SPONSORED CONTENT R o are vulnerable to ‘internal injuries.’ These struc-tures appear to be subject to alterations in cellular biomechanics, which may explain the changes in various physiological processes. As a consequence, MR treatment of these injuries often results in sig-nificant improvement in symptoms, such as gas-tro-esophageal reflux, snoring and apnea, cardiac arrhythmia, cholesterolemia, incontinence, erectile dysfunction and other conditions. It may be specu-lated that these clinical outcomes provide clues as to how many of these functional conditions may be associated with structural dysfunction arising from common forms of injury. It may also explain why they are so common in the general population. fact, as of the writing of this report, his blood pres-sure has continued to decline and I have advised him to seek a re-evaluation of his medication, if it should continue to decline. the pituitary output of ADH or the vagus nerve (CN X), as it relates to regulation of cardiac contractility. Conclusion Case Report: Post-Traumatic Hypertension and Tachycardia Hypertension is a condition which affects a signif-icant number of people. Recent estimates indicate that more than 100 million Americans (CDC, 2017) and almost 10 million Canadians (Statistics Can-ada, 2019) are afflicted with this potentially dan-gerous condition. Other than traumatic brain injury, the literature is rather scanty on the incidence of essential or primary hypertension subsequent to physical injury 14 . However, based on evidence gath-ered over three decades of clinical experience, it is my opinion that the association may be much more prevalent than previously considered. This case involves a 51-year-old gentleman, who came to see me regarding a snowmobile col-lision, which occurred in February 2020. He sus-tained a major impact, to his left postero-lateral chest wall and serious complex fractures of his left elbow. Ten years prior to this injury, he devel-oped hypertension following a series of lithotripsy treatments for renal calculi. His blood pressure was eventually stabilized at normal levels with medica-tion, which remained the case for almost a decade, until the above-mentioned collision. Immediately after the injury, his blood pressure became significantly elevated (150-155/95-100) and he developed tachycardia. Prior to the injury his heart rate averaged in the mid-sixties. After the injury, his heart rate averaged 85-95 BPM. Neither of these symptoms responded favorably to med-ication. The case described above is representative of the types of conditions often encountered and resolved using Matrix Repatterning. As a result of our suc-While studying radiology in chiropractic cess, we were recently invited to participate in a Over the past 20 years, there have been a -signif-school, I noticed that the size of a structure on study a major teaching hospital in Toronto, icant number of cases of hypertension (HTN) that one side pilot of the body at was often different than its of counterpart on the side. For example, Canada. We other will be reporting our preliminary re-have responded to the application of this form Fracture Resistance -treatment. In several of those cases, patients ex-sults in an upcoming article. A We are hopeful that these outcomes will pro-perienced an improvement in their blood pressure, inasmuch that they required a reduced dosage of vide us with even more information to support the -medication, or were able to curtail the use of them development of scientific, reproducible, safe and -offer relief for entirely. These results appear to have persisted for non-invasive methods to be able to B this and many other somatovisceral conditions. months or years. It has been postulated that certain injuries to -Practitioners from around the world, who have the trunk (rib cage or spine), may have an influence By carefully examining a better quality skel-learned these techniques, have found on renal or hepatic function (renin, angiotensinogen C that they are and/or angiotensin production). Additional areas of now able to provide real solutions for their patients. -primary involvement may include thoracic spinal in-By restoring the framework of the body and sup-jury, which may influence the sympathetic nervous porting its natural healing abilities, they are truly -system, cervical spine involvement, as it relates to becoming the ‘doctors of the future.’ D the carotid sinus, or cranial injury, which may affect Discussion: Visceral, Endocrine and Neuro-logical Implications 1. 2. 3. 4. --5. validate my outcomes and give me the confi-various levels throughout the spine. Figure 1 demonstrates these differences in the size of dence to be able to find and resolve my patient’s conditions. In this search, I was blessed to meet the articular processes of the atlas. I contend REFERENCES: that on palpation, these areas of enlargement researchers and clinicians from other 1. several Palmer DD. The science of chiropractic. 2n ed. 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After two additional sessions, his heart rate is now averaging 65-75 and his blood pressure has consistently remained in the range of 110/70. In About the Author: Dr. Roth is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine and has studied osteopathic medicine at Doctors’ Hospital North, Columbus, Ohio. He is the developer of Matrix Repatterning and is the Director of Education at the Matrix Institute in Toronto. Dr. Roth has presented seminars at numerous hospital and university-based symposia throughout North America. He is the co-author, with Kerry D’Ambrogio PT, of Positional Release Therapy (Elsevier, 1997), and the author of The Matrix Repatterning Program for Pain Relief (New Harbinger, 2005). His work is also featured in the Brain’s Way of Healing, by Dr. Norman Doidge, (Penguin, 2015). For more information: wwwmatrixforpractitioners.com
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