Answers to Typical Questions

     I have always been interested in posture correction and making changes on X-ray. I have been quite interested in Biophysics but I have found that patients do not follow through with the appropriate exercise and traction protocols at home, however, we can change the shape of the cervical curve. But most patients don't seem to understand that these changes are not typically achieved in most offices.

     With ABC™ then it appears that posture will change quite dramatically, and over time x-rays will obviously change also. Is the technique easy (relatively) to learn and use?

     Dr. Rick: I have been frustrated with trying to get patients do exercises and philosophically frustrated with whether I should be trying to force such changes. ABC™ resolves such concerns. Patient education is needed, but there is no rigorous prescription of exercises to fight about. The changes will happen, better than you have ever seen and with greater comfort. By the way, Jerry Porter was once a CBP™ instructor and had practiced it for many years ... until he came across Dr. J and ABC™ and then got an adjustment a little over 2 years ago.

     It is easy to begin to use almost immediately. My case is typical in some respects and not in others. I watched the video, read the texts, visited Jerry Porter for a day and began using it the next day, with good results. I would occasionally go down and visit Jerry and learn a bit more at each visit. Looking back on it, I probably did a lousy job of it for the first year, although my results seemed pretty good to me. They are a lot better now. Probably one of the biggest values in visiting Jerry's office was that I gained much greater confidence in the power of what we are doing as well as improving my skills.

     On the other hand, all the information is in the videos and manuals and had I paid better attention (had I realized how well this worked) I would have done better without having to see Dr. Porter.
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Question:  Does it involve any type of manual adjusting or does it use more reflex techniques or both.

     It is entirely manual. Treatment and examination is "pure mechanics", as Dr. Jesse likes to remind us. With time, you will discover that your ability to observe abnormal mechanics will have grown incredibly! Much of our chiropractic education in this area is poor ... at best!

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Question: Do patients like the treatment or does it seem different, or even weird and can they understand what is happening.

     No, the patients just get adjusted and like the changes.  They are thrilled with the results, although they sometimes really dislike one or another of the procedures (as with all chiropractic). The results are unlike any I have ever seen with any bodywork. Nothing even comes close to this work, in my opinion and experience as an inquisitive chiropractor of 21 years. Until you have observed and experienced the adjustments you will have a hard time appreciating what occurs. Dr. Jutkowitz does an excellent job on the introductory tape describing the basics of ABC™. You should request a copy if he hasn't already sent one!

     If you take the time to explain what we are doing, which I believe is essential (and Jesse's intro tape is a very useful tool for patient education) then patients usually have a pretty good understanding of what is going on and how this is totally different from anything else...especially if they have had a lot of chiropractic care in the past. It is very "different," but I don't believe anyone has given me the idea that they thought it was "weird." Some of the public have read stuff about various cranial techniques, and we do share an understanding of the importance of the meninges, although our treatment and evaluation differs markedly from anything else.

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Question: Do you take x-rays, and see changes on follow-ups if taken.

     Dr. Jutkowitz will tell you that to do the research and discover what he has discovered could not be done without x-rays. Now that it has been discovered, x-rays are not necessary.

     Personally, I have been working without x-rays and doing great with ABC™. However, I recently had a set taken of me to follow my unwinding process. In Spokane (besides my BC practice) and we use x-ray on a very limited basis, just enough to help ensure that we understand their mechanical problems correctly. I believe that Dr. Jesse has done such studies.

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Question: Over time how do chronic recurring problems respond compared to other diversified techniques?

     There is no comparison. The more I do Advanced BioStructural Correction™ work, the more I realize that almost all body work has been directed at the secondary effects, the compensations, rather than to the real mechanical problems that the body cannot self-correct. Correct those primary problems and the compensations will resolve ... no matter how chronic they are (provided they haven't had spinal surgery). I love doing ABC™!

     It resolves all the philosophical problems whether you have adopted a straight or mixer point-of-view and it works consistently and predictably as Jesse says it will.

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Question: If you can help me out I would be appreciative. I have found that a lot of these techniques tend to either not work very well, or are to far out in left field to be respectable or believable to most people, how does this stack up?

     When I got the intro tape from Dr. J, I was extremely skeptical about the worthiness of this work. I happened to have a day off and decided to visit Jerry Porter and see for myself, just to give it a fair look. I watched him adjust all day and received two adjustments. I was impressed with what I saw, but many times more so with what I experienced. In my opinion, nothing stacks up to this that I have ever seen.

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Thanks for your help
David

     David, if you really want to make a difference and really enjoy the process, you won't be disappointed if you take the time to learn ABC™, I assure you!

Rick