"All the way up."
Adriana Grassi's life is physical fitness.
"This is my life, my career."
But her thriving career as a personal trainer almost came to a screeching halt when she developed migraines.
"I had a problem training my clients." "I couldn't talk, I couldn't see light."
Pam Delrosso suffered debilitating migraines for 25 years.
"My quality of life went downhill. I’d be in bed for days on end."
Both women went to neurologists, had MRI's, cat scans, and were given medications.
Nothing worked.
They found relief with a painless procedure called orthogonal chiropractic.
"Orthogonal means 90'." "We’re trying to get the skull 90 degrees to the atlas. Which is the top vertebrae, and the atlas at 90 degrees to the rest of the neck."
Dr. Ryan Alter of Delray Beach is one of just 250 doctors in the world doing the procedure.
These x rays show the head and neck-they are not at right angles-and 'that'-according to Dr. Alter-is what can cause severe headaches, neck and back pain.
"The head, it's like at 10 lb. bowling ball sitting slightly askew."
For Pam, treatment takes just a few minutes.
Then in just a few seconds, "It’s a percussion force this little stylus is like a drill bit...you place it on the side of the neck, it does not poke at all, it doesn't move forward, there is a hammer that hits that the force that travels thru there, it moves a 2 oz bone called the atlas a half a degree."
That painless procedure gave Pam and Adriana relief they thought was impossible to find.
Pam no longer has migraines-
"They don't devastate me like they did before one headache- once a month, every 2 months it goes away in an hour instead of in bed for 3 days."
For Adriana, this also proved to be the sound of migraine relief. She’s been headache free for months.
"I would say it's a miracle."
This procedure was developed in the 70's, it's been updated. It requires extra training and time on the doctor's part to determine the exact alignment of the neck and head.
Orthogonal chiropractic is FDA approved and is covered by many insurance companies.
Contact Information:
Dr. Ryan Alter, D.C., B.C.A.O.
4205 W. Atlantic Ave., Suite 102
Delray Beach, Fl 33445
(561) 819-2225 - Office Number
(561) 819-2228 - Fax Number
