doctor Cox.
Also, I would hope that the study of “Flexion-Distraction vs.
Medical Care for Low Back Pain” presently underway will not include
any extension procedures (treatment or exercise) in the
Flexion-Distraction part of the study in order to be valid.
I am hopeful that you will include my letter to Doctor Cox in the
next issue in Counterpoint. I look forward to reading your publication
in contrast to the irresponsible “Journal” which again printed two
(at least) more false articles, one on our Rhode Island Board of
Examiners.
Sincerely,
Bruce E. Laferriere, DC, MS
Warwick, RI “Dear
Dr. Cox:
I recently read with interest your article titled BIOMECHANICS IN
COX DISTRACTION ADJUSTING which was printed in the latest issue of
CLINICAL CHIROPRACTIC, October, 1999. I have three questions regarding
that article. 1.
If extension is so detrimental to the spine ( you list at least 14
reasons), why does it exhibit good results in disc bulges of different
sizes and protrusions, prolapses and herniations? When I say good
results, I point to McKenzie, Harrison, my own forty years in practice
(Palmer, 1960), and tens of thousands of other spine practitioners
including DC, MD, and PT. 2.
Also, if extension has so many negatives to it (SCHEMATIC DRAWING of
figure 2), why would YOU use it? “Note that I do use EXTENSION for
treatment but not for acute radiculopathy or spinal stenosis.” How
about disc bulges of varying degrees or protrusions or prolapses? Also,
again, if extension is so bad why use EXTENSION EXERCISES? “Patients
start rehabilitation as quickly as pain allows, including flexion and
EXTENSION exercises—nautilus EXTENSION strengthening—.” How does
one separate the results of FLEXION-DISTRACTION from the effects/
results of EXTENSION if one does both? 3.
Will the study now under way funded by the Health Resources and Services
Administration entitled “Flexion-Distraction vs. Medical Care for Low
Back Pain” be a study strictly of Flexion-Distraction (no EXTENSION OF
ANY KIND) or will there be EXTENSION exercises mixed into both
protocols?
I appreciate the time it may take you to answer this letter and
look forward to Counterpoint, on this article in the next issue of
CLINICAL CHIROPRACTIC.
Sincerely,
Bruce E. Laferriere, DC, MS
Warwick, RI” Dear
Dr. Laferriere:
Thank you for your insights on extension versus Cox’s
flexion/distraction. I am sure that our readers appreciated your
comments about Dr. Cox’s mixture of extension exercises with his
flexion method which makes it impossible to discern the research value
of each.
My son, Dr. Deed Harrison in his “Counter-point to Dr. Cox’s
article in our last issue, shares your enthusiasm for extension
exercises and extension traction. I hope that you find some of his
references to be new to you and of additional information.
Sincerely,
Don Harrison, PhD, DC, MSE
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