Nearly everyone has gone to mobile devices (for search, reviews, and even scheduling their appointments), so our social media and digital interface with our patients and the public needed to be refreshed and made mobile-friendly. These new updates will help connect us with the people in NW Arkansas who really need to find an upper cervical doctor.

We also want to provide an easier way for patients and prospective patients to find out what people think about Dr. Blackketter and upper cervical specific care. Check out the 5 star reviews. Read patient testimonials. Write your own comments. Share with friends!

As we roll out this change to our website, be assured that our patient care remains focused on correcting the cause of your health problems not simply treating the symptoms. Each individual person has unique health needs and our care plans are customized for your best benefit.
Let us know what you think!
Dr. B

Please contact us if you are suffering with any of the symptoms of Meniere’s such as: vertigo, dizziness, spinning sensation, or some other vestibular disorder, and also hearing loss along with pressure or fullness of the ears (aural fullness), tinnitus or ringing in the ears or buzzing or unexplained roaring sounds, and mental or cognitive fog aka foggy headed thinking or brain fog. Please share this with your physician, but take it to the next level and learn more about it yourself!! We may be able to help you get well, particularly if you have any history of whiplash or head/neck trauma prior to the onset of symptoms. A diagnosis of Meniere’s Disease (MD) most commonly comes after seeing several different doctors and not finding the cause of the attacks. Good News — we know the most common cause and we can help!! The benefits of upper cervical care directly address the cause of the MD symptoms.

The original information in quotes below is taken directly from an article posted by the Blair Upper Cervical Society. We are all grateful to Dr. Michael Burcon of Grand Rapids, Michigan for his many years of clinical research perfecting a highly successful protocol using the Blair technique to help patients diagnosed with both Meniere’s and Trigeminal neuralgia.
Other research articles are also available at Menieresresearch.com

“Finally, after over one hundred and fifty years, the most common cause of Meniere’s disease has been discovered. Michael Burcon, B.Ph., D.C. started researching Meniere’s disease (MD) sixteen years ago after having three MD patients quickly recover from their vertigo under Blair upper cervical specific chiropractic care. Dr. Burcon has presented his Meniere’s research to more than 1,000 doctors of chiropractic at chiropractic colleges, and more than 1,000 Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeons at Cleveland Clinic, the Prosper Meniere Society in Austria, and the International Symposium on Meniere’s Disease at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, California, and the Kyoto International Convention Center in Kyoto, Japan. His papers have been published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, The McCoy Press and the textbook, Upper Cervical Subluxation Complex, a Review of the Chiropractic and Medical Literature.

This has given him credibility among the medical community. Kim Siverston agrees with that need, because she saw firsthand that the medical community needs to recognize it as a treatment option and refer patients to it. “I was treated with surgery, physical therapy and drugs- which all had side effects- and although they may have helped it didn’t take care of the problem,” she explained. “The medical community should not see chiropractic as competition, but embrace it when it can be what is needed to help someone who is suffering,” wrote Kim Racette.

Dr. Burcon will give his latest paper, “Cervical Specific Protocol and Results for 300 Meniere’s Patients Followed for a Minimum of Five Years,” to the Seventh International Symposium on Meniere’s Disease in Rome, Italy on Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Auditorium Antonianum.

“Our understanding of Meniere’s disease is being revamped. For decades, the condition was thought to be caused by excessive fluid retention (hydrops) in the endolymphatic spaces of the inner ear, which led to tears or ruptures of the membranous structures that affect hearing and balance. Recent research has shown that hydrops is not always associated with Meniere’s and ought not to be considered the ultimate cause of its symptoms,” says Norman Berlinger, MD.

To most people in the medical community, Meniere’s disease is a mysterious condition—I say mysterious because although it has been known for more than 150 years, doctors still don’t know what Meniere’s disease really is. Unlike a typical disease where doctors can define it and test to see if you have it or not, it is not a disease as such. It is a collection of symptoms. Thus, it should more correctly be called Meniere’s syndrome.

Since doctors can’t “find” Meniere’s disease—they can’t put their finger on it and say, “here’s your problem”—they diagnose Meniere’s disease by the process of elimination. They rule out everything else that “looks” somewhat like Meniere’s disease. Thus, Meniere’s disease is what doctors call an idiopathic disease.

“Idiopathic” is just a medical term that means “unknown”. Doctors are saying they don’t know what Meniere’s disease is, don’t know what causes it, and consequently, don’t know how to effectively treat it.

Now for some good news. Although medical doctors may not know much about Meniere’s disease, and apparently have mostly been “barking up the wrong tree” all these years, that’s not to say that no one knows anything about the basic causes of, and effective treatment for, Meniere’s disease, wrote Neil Bauman, Ph.D.

Burcon has established a link between both Meniere’s disease and Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) with whiplash injuries that misalign the base of the skull with the top of the neck creating a lesion affecting the Eustachian tube and the Trigeminal ganglion. Half of these traumas are caused by vehicular accidents and half from injuries involving head trauma. Burcon believes that the correlation was not made because it takes an average of fifteen years from the time of the trauma until the onset of symptoms.”

The goal of proper breathing is to get the most benefit of increased oxygenation without hyperventilating. We want to AVOID over-breathing or panting or sighing or mouth breathing.

You might be thinking, “Is this guy really serious? Does he think we don’t know how to breathe? Is there really a right way and wrong way to get a breath?”

Buteyko technique promo from Mercola.com

Everyone knows there are 2 steps to breathing (inhale and exhale), but I’m here to suggest something better:
Top 3 Tips of proper breathing for your better health.
Actually there are 2 main steps, plus a brief rest period between them, so that makes 3 parts total. But if you truly want to get the “oxygen inspiration” step right, it takes 7 deliberate actions…bringing the total # of breathing steps up to 9, or is it 10 parts?!? Let’s learn!

Dr. Jason Blackketter’s Top 3 Tips — proper breathing for your better health:

–>1st tip: Exhale Fully — blow ALL the air out through your mouth (or nose) to completely empty your lungs — before we can get fresh O2 into your cells we need to get CO2 out of your cells. Exhaling Carbon Dioxide (CO2) allows your body to relax. This 1st step in proper breathing (exhalation or expiration) is often overlooked, which leads people to feel like they aren’t getting enough Oxygen (O2). This becomes a problem because when the lungs are too full of used air (from not blowing off enough CO2), it leads to hyperventilation, sighing, straining to “get a deep breath” or panting, and making people feel light-headed and anxious. Instead of focusing on getting more air into your lungs, you need to empty the lungs first. Quite a few chronic health problems can be avoided by getting this step corrected at an early age, so teach your children and grandkids to expire first. Empty your lungs; then you can fill them!

–>2nd tip: Pause and Relax — don’t rush into inhalation — I’m NOT talking about “holding your breath” or straining or tensing up your muscles. Just chill out…relax, and wait a moment.
The key to this second proper breathing tip is to simply stay relaxed as you let the body get ready for inhaling. Most adults only need about 10 to 12 breaths per minute, so there is plenty of time, and we don’t want to get caught in a bad pattern of quick shallow panting breaths. Obviously our demand for oxygen increases with strenuous activity or intense exercise. Also, be aware that children typically breathe much more often than adults, and babies even more than children because their active metabolism requires lots of O2 and therefore a very quick respiration rate.
Don’t rush! Don’t worry! We’re not in a hurry! Just relax and take your time. After exhaling, you can wait for a couple seconds before starting the 3rd step.

–>3rd tip: Inhale Naturally — breathe in through your nose — it’s important to stay as relaxed as possible and to fill your lungs slowly, evenly, and easily.*
*For people who have trouble with nose breathing, please watch the video at the bottom of this page…try it; you’ll feel inspired, literally!
Please follow each part of this process. Don’t worry — inspiration isn’t complicated once you practice!!
Think about these 7 actions as you inhale:
1) keep your shoulders loose and relaxed in an open neutral natural posture (NOT hunched up or slouched forward)
2) gently push stomach out and down (easier to do when standing or lying on your back),
3) drop diaphragm down (the diaphragm is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that is below the lungs and above the stomach),
4) expand the ribs out to increase lung volume,
5) slightly lift and lengthen your spinal column,
6) breathe air in through your nose* allowing lungs to fully expand with fresh air (keep thinking about the diaphragm drawing down to expand the lung capacity),
*If your nostrils or sinuses are blocked, try the “nose clearing” method in the video below
7) enjoy all that wonderful O2 being delivered throughout your body — I want you to literally PAUSE a moment. Stop. Absorb the oxygen. Feel refreshed for a second. Your brain, eyes, nerves, cheeks, sinuses, jaw, lungs, heart, muscles, and internal organs will thank you!!

Now you go back to the 1st step and exhale completely, then take the brief resting step, and then repeat the 3rd step including each of the motions in the 7 parts of inhalation…nose breathing is best.
Don’t rush! Don’t worry! Don’t hyperventilate.

Just relax and take your time. Remember the 2nd tip: after exhaling, you can wait for a few seconds before starting the 3rd step. This casual break prevents any chance of hyperventilation. Remember it isn’t a race; we aren’t in a hurry. Just wait a moment and then get back into the 7 actions of inhalation as you let in an easy natural breath of air.

Doing this the right way is easy, efficient, calming, healthy, and totally worth learning. Once you get it down, repeat it regularly and teach your family how to breathe properly.
Ask Dr. Jason Blackketter for more info. on advanced deep breathing techniques that help you relax, sleep better, cleanse the body, reduce stress, stimulate better immune function, and improve your lymph system. 479-696-8000
Happy Breathing!
Dr. Blackketter helping you live better.

*Video demonstration of a simple method to “unblock” the nose, reduce snoring, stop hyperventilating, and open up your nasal breathing passages so you can stop mouth breathing:

CLICK any of the following symptoms (patient testimonials, video interviews, case studies, online ratings, and doctor recommendations):
1- ulcerative colitis and chronic neck pain
2- extreme debilitating pain from migraine headaches completely incapacitated her, drugs quit helping
3- whiplash damage to ligaments, tendons, discs, and nerves caused pain and digestive problems
4- four brief testimonies from one of our newsletters
5- hemiplegic migraine pseudo seizure non-epileptic disturbance altering speech and ability to walk
6- deafness cured (hearing restored), shoulder and neck pain gone, and more energy
7- several Yelp reviews for Dr. Blackketter at Genesis Chiropractic
8- ADD / ADHD behavioral problems digestive disorder and gluten sensitivity
9- migraine headaches during pregnancy, digestive dysfunction, TMJ disorder, numbness in hands
10- pain in the hip knee ankle foot head neck rib and low back
11- “coming here definitely makes all the difference” pain between shoulder blades completely gone
12- bilateral focal dystonia (shaking and twitching tremors)
13- list of conditions that have responded well to upper cervical care
14- low energy & no stamina, low back pain, arm and hand numbness
15- anxiety panic attacks and reduced range of motion in neck after fall on head as a child
16- run a faster half marathon, relief from pain numbness and migraine headaches

As you read some of these amazing testimony reports, please listen to their stories. Please understand that our patients have seen incredible restoration of each of these symptoms and disorders. This is so much bigger than simply Clinical Case Studies or Doctor Reviews. These are personal stories about pain, fear, hopelessness, severe dysfunction, and even desperation. Real people’s lives are being changed. But, I have a brief clarification — well actually, it’s almost a confession because I need to shoot straight with you…
Doctors can’t cure health problems.
Doctors aren’t miracle workers.
Doctors don’t heal sick people.
I don’t have the power to work miraculous healing.
I don’t care if you’ve been a faithful patient of 1 doctor your whole life or if you’ve seen 100 different doctors looking for answers. Whether you’ve seen general practitioners or specialists is irrelevant. DCs, MDs, DOs, NDs, DDSs, PTs, or PhDs — It’s all the same!! Modern medical science is amazing, but none of us have ever made your body heal…never…not even once.
We can’t heal broken bones.
We aren’t able to make your immune system work.
We don’t cure diseases. And BTW, we can’t even keep you alive IF it’s your time to go…
Go ahead ask any emergency room surgeon, paramedic, nurse, or EMT if you don’t believe me.

Healing does NOT come from the OUTSIDE.
In other words outside efforts don’t heal you: treatments, drugs, therapies, nutrition, herbs, surgeries, pills, shots, exercises, special diets, magic potions, creams or ointments, essential oils, ionized water, vitamin & mineral supplements, chemotherapy, radiation, injections, etc. DO NOT HEAL the body
The only way anybody has ever healed is from the wisdom INSIDE.

Sorry if this bursts your bubble, but it’s a fact: only God can heal.
And He does it one of two ways:
1) Healing happens naturally from the inborn self-healing intelligent design He placed inside of you.
OR
2) Healing comes by a supernatural intervention (aka “a miracle” of God) that is beyond all human explanation.

The inborn innate intelligence inside of you is responsible for coordinating & controlling every function in your body, including healing.
My job as a Specific Upper Cervical Chiropractor is to help re-connect your brain-to-body nerve communication so that your internal natural healing system can do its best work!
For more information about the inborn natural healing abilities of the body check out these blog posts about vitalism and natural healthcare:

Dr. Blackketter, vitalistic upper cervical specific Chiropractor, enjoying Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Now that we have that concept under our belts, let’s move back to the patient stories and video testimonials from GENESIS Chiropractic: Quick link to patient testimonials category on Genesis Chiropractic’s blog.
CLICK any of the following issues in case you missed one earlier:
ulcerative colitis and chronic neck pain
extreme debilitating pain from migraine headaches completely incapacitated her, drugs quit helping
whiplash damage to ligaments, tendons, discs, and nerves caused pain and digestive problems
4 brief testimonies from our newsletter
hemiplegic migraine pseudo seizure non-epileptic disturbance altering speech and ability to walk
deafness cured (hearing restored), shoulder and neck pain gone, and more energy
several Yelp reviews for Dr. Blackketter at Genesis Chiropractic
ADD / ADHD behavioral problems digestive disorder and gluten sensitivity
migraine headaches during pregnancy, digestive dysfunction, TMJ disorder, numbness in hands
pain in the hip knee ankle foot head neck rib and low back
“coming here definitely makes all the difference” pain between shoulder blades completely gone
bilateral focal dystonia (shaking and twitching tremors)
list of conditions that have responded well to upper cervical care
low energy & no stamina, low back pain, arm and hand numbness
anxiety panic attacks and reduced range of motion in neck after fall on head as a child
run a faster half marathon, relief from pain numbness and migraine headaches

Are you looking for a good doctor? Please help us help more people by sharing these stories from real people. All of the clinical case studies on Upper Cervical Specific care in Bentonville, Arkansas are available to the public. Dr. Blackketter at Genesis Chiropractic is thrilled to share these success stories (our patients are pretty happy too!) so you and your loved ones can know there may still be hope and solutions to your problems.

This is a huge deal…
What we do is NOT pain therapy (although she feels much better).
It is NOT a treatment for deafness (although her hearing was restored to normal)!!
It is NOT a cure for arthritis (although her neck and spinal joints began moving easily and pain free).

How does a nearly deaf woman in her early 30s with chronic pain makes such a dramatic turn around?
She wasn’t interested in simply “treating symptoms” anymore, because that hadn’t helped her much over the years. We were looking for a real change that would correct the cause of her problem so her body could work normally again.

Simply put, we restored her brain-to-body communication so she could begin to heal and function better. We “un-pinched the nerves” around her brain stem at the top of the spinal cord.

Is upper cervical chiropractic a deafness cure? How does this work?
The doctor took a set of precision 3-D Blair x-rays, checked her nerve function, and then adjusted the 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae (Atlas & Axis). This specific chiropractic adjustment cleared away the stress and tension from her nerve system and also improved the alignment and balance of her spine.
Her hearing began to improve from day one and continued healing over time with routine appointments to check the nerve system.

We are committed to helping you Revitalize Your Life and Reclaim Your Health.
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Sometimes healing takes more time than we’d expect, but this process will work if we are patient. The body is capable of moving from disease and dysfunction to a healthy normal lifestyle…all it needs is no interference!

Dr. Blackketter is accepting new patients. FREE consultations are available every Monday and Thursday at 12:00 PM (noon). You’ve found the best Chiropractor in Bentonville so stop wasting time and call: 479.696.8000 to set up your 1st appointment at the only Upper Cervical clinic in the entire region. Our office is located in N. Bentonville 1/2 mile off I-49 – Check us out and see how Blair Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic is different from therapy, different from massage, different from medical pain treatments, and different from general chiropractic.

Find verified upper cervical chiropractors near you on this page (click link below).

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Part of our mission here at GENESIS Chiropractic is to help people live better, stronger and healthier lives. Dr. Jason Blackketter loves serving the people in our region of the country and we also enjoy seeing patients from other upper cervical clinics who happen to be visiting the area.

Since many of our current patients have friends and family members who live far enough away that a trip to NW Arkansas is not feasible or practical, we thought it would be nice to help refer them to other upper cervical specific doctors around the country. You can find trusted and respected upper cervical doctors closer to home by searching on the link above.

Check out this great resource for more info. on various conditions that respond to upper cervical care uppercervicalcare.com