After suffering with non-epileptic seizure attacks and various other neurological problems for 13 weeks, a friend referred her into our office for Upper Cervical Specific chiropractic care. If you have questions, or would like to set up a complimentary consultation with the doctor, please call 479.696.8000

Angela was NOT malingering, neither was she exaggerating these problems. Watch the video testimony below…

After the medical profession’s best experts, neurologists, and specialists evaluated her they said her problem was “neurological.” They ran dozens of tests, took MRIs, hospitalized her for several days, ruled out Epilepsy, and studied her case for 5 months … they finally gave her a diagnosis: psychogenic seizure disorder (also known as PNES – Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures). Some have suggested this is a “junk diagnosis” since it was formerly referred to as Pseudo-seizures.

Although many people disagree with the validity of this medical diagnosis, I must clarify something: what she’s been experiencing is not a factitious disorder. In other words, she wasn’t pretending. She was truly suffering with balance problems, loss of muscular control, foot drop, hip thigh & leg weakness, blurred vision and visual disturbances, equilibrium disruptions, continuous muscle spasms in her neck, slurred speech, and even sporadic loss of her ability to speak.

She is not back to 100% function yet; but as I said on the video, the main portion of her functional problems were neurological.
In our office we don’t focus on treating PNES or any other particular symptom.
Actually, we don’t diagnose, treat, cure, or fix anything.
Vitalistic chiropractic (especially Upper Cervical Specific) is focused on restoring the neurological connections between brain and body so your body can heal and function optimally like it was designed. Period. That’s what we do!

++Medical doctors (MDs) and Osteopaths (DOs) and Physical therapists (PTs) diagnose and treat various symptoms, diseases, and disorders. They run tests and then prescribe therapies, drugs, or surgeries based on a treatment plan to lessen the symptoms of that particular diagnosis.

++Chiropractic doctors (DCs or Chiropractors) check the nerve system for proper function. We assess the health of the nerves, and we measure the balance and alignment of the spine. Then we make precise adjustments (if needed) and monitor function as the body corrects itself naturally.

Doctors don’t cure people’s problems…we never have and we never will…none of us.
This is true because healing doesn’t come from the outside.
The only way any person has ever healed is from the inside.
The inborn innate intelligence inside you coordinates & controls every function in your body, including healing.

My job as a specific Chiropractor is to help re-connect your brain-to-body communication so that internal healing wisdom can do its best work!

The central issue with Angela was a subluxation process negatively affecting the neurological communication between her brain & body at the level of the brain stem in her upper neck. Precise Blair upper cervical x-rays showed a misalignment in her cervical spine between the Atlas (C1 vertebra) and the skull. This misalignment and improper range of motion was directly affecting her central nervous system.

Clearing out the dysfunction of her brain stem and spinal cord restored proper brain-to-body communication and started the healing process in her body.

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GENESIS Chiropractic
Bentonville, AR 72712
479.696.8000

Client testimony quotes (real patient reviews) posted on Yelp, and quickly filtered off Yelp:

“Very good treatment plan and follow up. Getting great results…I was quite amazed at what he can do. Check it out!!…Dr. Blackketter cares for his clients and takes a lot of time with them… Upper cervical care works and in a way that is so different from anything you have experienced before. DON’T try anything else, TRY CHIROPRACTIC FIRST and call Dr. Blackketter for a life and health changing experience…If you live anywhere nearby, there’s no question, you should visit his office and begin your journey to better health!…Gone are the days of intense neck pain and tension.”

In case you are new to Yelp.com please go check it out. It is a very cool social media site that is all about customer reviews of local businesses. You can give ratings of 1 to 5 stars and write comments about your experience with doctors, restaurants, churches, services, etc.

Unfortunately, Yelp filtered out (removed) five separate 5 star user reviews we had been given for Genesis Chiropractic of Bentonville.

I’m not complaining.
Well, I guess it is a mild complaint…
I know they have a system that is designed to “protect the consumer” and also to insure that the public has real patient reviews of doctors and authentic opinions from actual reviewers, called Yelpers by some. Yes, we need for all client reviews by Yelpers or Googlers or Facebookers to be held up to the highest level of accountability. Each reviewer must be a reliable source of information for their comments to be helpful for others.
I get it, no scams and no spam!
Believe me, I want all the information out there about me and my business to be as accurate as possible.

BUT, the frustration for me is I know all these people. They are honest. They are (or were) my clients!

Yelp

For whatever reason their remarks were filtered out, so I retrieved them from the “filtered reviews” section to share their stories with you.
Read for yourself:

Angela H. of Rogers, AR
who also follows us on Facebook, wrote this review on 5/7/2012:

“Dr. Blackketter is very kind, and has really helped me. I would recommend him to anyone!! He’s the first cervical chiropractor I have ever been to, and I was quite amazed at what he can do. Check it out!!”

Then she followed that up with another testimonial on Facebook:
“…I truly believe without you I would still be on LOA [Leave of Absence from work]!!”

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Jennifer L. of Miracle Valley, AZ
joined Yelp to help us spread the news about what we do, and she wrote this review on 3/20/2012:

“Dr. Blackketter cares for his clients and takes a lot of time with them. It’s of utmost importance to him to educate and inform his clients so that they understand what possibilities lie ahead of them. His vision for them to be well is encouraging and contagious! Our family saw him on our way across country and were blessed to have spent time at his practice, taking part in a class that he offered. We have all benefited from his upper-cervical treatment and only wish that we could be under his care on a regular basis. If you live anywhere nearby, there’s no question, you should visit his office and begin your journey to better health!”

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On 3/19/2012
Matthew D. (another Doctor of Chiropractic in Deming, NM)
Yelped out:

“Dr. Blackketter is a dedicated professional when it comes to Chiropractic. I had the opportunity to attend Palmer College with him. Upper cervical care works and in a way that is so different from anything you have experienced before. DON’T try anything else, TRY CHIROPRACTIC FIRST and call Dr. Blackketter for a life and health changing experience. I have been checked and adjusted by Dr. Blackketter and would recommend him in a heartbeat.”

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Matt S. of Bloomington, IL
(who spent many hours training in the KCUCS method, including participating in an Upper Cervical Mission trip to Guatemala with Dr. Blackketter)
wrote the following review on 3/4/2012:

“Dr. Blackketter is the only doctor in all of NW Arkansas to perform Upper Cerivcal Specific care. For that reason I decided to give him a try after numerous attempts to relieve right neck pain. Thanks to Dr. Blackketter I can say that I feel great! Gone are the days of intense neck pain and tension.“

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Gregory S. of Rogers, AR, written on 4/4/2012:

“Very good treatment plan and follow up. Getting great results. Dr Blackketter is friendly and works with schedule.”

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Thanks Greg! I appreciate you for taking the time to write a positive review.
And the same goes for Angela, Jennifer, Matthew, and Matt.

We wish your kind words for me would have been made public so others can find out about this business and how we can help them live better, stronger, healthier lives.

We have not seen one single comment survive Yelp’s review filter screening process…for more than a couple days. You can read them if you scroll down to the bottom and click read filtered reviews, but this is getting ridiculous.

To be fair, Yelp did send me a response to a comment I made (yes, I reviewed Yelp on Yelp). They basically said my reviews were made by new Yelpers and they aren’t considered as trustworthy or valuable as an established member with many reviews. They also reiterated their policy about the filtering process as a protection for my business from fake reviews, malicious comments from competitors, or remarks by disgruntled employees.

If you’d like to share a comment, throw your hat into the ring. I’d love to hear from you!
You can also check us out on the following Social Media outlets:
~ yelp,
~ twitter,
~ youtube,
~ linkedin,
~ pinterest, and
~ facebook.

Sincerely,
Dr. Jason Blackketter

“The four components of your health”
(Adapted from Dr. Stephen Conicello of the Upper Cervical Neurology Center in Downingtown, PA with another “thanks” to Dr. Kevin Donka for bringing clarity to my thots about health and vitalism)

Your health is based on Four “vitalistic” Principles. Everything we do at GENESIS Chiropractic is based on these components of health (in fact any true Upper Cervical Specific office is founded on vitalism).

# 1 Your Body is Self-Healing
Your body was designed by God to heal itself. It should work right.
If you get hurt it should heal.
Your body is constantly changing, adapting, and healing!

Albert Schweitzer

# 2 Your Brain is king (well, actually not the brain itself, because dead bodies have brains & nerves), but I’m talking about your Inborn Innate source of Intelligent Life energy…
You know, that “breath of God” thing that makes us alive?
This Power is a measurable force (mental impulse) and it is literally flowing like electricity through your brain stem into every nerve throughout the entire brain and out to every cell in your body!
This amazing Life Source (found in your vibrating, living, energetic, dynamic Brain and Nerve System) is the master controller of your entire body.
The Brain Stem is sort of like Houston Control at NASA (maybe this has become a dated analogy, but I think you get the idea that LIFE is directed by your Central Source of Communication & Coordination).
As long as your nerve system is able to clearly communicate with every organ, tissue, cell, and system in the body (every nook and cranny of “YOU”), then you should have normal function — the very best health possible for you. This normal function (aka Health) should last for your complete lifetime.
This is called Normal, life at Ease.

So, why are so many people sick?
Why all the Dis-ease and Dysfunction?
Why are we diagnosed with diseases and disorders?
Why does healthy seem so abnormal & uncommon?

C1 and C2 (atlas & axis) upper cervical vertebrae near brain stem

# 3 Houston we have a problem
Subluxation — Misalignment of the spine & skull at the upper neck causes Interference in your brain to body communication, diminishing the body’s effectiveness.
We still have a Self-Healing and Self-Regulating design, but problems begin when we are “subluxated” or partially dis-connected.
This diminished expression of Life (lack of clear consistent neurological connection) is the primary reason we are not Normal.
Lack of Health in your cells is caused by Lack of Life expressed in the cells.
Unfortunately, the Subluxation process robs us of our vital brain-to-body communication, and the nerve system is not able to do what God programed it to do. Thankfully, your body will still try to work on its own (without full nerve function), but much like a Gardener trying to grow a flowers without sun or water, you will be missing essential ingredients for health.

Function will be altered…
Pain and dis-ease will increase…

But there is some good news!

# 4 Restoration of Law and Order
A Top Mission at GENESIS Chiropractic is to help as many people as we can, especially children, by “restoring Law and Order” to the body as a whole. As we assist your body to restore its own law and order (process of normal healing), we expect better function.
This restoration principle depends on a clear connection between Brain & Body.
We will help you become Stronger & Healthier!
We will also teach you how to maintain your Health by restoring proper balance and tone to your spine and nerve system.

“TIME, THE HEALER OF ALL WOUNDS”
Just as your body over time fell into chronic disease and ill health, the body will also need time to retrace its steps back to health and wellness. Depending on how long ago the initial injury happened or if it was a recent event, the body still has a specific healing sequence and a timing for restoring proper function and structure every organ, tissue, cell, nook and cranny.

Ultimately we hope you will achieve much more than merely avoiding Chronic Disease and illness…
We want you to Be Your Best.
And we want to help children & families grow Stronger and Healthier and begin to Thrive!

The beauty and truth of these “4 components of health” is that the body works naturally. The bottom line is simple: We don’t need drugs or medicine to heal or function, but we do need clear connection between brain & body.

“I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica [medicine & drug therapy], as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Enjoy this amazing client testimonial (shared in 1st person by a 34 year old female) about the many benefits she received through upper cervical specific chiropractic care:

“I have been going to Chiropractors my entire life. Literally—my mother took me when I was 5 weeks old for the first time. I have loved chiropractors as long as I can remember and they have been helping me with many different issues. I owe many different aspects of my health and the health of my family to the various chiropractors that we have seen over the years; particularly the past 8 years.”

“I was a bit skeptical at first when Dr. Blackketter said that he ‘specialized in upper cervical‘ and typically only adjusted the top two bones in your neck. But what if I wanted him to adjust more than that? What if, say, my hips went out (as they often did)? How would adjusting my upper neck fix my hip? Or my one rib that always went out?”

Pronation & Pain in Joints caused by Upper Cervical subluxation misalignment of head and neck

“The adjustment was quick and painless and seemingly simple, but my body had a very strong reaction. I felt a warmth in the back of my head that I had never felt before—it was restored blood flow to the area. I hadn’t realized that my head was numb all these years until Dr. Blackketter adjusted me. Now when my C1 goes out I KNOW it because I can feel the numbness returning.”

“I could also feel things moving around in my body like they never had before. My body had always seemed a bit “locked” in that nothing would pop on its own. Suddenly I could feel body parts (like my hips and knees and rib) popping into place in a good way. That was very new and exciting.”

“One of the biggest changes that happened was in my feet / knees / hips. For the past 4 years I have been wearing inserts in my shoes [orthotic arch support inserts designed to treat over pronation in her feet] because my feet pronated, or turned inward, when I walked. Without the inserts it was very painful for me to stand or walk for long periods of time. I had to wear very stable, orthotic shoes with the inserts most of the time. Cute, dressy shoes were completely out of the question if I wanted my knees and hips to not hurt.”

“Two months after being adjusted for the first time, however, I noticed INCREASED pain in my knees and hips when I WAS wearing my inserts. After a couple of weeks of pain and frustration I suddenly realized that the inserts were causing pain instead of relieving it like it used to. After talking to Dr. Blackketter, I took the inserts out and instantly felt pain relief. For the first time in 4 years I could walk normally without any specialized inserts. I have now been without my inserts for over a month and my knees and hips continue to get better and better, and feel better than ever before. Even wearing cute, dressy shoes!”
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“My best change has been in my neck. It is completely pain free for the first time in over 20 years! Dr. Blackketter, with only a few adjustments, was able to *fix major issues that I have been having for over half of my life. My range of motion has improved and every aspect of my life is easier because I am no longer distracted and inhibited by pain.”

“My posture has improved and I have increased energy, and my thinking is clearer. My husband loves how much more energy I have, especially as I’m cooking and cleaning more than ever before!”

“I have gone from a skeptic to someone who now says “I will never let any chiropractor except Dr. Blackketter touch my neck ever again.” And from someone who used to go back and forth between several different chiropractors this is high praise indeed.
I told Dr. Blackketter that while I love all of my chiropractors, his upper cervical adjustments are the “icing on the cake” to improve my overall health and function.”

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You too may benefit from this unique form of health care.
We can help you with your 1st upper cervical specific chiropractic adjustment, but you need to set up a consultation appointment.

Give us a call: 479.696.8000
The consultation is FREE.
We are excited to help you start heading in the right direction (toward Healing, Restoration of your Health, and Optimal Function), and it can begin this week!!

* Technically, we don’t diagnose, treat, cure, or “fix” anything…but we expect your body to work properly and heal naturally as long as you maintain a clear brain-to-body neurological connection…allowing the brain’s healing messages to be communicated with every cell in the body, resulting in normal function and better health.
Consider how your quality of life could improve after we unlock the natural healing potential in your body.

My family and I absolutely loved our 1st visit inside the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. We have been enjoying the scenic hiking & biking trails and watching the construction progress over the last 2 years we’ve lived in NWA. It was well-worth the wait!
We got tickets for the official Grand Opening Day 11.11.11 (Veteran’s Day). Admission tickets to the “scenic (read: backwoods) location” for Crystal Bridges are FREE!! (thanks to one of the Walton family enterprises — Walmart) I thought it very appropriate for them to open an all American Art Museum on a day set aside to be thankful for the service of our U.S. military Veterans.

This museum far-exceeded our very high expectations.
The architecture is amazingly creative. See photos of construction.
The collection of art is engaging, varied, famous, and literally has something for everyone.
My only regret was not planning enough time — but we’ll be back very soon and plan to spend at least a couple of hours…and maybe even visit the restaurant and museum store.

Please enjoy the pictures (sorry about the poor quality cell phone camera). I’ve provided links below to the Crystal Bridges website so you can check out better quality images.

George Washington – Gilbert Stuart – This is the actual 1797 portrait, famously used (although flipped 180 degrees) for the Washington head on the U.S. $1 bill. Here I am standing in front of President George W. (not Bush)–>

Soundsuit – Nick Cave

With my wife…who’s not sure she wants her picture on the internet…

Links to some of the highlights from this well-rounded collection of American art:

Contemporary

19th-Century


The very well-known 1849 painting Kindred Spirits – Asher Durand

Ploughing it Under – Thomas H. Benton
AND

Rosie the Riveter – Norman Rockwell

Rosie in NW Arkansas with a new Norman Rockwell fan!

Enjoying the color, variety, and educational 3-D experience.

Pinocchio?!?

And one last work, the slightly creepy 2010 sculpture by Evan Penny entitled, Old Self Portrait

Got Questions about Migraine Headaches? — Have you been looking for help with the pain?
You’ve come to the right place — We can help you!

A client just came into our office rejoicing about living the last +++7 months free of pain!! She was here for a routine checkup and wanted me to share her story…
+++UPDATE: As of May 4th 2012, this client continues to be FREE of pain. Over the last year she told me,
“I haven’t felt this good in 20 years!” and “I’m able to concentrate less on pain and more on life.”
During the last 12 months she has only had an occasional stress headache, but was thrilled to report 368 days straight WITHOUT a MIGRAINE!!!!

For the previous 16 years (since a 1995 head/neck whiplash injury) she had suffered from debilitating “extreme migraine headache” symptoms. The doctors told her that the Scoliosis AND Migraines were caused by trauma to her spine. The pain had a negative impact on her family and friends. There were many times she would miss work due to the pain. These migraine episodes could last several days at a time…the most recent migraine (back in April 2011) lasted 10 and 1/2 days.
Her symptoms included intense pressure and stabbing in the head and sinuses, aura, nausea, visual disturbances, dizziness and vertigo. She also dealt with some sciatica over the last year or so, presumably related to spinal dysfunction from past head and neck trauma and subsequent scoliosis.

She told me, “Pain impacts my ability to work and function on a daily basis. Pain can range from tolerable to completely incapacitating.”

Over the course of time she had spent countless thousands of dollars trying to find a cure for her migraines…She sought help from multiple doctors over the years including: general practitioner M.D.s, D.O.s, D.C.s, as well as neurologists, pain specialists, physical and massage therapists, chiropractors, among others in the “healthcare” field.
She tried lots of drug therapy over the years:
prescription medication, injections into the base of her skull, steroids, and narcotics;
OTC drugs such as Advil, Aleve, Excedrin migraine, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine; and a variety of other
Rx meds including: topomax, imitrex, amitryptylene, nortiptylene, toradol, phenergan, meclizine, etc.

Nothing worked.
Nothing fixed the cause.
Nothing gave her more than temporary relief.
She wanted a cure…

The Rx drug therapies, various treatments, and self-medication with a hazardous cocktail of chemicals never solved her problem. WebMD, and most of the modern medicine, is missing the boat, out in left field, totally off the reservation on this one…migraines and nausea cannot be fixed by drug therapy.

Finally, her M.D. in Centerton, AR referred her into our office for upper cervical specific chiropractic care. He wanted the very best for her and also respected what I do enough to suggest she try this unique approach (and clearly their current plan of treating symptoms was ineffective so they “had nothing to lose” by going to see another Chiropractor).

The Blair Upper Cervical Specific chiropractic care is a largely unknown, but highly effective approach in healthcare. Through a detailed analysis of the function and alignment of the upper spine, we can determine the exact misalignment factors causing pressure in the central nerve system. Head & neck imbalance distorts the delicate nerve fibers in the upper neck reducing the flow of information between the brain & body. This subluxation process (improper tension in the spine and spinal cord from a misaligned & dysfunctional vertebral column) was the cause of her problems. Restoring a clear brain-to-body neurological connection allows the body to function better.
And that is exactly what happened.

She was *adjusted and her body started healing and functioning properly. I did not “cure her migraines” anymore than I fixed her scoliosis or stopped a 14 year old kid from wetting his bed.
Her body fixed itself (this is called vitalism or the principle of restoration).
This process of balancing the spine is accomplished with a precise adjustment of the Atlas and Axis bones in the upper neck (1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae).

Is there any lasting relief from migraines? YES!
Can the body cure headaches? YES!
Our specific care worked wonderfully for this lady. She has become a huge fan of chiropractic (at least our version of vitalistic Blair upper cervical specific) because it has given her hope, healing, better function, complete relief of migraine symptoms, and a normal life.

Do you really want to get rid of your migraine headache symptoms?
Drugs are NOT the answer.
You weren’t designed to need a drug.
Headaches are NOT caused by a medication deficiency.

Here is what you are missing: BRAIN to BODY communication so your body can function properly…and it all starts at the brain stem and spinal cord in the upper neck…it is as simple as that!

Give Dr. Blackketter a call 479.696.8000
Set up your free consultation at GENESIS Chiropractic – Bentonville, NW Arkansas

For more info. about migraine headaches, throbbing, misery, and pain (with or without aura) and how Upper Cervical care can help you: check out this blog on the Atlas of Life. <---Click

* We never do any popping, cracking, twisting, jerking, or traction on the head or neck.

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RETRACING BACK to HEALTH — also know as “Cycles of Repair”
(reprinted & adapted from an article on the Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic Society website)

* Dr. B.J. Palmer – primary developer of the Upper Cervical Specific hole-in-one (HiO) work – wrote about the following information during the early development of chiropractic as an art and science.

Dr. B.J. Palmer - chiropractor developer of upper cervical specific

“As it took time for the condition …
to change from health to a maximum degree of abnormality …
it takes time to RETRACE … BACK TO HEALTH.” — BJ Palmer

Retracing – Cycles of Repair:

What do we mean by retracing? Primarily it implies going over ground which has already been covered until the individual reaches the point from which he started.

When a patient/client is under chiropractic care (especially a precise individualized approach like upper cervical specific care), it often occurs that he exhibits symptoms that have not manifested themselves for months, or even years. His first impression is that he is becoming worse, or developing some new problem; but he is actually retracing the several stages through which his disease progressed in the making. The symptoms are not new, neither are they an indication of a return to the old problem. These “retracing symptoms” are an indication that his body is healing and returning to normal function.

The question of time is essential in the matter of RETRACING. If a disease has been in progress for a number of years, we should NOT always expect to regain the normal state within a few days. Healing is a PROCESS that takes TIME and your active PARTICIPATION.

Response & TIME Varies:

“As it took time for the condition to change from health to a maximum degree of abnormality, so it takes time to retrace from the abnormal condition back to health.”

The time consumed in the recovery does not always correspond to the time consumed in the production of the disease. As a general thing, however, it may be stated that acute diseases respond rapidly, while chronic pain cases of long standing dysfunction are commonly slower in their response.

Some abnormalities show very extensive involvement of tissues, while others show very little involvement of tissues. In any involvement of tissues, the structures themselves must retrace the various steps through which it passed in assuming its normal condition.

This is well shown by the various eruptions on the skin where tissue gradually changes and becomes abnormal, reaching its greatest degree of abnormality and then returns through the steps that it has covered in its appearance until the skin again becomes normal. This is equally true of those tissues in the body that are not visible, such as disc, ligament, tendon, joint capsule, cartilage, bone, nerve, and various types of tissue in the many organs.

What The Chiropractor Does:

The specific chiropractor is thoroughly trained to detect the abnormal positions of the vertebrae in the spine and abnormal function of the nerves in the brain stem and spinal cord. He is further trained in the precise technique of restoring the alignment & balance of these vertebrae to their normal positions. This adjustment process restores the neurological communication between the brain & body so proper function will return over time.

The question naturally arises in the mind of the client as to why the chiropractor cannot return the vertebra immediately to its normal position and thus immediately restore the tissue to a healthy state.

What actually happens when an adjustment is given? The vertebra is unlocked from its improper range of motion position and returned toward its normal position. This relieves tension and stress from the nerve system and restores the brain-to-body neurological connection. After an adjustment, the ligaments and muscles are given an opportunity to regain, in part, their normal tone, and this permits them to hold the vertebra in a more nearly normal state.

Points To Remember:

However, the spine, and the body in general, is subject to more or less strain during the activities of every day life. Stress is part of life, and it is possible that the vertebra may recede toward its old abnormal position, thereby necessitating another adjustment.

Keep in mind that tissues (ligaments, joint surfaces, tendons, etc.) may need to be rebuilt in order for the vertebra to hold its normal position.

In addition, these tissues that have perhaps for years assumed an abnormal condition, due to the gradually increasing pressure upon the nerve fibers and other structures, must be allowed time to return to normal condition through the various stages they have passed in the production of the abnormality.

This rebuilding and repair of tissues all takes time, and patience becomes a cardinal virtue, based on the knowledge that all is progressing as it should.
** See principle #6 of the 33 chiropractic principles: “There is no process that does not require time.”

Gradual Retracing:

It can thus readily be seen that there is a gradual retracing in the position of the vertebra from the time when it attains the maximum degree of misalignment, to the time when it returns again to normal.

There is also a retracing in the condition of the tissues that are supplied by the nerve fibers impinged. They have gradually attained a maximum degree of abnormality (from partial LOSS of proper communication between brain & body) and must return towards health and better function through those various stages by which they progressed in the attainment of that abnormality.

Not only is there retracing so far as the vertebrae are concerned and the tissue cells affected by the subluxation, but there is also a retracing in the symptoms exhibited by the patient.

Various Stages:

Different stages of the dis-ease give rise to different symptoms, and as the dis-order reverses itself, symptoms which were present, perhaps years ago, may again occur.

If the vertebra is being returned rapidly toward its normal position, an entire series of symptoms may develop at one time and the person consequently will believe his is getting worse.

As a matter of fact, the outlook is particularly bright at this time, and the client should realize this fact. Naturally, it he does not understand the condition, he will assume that he is becoming worse and may stop chiropractic care entirely.

It cannot be made too emphatic that this is the very time when he should continue with chiropractic care, because the results are being obtained which will do the greatest good. The cycles of repair are in full swing as evidenced by temporary discomfort of healing. Sometimes this stage of healing is called the Principle of Restoration, and we must understand that pain and symptoms are a normal part of the healing process.

Congratulations! It Must Be Retracing:

It is immaterial whether the disease is one of long standing or an acute condition. There must be retracing in the position of the vertebra AND in whatever structural or functional change has occurred.

Naturally, if this is true, there must be a retracing in the symptoms. In acute cases they may be so slight in degree that they pass unnoticed.

Finally, every chiropractic client/patient should realize the necessity for continuing with chiropractic care, even though you cannot note the progress made from day to day, or even though you believe the condition is worse. The living body has an innate intelligence within it providing the constructive energy to heal and restore structure and function.

It is essential for this period of retracing to be passed through, and do not allow any temporary discouragement to preclude the ultimate health which will be yours if you continue.
Don’t give up on the vitalistic healing capacity you have inside you!

*B.J. Palmer’s work, built on the foundation of chiropractic vitalism he received from his father D.D. Palmer (the Founder of Chiropractic), was revolutionary in its scope, profoundly simple to explain, yet physiologically accurate (and decades ahead of the science of his time), and universally useful in its application for the healthcare concerns of humanity.

**Please read my thots about Vitalism, Life, and Health in my blog: “33 principles of chiropractic summarized as 7 axioms.” It is my practical application & summary of Stephensen’s 33 Principles of Chiropractic from his “Green Book” – the 1927 Chiropractic Textbook
Thanks,
Dr. Jason W. Blackketter – vitalistic Upper Cervical specific Chiropractor

Every parent who cares about the present and future health of their kids has asked that question:
“How can I get my kids to eat more veggies?”

Is it impossible to get your children to eat healthy food, especially vegetables & fruit?
No, of course it’s not impossible. Kids will eat what you feed them.
So be a parent. Make the right decisions.
Model healthy dietary habits for them…(easier said than done, I know!)

So if you still need some help and encouragement, keep on reading…

Check out this interesting blog: 30 ways to sneak more fruits and vegetables into your diet.
The standard recommendations in the U.S. are straightforward (but pretty tough to achieve): eat 7 – 12 servings of fruits & veggies every day. Yep! Every day we should be eating lots of fresh produce. It is more important and better for you than any other section of the “food pyramid.” For a larger PDF image of the Food Pyramid “Choose My Plate” logo, click —> Food Pyramid “choosemyplate.gov” vegetables fruits grains protein dairy

Plenty of current research and clinical evidence suggests the “new USDA Food Pyramid” is still WRONG for the vast majority of the population because of its heavy emphasis on grains (basically sugar) and dairy (processed and altered).

We should eat mostly veggies and fruit plus natural meats and wild caught fish. This is a challenge in today’s world, but there are still some great ways to eat healthier in a fast-paced convenience-based lifestyle (and I’m not talking about a fast food “fruit” smoothie or french fries & ketchup).

The blatantly obvious food groups missing from the Standard America Diet (SAD) are whole food fresh fruits and veggies. Every single degenerative chronic disease Americans battle today is linked, correlated, and connected, if not caused by a LACK of nutrition. An incomplete supply of minerals, vitamins, fiber, and water leaves the body deficient in these essential building blocks for cellular health and proper function.
The SAD way of eating here in the U.S. (too many calories from sugar and processed junk food) is wreaking havoc on our bodies.
The long term consequences of a poor diet has had a direct impact on the medical system, schools & test scores, dependency on medication, plus an overall increase in the incidence of cancers, heart disease, diabetes, ADHD, autism, fibromyalgia, strokes, and other degenerative diseases and disorders.

Everyone loses in this scenario, but it always affects the children first and worst.

FOR EXAMPLE:

>>Instead of developing an appreciation for proper portion sizes,…we are training this generation to over eat and indulge themselves on jumbo-sized, high calorie, low fiber, nutrient poor meals like pizza or burgers & fries and snack foods.

>>Instead of encouraging variety by exposing them to a rich sensory palate with a *plethora of colors smells tastes textures from the many healthy food choices in your produce section and local farmer’s market,…we are pushing a limited parade of manufactured boring “food” that has been processed artificially flavored reshaped boxed wrapped marketed and microwaved.

>>Instead of a teaching our kids (and modeling for them) how to choose, prepare, and eat a variety of fresh whole natural colorful flavorful foods,…we are feeding them deep fried chicken fingers, chips, mac ‘n’ cheese, and a soft drink because it is fun & easy.

>>Instead of buying (and/or growing) natural organic whole food like God made it and then using that food to create a wholesome balanced diet,…we make choices based on “food that’s fun” or at least meals that are easy, convenient, and deceptively cheaper.

>>Instead of normal children who are vibrant active creative healthy well-behaved curious and fun-loving,…we end up with sluggish lazy obese kids who are sick with allergies and behavior problems and they seem bored tired and distracted or cranky and agitated.

Avoiding fresh fruit & vegetables is becoming a dangerous situation, not just financially and physically for our families and local communities, but for our society as a whole. We’ve been fed crap for too long…and the evidence is in…it is making us fat and sick…yet we still keep shoveling high carb low nutrition junk into our mouths and washing it down with an acidic cocktail of poison!

Poor food choices (the Standard American Diet) interfere with your child’s normal growth and development.
Fast food is bad for you. Period. This is indisputable. See 2008 story from ABC news about organ damage from American fast food. And Morgan Spurlock’s inflammatory “Super Size Me” documentary.

On the other hand, when we increase their consumption of fresh whole food (as it was made by God) then children’s health improves. In fact, just adding the equivalent of a few servings of fruits and veggies each day makes a remarkable difference no matter your age.

The only nutritional product Dr. Jason Blackketter supports is JuicePlus+® because it is simple to use, effective, and has passed independent third party certifications for purity, honesty in advertising, and product effectiveness. You can watch a video on this page: http://www.drBlackketterJuicePlus.com
BTW, I know a capsule (or chew-able gummie) of dehydrated concentrated whole fruits and veggies is NOT as good for you as eating them fresh, BUT using JuicePlus+® is certainly better than not getting any fruits & veggies!! Think of it as a way to help “Bridge the Gap” between what you really eat and what you should eat. JuicePlus+® as a natural & easy way to supplement your diet with health food and help your children get more vegetables into their daily diet too!

Check out the latest studies and research on JuicePlus+® on both adults and children:
JuicePlus+® Independent Clinical Research from all over the world AND the JuicePlus+® Children’s Health Study

*It is obvious to me (and many other observant parents) that kids will eat what you feed them, so feed them good healthy food if you want them to eat well! Duh! ABC News reports: “Want to instill in your child a love of vegetables? Start early. Very early.” This recent research suggests that pregnant moms can influence their unborn children’s palates (for good with a variety of vegetables and flavors) simply by eating well. In other words, begin to develop a kid’s palate for healthy food by regularly eating a varied selection of veggies during pregnancy.

“American Fast Food – what a stupid way to die!”
Randy Stonehill, in his characteristically prophetic satirical tone…

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“Upper Cervical Specific Health Care” is one of the most advanced forms of healthcare available today. Upper Cervical Care has been researched and studied since the 1920s and has helped literally millions of people all over the world.

At GENESIS Chiropractic – NWA (located in Bentonville, AR) we are experts at analyzing, restoring, and improving your brain-to-body Neurological Connection so you can function at your potential. We strive to deliver the challenge of our tagline and help you “Revitalize Your Life.”

We can help you Be Your Best and experience optimal function through a scientific detailed protocol focused on two things:
1. the precise alignment and balance of the head & neck, particularly the top two vertebrae in the upper neck (atlas and axis), and
2. the proper tension and function of the nerve system, especially the Brain Stem, Spinal Cord, and upper regions of the central nervous system.

In the Bentonville area of Northwest Arkansas, Dr. Jason Blackketter is committed to enhancing quality of life by optimizing the function of the nervous system as it connects to every cell in the body through the upper cervical spine. Video includes client testimony about recovering from Anxiety and Panic Attacks.

Looking from Above Down Inside Out through the upper cervical spine C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis)

How is your Brain-to-Body neurological connection?

*Vitalistic Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic focuses on restoring and maintaining a strong clear neurological connection your between brain & body. Subluxation is a partial Loss of that Brain-to-Body connection (misaligned spine and dysfunctional nerve system). We work to restore your connection/communication with your Innate Power Source primarily by adjusting the joints in the Upper Cervical Spine. This allows your body to begin healing itself and adapting better to the stress of daily living.

*Vitalistic healthcare is based on this premise that an intelligent design gives order to the universe and governs the laws of nature; therefore, “life” is sustained and regulated by something intangible and our bodies are capable of adapting and healing and functioning well.
VITALISM vi·tal·ism (noun) vitalist (adj. & n.) vitalistic (adj.) is a philosophy or doctrine about health and life. Although medical science does not claim to understand, recognize, or even “approve” of vitalism, this teaching is NOT a “new age” teaching or a religious viewpoint. The basic theory about vitalism recognizes that all life processes arise from or contain a non-material VITAL principle and cannot be explained entirely as physical and chemical phenomena.

At GENESIS Chiropractic we believe and teach that your “inborn life source” comes from God. His intelligent design and sustaining power is evident in the organized functions of all life.
This “Innate Intelligence” is literally God’s power working inside your body to keep it alive and functional.

We also teach that you are more than just a body. You are a self-healing, adaptive, creative, vibrant person…a unique individual…mind, body, soul, spirit.

Let me be clear, this concept of “LIFE” is very simple yet profound –
It’s so simple a child can see it, yet so profound it confuses the most amazing intellectuals on our planet.

The genesis of new LIFE - health - family - potential

Your life is sustained by an immaterial & invisible source of energy.
It has an amazingly creative, adaptive, and powerful ability to thrive!
It provides everything you need to eat, digest, grow, reproduce, heal, and be your best…even under great stress and subluxation.
Once a “subluxated” client is adjusted (nerves clearly re-connected and communicating) and beginning to hold his proper alignment/correction, we see changes and improvements. We will teach you how to keep your head and neck aligned, balanced, and functioning properly.

I like to tell potential clients: “I’ll help you get your head on straight!” (And BTW, we do this WITHOUT any popping, twisting, cracking, jerking, or traction to your neck or back)!
Then I’ll teach you how to “keep your head on straight” because:
“Adjustments don’t heal the body!”
A vibrant full connection to your internal energy life source allows your body to work right and heal, so we also say: “Holding is healing.”

That vital inborn life force (internal energy/power/innate life source) is always working on the inside. The longer people can stay clear, the more completely the brain can communicate with every cell in the body. This vital connection allows God’s healing design to work properly in its efforts coordinate and organize all the systems of the body to work together as they were designed.

Real Health and Better Function return as the body heals itself!
And it really is as simple as that…
Click link–> So, if you’re still asking, “What is specific Upper Cervical care?”…it is sort of a specialty within chiropractic, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Check out this great “FAQs webpage” from Dr. Mindy Drake, a friend/colleague in Santa Monica, CA. <--Click link

Make an appointment today for a FREE consultation with the doctor to see if vitalistic upper cervical specific chiropractic is right for you.
479.696.8000
Dr. Jason Blackketter of GENESIS Chiropractic – NWA (located in Bentonville, AR 72712 with easy access off I-540, Exit 93) is the ONLY Bentonville Chiropractor providing this unique upper cervical care.
We are happy to serve all of NW Arkansas, SW Missouri, NE Oklahoma, and beyond!