TMJ ELIMINATED

Hi All,

 

I thought it might be helpful if I try to explain to you what NUCCA treatment is and how it could help someone who has TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders) through my own experience. I have had this treatment and two months prior to the treatment I was told by a TMJ Specialist that I had to have surgery for my severe TMJ.

 

I first started to have problems with my neck and jaw after an injury to my shoulder. Severe clenching followed my neck would constantly ache. I would wake up in the mornings feeling like my body was pulling (almost like a contraction my head tilted backwards) and I always seemed to awake in the fetal position. After a google search, I read many notes of seeing a General Chiropractor for this condition. Big mistake, cracking my neck and seeing a nut like that was the worst thing I could have ever done. He made my situation worse!

 

I did not want to live like this, the symptoms became worse. Anxiety and paranoia were taking over my life! I  continued to get worse.

 

I started to get blurred vision which I put down to age. My vision would get worst when I was driving, sometimes when I simply just walked.

 

After a horrible dizzy spell in while driving one day, I called the ambulance. They came to my car and checked me out there on the spot ( and asked me if I had a history of being anxious) I was then taken to the Emergency Room were the attending physician said diagnosed me with TMJ. I scheduled an appointment with a TMJ Specialist that informed me I would need surgery that had a poor outcome and insurance would not pay for. My jaw would be sewn shut. This naturally scared me and the more I read about it the worst I felt, because I knew I was having the symptoms were getting worse.

 

I stared to look for ways to treat TNJ without using drugs or surgery. I spent weeks looking without much joy, until I took a different approach by going back to when the problems first started with my neck. I Googled things like neck problems, crack of the neck along with TMJ, TMJ alternative treatments and I found a testimony from a website which was very similar to the problems I had experienced. Their problems were helped by NUCCA treatment, which like everyone else (including every doctor i've spoke to since) I had never heard of.

 

Although very skeptical, after researching into the subject I thought it would be worth seeing a NUCCA practitioner . On my first visit in June 2008 he took one look at me and said 'You have a neck injury'. Slightly confused I asked her how he knew and he told me my shoulder was not level and my head was too far forward. Upon examining me he also found my pelvis was not level and I had one leg shorter than the other. None of the doctors I saw told me this when examining me.

 

The X-Rays showed my Atlas was mis-aligned, which literally meant my head was not screwed on right. My Atlas was rotaed and tilted pretty severe. The Atlas is the top part of the spine where the neck connects to the head and also surrounds the brain steam and spinal cord. On my second visit I had my first correction and X-Rays were again taken. I could clearly see from this that the treatment had moved my atlas and my posture had incredibly changed, as my shoulders were level and my head was not far forward anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My symptoms got better, but the adjustment did not last and every time I lost it my symptoms returned, until it was corrected again. This was happening every two weeks at first, then three weeks, a month, etc. It's now been three months since I was last adjusted after only after 1 year of having my first adjustment.

 

I no longer have any numbness, dizziness or any problems with my eyesight. If I had not discovered this treatment then there's a chance I could have had unnecessary surgery. However please understand I do not believe NUCCA is a cure all. Also please do not think this will cure what causes the TMJ, as it is a treatment that will correct your Atlas-Misalignment. If this is mis-aligned it can cause all sorts of problems as the messagers from the brain can be distorted, causing TMJ, MS, ME, Parkinson's, etc like symptoms. This is why you will not find a mention of these illnesses on many NUCCA websites.

 

If you believe your problems started when you had a fall, car accident, sports injury or any blow to the head or you think your shoulders/pelvis/legs are not level then I recommend you highly consider this. Align a piece of tape across your mirror and stand in front of it, this will show you if you are level.

 

Please do not also confuse this with a normal chiropractor as it is a very specialist area that only treats the upper cervical (neck). There is no cracking of the spine or even any pain involved. A NUCCA practitioner is highly trained in calculating and correcting the position of the atlas. A rule of thumb to follow is for every year your atlas has been misaligned, it will be 1 month of adjusting the atlas in order for it to hold position.

 

Montel Williams had this procedure done and had symptoms cease immediately.

Look at my X-Rays showing how rotated and tilted my Atlas was.