Hi Everyone,
It is good to see other AK'ers building their blogs. Dr. Vittorio Repetto is an enthusiastic AK'er that reads almost as much stuff as I do. Here is her linked in address . You will find a good overview of AK nutrition on her website with lots of referenced information. This weeks list of articles will keep you busy. Here is a short summary about how the Professional Kinesiology Program began. I especially liked the video of the healing "matrix" of the body (28) and the Pope's opinion of AK (19). Enjoy, Donald.
1. The life work of an AK doctor, is on Dr. John Diamond's website
2. Diagnosing the H reflex of the Peroneal nerve and the Piriformis syndrome.
3. Grape juice boosts memory
4. Kids like to choose their vegetables.
5. Omega 3 fatty acids help Neuropathic pain
6. A great reception book if you treat children
7. Jaw problems indicate more body pain.
8. Chronic arm pain may indicate sympathetic Nervous system problems.
9. Treatment of a normal Infraspinatous trigger point may stimulate other trigger points.
10. Remote effects of trigger points in the Upper Trapezius.
11. Sternocliedo muscle and cough reflex.
12. Molecular percentages of myristic and lineoleic acid are better measurements of serum cholesterol than absolute concentrations
13. Vit B6 may help metabolic problems in older adults.
14. Manipulation of the fibula stops foot drop.
15. Sleep cool, sleep better.
16. Dr Vittoria Repetto's website and blog has some great AK discussions.
17. Neck related headaches are helped with manipulation.
18. New research for muscle testing
19. AK is discussed by the Pope. How religions entangle AK.
20. Commentary on managing headaches by Scott Haldeman
21. Placebo controls are considered essential for evaluation of physical medicine methods.
22. Palpation skills by Chaitow updated to 3rd edition
23. Why cell phones are really banned on planes.
24. German and Swedish studies show sensory testing of Intraoral tissues are reliable.
25. X-rays show slumping when sitting may cause back injury.
26. When your muscles are tired, your joints will play up.
27. Patient and doctor agree on scores for straight leg raising test.
28. A video discussing the healing "matrix" of the body
29. Anatomical anomalies at the top of the neck may cause myelopathy
30. A shorter stride reduces stress fractures in runners.
31. Business goals for the new year.
1. The life work of an AK doctor, is Dr. John Diamond's website . Dr. Diamond and Dr. Goodheart designed the AK material that made up the Psychological side of the AK health triangle. Dr. Diamond's new website includes the culmination of his life's work as it grew from AK and his initiative . Explore his work and learn from the lessons he teaches. The Diamond Path of Life. (Top)
2. Diagnosing the H reflex of the Peroneal nerve and the Piriformis syndrome. "The H reflex of the peroneal nerve should be given more importance, because it demonstrated more specific sign, with six clinical criteria it contributed to improve the method of diagnosis. The cause of this particular syndrome does not only depend on the relation sciatic nerve-piriformis muscle, but the environmental conditions should be considered with the series of the anatomical anomalies to explain the real cause of this pain." Free Download. (Top)
3. Grape juice boosts memory. "Concord grape juice contains polyphenols, compounds that confer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and influence neuronal signalling. In that previous studies have shown that Concord grape juice supplementation reduce inflammations, blood pressure and vascular pathology in individuals with cardiovascular disease, Robert Krikorian , from University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center (Ohio, USA), and colleagues studied a group of twelve older adults with memory decline, but not dementia. Subjects consumed Concord grape juice for 12 weeks. Observing “significant improvement in a measure of verbal learning and non-significant enhancement of verbal and spatial recall,” they suggest that: “supplementation with Concord grape juice may enhance cognitive function for older adults with early memory decline." (Top)
4. Kids like to choose their vegetables. "A premeal choice between 2 vegetables was appreciated by the children but did not increase their vegetable liking and consumption. The no-choice condition decreased vegetable consumption in high-reactant children. Future research should investigate the effects of choice-offering in the long term and in more familiar eating settings." (Top)
5. Omega 3 fatty acids help Neuropathic pain . "These patients had clinically significant pain reduction, improved function as documented with both subjective and objective outcome measures up to as much as 19 months after treatment initiation. No serious adverse effects were reported." (Top)
6. A great reception book if you treat children . Along with other papers, AK Dr.s Cuthbert and Blum are listed. (Top)
7. Jaw problems indicate more body pain . "The development of Temporo Mandibular Disorders was accompanied by increases in headaches, muscle soreness or pain, and other pains that were not observed in the Participants who did not develop TMD. Participants who developed TMD also report higher experience of joint, back, chest, and menstrual pain at baseline." (Top)
8. Chronic arm pain may indicate sympathetic Nervous system problems. "Even 5 years after the diagnosis of CRPS I of the upper extremity we detected significant impairments of the pSNS in nearly two thirds of our patients. Patients still have pain and present with a significant deterioration of their hand function in comparison with the not affected hand. In our study we could not identify any correlation between pSNS function and clinical outcome as measured by MHQ." (Top)
9. Treatment of a normal Infraspinatous trigger point may stimulate other trigger points. "Our results show that an increased nociceptive activity at latent TrPs in the infraspinatus muscle may increase motor activity and sensitivity of a TrP in distant muscles at a same segmental level." (Top)
10. Remote effects of trigger points in the Upper Trapezius. " Immediately after dry needling in the experimental group, the mean pain intensity was significantly reduced, but the mean pressure threshold and the mean range of motion of cervical spine were significantly increased. There were significantly larger changes in all three parameters of measurement in the dry-needling group than that in the control group." (Top)
11. Sternocliedo muscle and cough reflex . "One of the possible mechanisms for this cough reflex is surmised to be the mechanical irritation of the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve during the maneuver, which is one of the branches of the vagus nerve, acting as the afferent nerve of laryngeal cough reflex." (Top)
12. Molecular percentages of myristic and lineoleic acid are better measurements of serum cholesterol than absolute concentrations. "Serum myristic acid and linoleic acid measured as molecular percentages, but not as concentrations, predict serum total cholesterol in a manner that distinguishes between the differential cholesterolemic effects of dietary saturated and polyunsaturated fats." (Top)
13. Vit B6 may help metabolic problems in older adults. "Low vitamin B-6 concentrations are associated with inflammation, higher oxidative stress, and metabolic conditions in older Puerto Rican adults. Our data suggest that vitamin B-6 may influence cardiovascular disease risk through mechanisms other than homocysteine and support the notion that nutritional status may influence the health disparities present in this population." (Top)
14. Manipulation of the fibula stops foot drop. "Drop foot arises from dysfunction within the anatomic, muscular, or neurologic aspects of the lower extremity. The authors describe a patient with drop foot who had a compressed common peroneal nerve caused by posterior fibular head dysfunction. One 15-minute session of osteopathic manipulative treatment resolved the patient's symptoms. It is important for physicians to use osteopathic manipulative medicine to diagnosis and manage this condition, particularly when it results from fibular head dysfunction." (Top)
15. Sleep cool, sleep better. "A careful study of sleeping habits is the first step in evaluating complains of insomnia or hypersomnia. Before relying on drugs, treatment should start with attention to the sleep environment and personal habits. " (Top)
16. Dr Vittoria Repetto's website and blog has some great AK discussions. Her newsletters are informative and her passion exudes from them. (Top)
17. Neck related headaches are helped with manipulation . "For the CGH pain scale, comparisons of 8 and 16 treatment sessions yielded small dose effects: |AMD|≤5.6. There was an advantage for SMT over the control: AMD=−8.1 (95% confidence interval=−13.3 to −2.8) for the profile, −10.3 (−18.5 to −2.1) at 12 weeks, and −9.8 (−18.7 to −1.0) at 24 weeks. For the higher dose patients, the advantage was greater: AMD=−11.9 (−19.3 to −4.6) for the profile, −14.2 (−25.8 to −2.6) at 12 weeks, and −14.4 (−26.9 to −2.0) at 24 weeks. Patients receiving SMT were also more likely to achieve a 50% improvement in pain scale: adjusted odds ratio=3.6 (1.6 to 8.1) for the profile, 3.1 (0.9 to 9.8) at 12 weeks, and 3.1 (0.9 to 10.3) at 24 weeks. Secondary outcomes showed similar trends favoring SMT. For SMT patients, the mean number of CGH was reduced by half." (Top)
18. New research for muscle testing . (Top)
19. AK is discussed by the Pope. How religions entangle AK. "Fr. Erik’s bad feelings are well-founded. Applied kinesiology is cited in the Pontifical document, “Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life” as being within the realm of the New Age. “Advertising connected with New Age covers a wide range of practices as acupuncture, biofeedback, chiropractics, kinesiology, homeopathy, iridology, massage and various kinds of ‘bodywork’ (such as orgonomy, Feldenkrais, reflexology, Rolfing, polarity massage, therapeutic touch, etc.), meditation and visualization, nutritional therapies, psychic healing, various kinds of herbal medicine, healing by crystals, metals, music or colors, reincarnation therapies and, finally, twelve-step programs and self-help groups. The source of healing is said to be within ourselves, something we reach when we are in touch with our inner energy or cosmic energy.” (Sec. 2.2.3)" (Top)
20. Commentary on managing headaches by Scott Haldeman . "Haas M, Spegman A, Peterson D, et al. Dose-response and efficacy of spinal manipulation for chronic cervicogenic headache: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Spine J 2010;10:117–128 (in this issue)." (Top)
21. Placebo controls are considered essential for evaluation of physical medicine methods . "Compared with other specialties, the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine has not received the deserved recognition from clinicians and researchers in the scientific community. One of the reasons is the lack of sound evidence to support the traditional physical and rehabilitation medicine treatments. The best way to change this disadvantage is through a well conducted clinical research, such as standard placebo- or sham-controlled randomized clinical trials. Therefore, having placebo groups in clinical trials is essential to improve the level of evidence-based practice in physical and rehabilitation medicine that ultimately translates to better clinical care." (Top)
22. Palpation skills by Chaitow updated to 3rd edition. "The format of the book involves 15 chapters (and hundreds of skill building exercises) - 5 of the chapters have been contributed by experts in their fields (see below) - plus14 'Special Topics' that highlight areas of particular interest that don't quite fit into the main chapters, but complement these." (Top)
23. Why cell phones are really banned on planes . I always wondered why flight attendants never asked who had their phone switched on during a flight. Especially when I had forgotten to turn it off or put it on flight mode. This article may answer more of those questions for you. (Top)
24. German and Swedish studies show sensory testing of Intra oral tissues are reliable . "Most tests had acceptable to excellent inter-examiner (ICC 0.41–0.89) and intra-examiner (ICC 0.43–0.87) reliability. For each test, inter- and intra-examiner reliabilities at intra- and extraoral sites were similar. No significant differences between right and left sides were found intraorally. We conclude that inter- and intra-examiner reliabilities of most QST measures are acceptable for assessing somatosensory function in the orofacial region." (Top)
25. X-rays show slumping when sitting may cause back injury . "The significant differences in lumbar and pelvic measures from standing to sitting further emphasize the range of motion experienced at vertebral levels in sitting. Based on the results of this study, interventions to return motion segments to a less flexed posture should be investigated because they may play a role in preventing injury and low back pain." (Top)
26. When your muscles are tired, your joints will play up. "Results of the present experiment evidence that cervical joint position sense, assessed through the cervicocephalic relocation test to the neutral head position, is degraded by muscular fatigue." (Top)
27. Patient and doctor agree on scores for straight leg raising test. "The subjective scores on the ASLR test correlate well with the objective measured forces; this supports the reliability of the ASLR test. The subjective influence of a pelvic belt on the ASLR score could not be objectified." (Top)
28. A video discussing the healing "matrix" of the body. "In our full-length film, The Living Matrix - The Science of Healing -- we bring you breakthroughs that will transform your understanding of how to get well and stay well.
Now you can get an up-close look at the science ofinformation as medicine.Leading researchers and health practitioners share their discoveries on the "miracle cures" traditional medicine can't explain." (Top)
29. Anatomical anomalies at the top of the neck may cause myelopathy. "We believe this is the first case of cervical myelopathy caused by simultaneous anomalies at the level of atlas involving hypoplasia of the posterior arch of the atlas, partial ossification of the transverse atlantal ligament, and hypertrophy of the dens. Surgical intervention improved the neurologic impairment." (Top)
30. A shorter stride reduces stress fractures in runners. "Results suggest that strain magnitude plays a more important role in stress fracture development than the total number of loading cycles. Runners wishing to decrease their probability for tibial stress fracture may benefit from a 10% reduction in stride length." (Top)
Business Goals for the New Year:
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far-greater value than what you get.
When Andrew Carnegie died, they discovered a sheet of paper upon which he had written one of the major goals of his life: to spend the first half of his life accumulating money and to spend the last half of his life giving it all away. And he did!
Some people are disturbed by those tough days because all they have is the days. They haven’t designed or described or defined the future.
Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.
We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles.
The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.
Don’t set your goals too low. If you don’t need much, you won’t become much.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life.
Jim Rohn. (Top)
Donald McDowall
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