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IT’S A BOY!!!

Brandon Harshe, DC — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:00:28 +0000

Last night, at approximately 11:35 pm CST, January gave birth to our second boy, fifth child overall. Once again, we had this baby unassisted, without interference from anyone with letters after their name, except for me, of course. And I didn’t interfere, just caught.

This pregnancy was a tougher experience than our last baby as January went to 43 1/2 weeks gestation. Definitely an experience to test your faith in Innate Intelligence, birth, and the body. But we did, and it is a wonderful thing!

I should add, our newest son received his first Upper Cervical Chiropractic adjustment within the first 45 minutes of his life. Amazing how just a slight pressure will slide that little vertebra in its proper place, almost in the same manner as an exhaled breath.

Definitely an awesome experience… again!

Thanksgiving 2010: Happy Turkey Eating

Brandon Harshe, DC — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:00:44 +0000

As we celebrate Thanksgiving today, I thought I would quickly express my gratitude to all the readers of this blog. You have truly inspired me keep writing and to not quit the pace at which I post fresh, new content here at The Atlas of Life.

But most of all, I am grateful for my awesome wife January and my four, soon to be five, wonderful kids.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Parker College of Chiropractic Philosophy Night Recap

Brandon Harshe, DC — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:00:59 +0000

This past Friday night was the first ever Philosophy Night at Parker College of Chiropractic. I was back in Dallas for the weekend and decided to go check it out and I was not disappointed at all. In fact, I was pretty impressed with the school for putting this function together.

The night consisted of talks by two well known Chiropractors, Dr. Troy Dukowitz and Dr. Billy DeMoss.

Dr. Dukowitz spoke first. He started out with a very interesting comment comparing how many cheers the Texas Rangers would get for winning the American League pennant (which they did) vs what we, as Chiropractors would receive, and we have the knowledge to help people change their health and their lives. He made the point that it was a sad statement for our profession and our ability to communicate what we do, which I agree.

During his talk he let the students know that there is a world bigger than midterms, finals, and boards. There are people sick and suffering, given no hope by allopathic medicine except for more drugs and more surgery. Then, in many cases, the only option is to simply live with the pain and misery caused by mechanistic approaches to vitalistic deficiencies.

At one point, Dr. Dukowitz played audio of B.J. Palmer speaking. Every time I read one of the green books or hear audio of B.J. Palmer speaking, I am always amazed at how little difference there is in our profession and the attitude of health in our nation now as opposed to 50, 60, 70, or 80 years ago. It’s just that marketing is more sophisticated now compared to then, especially when you factor in the Internet, cable, and satellite television.

Personally, I’m not a Chiropractor who needs someone to fire me up about Chiropractic. It’s all I think about most of the time, but I will say that by the end of Dr. Dukowitz’s talk, I was pretty fired up about my profession.

Dr. Billy DeMoss took over during the second hour. Most Chiropractors know that Dr. DeMoss is the one responsible for creating the Dead Chiropractic Society and putting together the yearly Cal Jam events.

Where Dr. Dukowitz left off, Dr. DeMoss picked right back up and ran with it. This was the first time I’d ever heard Dr. DeMoss speak. He is quite a character, but there is no doubt about the passion that burns inside that man.

A former Chemistry major and an avid surfer, Dr. DeMoss has been practicing for 25 years in California. His entire talk was filled with quotes from B.J. Palmer, intense passion for the philosophy of Chiropractic, and numerous hilarious jokes and inuendos. I was also pretty impressed with his conviction to health. He mentioned how he eats 80% raw fruits and vegetables, does not drink alcohol, and surfs two hours each and every day. It’s one thing to talk the talk, but when I see docs actually walking the walk, it’s very inspirational.

All in all, I have to give a lot of credit to Dr. Gilles LaMarche and his staff for putting this together and Drs. Dukowitz and DeMoss for flying out on their own dime to speak to the students.

All in all, between Dr. LaMarche and my friend Dr. Eric Russell, they are really beginning to create a culture of philosophical awareness at Parker that did not exist when I began my academic career there in 2005. Parker Seminars and Parker College were always two VERY different things to me, but now, it really seems as if they are getting around to changing that (see the video below for more on that). Between these Philosophy Nights, which will now be mainstays, and the introduction of the Talk the TIC competition this past year, Parker College is really making some positive changes in the philosophy realm.

And THAT is what makes good doctors… not good scores on National Boards!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Upper Cervical Fusion Wrap-up

Brandon Harshe, DC — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:00:21 +0000

This past weekend was a very happening weekend in the chiropractic profession. There was Parker Seminars in Dallas, TX. There was The Gathering with Dr. Sigafoose in Palm Beach, FL. There was the Master’s Circle Super Conference in Orlando, FL. And of course, there was the seminar I attended, Upper Cervical Fusion in San Jose, CA.

Several years ago, the ICA created a Council on Upper Cervical in hopes of establishing a 300 hour diplomate program to further the expertise of Upper Cervical Chiropractors. The Council, which consists of Dr. Shawn Dill, Dr. Darren White, Dr. Robert Brooks, Dr. Stan Pierce, Jr., Dr. Thad Vaugniaux, Dr. Julie Mayer-Hunt, and Dr. Bo Rochester have been working on outlining a curriculum that would fulfill that goal. As a result, the Council on Upper Cervical decided to put together an event that would culminate in a gathering of various upper cervical technique organizations and their leaders in a further show of unity, similar to the AUCCO in the 1990′s and Upper Cervical Evolution in recent years.

I will say that prior to Fusion, I did not know what to expect. In talking with others at the event, including several from the Council itself, I don’t think anybody knew how it would turn out or what it would be like. Would it be like Evolution? Would it be better? Worse? Something different altogether?

Overall, I think Fusion turned out to be a great success. I think it stands alone as its own event and gives the upper cervical community one more event each year to come together and work on furthering the cause.

I thought I would give a recap of Upper Cervical Fusion below.

THURSDAY

- Dr. Robert Brooks started off the event on Thursday giving a lot of individual respect to past and present influential Upper Cervical Chiropractors. I found this a very classy and very great way to start off the event. For those of you reading this who don’t understand what I mean, there used to be a lot of rivalry in the upper cervical community. Basically it was a “mine is bigger than yours” mentality. Since the inception of Upper Cervical Evolution several years ago, and now Fusion, that mentality has gone by the waist side. Mmm mmm mm mm mm…

- Following Dr. Brooks was B.J. Kale. He touched on chiropractic philosophy throughout his talk.

- I have to express some gratitude to Frank Ju of CoAction Software, who spoke next, for giving me and The Atlas of Life a shout out. Thanks Frank!

- Dr. Robert Kessinger touched on how he came to include Blair views in his Knee Chest analysis. This was something I was always curious about and never knew why, so it was interesting to hear.

- Dr. Stan Pierce, Jr. gave a great talk, once again, on quality control and upping our standards within upper cervical.

- Dr. Scott Rosa gave one of the best actual presentations of the weekend. He has done extensive research on pre and post upright spinal MRI. He showed countless cases of MRIs where prior to an Atlas adjustment, you could see the cerebellar tonsils being pulled down beyond the foramen magnum because of the C1 misalignment. It wasn’t Chiari malformation, but it was concerning to look at. Post MRIs showed normal cerebellar tonsil position above the level of the foramen magnum. He also showed how the blood flow increased in the cerebral arteries post Atlas adjustment via MRIs, as well as increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow following an Atlas adjustment post MRI. It was truly amazing, as well as exciting, information.

FRIDAY

- Friday morning started out with Dr. Bo Rochester covering the research showing the safety and effectiveness of Upper Cervical Chiropractic. He covered x-ray safety, of which I will cover in an upcoming blog post, as well as the effectiveness upper cervical adjustments have on back and neck pain vs diversified adjustments. It came out to a quarter less adjustments needed to alleviate the pain with a C1 adjustment vs generalized manipulation. Great stuff!

- I enjoyed Dr. Michael Lenarz’s story about his granddaughter. There were complications with her birth, among them a punctured lung from the respirator in the hospital. He decided to fly out to London and eventually had the chance to lightly adjust his baby granddaughter’s C1. She was out of the hospital 12 hours later, after having been there for days. I found it to be very moving and it was a great reminder why it is important for babies to get checked right at birth. Sometimes, their health literally depends on it.

- The technique break out portion was well organized. The only problem that I knew of was the Orthospinology portion started out in a small room, but was moved to a bigger space later on in the day. Dr. Julie Mayer-Hunt covered upper cervical with the pediatric patient Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Dr. Bo Rochester and Dr. Michael Wagner took turns covering the basics of the Orthsopinology procedure and x-ray analysis. It was good to be there for my own slipping and checking with the basic fundamentals.

- Dr. Bryan Duff spoke in the early evening. I was interested in hearing what he had to say because he is known as an instrumentation expert and I find that to be a very fascinating subject and practice. It gives the Upper Cervical Chiropractor another objective tool to know when and when not to adjust, and listening to one of the experts on this topic was great.

- Dr. Todd Hubbard talked about the research he’s working on up at Palmer, which was very inspiring to me. If each of us as Upper Cervical Chiropractors put together or contributed to case studies and research to further our cause, I think we would see some amazing results.

SATURDAY

- Dr. Gerard Clum, president of Life Chiropractic College West, gave an amazing talk about the state of the profession, the recent CCE proposed standards, and the chiropractic profession’s unified response to it. He also spoke about the future of upper cervical and what needs to be done to protect out practice rights. It was the first time I have heard him speak and I was blown away. I was honored to have the chance to finally meet Dr. Clum afterward. Definitely a great guy.

Dr. Gerard W. Clum speaking to doctors and students at Fusion

- The final speaker of Fusion was the keynote speaker, Michael Port, best-selling author of Book Yourself Solid. I read this book while still a student at Parker and loved it. Unfortunately, I had to catch an early flight out of San Jose so I could not attend his presentation. However, I know a number of people reading this blog did attend and will happily fill in the missing details in the comments below.

I would also be remiss in not giving credit to the M.C.s of the event, Dr. Drew Hall on Thursday, Dr. Chris Wolff on Friday, and Dr. Jeff Scholten on Saturday. They all did a great job.

Overall I had a great time, I learned a lot, and it was fun to finally meet people I have interacted with here on The Atlas of Life and on Twitter and Facebook. People like Dr. Erik and Dr. Paige Van Slooten, Dr. Andy Roberts, Dr. Michael Lenarz, Dr. Jared Kohler, Dr. Julie Mayer-Hunt, Dr. Elizabeth Hoefer, Dr. Eric Wright, Dr. John Chaney, recent Life West graduate Ryan Lawlor, soon to be Life West graduates Sam Zoranovich, Noah Kaplan, and Steve Perry, Akala Lemus (who I had a great religious discussion with), and my good buddy Dr. Ian Davis-Tremayne.

It was also fun to, once again, see people I already know, like Dr. Payton Ely, Dr. Bo Rochester, Dr. Tony Monnin and his wife Julia, Dr. Darren White and his wife Dr. Toni Best, Dr. Doug and Chandra Endel and their son Parker, Dr. Michael Wagner, Dr. Tom Forest, Dr. Dave Phillips, Dr. Mychal Beebe, Dr. Shawn Dill, Dr. Wendee Whitehead, Dr. Tim McFadden, Dr. Rob Clarke, Dr. Fred “Where is all my hair?” Schurger, Dr. Thad Vaugniaux, Dr. Todd Hubbard, Dr. Scott Glocke, Dr. Lauren Clum, Dr. Mariza Snyder, Rylan Porter and the Parker crew, and Dr. Jaime Browning, just to name a few.

Next year’s Fusion in Chicago, IL should be great!

NUCCA to Offer 1 Scholarship Per Chiropractic College to the Atlanta Conference

Brandon Harshe, DC — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:00:17 +0000

I got this message from my friend Dr. Zach Ward last week:

“NUCCA is offering 1 scholarship to 1 student in every chiropractic college to go the next NUCCA conference in Atlanta, GA. That covers their conference fees.

In order to qualify for the contest, students have to submit a video answering the question: “What is the future of NUCCA?” The best videos will be awarded a scholarship (again, one per school.)

More information is at the NUCCA Blog http://thenuccablog.com.”

There you go students. Submit your videos ASAP to get your conference fees covered.

Upper Cervical Academy Philosophy/History Seminar September 17-18th, Charlotte, NC

Brandon Harshe, DC — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:32 +0000

This is class #2 of the certification process. Join Dr. Kyle Troyer and Dr. Ray Drury for this special event. No one is more passionate about Upper Cervical than Dr. Kyle Troyer. He will discuss in detail the history and philosophy of Upper Cervical. Everyone in attendance will gain a better understanding of the Chiropractic philosophy and be able to use it use to educate their practice members about the ADIO way of life!

12 CE CREDITS AVAILABLE
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REGISTER TODAY for the Upper Cervical Philosophy/History Seminar in Charlotte, NC on Friday, September 17th and Saturday, September 18th!
Become a Member of the Upper Cervical Academy. Click the link to see the full schedule of classes.

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Upper Cervical Fusion September 23-25 in San Jose, CA

Brandon Harshe, DC — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:47 +0000

Upper Cervical Fusion will be an event where various upper cervical technique organizations will hold their annual or semi-annual conference in one city at the same time, making it a mega conference of sorts.

Below is the lineup for Fusion:

Thursday September 23

11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Registration
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
Dr. Robert Brooks
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Dr. Michael Lenarz
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Dr. Ray Drury
4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Dr. Shawn Dill
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Dr. Scott Rosa
6:30 pm
Dinner on your own
9:00 pm
Student Mentorship Cocktail Hour

Friday September 24

9:00 am – 9:50 am
Dr. Bryan Duff
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Technique Instruction (CE)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Technique Instruction (CE)
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Dr. Bo Rochester

Saturday September 25

9:00 am – 9:50 am
Dr. Gerry Clum
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Technique Instruction (CE)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Technique Instruction (CE)
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Special Keynote Speaker

You can register for the event by clicking here.

Photos from Last Weekend’s Orthospinology Basic II Seminar in Smyrna, GA

Brandon Harshe, DC — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:00:31 +0000

Last weekend I had the chance to attend the Basic II seminar at the Humber-Parkerson clinic in Smyrna. It was a great seminar, and I even had the chance to finally meet Dr. Sid Williams, founder of Life University in Georgia. Below are some pictures.

Group picture with Drs. Sid and Nell Williams in the center

Left to right: Dr. Bo Rochester, Dr. Ken Humber, Jr., Dr. Sid Williams, Dr. Nell Williams, Dr. D.D. Humber

Dr. Dawn Bortoluzzi, Dr. Bart Patzer, and me.

Dr. Dawn Bortoluzzi and Dr. Ken Humber doing the hoe-down to some Bluegrass music.

The Upper Cervical Academy Presents Upper Cervical Neurology

Brandon Harshe, DC — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:00:25 +0000

How to know that you know that you know: The REAL Science that supports the Upper Cervical work! Start your journey to become a Member of the Upper Cervical Academy. Join Dr. Stephen Conicello and Dr. Ray Drury for this special event.

What you will learn:

1. The Neuro Anatomy in the Upper Cervical spine.
2. How the Subluxation really affects the nerve system.
3. How Innate is expressed through the nerve system.
4. Sympathetic dominance verses Parasympathetic Control
5. How the Subluxation affects the Cranial Nerves.
6. Intellectual adaptation, misalignments, compensations
7. The science behind the Brain-to-Body communication.
8. How the Upper Cervical Subluxation affects the brain.
9. How chemical, emotional and physical trauma effects Innate
10. How the UC Subluxations causes Vascular Compromise.
11. Upper Cervical affects on the body’s Immune Function.
12. Research Review – How to find the research to support what you do.

Register for the event by clicking here!

August 7th & 8th
Saturday: 2pm – 7pm
Sunday: 9am – 5pm
Charlotte, NC

Doctors: $300 or pre-pay 6 seminars for $1500.00
Students: $150 or pre-pay 6 seminars for $750.00

Register for the event by clicking here!

Don’t forget to reserve your room at the Charlotte Marriott Executive Park!

5700 Westpark Drive
Charlotte, NC 28217
(704) 527-9650
FREE AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Happy Father’s Day!!!

Brandon Harshe, DC — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:52 +0000

Now we’re talking. A holiday that celebrates us fathers. I’m a fan of this holiday because I get to relax while my family serves me like a king all day.

Yeah right! LOL! Anyway, I wanted to wish all you dads a Happy Father’s Day!

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