Segmental Neuropathy
Contents
Preface to the web second edition
Dedication
Acknowledgements
The Science of Chiropractic
The Subluxation — a symptom of Neural Dysfunction
Sequential Development of the Neuropathy
Segmental Neuropathy of Thermal Regulation
Modes of Heat Transfer
Zones of Vasomotor Control
Sensory Control
Central Control
Vascular Innervations – Constriction
Vascular Innervation – Dilatation
Thermal Gradient
Segmental Neuropathy of Kinesiology
Posture
Subluxation
Timing
Reflexes
Quality of the Nerve Impulse
Conclusion
References
Appendix I. Dr. Andy Petersen Talks
Appendix II. Newsletter – Synchro-Therme
Appendix III. Interview with H.M. Himes
Appendix IV. Neurology of Segmental Control by R.J. Watkins
Appendix V. Temperature Regulation by R.J. Watkins
Appendix VI. Spinal Kinesiology by R.J. Watkins
Appendix VII. Vasodilation Neurology R.J. Watkins
Appendix VIII. Viscero-Cutaneo-Vascular Reflex and it Clinical Significance By Tachio Ishikawa
Timing
Additional consideration of vertebral malpositioning arises from the time element in the physiological adaptation of the organism to its environment. In a slowly developing scoliosis over several years there are osseous changes at the foramina with recession of the pedicles so that in a severe scoliosis the pairs of inter-vertebral foramina have almost identical areas but different shapes.
An acute subluxation which has been greatly distorted and then not properly re-positioned will slowly undergo a similar series of adaptative changes over the years and become asymptomatic. A sudden reversal or straightening of this spine, therefore, introduces a new unstable pathogenic condition. One of the major problems confronting any chiropractor is the evaluation of the relative importance of the varied aberrations of normal body mechanics. It is common knowledge among chiropractors that a gross mechanical displacement is frequently producing very few symptoms while an almost imperceptible subluxation in excellent mechanical alignment can be initiating a vast complex of serious pathological changes.
Previously in this book we detailed three classes of injury, “nerve insult”, which apply directly to three classes of subluxations:
a. a simple sprain of an inter-vertebral articulation which induces almost no neurological upset but only a rapid adaptation and uneventful recovery either “spontaneously” or with minimal care.
b. a sprain, major or minor, which shocks the sensorial CONVERSATIONAL TONE enough to initiate a widespread neuropathy. Circumstances are often such that the neuropathy becomes a vicious, self-perpetuating entity with extensive ramification to continue long after the original sprained articulation has recovered.
c. an adaptative spinal distortion which arises reflexly from the neuropathy previously initiated. This distortion may be symptom-free except for minor local symptoms or it may in turn become a full-fledged symptomatic subluxation initiating additional neuropathy to repeat this b-c, b-c circle.
The comparison and evaluation of degree of this very condition is one of the primary reasons for this entire research program.