Patients often will say they feel "out" and need an adjustment to get realigned. Many patients and docs feel that a successful adjustment is one that is associated with the cracking sound of spinal joints. While there is no evidence to suggest that an adjustment must be accompanied by a pop or crack, these patients and doctors tend to like it better and feel more confident that a meaningful event occurred when we hear the crack.

Why then do some people always go "out of adjustment"? What causes them to go "out" again? While many are familiar with the CARDIAC REFLEX (heart attack) and the painful left shoulder, few know that other organs can refer pain to different parts of the body.

As you can see from the picture, each organ is associated with a specific vertebra. Inflammation or irritation of an organ (bowels or viscera) produces reflex stimulation to the spinal nerves which control muscles controlling the vertebra and the sympathetic nerves which control every organ in the body. Organs have no pain sensing nerves and it isn't until they are very swollen and inflamed that actual organ pain is experienced. The bowel irritation arises from many factors, the chief factor being inflammation and dysbiosis (fermentation, putrefaction, sensitization and deficiency) which causes swelling of the intestines, causing them to en­croach upon organs lying next to them. A stretching of the abdominal tissue takes place. Arteries, veins and lymphatic channels are clogged.

This type of problem may stretch one or more of the abdominal organs and produce such terrific musculoskeletal pain that pain killing drugs may be required for relief. The soft tissues that make up the viscera of the body are the focal points from which practically every musculoskeletal reflex arises.

A person will experience the sudden shoulder pain with inability to move their arm. Certainly such a disaster must have a traumatic cause, yet it is an established fact that today's fast pace, high stress, poor diet lifestyle are the causes for more shoulder pains than are all traumatic causes com­bined. Overloading the gastro intestinal machinery with stress and fast food/poor diet produce such a gastro intestinal overload that back pressure is bound to develop resulting in THE ILEOCECAL RE­FLEX (abdominal pain or discomfort in the abdomen, often relieved by or associated with a bowel movement, chronic diarrhea, constipation, or a combination of both, milky mucus in the stool, a swollen or bloated abdomen or the feeling that you have not finished a bowel movement) AND THE PAINFUL RIGHT SHOULDER.

This distortion is known as the viscero-spinal-occipital reflex lesion.

The basic cause of disease may be summed up by say­ing that bones out of place and soft tissue distortions are the funda­mental contributors of all disease. The objective in Sacro Occipital Technic (SOT) practiced by Dr. Peterson is to restore normal position to all tissues so that normal position may encourage normal function and health.

The precise benefit that SOT holds in overcoming disease is its effect on soft tissue distortions. Utilizing Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technic, Dr. Peterson can neutralize the neurologic reflex to stop the constant "going out" and referred pain being experienced plus assist in restoring the proper organ function.

If you or someone you know is experiencing chronic reoccurring pain, you may benefit from seeing Dr. Peterson. Call to schedule your appointment today! 636-227-4949

When a person has a heart attack where do they have pain? The pain usually manifests in the left arm, chest, neck & jaw. Common, classical and life threatening so we pay attention to it. If the heart can refer pain to those areas, can other organs cause pain to other areas of the body?

Yes! Since pain associated with other organs is not life threatening, treatment is given according to the specialty of the healthcare provider. You are also allowed to have more than one problem and each is treated as a separate issue. Remember the Working Law – No part can be separated from the whole and exist in and of itself. We do what we are taught and do the best at it we can.

  Following is a list of Viscerosomatic pain and the organ associated with it.

When you were being formed as an embryo these areas listed were being formed at the same time as the organ. They are siblings. If one of your siblings has a problem, does it ever spill over into your life?

These areas are taught during physical diagnosis class and are forgotten after the final exam. These and many more symptoms have been observed and correlated by the Doctors studying SOT for the past 75 years. But before treatment can be given it must first be confirmed through analysis and diagnosis of the multitude of neurological indicators. Dr. De Jarnette stated that if analysis and confirmation of the indicators was not performed all treatment is in error. Wellness Alternatives uses state of the art labs to confirm which organ system is contributing to your symptoms.

Multiple problems are the body’s attempt to defend the initial problem. Remember, after the primary lesion (dysfunction) everything the body does is defensive in nature. Sometimes treating the initial problem works (if it is found) and a spontaneous remission occurs. But if it is three or four layers deep (Viscerosomatosomatic Pain), each successive layer must be corrected before reaching the initial problem.  Remember, Herings Law of Cure – the body heals in the reverse order in which it occurs.

It is thought that 85% of muscle aches and pains are Viscerosomatic pain. Which is which?

A general rule of thumb is if you do something to earn the pain, i.e. have a fall down - go boom, you end up with a bruise, abrasion, feel something almost immediately. You can point to the same spot every time and you know where it is. You have a spot injury and should be taken care of as such. This is know as Somatosomatic Pain.

If the problem just came on slowly over time and you have to use a broad hand to show where it is and do the Funky Chicken moves to make it hurt, you have an organ in distress and/or if you have nagging symptoms that come and go at the same time of day, season or year, you have an organ that is in distress and needs help (Viscerosomatic Pain).

The altered function of the organ will cause an inherent weakness in the related muscle, disposing it to stress and injury. This in turn alters the function of the muscles which alters the movement of a joint which then alters the structure of the joint, altering the function of the joint, etc., etc. When treatment is given to the joint and muscle, it can resolve. But if it continues, this can create more wear and tear and a person may decide to live with it dismissing it an inevitable aging or opts for surgery.

How Long Should Musculoskeletal Pain Take to Heal?

How long should it take to heal if it is a true muscle problem? About six to eight weeks. Physical therapy is effective for these conditions. However, if the problem continues beyond six to eight weeks and/or returns, it is most likely viscerosomatic pain. This will require the Functional Medicine services combined with Sacro Occipital Therapy to correct the problem.

Until the Viscerosomatic reflex causing the referred pain is eliminated the problem will continue. Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique neutralizes these reflexes much like resetting the defaults on a computer. As you may have experienced on your computer, nothing works properly until the defaults are restored.

Sacro Occipital Technique provides Dr. Peterson with the tools to evaluate a patient’s condition and determine the proper course of treatment using Chiropractic Manipulative Reflex Technique and supplement protocols to assist the natural healing momentum back on course.  This course of analysis and treatment provides the Dr. Peterson with indicators that combined with the objective lab testing, provide him with a more accurate assessment of the your condition than basing everything on symptoms and early warning of potential problems should the imbalances progress.   With accurate assessment of the indicators and the help of functional laboratory testing, custom tailored treatment can be easily applied, greatly increasing the chances for therapeutic success.

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