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Trauma - helicopter injury

Jamey Higley, DC

Powhatan, Virginia

Patient is a 43-year-old male hit by a chopper blade years ago. He suffered from two collapsed lungs with displacement, with many problems afterward, constant neck, mid-back, and lower back pain.

He has been to chiropractors in the past with OK results. Three months ago, he had a dissecting aortic aneurysm and almost died! Since then, he’s had severe headaches, neck pain, and cold right arm and leg. He also complained of his heart racing most of the time and that he could feel his heart against his esophagus when he took a deep breath.

His first visit was limited to a few cranial adjustments, C1, Rt ilium, and bilat ant femur heads. Some improvement but not much. On the second visit, panic pattern, C1, and T10. After I adjusted T10, he looked at me and said, “My leg is getting warm!”

He went home. I got a call an hour later. His heart returned to normal beats per minute, his arm began to warm up, and he could take a deep breath without feeling his heart against his throat.

                            

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