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Open Minds: A New
Perspective on Healing
by Rudi Verspoor, Leonard Levine, Farid Shodjaee, Mary Rothschild,
James Emmett, and Edited by Serena Williamson
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New Dentistry: Light Years Beyond Drill and Fill
by Farid Shodjaee
Sickness reveals a lack of balance in the human organism, an
absence of equilibrium in the forces essential for the normal functioning
of the human body.—Baha’i writings
A Case Study
M.J., a 42-year-old woman, has not slept soundly for the past 25
years. She has been suffering from tension headaches, migraines,
stiff neck muscles and sore teeth. She also becomes dizzy, feels
nauseated and experiences blurry vision with pain around or behind
her eyes. She experiences headaches in both right and left temple
areas and in the back of her head. She grinds her teeth at night
and her jaws are sore and tired when she wakes up. She had a car
accident 26 years ago during which she sustained severe blows to
her head and jaw and a whiplash injury to her neck. Every day upon
awaking she takes numerous Advil pills for the pain. Although M.J.
has seen many physicians and specialists for these health issues,
sadly, no treatment has helped her so far.
I saw M.J. in February 2003 and did a complete assessment of her
condition. I diagnosed her as having what we call Craniomandibular
dysfunction, more commonly known as Tempromandibular joint (TMJ)
dysfunction (TMD). The relationship of her lower jaw to her skull
is not in a healthy position, thus reducing her adaptive capability
range. She cannot open her mouth, bite or chew properly. When she
goes through the normal daily functions of biting and chewing her
food or even speaking, undue stress is placed on the numerous muscles
throughout her face, head, jaw and neck. Adding this to the normal
physical, mental and emotional stresses of life has put her over
the edge to develop all the above symptoms.
Within a month of treatment, which painlessly and effortlessly
established a more healthy position of her jaw in relation to her
skull, some cranio-osteopathy treatment and some nutritional support,
M.J. is free of her symptoms. In her own words: “Within days
after treatment I noticed positive results. I sleep like a baby
and wake up with no headaches or migraines. My jaw is not sore and
I do not experience as much anxiety. I have not taken a single Advil
for pain. On top of that I feel more energetic.”
M.J. is not alone. It has been estimated that more that 50 million
people in North America suffer from headaches. These headaches can
be so debilitating that they can adversely affect people’s ability
to work and their relationship with family and friends. Although
there can be many reasons for headaches, indeed many headache patients
suffer from TMD.
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