Life Changing Concussion Recovery

In 2008 a college student in Canada suffered a major concussion while playing lacrosse. He got hit in the head, which completely wiped out his short-term memory. He had so much brain fog that he literally couldn’t remember anything. He also couldn’t be around bright light, exercise or do other activities. He had to stop college during his final year. There was no improvement in his condition for months and the medical specialists told him to wait it out. At a certain point he started to wonder if this was going to be how the rest of his life would look like. Would he ever be able to graduate or have a family or get a job? He started to lose hope and then a friend suggested that he see a chiropractor. 

He decided to give it a chance and on his first visit the chiropractor explained how the brain and the spine are directly connected. That if there are misalignments in the spine or other areas of the body, this disrupts the important communication needed between the brain and nervous system. How adjustments reduce this interference, which improves signals in the brain for the mind and body to work better in many ways. He loved that explanation and wondered why his medical doctors never told him this concept, which made so much sense. He received his first Chiropractic adjustment; however, nothing happened, not a single thing changed. He didn’t give up and went to another chiropractor, as he felt there was something to this. 

Thankfully he did as that first adjustment changed his entire life. Within a couple of days, the brain fog was completely gone. He continued getting adjusted and within a couple of weeks his short-term memory returned. Then within a few months he noticed that he was making better choices for himself. He changed his diet, got in really good shape, was able to play lacrosse again and finish his last year of college. He became clearer in so many ways, including what he wanted to do with his life, become a chiropractor. 

He then attended Chiropractic School and remained hyper focused while in practice on the beneficial effects that chiropractic has on the brain. This led him to create a device that measures electrical brain waves that track brain progress during care. This robotics device has a 16-channel brain scanner with 2 Heart Rate Variability sensors to check for stress, recovery and adaptability. It is placed over the head and does not require placing leads or gel on the head. A laptop receives the data and then the doctor and patient can see immediate changes during and after an adjustment. This helps determine if the technique needs to be modified based on how the brain responds and what type of care the patient requires.

This seems to be quite an innovative tool, that I learned about while listening to this chiropractor speak during a podcast interview. What a gift for him to have had such a life changing recovery, become a chiropractor and create this revolutionary scanning device. One never knows where Chiropractic will lead us. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential

Saline, Silicone or Fat?

Did you know that there is a fat transfer breast augmentation available for women who don’t want to receive saline or silicone implants? I did not until I listened to the Rational Wellness podcast, hosted by Dr. Ben Weitz. He recently featured Dr. Robert Whitfield, a board-certified plastic surgeon who does this type of augmentation. He places the fat from the abdomen of a woman into their chest region for breast augmentation. This is only available for those who have had children, as their breast tissue is more pliable for this type of procedure. 

Dr. Whitfield also developed the SHARP Method, which is a Strategic Holistic Accelerated Recovery Program for those with symptoms after they’ve received breast augmentation surgery. Whether it’s silicone or saline, this is a foreign substance to the body, which will form a capsule around the implant as a natural defense mechanism. A certain percentage of patients may experience brain fog, chronic fatigue, joint pain and autoimmune responses after augmentation. These symptoms are often dismissed by health professionals, not acknowledging that implants could be the culprit.

Dr. Whitfield is aware of the peer reviewed data that 29% of tested implant capsules contain bacterial contamination found with PCR testing, not detected through standard culture. Dr. Whitfield developed the SHARP Method to help these patients. Before extracting the implants, he does genetic tests to determine the state of the patient’s detoxification pathways. He also tests hormone and microbiome imbalances along with the PCR test to determine if there is a bacterial overgrowth. The results allow him to create a protocol that prepares the patient a few months before the extraction surgery. 

Afterwords, Dr. Whitfield’s method includes regular follow ups and testing to ensure surgical recovery and improvements in their original symptoms. This individual approach to each patient’s genetic chemical makeup is important as no two people are alike. If you know something is wrong but aren’t getting any answers, be persistent, perhaps a health professional who thinks outside the box can help.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential. 

Leg Amputation Prevented

Dr. Kirk Gair presented a complex case in the August 2026, The American Chiropractor, of a 16-year-old girl who entered his office with crutches. She couldn’t put any weight on her leg. Her pants were cut from the thigh down as fabric against her skin felt like razor blades, including the bed sheet at night. Her leg was cold to the touch and purplish red from the middle of the calf down to the foot. 

She had rolled her ankle eight months earlier at a homecoming event. Medical doctors confirmed that she had a sprain, gave her crutches, told her to rest, ice and compress and that she’d be fine in 4 to 6 weeks. Eight months later she was still on crutches and in constant pain. She went to Children’s Hospital, and the doctors had no idea what she had. They said that the lack of blood flow gave her a risk of serious infection and tissue death, so they recommended amputation at her mid-thigh. 

Instead, she and her mother went to Dr. Gair to see what he could do. He told them that he would try to help but made no promises. Dr. Gair felt that the sprain had triggered something that transforms a brief injury into a nightmare that can last for years. Dr. Gair coined this as NeuroRecalibration territory. For when a nervous system loses the ability to stand down, locked in protective patterns that outlast the original injury. The nervous system keeps firing and pouring inflammatory signals into the area constricting circulation, and amplifying pain response. This medical condition is called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

To change these patterns Dr. Gair used a multi-pronged approach. Red and violet lasers were applied over her head, spine and leg. He also adjusted her, included other modalities and the mirror box therapy technique. Within three weeks of this intensive protocol the temperature in this patient’s leg was normal. The color was normal. The blood flow was normal and the exquisite sensitivity that had made a bed sheet unbearable was gone. This 16-year-old girl could now walk without crutches and put full weight on her foot. She had her life back and even went to prom. 

Dr. Gair didn’t chase symptoms, instead his protocol helped to reset the patient’s system, preventing her leg from being amputated. This case occurred decades ago and spurred the continued use of his NeuroRecalibration approach with patients. He also lectures and is currently writing up cases for peer review. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential. 

Have You Heard of MRKH Syndrome?

MRKH or Mayer‑Rokitansky‑Küster‑Hauser syndrome, is a medical condition associated with being born without a uterus, known as Müllerian agenesis. This occurs in one out of every 4,500-5000 female births. I found out about this after watching an interview of a woman, who had not gotten her period as a teenager. After a series of blood tests and an ultrasound they discovered that she did not have a uterus. She did, however, have her fallopian tubes and ovaries. 

This diagnosis caused her deep concern, as in her religious upbringing she intended on meeting a man, getting married and starting a family in a few years. The doctors gave her a few options for having children: adoption, use a surrogate or receive a Uterine Transplant, which she wasn’t aware was possible. A few years later she met the man that would become her husband and very early on informed him of her syndrome along with their options for having children. He was completely onboard, which created a deep sense of calm for her. 

After they got married, they began looking for clinics that performed uterine transplants and were accepted into a clinic a few states away. They decided to move there to make the whole process easier. The organ donor would be deceased and that person’s family would need to give their permission for this transplant to occur. Once this woman received the call that a donor uterus was available, she underwent the surgical transplant procedure, and it was successful. 

She had to go on many medications due to the rejection that occurs with transplants. Not long afterwards the doctors used her eggs and her husband’s sperm to do in-vitro fertilization. It took and her healthy baby girl was born 9 months later. She will attempt another pregnancy and hopefully have a second child. After that the doctors will take out the uterus as they want her off all the medications to live a healthy life.

I was moved by the experience that this woman had. Quite the testament of how amazing our bodies are and what is possible beyond our wildest dreams. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential. 

Improved Disc Height

A newly published study in the 2026 Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research examined 38 patients using The Blair Upper Cervical Technique. In this study they used X-rays to measure the disc heights of the vertebral bones in the neck, as well as the degree of the neck curve and forward head translation. Radiographs were taken at the beginning of care, then again after three months, six months, and finally twelve months. 

Investigators found a 42% statistical improvement in the heights of the discs in the neck even when initially there was not a significant change in the curve or in the reduction in the forward head posture. As treatment progressed, the relationships among disc height, neck curvature, and head position became increasingly integrated, supporting the hypothesis that the spine of the neck was functioning as a more cohesive biomechanical system over time.

Discs serve as the spine’s primary shock absorbers. They distribute compressive forces, preserve spacing between vertebrae, maintain the openings through which spinal nerves exit, and contribute to overall spinal stability. As discs lose height through degeneration, the mechanical loading patterns change, stresses on surrounding joints increase, and the risk of degenerative changes throughout the spine of the neck rises. The ability to maintain or restore disc height has therefore been considered an important indicator of spinal health.

“This study is potentially groundbreaking because it demonstrates that chiropractic care may influence one of the spine’s most important structural tissues, the intervertebral disc,” said Matthew McCoy, DC, MPH, Editor of the Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research. This study expands the scientific conversation beyond symptom relief and toward understanding how chiropractic care may influence spinal structure and biomechanics over time. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential.

Pressure Headache

A patient came in with a pressure headache at the top of his head. It began a few weeks earlier and was very concerning. He went to his medical doctor and had an MRI as the symptoms were severe. The results came back negative, which was a relief. His wife suggested that he come in for an adjustment, as he hadn’t seen me in a while, which he thought was a good idea. 

He informed me that lying flat on his back in bed caused the worst amount of pressure. He could, however, sleep upright and as the day went on that intense pressure lessened but was always there. He felt that a valve just needed to be released inside of his head. I learned long ago to listen to my patients as they often have an awareness of what they need. Chiropractors check for joint misalignments as the root cause of one’s condition and that’s what I intended to do. 

I first assessed him in the standing position, and his head was tilted higher on the left. Along with his symptoms, this too indicated that a structural component may be involved. Once he was on the chiropractic table there were palpable subluxations of the spine between his shoulder blades and in the neck. I released those areas and then worked on the plates of his head. I had him stand up again and his head was no longer tilted, which indicated a positive structural change. He then booked another session, which was great due to the severity of his symptoms. I find that it’s preferable to get checked and adjusted more often initially to release as much of the stuck patterns as possible.

Later that day his wife reached out to me to say, “Her husband was feeling better than he had in 2 weeks and was looking forward to seeing me at his next appointment”. I was so happy to hear this. On his next visit he confirmed that the headache was gone, however, due to sitting in Zoom meetings all day, tightness was beginning to build up, and he was feeling fuzzy minded. He asked me to do again what I did on his last visit as this really helped him, so I began my assessment followed by chiropractic care. I truly feel blessed being able to help others. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates Chiropractic care with a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential.

Moment By Moment

For the past three years I have had the true pleasure of being in a band singing and harmonizing while playing the tambourine and maracas. One of the band members has a home with microphones, speakers, instruments and other equipment, which offers the perfect set up for rehearsals and house parties.

Every week for those three years I would walk into that home and often see his adult son eating at the kitchen table or standing there cooking. He might share about a recipe that he had just cooked, show off a tattoo in honor of his late dog or engage in other small talk before I would head down to rehearse.

Sometimes he wasn’t at home, but out of town or studying for his graduate degree. At those times he often would call his dad just as we were starting to rehearse. I enjoyed hearing the excitement in his voice as he shared about his day. I would shout out his name so that he could hear me, and when he would say hello back, it made me smile.

After the past couple of rehearsals his dad mentioned that his son’s Bipolar was getting really bad, especially since he couldn’t find work after graduate school. Recently it was his birthday, and his family took him out to dinner. At the next rehearsal he was in his bedroom when I walked in the home. I had brought him some biscotti cookies, so I left them on the kitchen counter with a note to celebrate him.

After that rehearsal he followed me outside to thank me and then gave me a hug, which was so kindhearted. Tragically the next week his bipolar condition caused his passing and words cannot describe how that hit me. From one moment to the next, he was physically gone. What anguish he must have been in.

I’m praying that this young man’s soul is finally at peace in the cosmos. Sadly, the wound in the hearts of my band member and his family shall run deep and forever, as they learn how to live without their son, moment by moment.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates a variety of modalities along with Chiropractic to help patients reach their full potential.

Thermography Can Not Detect Brain Tumors

A recent scenario had me investigate if Thermal Imaging ever detected a brain tumor and a blog from Serenity Health Care Center suggested that it could. I then reached out to a Clinical Thermographer who has been serving clients since 2011. I sent her the article and asked if indeed the information was correct, that one could assess the brain with a Thermal Scan. She responded that Thermography CAN’T be used for the brain. That there are no applications for brain scanning with Thermography. The only imaging technologies for brain scanning would be PET, CT or in some instances MRI. 

I was glad that the clinical Thermographer set me straight and upset that the other article made it seem as if this technology would have the capability to measure hotspots emitted from the brain through the skull to detect a potential tumor. Thermal scans have the capability to detect heat rays that are emitted from many areas of the body. These can indicate either infection, inflammation, or in some instances the heat that is being released by rapid cellular growth of a tumor in the body, but not in the brain. 

Brain tumors are a serious condition and according to MD Anderson there are many signs of a brain tumor to be aware of. A headache that becomes more frequent as time passes and no treatment helps. Seizures, numbness, tingling, convulsions, nausea or vomiting may also be signs. So too changes in speech, vision, taste, smell, hearing, and energy levels. Sudden depression, anxiety, changes in mood or behavior could be an indicator as well. There may also be loss of balance, coordination or concentration and the list goes on of symptoms that can be associated with this serious issue. Even though Thermography scans won’t pick up on hotspots in the region of the brain, they offer the benefit of detecting potential problems elsewhere in the body. 

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential.

Misalignments of the Neck Associated with MS, and other Neurodegenerative conditions.

I recently listened to a fascinating interview on YouTube between two chiropractors with footage of Dr. Raymond Damadian, a medical doctor, who is the inventor of the MRI. He discussed the MRI results of his MS patients, explaining that each one of them had malrotation of the bones in their neck, Chiropractors call these subluxations. To Dr. Damadian’s astonishment the misalignments created a pronounced obstruction of the Cerebrospinal Fluid flow with no entry and no exit from this important fluid between the brain and the neck.

This fluid contains proteins and helps the brain and body release toxins. The body stores toxins in fat and the brain is fat, which needs to be cleansed regularly. If there is no flow due to malrotation in the spine, as was witnessed in the MRI’s, that’s a problem. Paper after paper in the medical profession associats neurodegenerative diseases, including MS, Parkinsons, ALS, Alzheimer’s, Dementia and even some depression with the lack of flow within the lymph of the spine and the lymph of the brain called the glymphatic flow. 

Often one has a forward head posture or a posture of slumped shoulders, which is another indication of misalignments of the bones in the neck. The medical profession does not have a pill that will change these malrotations to improve the flow of the fluid. Chiropractors, however, have a 130-year history of adjusting subluxations to improve the alignment of the bones in the spine and neck, allowing fluid to flow freely into and out of the brain.

One of the chiropractors in the video, Dr. Sarah Kotlerman, treats patients with neurodegenerative conditions at her clinic in Washington State. She has written papers on her clinical findings and is having them published. She assesses her patients for subluxations, chemistry/nutrition and toxicity. To get the best results, patients stay 5 days at a time, receiving 60-70 gentle tonal chiropractic adjustments in a week’s time. After 5 days their forward head posture improves by quite a few inches. This allows fluid to flow freely between the neck and the brain for positive changes in her patients with severe neurodegenerative conditions. 

Interestingly Dr. Kotlerman found that some thin patients do not initially test positive for toxins. Since they do not have a lot of body fat, the fatty brain is where the toxins settle. Once they have undergone the tonal chiropractic care with a dramatic improvement in their forward head posture, she retests for toxins. Now that the glymphatic flow of the brain works properly and the buildup can be released back into the body, they often test positive for toxins and can undergo the proper detox protocols.  Not only is she having great results with adults, but soon she will open a clinic dedicated to children, as she has found that this population is also very much in need of help. 

I loved that during the conversation; medical research articles were continually being displayed to back up everything that Dr. Kotlerman was discussing. Below are the titles of some of the articles that she referenced during her fascinating conversation.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential.

Science October 2020 Glymphatic failure as a common pathway to dementia 

Alzheimers Dement May 2024 Glymphatic system dysfunction protects amyloid deposition, neurodegeneration, and clinical progression of Alzheimer’s disease

Sleep Med Rev February 2022 Sleep cerebrospinal; fluid, and the glymphatic system. A systematic review

Craniocervical Junction Syndrome: Anatomy of the Craniocervical and Atlantoaxial Junctions and the Effect of Misalignment on Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow

Case Reports Physiol Chem Phys Med 2011 The Possible Role of cranio-cervical trauma and abnormal CSF hydrodynamics in the genesis of multiple sclerosis

Annals Italian Chir July-August 2015 C1-C2 X-Ray assessment parameters in patients with Chronic Cerebra-spinal fluid disorders

Lancet November 2018 The Glymphatic pathway in neurological disorders 

Cureus December 2025 Axial Spinal Traction as a Potential Modulator of Cerebrospinal and Glymphatic Circulation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Technical Report and Biochemical Hypothesis 

Annal Ital Chir May-June 2015 Preliminary results after upper cervical chiropractic care in patients with cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis

J Proteome Res December 2018 Deep Dive on the Proteome of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid: A Valuable Data Recourse for Biomarker Discovery and Missing Protein Identification 

BMC Geriatr June 2025 Association of kyphosis index with decreased physical function and cognitive domain in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

Med Hypothesis September 2018 The possible impact of cervical stenosis on cephalad neuronal dysfunction

Cell Mol Neurobiol June 2026 Postmortem Evidence of Lymphatic Vessels Located at the Boundary of Central and Peripheral Nervous system in the Cervical Spine 

CNS Nueoroscience and Therapeutics Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Central Nervous System Diseases

J Clin Invest September 2025 Cerebrospinal Fluid flow modulates brain health

Multicenter Study March 2013 Analysis of maternal risk factors associated with congenital vertebral malformations

Brain Movement

The Chiropractic Chronicle recently reported the results of a study in the 2026 paper Nature Neuroscience, revealing that the brain moves for many reasons. Not just because of pulsations from the heart or subtle rhythms from breathing, but also because when the abdomen contracts, the veins that transmit pressure through the spine affect the central nervous system to respond as part of a continuous circuit that is both fluid and mechanical. 

The researchers studied rats and applied direct pressure on their abdomens while the rats were on a treadmill. The results were described as a “hydraulic” connection between body movement and brain motion. They concluded that this may help circulate cerebrospinal fluid around the brain during wakefulness.

From my perspective this is another reason to focus on deep abdominal breathing to enhance contraction of the veins that enter the spinal cord, for the hydraulic effect on the fluid all the way up into the brain. When the fluid in the brain moves this helps nourish the tissue, carry away waste and enhance communication between the brain and body. 

Since the spinal cord is involved in this circuitry, seems one would benefit from Chiropractic care to keep the structures of the spine unrestrained for the hydraulics to work optimally. As a practitioner who also checks for the alignment of the plates in the head, perhaps this would also enhance the movement of the brain’s fluid. 

I can imagine that combining deep breathing with a well-adjusted spine and cranium would be an elegant way to ensure optimal flow of this important mechanism.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor, in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She incorporates a variety of modalities to help patients reach their full potential.