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  • dude ok video but, like, seriously you might wan to redo it becasue, while i'm sure you are well meaning, your manner on this just comes across as a used car salesman, SMILING ALL THE TIME! :P

  • As a former patient of Dr. Fields, I can tell you this is REAL. After my first cranial adjustment, I could breath again. One nostril was almost always closed partially due to allergy/sinus issues and partially because my skull was out of alignment proven by x-rays. Dr. Fields is as real as they get. Dr. Fields did a lot to help relieve pain from my multiple issues and began to correct multiple. I miss him dearly as I had to move. No one has done more for me than he did.

  • Don't buy all of what he's saying... your cranium doesn't expand and contract when you breath. If that were the case, most older folks would have a lot a problems - your sutures usually fuse slowly as you age. Its a rare case that someones cranial sutures are open into old age.

  • Thanks for the critique. I won't bore you with loads of research from NASA, Journal of Neurosurgery, J. of Craniomandibular Practice, J. of the American Osteopathic Assoc., JMPT, J. of Biomechanics and others who show scientific evidence of measureable movement at the "fibrous synarthrotic joints" or sutures of the skull.

    I will use your credible source:

    "A tiny amount of movement is permitted at sutures, which contributes to the compliance and elasticity of the skull." -Wikipedia

  • @shandai7 I never said wikipedia was my source. I merely said that it actually gets it right, which is quite rare given the fact that anyone can change anything on wikipedia with few exceptions.. I do not know what college you graduated from, but i came from one where wikipedia was not allowed to be cited in reports and papers.

  • The part about our head changing shape during breathing is completely false. The jaw is the only bone in the body that moves; all other bones are connected by fibrous synarthrotic joints, which allow no movement at all, which means that the head cannot change shape during breathing.

    Seriously, I learned this in my anatomy class, and even wikipedia gets this right. You sir, are a charlatan.

  • Dr Fields. Have you looked into biodynamic work? it's much more gentle. Gross movement motion testing is remarkably invasive, as Dr. Sutherland realized in his later years as his understanding of cranial ostepathy deepened.

  • brazilian music!!!!

  • do u know what causes headaches im curious???

  • An interesting technique that shouldn't be written-off until you've tried it. I've never seen this technique before and the patients apparently have good things to say. If you're a patient who has had this technique please let us know you views by posting here.

  • Since you deleted your response to me on 11/9/2010, and I'm just now getting back around to you... here's what I will say.

    You simply *can't* adjust cranial sutures with massage. You might press enough to cause discomfort on the scalp, not unlike a deep-tissue massage, but you simple *can't* realign the skull. Once the fontanelles close up during infancy... that's it, man.

    Again, be ashamed of yourself. You're willingly selling lies to the culpable. Hope I never do walk into your office.

  • Massage? since when is inflating a balloon in your sinuses a simple massage? LOL

    There are many different opinions about skull plate movement, I'd like to know where you got your MD from and how much thorough cranial specific study and training you've had......

  • heres some text taken from Wikipedia, a questionable online source that nonetheless a lot of the anti NCR skeptics like to quote :

    "The sphenobasilar synchondrosis (SBS) - the junction between the base of the sphenoid and the occiput- is thought to fuse by the mid- to late twenties, but still RETAIN LIMITED MOBILITY."

    "Cranial textbooks propose that MOTION of the skull IS POSSIBLE during flexion and extension because the SUTURES are MOBILE"

  • "Lee cites many references giving evidence for mobility in human skulls,[27] and modern anatomy books suggest INCOMPLETE fusion of sutures."

  • @splendid1000

    As I could redirect those questions to you, or "Dr." Adam Fields, but the simple science doesn't lie. Go google "Physiological forces" and "Orthodontic forces" w.r.t. Sharpey's. Go read the ECM Journal. Compare and contrast that to fontanelles.

    Then, tell me what Cranio-Sacral services actually offer in skull realignment, and the wide swath of issues they claim to fix.

    Snake oil isn't hard to spot, especially when you hear the cobra hiding in the basket.

  • @Rurne

    I wasnt talking about cranial sacral massage lol.....I'm talking about neurocranial restructuring bra.

    Big difference...I had the treatment to help alleviate pain from excruciating, severely chronic headaches. I was diagnosed with MTBI (Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury), and a closed head injury from a head on car accident that put my face through a windshield. After suffering for 6 years, NCR cut my pain from a 9 to a 4 in a matter of months...and the relief is long term.

  • as for which bones in the face, jaw or skull are actually shifting, I couldn't tell you. I'm not a doctor and like I said, i've read evidence for and against it. Either way, i'm not gona argue with results =)

  • @splendid1000

    What's this about bras? We're talking about brains, not boobs.

    NCR is just as scary. Considering it's resulted in a manslaughter charge for asphyxiation of an infant, and fractures of the nasal septum in a 51-year-old woman, it's a *very* traumatic experience. If you exert enough pressure to actually separate the skull's sutures, you are exacting a very imprecise procedure with *no* peer-reviewed studies to back it.

    The plural of anecdote is *not* data. You got lucky.

  • @Rurne

    I agree, I probably wouldn't practice it on infants because of their smaller nasal cavities, etc., but as for adults, I hardly think a fracture in an old lady jeopardizes the entire integrity of this practice. I have had over 100 adjustments and have never had any complications. Zero. Nothing. The only side effect has been pain relief. To be honest, I would fracture my nose ten times if that's what it took to get the relief I've gotten. Obviously this is far from the case.

  • And I've met dozens of people who have gotten "lucky". Dozens of people equating to thousands and thousands of treatments. Never met anyone who had a complication from this. Not saying its not possible, but lets be honest, almost every practice has"possible" complication risks. This has been practiced for a long, long time and they now attach the balloons to the pressure bulb to address the possibility of asphyxiation.

  • @splendid1000

    The point is, once the fontanelles have sealed up, you'd have to exert extreme traumatic force to reset or "adjust" the sutures. You might have had a good scalp massage, but you simply can't exert the force necessary to forcibly reposition the skull plates without dislocating a digit.

    NCR... I don't even want to get into at this hour. Suffice it to say, it's got as much scientific credence as craniosacral treatments. Just one peer-reviewed article would assuage my concerns.

  • @Rurne

    Yah im not arguing. I dont know the actual degree of movement, if any, NCR can achieve. Neither of us are doctors. Ive read reports supporting movement and not supporting movement. All i know is that NCR has helped my pain much much more than basic cranial sacral massage ever did, in fact, it was the only thing that helped me at all.

  • @splendid1000

    Again, anecdote does not pluralize as "data". I feel like a new man just because I trim my nostrils and can breathe better. Does that mean better nasal breathing has fixed my brain and given it more oxygen?

    If NCR actually worked past snake-oil, we'd all be at the petrol station, sticking hoses up our noses at the tyre-filling platform. I mean, it's only a coin or two compared to what this prat is selling, and it's effectively the same thing.

  • @Rurne

    Wow. Cutting chronic headache pain in half is a little more than trimming nostril hair. Have you ever had a brain injury or head injury?? Based on your comments I highly doubt it.

    "We'd all be at the petrol station, sticking hoses up our noses", lol

    Actually yeah i would if that worked. But those tubes dont fit in my nose.

    What a stupid comment.

  • @splendid1000

    My analytical skills? Wtf are you talking about? I simply said NCR has helped my headaches and you come back with nose hair trimming and gas station tubes...you are fucking stupid man.

  • Like I said before, neither of us are doctors and neither have actually done a scientific review of NCR, so until we have, we cannot conclude anything with 100% certainty. I have read and posted articles from MD's regarding mobility of the sphenoid, skull plates, etc. Some say movement is possible, some say it isn't. Again, since I am not a doctor, and have not thoroughly reviewed NCR I cannot form my own conclusion, and neither can you.

  • What I CAN conclude is that after having just a few months worth of treatments, my pain was cut in half. Thats a fact. NCR has helped or completely alleviated pain in dozens of other individuals I've talked to. Another fact. I'm sorry if these success stories offend you. Not sure why they would.

  • What NCR has been proven to do is provide a controlled release of connective tissue and improve communication within the inner ear much more effectively than simple massage. Maybe thats what helped my headaches so much, and helped others so much, I dont know, but either way it worked. Go get your MD and thoroughly review NCR with other doctors and then offer your opinion as though it's fact like you're doing now. Until then, please stfu, you are a moron.

  • I just love all these wanabe internet doctors and scientists that think they know everything about a subject with their fifteen minute Google degree.

  • @splendid1000

    Actually, as a former Cat II cyclist in college, and now a software programmer in the biomedical field... I can say that yes, I've suffered head trauma... and with proper treatment, I can still do proper work in protein sequencing. To this day I still deal with occipital neuralgia from a crushed C2 disc, and I've been dealing with it for over a decade.

    You laugh at the petrol comment, but since you didn't get the satire, I think you have been huffing fumes.

  • @splendid1000

    Your analytical skills astound me.

    I'd rather ask my pitbull for medical advice than your anecdotal toddering.

  • every one in this video is an actor/actress its just one big show for the capitalism

  • @taddl44 No, the people in this video are actual patients and I am the actual chiropractor in the video. In fact, I thought my "acting" stunk : ) The purpose of making this video was to help suffering people. As a result, I get compensated for my effort. That is capitalism and I hope you are also rewarded for your hard work some day.

  • @dradamfields BTW Love the Resonation vibes dnb!

  • Great video. Do you have any practitioners in Australia ? We have cranial adjusting over here, but i have asked half a dozen practitioners about the balloon up the nose and they aint heard of it. I want the balloon up the nose.

  • You are incorrect. The cranial bones do indeed move with each pulsation of CSF, but it's not very much. There's a reason the skull uses sutures and not fusions. This mobility decreases greatly with age. However, the fluctuation of the skull occurs with the pulse wave created by your heartbeat. NOT breathing.

    This doesn't detract from the amazing results this procedure accomplishes. The fact that you have an opinion on the subject with such an incredible lack of knowledge is appalling.

  • @DrBjamin

    You're kidding, right? No, I mean... "incredible lack of knowledge is appalling", that I will grant you. But are you to tell me that the tensile strength of Sharpey's fibers are to be overcome with light massage? Chiropractic has grossly misappropriated the term "subluxation", so please, don't even start there.

    And as far as breathing goes, that was in direct response to a claim made @2:15. In. The. Video.

    And if you're suggesting what I think about heartbeats....

  • You dumbass... Sharpey's fibers anchor periosteum to bone. MASSAGE targets.. duh... the fascia.

    And yes, your CSF pulsates to the fluctuation of your blood pressure you moron. Even breathing has an impact, tho much less. And you really think that pulsation doesn't push against the cranial sutures??

    Christ, you're such a typical internet user. You all got an opinion about shit you have NO knowledge of. I'm done wastin my time with an uneducated schmuck like you. Go to Medical school

  • @DrBjamin

    Actually, you're wrong. Sharpey's fibers do anchor the sutures together. And anyone with a high-school physics education that can understand Boyle's law can implicate what the Monro-Kellie doctrine implies. Adam's broad-sweeping claims are laughable at best.

    The very fact you support this quack therapy (which, again, is light massage that can't adjust 1 mmHg in ICP), is laughable. At what medical school did you complete your studies, "Dr."?

  • @Rurne And what on earth does that have to do with your comment about light massage affecting Sharpey's fibers??? At what point did I say Sharpey's fibers don't connect the cranial sutures??? Stop googling your answers you twit, you're just spouting things other people have written for you.. but you still don't understand how the system works. As I said, go... to... medical.. school.

    Check and mate

  • @DrBjamin

    You backpedal so much, it's amazing. First, you claim the massage is for fascia. We've already established the important fascia is *inside* the cranium and can't be massaged.

    Point 2. The tensile strength of Sharpey's fibres, that hold the cranial sutures together, is not debated. Correct?

    Ergo. Light scalp and facial massage cannot realign anything.

    You cannot reshape the skull with a face rub.

    Q.E.D. (Look that one up, if you didn't study Latin like some of us)

  • @DrBjamin

    ... Then that's just raucously hilarious. The heartbeat, the swelling and contracting of arteries and veins, the equivalent of rubber hoses, has enough power to cause suture fissures? Gee, and I thought the meninges (the arachnoid mater, in particular) actually provided some cushioning! How do American footballers ever survive their first concussion? How come most drunken barfights don't result in Dali-esque misshapen heads?

    I mean, as the kids say, "Wait.... wut?"

  • lol at the cricket eye lady

  • thanks for the reply , appreciate it

  • WHATS THE NAME OF THIS VIDEOS ENDING CREDITS song...SOME1 tell ME PLEASE

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  • I brought my spine 'holds up spine'

  • do you know of such treatment available in the uk(scotland) ??

  • @cjfrfc Hi There, 7 months ago you asked if there was a doctor in Scotland who performs the endonasal cranial adjusting. I did a thorough search and cannot find anyone. If you will be in the US I will try to find someone near your location. I am in California. Sorry so tardy with response. Had some technical difficulties. Please let me know if I can further help you.

  • @dradamfields mate, i live in the uk and im having the same problem. its probably easier to do it on yourself.

  • Please excuse me for saying this but he is one HOT DOC!!!

  • I was lucky enough to be introduced to this technique and it certainly worked for me in curing my sleep apnea and continually running nose. It sounds pretty crazy, but it is for real. Check with your local chiropractor to see if he uses this technique!

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