I had a patient who came to the office May of this year.  He was eleven years old with Tourette syndrome.  His symptoms consisted of very loud vocal and motor tics, along with tight muscles in his thoracic spine due to a side bend tic.  He was diagnosed with T.S. when he was 4 years old that became progressively worse over the years.  I took x-rays of his cervical spine, and then performed sEMG and Thermal scans on him to determine his motor and autonomic nerve health. On x-ray the second cervical vertebra had quite a bit of rotation.  I used diversified technique on his entire spine, master cervical to his atlas and axis.  After 12 visits a re-exam with the Thermal scan and sEMG were performed,  the changes were significant, upon the first visit there were red and black bars (severe) and after 12 visits many had changed to green and blue (mild and moderate).  He also had minimal if any vocal tics along with motor tics.  He was also able to get off all his medication after just the first 12 visits.  After another 12 visits, 24 in total, I re-x-rayed his cervical spine and saw a significant improvement in the rotation of his C2, along with improvement in both neurological scans.  He now rates his tics a 2 out of 10.  His mother said they have never been this minimal before, he plays many sports and now has a chance to stand out due to his performance and not due to his tics. 

 

(Pictures of actual scans on next page)

 

 

Dr. Lisa Brittain

10841 W. 87th suite 200

Overland Park, KS 66214

913-825-3900