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I was first diagnosed with migraines in 2000. Prior to that, I had neck pain, back
pain (sciatica), and shoulder injuries/pain. During the summer of 2010, I began
treatment with a traditional chiropractor. While I had some relief of sciatica,
my neck pain and frequency of my migraines continued to increase. When the
frequency increased to between 4 to 6 every month, my PCP referred me to a
neurologist. I was sent for an MRI of the brain to check for tumors, had blood
work performed to check everything, and I was sent to an ortho surgeon for the
numbness in my hands/arms. I then had a nerve conduction study done.

All tests came back normal. I didn’t receive any answers as to why the increase
in migraines, neck pain and numbness in my hands and arms were causing me to
have a ‘slushy’ head feeling.

My supervisor at work was aware of how much pain I was working through every
day between the migraines and neck pain. So, for Christmas she gave me a gift
certificate for an evaluation at the Besso Clinic of Chiropractic. I knew it was going
to be a big commitment (since I live an hour away) and a financial commitment too,
but it has been worth it!

I work in the medical field, so when I got to see my x-rays, I couldn’t believe how
bad they were. I knew that I had degeneration in my neck and two bone spurs, but
the counter rotation is what blew me away. NOW I had the answers I had been
looking for!! Now I knew what was causing the numbness, deep neck pain, ‘slushy’
head feeling, and migraines. It only took three to four NUCCA sessions to get rid of
all the numbness from my left hand/arm, and just a few more sessions for the right
hand/arm.

I hardly ever take pain medications now and I have only had two migraines in
almost four months, both of which were bad weather related. My neurologist was
so happy at my last follow up that I was taken off of my daily preventative migraine
medication. The staff is top notch and I would tell anyone that had neck or back
pain to get here fast for relief!

Carrie N.    Polk, OH

A patient recently shared their progress with us, and we wanted to pass it along to you. Our patients are experiencing increased health and wellness all the time, through our gentle and painless NUCCA technique. Contact us, we would love to talk with you about your pain, and see if we are able to help!

For as long as I can remember I’ve always had a constant aching pain in my lower back. I have suffered through this pain, and just learned to deal with it. I had tried heat, stretching, and even other chiropractors in the past with no relief, until I met Dr. Yates. He told me about this NUCCA treatment and I decided to take his advice and gave Besso Clinic a try.

I can’t believe how gentle the NUCCA treatments are! My lower back pain is nonexistent, which is such a wonderful feeling. My husband even tells me that I don’t complain about my back like a used to. Which is good for him too.

What I really like about my care is the consistent feedback about my progress and although I had to come too often for my liking in the beginning, I knew that I had to make a commitment to my health and I am so glad that I did.

I have already recommended Dr. Yates to my friends and family because I was treated excellent by the staff. Overall I am so glad that I came to the Besso Clinic of Chiropractic.

- Barbara W.   Fairlawn, OH

Sarah and her husband, Smith with their kids, Lucie (8), Smithy (4), and Candace (5).

The Besso Clinic is excited about the addition of their newest staff member, Sarah Doubet. Sarah joined our staff on March 26th. She will be filling a few positions: office manager, x-ray technician, and will be wearing many other hats as the situations present themselves! This will allow the doctors to do what they love best, spend more time with patients, helping them to live healthier and fuller lives!

Sarah is a native of Green, OH, and recently moved back to Green from Hebron, KY (a suburb of Cincinnati, OH) to be closer to her extended family.  She and her husband, Smith Doubet have been married for 13 years and have three young children: Lucie (8), Candace (5), and little Smithy (4).

We believe Sarah’s love of people, detailed personality, and experience will compliment our office, and our vision of caring for the people of Stow, OH and beyond. She attended Geneva College and graduated with a degree in Recreational Therapy. She went on to be an office manager to multiple regional offices for a credit card company, and then the director of a large kids camp outside of Pittsburgh, PA. She cares deeply for people, and is excited to be a part of a staff and practice that feels the same.

If you see her around the office, please take the time to get to know her. Sarah is quickly becoming part of our team, and she would love to hear about your experiences with Besso Clinic!

In July 2010 there was a groundbreaking study published in Brain Injury.  If you have been in a car accident in the past and have ANY head or neck pain read on…

This is how the study was designed, now pay attention … The study included 1200 patients with head or neck pain.  600 had a history of a whiplash injury and 600 did not.  Then they divided each group in half again and they performed a standard rebubant MRI (laying down in the tube) on 300 patients and a new type of MRI called an Upright MRI on the reamaing in 300 patients in each group.

So, what were the results and why was this study so eye opening?

First, to build some context, let me explain a little bit about how the junction between the head and neck is designed.  Your head weighs about ten pounds, about the weight of a bowling ball.  The weight of the head is supported by a ring shaped 2 ounce bone called the atlas.  Most of the million messages per minute that go from the brain to the rest of the body, and back up, flow right through the ring of the atlas vertebra.  Also, it’s important to note that the base of the brain is called the cerebellum, and it should be up inside the skull and it should Not protrude down and out of the cranium at all.  If the brain protrudes out it is called Cerebellar Ectopia.

Ok, back to the results of the study.  When the upright MRI was performed on the whiplash group the researchers found Cerebellar Ectopia 24% of the time!  So, if you have been in a car accident there may be a 1 in 4 chance that your head or neck pain is due to YOUR BRAIN PROTRUDING OUT of the skull.

Now, this is where it gets really interesting and this is why I am blogging about this.  We as upper cervical specific chiropractors can help!  Follow up studies have been performed and they have shown that when we realign the Atlas (C-1) vertebra, the tension on the brinstem and cerebellum is reduced allowing the cerebellum to move back up  to where it belongs (inside the skull/cranium where it belongs).

This explains why our patient’s see improvements in: neck pain, headaches, energy levels, sleep patterns, mental clarity, numbness and the list goes on and on, upon rebalancing the head and neck in a gentle specific manner with the NUCCA technique.

I hope all of this made sense and convicts you to have your spinal alignment checked, especially if you have had any head or neck trauma.

Blessings,

Dr. Geoff Besso

Besso Clinic of Chiropractic, Inc.  Stow, OH  330.689.1234

Cerebellar tonsillar eptopia is substantially more prevalent in whiplash- injured patients than in neck pain patients with no recent history of trauma.

Title: A case-control study of cerebellar tonsillar octopia (Chiari) and head/neck trauma (whiplash)

In: Brain Injury, July 2010; 24(7-8): 988–994

“In July 2011 I started to feel like my body was asleep.  After 2 or 3 weeks I went to my GP and he sent me for an MRI.  The MRI came back showing I had a pinched nerve in my lower back, so he sent me to an Orthopedic Doctor.  He ordered a nerve test and it came back okay. He suggested we do a series of shots in my spine once a week, which did not work.  All of this took me up to about the middle of November when the Doctor said I needed lower spinal surgery, which he could do the first the first week in December. 

By this time it had turned into excessive pain, I was at the point that I had to use a walker to do everything.  I talked to my daughter who lives in Brownsville, Texas and she told her friend who in turn called her doctor in Nebraska who recommended Dr. Besso in Stow, Ohio. To my surprise he was less than 2 miles away.  I called for an appointment and my first was December 7^th, 2011.

 Since I started the NUCCA treatments, my progress has been OUTSTANDING.  I am no longer in pain and have been getting back to my normal activities which I was sure I would never be able to do again.  Coming here has also made it easier living in my home as well because I live in split level with stairs to go up and down no matter where you are.  That was hard for me before coming here.  It’s just so wonderful to walk without pain.”

Donna M. Stow, OH

“In October 2011, I was admitted to Children’s Hospital because I had suddenly lost my vision in my left eye.  They ran tests, sent me to ophthalmology, neurology and neurophthalmology, and had me undergo MRIs.  Their final word was that my brain was normal, my eye was normal, and that my eye just wasn’t getting a message from my brain about what it was seeing.  They told me to come back in a few months if my vision did not come back!!  I felt like they weren’t believing what was happening to me and just sending me home.

Just after that, my grandma was in seeing Dr. Besso and was telling him about what had happened.  He asked her to please bring me in as he was just as frustrated as I was about not getting any real answers at the hospital.  When we came in to Besso Clinic of Chiropractic, we were met with friendly faces and very welcomed.  Dr. Besso spent a lot of time asking me about what was happening with my vision and also about all of my past medical issues and even things from when I was much younger.  I finally felt like a doctor was listening to me.   After reviewing the x-rays with us, he told us that a fall I had had late in the summer could have been one of the big issues that may have caused me to gradually lose my vision.  There was some compression in my neck and he was hopeful that if he worked on that, my vision might gradually come back.

After three weeks of treatment, I noticed my eye began to water.  A few days later I could see some hazy light and shortly after that I had some burning pain in my eye for about a day.  The next morning, I could really tell that my vision was coming back.  After a total of close to four weeks, my vision had completely returned!!!!  I have continued my therapy with Dr. Besso to make sure that my neck stays strong and in place.  I have even had some great relief of my arthritis that had been diagnosed just shortly before I had lost my vision!!!

My family all believes that this has been nothing short of a miracle!  We are so grateful to Dr. Besso and his knowledge and that this type of therapy has been so helpful for me.  The timing in having my grandma visiting him and talking about my situation was definitely not a coincidence and I am SO glad we came in to see him! “

Alexa R.  Tallmadge, OH

So, how can this happen?  Why is a patient recovery like this so shocking to the traditional medical establishment, and maybe even to you the reader?

In a future post I’m going to post a link to some recently published literature on Cerebral Spinal Fluid flow improvement with a Specific Upper Cervical Chiropractic Correction (especially for the analytical readers), and hopefully it will help connect the dots for you.

I believe our body is designed to heal itself.  If a health problem arises your body can heal when given the right support and by ensuring the nerve system is functioning optimally.

The brain controls and coordinates the functions of the rest of the body and if there is a misalignment where the brain meets the body ( at the Atlas, C-1 level) then the nerve system will not function optimally, blood flow and cerebral spinal fluid flow to and from the brain will be compromised, and malfunction throughout the body will ensue.

It’s simple, and I realize the idea is too simple for some to fathom.  But it works.

Thank God!

Dr. Geoff Besso

Besso Clinic of Chiropractic, Inc.

330-689-1234  Stow, Ohio 44224

Most people think that when you’re 23 years old, you should be in tip-top shape. However, working at a desk and computer for 9 hours a day can pay havoc on your neck and spine. I couldn’t believe the pain and agony I was beginning to suffer through each day of work. I was cracking my neck constantly, looking for some type of relief. I’d end up with a migraine headache and feeling sick to my stomach by quitting time.

Taking a look at my family history just made me think “Well, this is it. Everyone else in my family deals with neck and back pain every day. It’s just part of my life!” But one day…enough was enough. I searched “Chiropractors near Akron, OH” on my computer and Dr. Besso’s name popped up amongst a large amount of other doctors. I am SO thankful that I decided to contact Dr. Besso and his awesome staff (Autum and Marah)!  I was very interested in the process of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care and wanted to see what I could do for me.

The first appointment consisted of some x-rays of my head and neck. I was in such bad shape that I was having a hard time sitting up straight in the chair. I winced in pain as Dr. Besso positioned my head and shoulders for the film. All of my muscles were so tight and exhausted. I thought to myself, “There’s no way I’ll ever get over this pain. I really hope this works”.

At the next appointment, Dr. Besso showed me the films we took. My spine was starting to develop an S curve, and the natural curve of my neck had begun to straighten out. I was floored…now I could finally see what was causing all of my pain. I opted to begin the care regimen recommended by Dr. Besso and he did the first adjustment that day.

I WAS AMAZED! I sat up from the adjustment table and about 90% of my pain was GONE! The muscles in my neck and back felt like they were coming back to life! From that moment on I was convinced that this was going to work!

I’ve been seeing Dr. Besso for a few months and the benefits of treatment keep getting better and better. My mood has improved immensely, and my body is just feeling better all over. I rarely crack my neck, and my headaches are few and far between.

Thank you SO MUCH Dr. Besso, Autum and Marah!!!

Anna B.

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The most common injury sustained during a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) is a Whiplash injury.  A Whipash injury is when your head accelerates and decelerates abrubltly jerking the head when your car is struck form the side , front, or back.

The signs of a Whiplash injury are often delayed.  Frankly when I ask patients if they had had any accidents they often think their ‘Little’ fender bender didn’t cause an injry.. but some new research should make you think twice about that.

Some of the signs of a whiplash injury, according to Wed MD, include:

Neck pain, stiffness, headaches, midback pain, shoulder or shoulder blade pain, dizziness, arm numbness, ringing in the ears, difficulty concentrating, irritability, sleep disturbances, fatigue… and the list goes on and on.

Even if you only had a stiff neck after an MVA you might be in for bigger problems down the road if an upper cervical (neck) misalignment goes undetected, according to one study.  An upper neck misalignment, if uncorrected can set of an inflammatory proces in the body and lead to chronic conditions like fibromyalgia.  Sometimes the symptoms are slow to come on and you don’t even realize what the root cause is.  (especially if you are like my average patient who thinks the lil accident didn’t cause a problem).

One study shows that a 6.7 mile per hour collision can cause over 10G’s of force to go into the neck… more than enough to cause a problem.

I will be sharing much more on this topic in future posts.  If you have been in an accident I encourage you to get checked!

Blessings,

Dr. Geoff Besso, D.C.  Stow, OH   330-689-1234