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Greetings!
The Holidays are here!
We at the Gray Institute would like to wish you and your family a wonderful, healthy Holiday.
One of the greatest gifts we can give a client/patient is the gift of movement. This is especially true in the Cervical Spine, as it is a necessity in life to possess good, functional cervical motion. Within the Applied Functional Science fellowship we have been learning, growing and sharing, in fact, this month GIFT fellow Andrea Wasylow PT, FAFS shares a real-life experience in her article titled, "The Cervical Spine; Getting the Whole Story". In addition, Andrea demonstrates a strategy to mobilize the Cervical Spine. The gift to you this holiday is a new approach to enhancing your client's cervical motion, trust us, try the techniques linked in this newsletter and you will experience the gift. Also, we want to thank all that have signed up for the 2009 GIFT Mentorship last month! For those who are still "fence-sitting", please contact Doug Gray immediately as space is limited dgray@grayinstitute.com.
Watch for part two of the newsletter later this month. If you have any questions you would like answered by Gary Gray, please email them to Lenny Parracino at lparracino@grayinstitute.com.
Also, we would love to hear your comments on how to make next year's newsletter more of what YOU want.
Thank you!
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Featured Article
The Cervical Spine:
Getting the Whole Story
Andrea Wasylow PT, FAFS
A few years ago I had the opportunity to play a round of golf with some people I greatly admire. It was a fairly typical golf outing until one of my opponents took his tee shot on the 7th. It was one of the most amazing shots I have ever seen.
The paragraph above, in and of itself, is a story. But, doesn't it leave you wanting more? Who are these golfers? And why was that shot so amazing? Basically some information has been provided, but not enough to show exactly what was happening. The same can be said for conventional techniques used for evaluation, treatment, and training of the cervical spine.
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This month, we have a special webcast. Andrea Wasylow PT, FAFS demonstrates a cervical spine mobilization strategy geared specifically for the acute patient / client or the mature population.
For more techniques for all populations at varying levels, please refer to the following DVD's from the Functional Video Digest Series;
CERVICAL SPINE:
Both Ends of The Chain and FUNCTIONAL MANUAL REACTION:
the Cervical Spine
Enjoy!
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Research Roundtable
 How many of us personally and/or professionally suffer from chronic neck stiffness and/or pain? If you're raising your hand, then you will really enjoy the following as Dr. Dave Tiberio and Gary Gray PT share not only what the research states but add their wisdom to the cervical spine chain reaction. They explore the fact we often get the cervical spine to feel better through manual therapy and exercise but what about the chronic neck pain that "creeps" back year after year? Are there ways to look at the cervical spine differently like Andrea did in the technique section? For more, please view the link.
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For those who would like to see the research paper that is discussed please refer to: R.Evans, DC MS, G. Bronfort, DC, PhD, Brian Nelson MD, CH Goldsmith, PhD. "Two-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial Spinal Manipulation and Two Types of Exercise for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain". SPINE Vol. 27, Number 21, 2002: pp2383-2389. For more hands-on tests and exercises, please refer to the following selections from the Functional Video Digest Series:
Cervical Spine: Both Ends of the Chain
Functional Manual Reaction: The Cervical Spine
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Questions / Answers
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Question 1: Gary, in Cervical Spine: Both Ends of the Chain from the Functional Video Digest Series, you mention "the key to neck rehabilitation may be foot speed" and that "the mid-tarsal joint might be the primary 'feeder' for effective cervical spine function". Can you explain this in more detail, as this is a new approach for me and it sounds confusing?
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Question 2: Gary, in your experience, what common functional findings have you encountered that precede many of the subjective symptoms we see day-to-day (neck stiffness, discomfort, glitches, etc.)?
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