Seizures
By Dr. Michael L. Johnson
Millions
of people are afflicted with seizure disorders. There are
many different types of seizures that present with various
symptomatologies. The seizure experience depends on the location
and amount of the brain that is affected during the seizure.
By definition, a seizure disorder is stimulation of a brain
pathway where there shouldnt be any activity of a pathway.
The activity is spontaneous abnormal electrical discharge
of certain pathways in the brain.
Seizure
disorders may appear at any age. The person may be conscious
or unconscious during the seizure. The activity can range
from minor tremors to uncontrollable flinging of the body.
Seizures can begin with minor symptoms and become increasingly
global. Most seizure disorders are from an unknown cause.
Repeated
brain seizures characterize a condition called epilepsy. Epilepsy
is a neurological condition which produces consistent disturbances
in the brains electrical pathway. Normal brain activity is
described as stimulation of pathways, and these pathways communicate
with each other to control the body and all of its functions.
When communication lines cross, messages become confusing
and the brain has trouble sorting the signals.
To
date, treatment of seizures has primarily been pharmaceutically-based.
These medications interrupt the brain activity that causes
the seizure. Unfortunately, the medications cannot be pathway-specific.
The medications will interrupt all brain activity. Since seizure
activity involves only certain pathways, the result is that
the brain is more globally affected (the entire brain). This
includes pathways that are not involved in the seizure. This
decrease in brain activity can result in many side effects.
They range from behavior/personality changes to blurred or
double vision.
Treatment
alternatives are now available. These treatments are effective
and safe, and they can be pathway specific. Certain areas
of the brain can be isolated.
As
a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist, I take a unique
approach to the treatment and prevention of seizures. After
a thorough neurological examination I determine which part
of the nervous system is not functioning properly.
Treatments
include structural adjustments on the opposite side of decreased
brain function, visual and auditory stimulation daily at different
intensities and frequencies, and wearing glasses with various
colored lenses to decrease the frequency of firing input into
the brain. Visual imagery is also very effective in stimulating
specific areas of the brain. The results of the stimulation
can be directly measured by monitoring the central integrated
state of the nervous system. This includes recording the blood
pressure, heart rate, and tidal volume of the lungs before
and after treatment.
Dr.
Michael L. Johnson is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist,
one of only 700 in the country, with over twenty years of
experience in private practice. He has completed over 850
hours of neurological studies and 3800 hours of postgraduate
education.
His
book "What Do You Do When the Medications Don't Work?
- A Non-Drug Treatment of Dizziness, Migraine Headaches, Fibromyalgia,
and Other Chronic Conditions" outlines his groundbreaking
work in the treatment of chronic pain and is a national best-seller.
It is available wherever books are sold.
2005©
Michael L. Johnson, D.C., D.A.C.N.B.
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