What is BBT?

WHAT IS BRAIN BASED THERAPY?

    Brain Based Therapy (BBT) is an amazingly powerful, all natural healing technique used to restore people to their optimum state of health.

How does the brain work?

    Your brain controls and coordinates all function of the body (Grey’s Anatomy). When functioning normally, the cerebellum, which is the back bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or “fires” to the brain (right and left hemisphere) which in turn “fires” to the brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla). This is called the “Brain Loop”.

    Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional stability are all directly correlated with proper brain function….the “Brain Loop”.

    When functioning correctly, the cerebellum receives adequate input, sending normal input to the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends sufficient input to the lower brainstem, keeping the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What goes wrong?

    Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress will adversely effect this “brain loop”. Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of our culture that is so detrimental.

    If one side of the cerebellum is not receiving enough nerve input, it cannot send sufficient nerve input to the frontal lobe, which can’t send enough input to the lower brainstem to keep the mesencephalon from over-firing.

What’s the deal with the mesencephalon?

    The mesencephalon (a.k.a. upper brain stem, a.k.a. midbrain, a.k.a. cerebral peduncle) normally is inhibited by the brain. In other words, when the “brain loop” is intact, the mesencephalon is turned off (or on low).

    However, once stress interrupts the “brain loop”, the mesencephalon is left unchecked. Basically, the brain gets stuck in a sympathetic (fight or flight) response.

  A mesencephalon that is not firing properly causes symptoms such as

Fibromyalgia, ADD, Migraine Headaches, Sciatica, and many more.

What about the cerebellum?

    Another key part to the “brain loop” is the cerebellum. This is the back, bottom part of your brain that controls your balance and coordination, spinal postural muscles, and terminates eye movements. When one side of your cerebellum is not firing properly it can lead to a host of common ailments.

    A mis-firing cerebellum will cause one side of the postural muscles to be in constant spasm. This one-sided muscle spasm will cause imbalances in the spinal bones. Additionally, individual vertebrae will lock up and be restricted in their normal movement. Consequently, chronic back and neck pain, spinal degeneration, arthritis, disc herniations, and sciatica may develop. Once pathologies are ruled out, chronic dizziness and balance disorders are usually the result of cerebellar dysfunction.

How do you fix the brain?

    A thorough BBT neurological examination will reveal which aspect of your brain is not firing properly. Since once side of the body is controlled by the opposite side of the brain (example: right brain controls the left side of the body), most treatments are given on one side of the body to stimulate the opposite hemisphere of the brain.

    A safe, gentle, hands-on, dynamic integration process is used to re-boot, reconnect and restore proper brain function. Traditional chiropractic instruments and/or adjustments are also used, but they are used in a very precise manner…to stimulate function in the effected part of the brain.

In addition, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimulation, heat, eye movements, eye exercises, and other modalities may be used to increase brain firing.

What health problems can you help with?

    Please understand that BBT is not a specific treatment for any disease, illness or disorder. We do not try to cure any named disease or pathology. We naturally and holistically stimulate re-wiring or programming in your brain (frequency of firing) and then get out of the way so your body can heal itself.

    However, once the “brain loop” is restored and any brain imbalances are minimized…amazing things can happen. The following is a list of health conditions that respond well and show significant improvement with BBT:

Who discovered BBT?

    Brain Based Therapy is a clinical, functional neurological protocol developed by Dr. Fred Carrick, the country’s leading chiropractic neurologist and chiropractic’s only neurological fellow. The Carrick Institute offers classes internationally and helps patients around the world with severe neurological disorders.

    Dr. Michael Johnson, another board certified chiropractic neurologist trained by Dr. Carrick, and author of the best selling alternative health book, What Do You Do When The Medications Don’t Work? developed a BBT/Neurological program for chiropractors Internationally who wish to expand their treatment options offered in their offices. We have been working closely with Dr. Johnson to ensure that the patients at our office can benefit from this amazing approach to overall health.

    Take a look at testimonials at www.lifechangingcare.com and see how our clinic and hundreds of other clinics across the country are using BBT to help people get out of chronic pain and change their lives!

    If you would like to see if BBT might help you or a loved one call our office at 727-785-6771 for more information or to schedule an appointment.