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B4 | THE CITIZEN | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Balance

Headaches and spinal health

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center on Hwy. 74 North in Peachtree City. Peachtree City parent, Jamie Decesare’s experience with Brain Balance is just one of many examples that support this. “Our child was a typical Autistic child before Brain Balance. We spent five years doing every possible thing out there to help her. Brain Balanced helped her faster than all the things we did in five years. She is now doing all the things we never thought she’d be able to do. She is a joy to be around. The guilt as a parent is gone.” My son has lost his symptoms of Autism, ADD/ADHD, Tourette’s, and his Autoimmune Neurological Disorder”, says Natalie Stubbs, another Peachtree City parent. “Prior to coming to Brain Balance, we tried occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, nutritional therapy, social skills training, behavior modification and the protocols of Defeat Autism Now! Since starting with Brain Balance, my son has had profound improvements in his social, academic and physical abilities. No more tantrums, meltdowns, outbursts or aggression. Our family life is like a normal, typical family.” Dr. Robert Melillo, founder of the Brain Balance program, describes what makes Brain Balance so different than other programs, “The problem with most existing programs is that they work on strengthening the stronger hemisphere of the brain at the expense of the weaker side. As a result, the hemispheres continue to become more imbalanced resulting in Functional Disconnection Syndrome.” Many of the symptoms associated with various neurobehavioral disorders of childhood are the result of Functional Disconnection Syndrome. This syndrome refers to the condition where the two halves of the brain - the right and left hemispheres - are not communicating with each other normally. The normal development and flow of communication across the brain is disrupted. In addition, typically one half

of the brain is significantly slower than the other, so it can not compare and share information accurately with the other half of the brain. The stronger side of the brain must take over and starts to ignore or not connect with the weaker side of the brain. Dr. Scire explains, “When we are primarily only using one side of our brain, our interpretation and reactions to the world will be off and our behavior will be abnormal. This reduced connection between the two sides of the brain produces disconnected children. They are disconnected from their own bodies and from their senses. They are also socially and emotionally disconnected. The goal of the Brain Balance Achievement Program is to correct the communication breakdown between the two hemispheres of the brain. It is this fundamental brain imbalance that results in the range of negative symptoms and behaviors exhibited by children.” The Brain Balance program is the only program designed to assess, document and objectively quantify Functional Disconnection Syndrome through the use of extensive testing in all areas of function, followed by individualized programs to improve functions. Brain Balance utilizes their proprietary model to first assess a child’s functioning in 1200 parameters that fall within three areas: 1) sensorimotor, 2) neuroacademic and 3) bio-nutritional. They then meet with the parents and provide them with an easy to follow, comprehensive report that not only explains which functions of the brain are weak and strong, but also rates that functioning on five achievement levels and reports which hemisphere of the brain needs to be stimulated in order to raise that functioning. Brain Balance works to “puts kids back in sync” with an integrated program that does not rely on drugs, medical procedures or psychotherapy. “Since balance is the essence of our program, we also ensure that each child progresses in a symmetrical way,” Dr. Scire says. “That is why each achievement level is further segmented into

What’s causing the rise in autism, ADHD and other childhood disorders? By DR. ROBERT MELILLO Chiropractic neurologist

We are witnessing the epidemic rise in the diagnosis of ADHD, Autism, Asperger’s and other learning disorders. The first question parents ask is “Why?” Why have we seen and continue to see such a large increase in childhood disabilities over the past two decades? Most parents are told that these are genetic disorders hardwired in the brain that cause chemical imbalances in the brain that can not be corrected. Others attribute the increase to vaccinations and medications designed to actually treat the symptoms. These reasons alone can not explain the meteoric rise in neurobehavioral disorders. No one can say with certainty the reason why more and more children and their families are suffering with these disorders. What we can conclude is that current approaches used over the past two decades are not working. The more pressing question now, is “What?” What can be done to make long term corrections rather than just treating the symptoms of these disorders? The new model that seeks correction rather than symptom relief begins with research showing that Autism, ADHD and other neurological disorders involve the same areas of the brain and may be caused by Functional

Disconnection Syndrome. This is a scientific term that means that the two halves of the brain are not balanced and thus are not communicating with each other normally. Each half of the brain contributes differently to our understanding of and our reactions to the world we live in. Therefore, when brain activity in unbalanced, information is processed improperly, resulting in academic, behavioral and social problems. For a child or adult to fully understand the world and react to it appropriately, we must use our whole brain. The key to correcting Functional Disconnection Syndrome is a hemispheric based program to balance the two halves of the brain. Brain Balance is the only program currently available in the country that corrects Functional Disconnection Syndrome with a Hemispheric Integration program that stimulates the weak hemisphere of the brain and then integrates it with the strong hemisphere, so the child can utilize the whole brain. Dr. Robert J. Melillo, an internationally known chiropractic neurologist, has been in private practice for 17 years. For most of that time, he has been a postgraduate professor of neurology and rehabilitation. Dr. Melillo has devoted the later half of his career to the study of learning disabilities and behavioral disorders in both children and adults.

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right and left hemispheres. This is where our program delivers an incredible level of individuality. No two children are identical and no two Brain Balance programs are identical. Parents tell us that after reading reports from so many different doctors, teachers and other specialists, the Brain Balance report finally put all the pieces together for them in a way that made sense and illuminated the true source of their child’s problem. Parents are able to clearly see and understand the areas of brain imbalance and the opportunities for functional improvements.” Special Education Teacher Mandy Gunter was so impressed by the progress that one of her students made in the Brain Balance program that she left her job with Fayette County Public Schools to work at Brain Balance. She had a student in her class who was having on average five outbursts a day in the classroom. His behavior quickly became more controlled when he participated in the Brain Balance program. “I have seen more progress with this student in just a few weeks of his attendance at Brain Balance than in the three years I worked with him in the school system. In the school system, I always targeted goals that I knew I could accomplish, which were all, coincidentally, left brain goals, but these goals ignored critical elements of life”, Mandy said. “When we began stimulating the right side of his brain, we began to see rapid improvements.” Brain Balance will open a center in Suwanee this fall in support of their mission to make the Brain Balance program available to as many children as possible, so that each child may reach their greatest physical, mental, social and academic potential. To learn more about the Brain Balance program, parents can attend free educational talks at Brain Balance in Peachtree City located at 357 Highway 74 North. To reserve a space or learn more call 770-631-3033 and visit www. brainbalancecenters.com/atlanta.

Many people are not aware that headaches may be caused by nerve irritation or pressure in the upper cervical spine (neck), called Atlas NeuroVascular Syndrome. Dr. Jeffry Finnigan, the author of Life BEYOND Headaches, has been treating patients with headaches for over 20 years. He relates, “Paraphrased Dorland’s Medical Dictionary tells us that HEALTH is a state of wholeness, in which all of the parts function at 100%, all the time. This is not the way we have been taught to think about health today, in a society where absence or elimination of symptoms is our focus”… “The concept of getting one’s nerve system opened up through specific spinal adjustment, allowing the body parts to work more harmoniously advancing one’s wellness, has

SOMED comes to Fayetteville Southern Medical Products also known as SOMED expands to Fayetteville. Newly located across from the Piedmont Fayetteville Hospital, the firm which offers medical products and medical uniforms, also specializes in foot and leg care products, including compression hosiery, comfort and diabetic shoes and foot orthotics,. SOMED also caters especially to women offering mastectomy bras, wigs and breast prosthetics; maternity bras and supports, and breast pump sales and rentals. Brenda Embree, the firm’s president is a certified Pedorthist. All other employees are certified medical fitters.

long been the central theme in Chiropractic.” A concern people often have is that they may have a personality that produces headaches. One might feel they over-react to situations during the day causing ‘stress headaches’. Headaches are not caused by your mind, your stress level or your diet. However, these factors can look like they are the very cause, simply because they are actually the triggers for headaches in most people…those events will trigger headaches, but they are not the cause”…“I would agree that personality, stress, hormones and other factors definitely play a contributing roll in the continual production of this frustrating condition. But

clinical evidence demonstrates that these factors do not cause headaches.” …“The Atlas Orthogonal is a gentle effective Chiropractic technique used to restore function to the upper cervical spine, where the Atlas (C-1) misalignment can cause nerve interference (called subluxation). This is where Atlas Neuro-Vascular Syndrome originates.” Dr. Finnigan’s book, Life BEYOND Headaches, is available at the Durden Chiropractic Clinic. The Durden Chiropractic Clinic, 1130 Senoia, Rd. Suite B-4, performs the Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic Technique. Call us for a free Consultation at 770631-7600.

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The configuration of a person’s hearing on an audiogram (a graph used to represent the level of loudness at which an individual can hear sounds of different frequencies) reflects where hearing loss occurs across the normal range of frequencies. In some cases, hearing loss occurs in a recognizable shape. For instance, a saucer-shaped hearing loss, characterized by a slightly curved slope on the audiogram, indicates hearing that is better on the lower and higher ends of the frequency range than in the middle. A precipitous hearing loss (resembling a ski slope) shows hearing to be near normal at the lower frequencies, but falls off dramatically beginning at the midrange frequencies. This information is fundamental to programming a hearing instrument. Your ability to hear is as unique as your fingerprints. Noisy environments, age, heredity, medical conditions, and childhood and adult illnesses can combine to produce different types of hearing losses in different people. When you need help with your hearing, we hope you’ll turn to the services of an audiologist at FAYETTE HEARING CLINIC, the hearing specialist most qualified to offer complete hearing healthcare services. We’ll find the hearing instrument best suited to your hearing abilities. Call us at 770-631-4490 to arrange a comprehensive hearing test at 100 Genevieve Court, in the Family Medicine Specialists Bldg., east of the dive shop. P.S. With age, hearing loss often first occurs in the higher frequencies and then gradually spreads to the lower frequencies.

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