Spondylolisthesis
A new approach to the upper cervical specific,
knee-chest adjusting Procedure: Part I Kessinger, RC; Boneva,
DV; Chiropractic Research Journal 2000 SPR Vol. 7(1) Pgs.
14-32
This is the case of a 30-year-old man who had indigestion,
low back pain, and a spondylolisthesis L5/S1. His examination
indicated a C1 subluxation. Patient received the upper cervical
knee-chest procedure described in this paper. Patients receiving
this care repeatedly demonstrated correction of their upper
cervical subluxation via pre and post Blair protracto x-ray
views, spinal thermography, and pelvic balance leg length
equality examinations.
Spondylolisthesis correction of the 4th
on 5th lumbar vertebra. Henderson S., Journal of Chiropractic
Case Reports Vol 1 Issue 1 Jan 1993.
From the abstract:
A 56 year old female presented with low back,
left buttock and left upper leg pain as well as pain and stiffness
in the neck and shoulders. A standing lateral lumbo-sacral
X-ray revealed a normal lordotic curvature with no measurable
subluxations. The seated lateral lumbo-sacral x-ray revealed
that there was a complete loss of the lumbar lordosis with
a grade 2 spondylolisthesis of the 4th lumbar vertebrae on
the 5th, and a 90% loss of the cervical curve. Adjustive and
rehabilitative procedures were initiated and continued for
a period of one year. At that time, all ranges of motion were
normal and pain free. Orthopedic and neurological tests were
normal. A 75% improvement in the cervical lordosis was seen
in the seated 5-view x-ray series. Lateral lumbo-sacral x-ray
revealed that there is now a normal lordosis and that the spondylolisthesis
of 4th on 5th lumbar is now completely corrected.
Spondylolisthesis
in today’s chiropractic: a case
report. Foster A, Ferrell RG, Foster P, ACA Journal of Chiropractic/November
1990.
This is the case of a 48-year-old male with a recent trauma
with severe low back pain, headaches, constipation and excessive
gas as chief complaints.
The patient had 21 adjustments over
a 9 week period with marked improvement of the patient’s
complaints.
From the abstract:
A case of lumbar facet capsulitis and right
hip arthritis coexisting with a symptomatic grade 11 spondylolisthesis
is presented….Therapeutic manipulation has proven
to be successful in case management for spondylolisthesis.
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