Written on the 1st of April 2010 by Dr Andrew Bartlett
Brain Power
As most of you would be aware, I have spent the last two and a half years studying neurology for a qualification known as a Diplomat Degree. This is the American equivalent of a Fellowship in Australian terms. The qualification is termed DABCN or Diplomat of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurologists. I also become eligible to become a Fellow of the Australasian Academy of Functional Neurologists FAAFN.
In simple terms, this all means I have gone into a specialised area of chiropractic that deals in Brain based disorder and care. The field of work is natural neurology – fixing brains and nervous systems without drugs or surgery. It draws upon a detailed knowledge of neurophysiology which is the inner workings of the “neuraxis” (the entire nervous system,) and from a patient’s clinical presentation, being able to diagnose the “longitudinal level of the lesion” within their neuraxis and then applying clinical and home based treatments to re-wire, re-habilitate and re-stabilize that person’s brain, spinal cord and nerves to give them an improved life and help them realise improvements in their genetic inborn potential.
Functional neurologists treat people with a vast array of problems. Examples include balance disorders, emotional and mental disorders, chronic pain syndromes, memory problems, stroke rehabilitation, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, head aches, coma recovery to name some. Of course, I am also continuing to practice my traditional style of chiropractic spinal care which works so well for so many people anyway and has always been based in neurology, although a much more simplified model of it.
By far the most powerful driver of a healthy brain is your thoughts!
Neurophysiology teaches us that humans have an incredible ability to control the midline systems of their brain by using the newer extensions of the brain – the frontal lobes (particularly the most forward and the most outer aspects of them.) These uniquely human regions send massive firing to more midline emotional, autonomic and long term memory centres to control (or “modulate” in neurological terms) the way these regions function. The key here is that the front and outside of your frontal lobes is where you process thought and if you think and then talk to yourself in a positive way, you create healthier input to your emotional, autonomic and long term memory systems. What this does for the health of your brain and your entire body, is astounding!
Positive thought and self talk actually keeps our emotions calm, lays down happy long term memory about all events in life, and lowers blood pressure and heart rate by modulating the brains midline. Negative thought and self talk do the opposite.
So the person who is saying to themselves “I’m doing OK,” “Things will be fine,” “I like how today is going,” “I choose to be happy – no matter what!” is, in a physiological sense, making themselves healthy in the long term.
Mainstream Media can be Poison
In this sense, what you watch, listen to and read has a major impact on you by the way it integrates your frontal lobes. If your frontal lobes become integrated in a negative way through the messages of mainstream media, you are literally getting poisoned inside. Upon studying the brain in depth and realizing how incredibly damaging bad thoughts are, I was astounded! There is a sound physiological basis for the premise – “AS YOU THINK, YOU ARE!” Since realizing the power of this, I have been walking around saying all sorts of positive affirmations and during those times in the night, when there’s high potential to wake up and lie there worrying about everything (by the way, there’s a neurophysiological reason this happens during the night), actively saying “I’m OK,” “Everything is fine,” “Life’s great!,” and by doing so, have totally transformed how I “feel” about everything, and have become healthier through my whole system. Simple and powerful!
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