Whole Spine Quote 

“We tend to divide the examination of the spine into regions: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine clinical studies. 
This is a mistake. 

The three units are closely interrelated structurally and functionally – a whole person with a whole spine.  The cervical spine may be symptomatic because of a thoracic or lumbar spine abnormality, and vice versa! 
Sometimes treating a lumbar spine [...]

Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Herniation With 
Manipulation 

“Manipulation.  Some orthopaedic surgeons practice manipulation in an effort at repositioning the disc.  This treatment is regarded as controversial and a form of quackery by many men.  However, the author has attempted the maneuver in patients who did not respond to bed rest and were regarded as candidates for surgery.  Occasionally, the results was dramatic. 

Technique. [...]

A Patient’s Guide to Lumbar Disc Herniation

Introduction
Although people often refer to a disc herniation as a “slipped disc”, the disc doesn’t actually slip out of place. Rather, the term herniation means that the material at the center of the disc has squeezed out of its normal space. This condition mainly affects people between 30 and [...]

Whiplash, Hearing Loss, and Upper Cervical 
Manipulation 

[“Little known sequelae of sprains of the cervical spine”] 
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 
[This is a German journal, and the article is in 
German.  The abstract is also in English] 
December 2, 1999 
88(49):2021-4. 

Kaeser HE, Ettlin T. 
“After cervical sprain not only pain and 
neuropsychological disturbances may occur, but 
also the following sequelae: cervical dystonia, and 
torticollis, dizziness, hearing loss [...]