Coma symposium in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coma in the greater Indian Harbour Beach,
Satellite Beach, Indialantc, and Melbourne areas.
The coma symposium in Amsterdam (August 30 - September 1, 2007) was an incredible experience! 100 doctors from around the globe gathered together to learn from the world’s leading functional neurologist, Dr. Frederick Carrick. Professor Carrick has had much success in waking patients from comas and vegetative states without using drugs or surgeries.
Dr. Carrick has a world wide reputation in brain dissection and a five year waiting list. The patients that he assessed and treated were flown from the United States. The first patient, a five year old little girl was a victim of near drowning when she was three. After her treatment, she had amazing changes in her neurological function and is expected to speak within a year.
The second patient suffered from an auto accident at the age of 21 and is currently 26 years old. She had no response to any evoked environmental stimulations to her brain and was not able to be helped. Obviously, it was an incredibly emotional trip, but also a very satisfying one. I look forward to studying under Professor Carrick again!
Planning requires prefrontal cortex activation! The prefrontal cortex of males usually doesn’t completely develop until about 21 years old which is why boys tend to be more reckless than girls. . . hence there is neurological truth in the saying “boys will be boys.”
Amsterdam is surrounded by several semicircular canals. We have three semicircular canals in each inner ear which sense angular rotation and are used for balance! It is theorized that Vincent Van Gogh had a lesion in his nervous system that caused vertigo (dizziness) and which is reflected in his masterpiece “Starry Night.” He painted what he saw and if he was having cycloversional rotation of his eyes, he would paint things in swirls. It’s too bad we didn’t have an opportunity to treat him!
Dr. Julie Bjornson is a huge reason that I am a chiropractic neurologist! When I went to my first neurology seminar, she had a whole table of all sorts of cool neuro toys that I wanted to learn how to use. Thank you very much for all of your hard work and dedication to the advancement of functional neurology Dr. Bjornson!
Smell is a powerful stimulator of brain activator. My brain is on olfactory overload with all of the beautiful flowers!
This is the mall. It looks a little different from Melbourne Square Mall huh?
The temporal lobe is responsible for hearing and memory. Bright colors and curvy lines stimulate the temporal lobe!
This park has sculptures of iguanas and monitors all over it! Did you know that lizards only have a three layer cortex? We have seven!
Can you guess why there are few overweight people in Amsterdam?
The crime rate is pretty low except for bicycle theft and pick pocketing (like any big city.) The police officers walk in pairs and often don’t carry weapons. The motorcycle police officers ride crotch rockets with full protective gear. (It’s quite a contrast to our Harley Davidson riding police officers with a short sleeve shirt and partial helmet. I only heard police sirens one time while I was there.
High frequencies stimulate the left cortex and low frequencies stimulate the right cortex. Did you know that Mozart has the highest frequency of high frequency notes?
Upside down cows make great cheese because all of the blood rushes to their brains!
Look Mom! I finally found a shoe that fits me!
Who else can you talk about the mesencephalon and its role in cerebellar feed
forward, afferent copy, and feedback with but other chiropractic neurologists?
Our mesencephalon (upper brainstem) only has three layers. The lizards brain only has three layers. The mesencephalon is sensitive to movement, light, and sound and is the gatekeeper to the brain!
A special thank you to Dr. Ted Carrick for setting the bar high and inspiring me to be the best chiropractic neurologist that I can be! Dr. Carrick is one of the greatest thinkers that I have had the privelege to meet. I felt like I took a sip from a fire hose during his lecture!
25 hours in a wooden straightback seat and wanting more! The seats were stadium style with a fold out desk which made it impossible to get from the center of the aisle to the end without everyone getting up and folding up their desk.
Low contrast colors activate the parietal lobe. Lines and angles are also picked up more by the parietal lobe. The parietal lobes also process information about the position and orientation of the body in space.
This frieze reminds me that Rembrandt had a skull in his studio too. I wonder where he got it.
The top bone of the spine is called the Atlas. Can you guess why? I bet he could use a good chiropractic neurologist! Boy, I bet he could use a good chiropractic neurologist!
In Rembrandt’s home, the beds are in cabinets which look like large armoires. (The people of the 16th century slept partially inclined because they thought that the blood would go to their heads and they would die.)
3D Spine Simulator
Launch 3D Spine Simulator