pinched brainstem/Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome

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Below is an article that I found online. I thought it might be easier to find

help if you knew exactly what to call it.

It The article explains what I am talking about. This is exactly what was found

in my daughter.I have more technical information, if anybody is interested. This

sums it up nicely however. Very interesting.

Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome in babies and infants

This is the title of a most interesting paper by Gutmann which was published in

German in le Medizin in 1987 and has now been reviewed In the September

1988 issue of Journal of the Australian Chiropractors' Association.

In the abstract to his paper Gutmann, a prominent specialist in manual medicine

from Bad Sassendorf, West Germany, concludes:

· Blocked nerve impulses at the atlas cause many clinical features from central

motor impairment to lower resistance to infections - especially ear, nose and

throat infections.

· Chiropractic and radiological examinations are " of decisive importance " for

diagnosis of the syndrome.

· Chiropractic can often bring about successful results, because the therapy

aims at the cause of the problem.

Butmann reports examination and adjustment of more than 1,000 infants with the

atlas blockage or subluxation. Three case reports are given. One describes a boy

of 18 months with early relapsing tonsillitis, frequent enteritis, therapy

resistive conjunctivitis, frequent colds and earache, and increasing sleeping

problems (fear of lying down or sleeping, falling from exhaustion, screaming

during the night). After the first specific adjustment of the atlas the child

demanded to be put to bed and slept peacefully until morning. The conjunctivitis

cleared completely, and previously disturbed appetite returned to normal.

From his and other German Medical studies Gutmann concludes that approximately

80% of all children are not in autonomic balance and that many have atlas

blockage or subluxation. He has been " constantly amazed how, even with the

lightest adjustment with the index finger, the clinical picture normalizes,

sometimes gradually, but often immediately. "

His colleague Frymann, he reports, examined a random group of 1250 babies 5 days

post partum. 211 suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness. Manual

examination revealed cervical strain in 95% of this group. Release of this

strain by specific manipulation " frequently resulted in immediate quieting,

cessation of crying, muscular relaxation and sleepiness. "

Gutmann's highly significant conclusions are:

i) " Observations of motor development and manual control of the

occipito-atlanto-axial joint complex should be obligatory after every difficult

birth; and

ii) With any developmental impairment this joint complex " should be examined

and, if required, specifically adjusted….the success of adjustment overshadows

every other type of treatment. "

" Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome in Babies and Infants, " Gutmann G, le

Medizin (1987) 25:5-10.

" A Priceless Legacy - Lost, Strayed or Forfeited " < s R and Chance M, J

Australian Chiropractors' Association (September 1988) 18(3):81-84.