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Thursday, November 7. 2019
Miraculous recovery from multiple symptoms
Here is a Google review from Isabel Gates-Cook - a recent patient:
"Dr Amir is a very special physician. A noble pioneer who is not afraid to speak out against convention and offers an alternative treatment to that of our exceptionally overburdened NHS and heavily medicated society.
I initially sought Dr Amir's help after decades of bruxism and TMJ dysfunction which had eventually resulted in a partial jaw dislocation and ensuing chronic neck and jaw pain along with fatigue and debilitating headaches. Various dentists, consultants and NHS specialists offered little to no treatment options (mostly consisting of long term pain medication and a "soft food diet.")
Following my first consultation with Dr Amir, the dots began to connect. Along with my TMJ dysfunction. I had suffered for years with ongoing anxiety/depression, chronic sore throat, digestive and hormonal issues - all of which causation had never been identifiable despite medical testing and again all deemed incurable and treatable by no means other than long term medication.
Dr Amir's opinion was that my jaw and as such my poor swallowing/breathing pattern (There is a lot to fix!) was the root cause of all above symptoms. Dr Amir fitted my first appliance and told me by the evening I would be well... By the evening I was not just "well" I felt the best I had in years. I had no pain, no headache, my hips had levelled and after some significant cramping in my left calf, my collapsed foot arch reappeared.
I was astounded. Over the next few weeks, I found I had much more energy, my mood was more stable and generally, everything just felt easier. I am still astounded. My treatment is a long road and I have some way to go, but I have unwavering faith in Dr Amir's methods and every day I am grateful for meeting him and wonder what may have been in store for me if I had not stumbled across his practice. My only regret is that I did not find him sooner.
If you are treated by Dr Amir, consider yourself very special, he probably just saved your life.
Posted by Doctor M. Amir at 21:06
Friday, August 23. 2019
Is MS Caused by TMJ disorder? Also serious mishandling of orthodontic patients
An interesting and rather alarming correlation between TMJD and MS I saw in an online forum.
"Hi everyone I know this is an older post but I was wondering if anyone out there [found] a link between TMJ disorder and MS? The reason I ask is that I know there is no known cause of [MS] but the link between TMJD and MS seems like a possibility to me.
My father and his father both died from brain tumors at young ages. So I get brain MRIs from time to time to make sure I don't have a brain tumor. I got an MRI of my brain in 2014 and there were no lesions and no tumors. Then in December 2014, I got a full set of the New [Veneers] because my wife works for a dentist and he gave them to us for free for Christmas that year. From January to March 2015, my veneers fell off every week and I had to go to this dentist three times a week so get them re-cemented because walking around with no front teeth can be quite embarrassing.
By March my dentist was so frustrated that he could not get them to stay on so he ripped all the veneers out and shaved all my teeth down to put on crowns. My real teeth were not that bad at all. But I ended up losing all my real teeth and now I have these ugly looking crowns.
Anyway, when he did this he screwed up my bite and my occlusion which lead to severe TMJ disorder and for those of you who suffer from severe TMJD you know the pain I'm talking about with the migraines, neck, shoulder, back pain, I can't chew, can't speak and so on and so on. The pain was so intense and the migraines were so painful that it started to affect my work performance. Then I started to lose my memory and cognitive function. I thought it was due to the TMJ disorder.
During 2015 August I went in to get a brain MRI to see if maybe I had a brain tumor like my father. It came back with 20 lesions on my brain and 15 on my spine. So in 2014 I had no lesions on my brain MRI and then I got TMJ disorder with horrible pain in my head neck and back. And in less than a year I developed all these lesions and was diagnosed with MS. I can't help but think that it was caused by the TMJ disorder. And I know there's no cause that we know of for MS but I can't help but think there is a link between the TMJD and my MS. Has anyone else had this experience? I am so desperately looking for someone else who's had the same thing. So please let me know so I know that I'm not the only one out there that thinks this. Thank you so much I really do love you guys and appreciate all your advice."
PS Article slightly abbreviated and grammar improved.
Please also read this extensive article:
Comment: The ramifications of even slight interferences in the wrong direction can have serious consequences as per the experience of another patient I saw last week.
She says:
"Hi! I'm a 28 years old female. Until a year ago, my health was good. But I always had problems with my teeth, and I started to lose some of them from a very young age. In November 2017, I got braces as I wanted to fix two small teeth that I have in the front. The first few months I didn't have any problems. After several months, the doctor started to close the gap created from a missing tooth on my upper jaw and also create space between my upper teeth. I also started to wear elastics. Just a few days after starting to wear the elastics I noticed my hearing one day became very strange. I woke up in the middle of the night with ringing in my ears. A week afterward I started to have problems with the jaw. The doctor told me he doesn't think the braces are at fault and advised me to continue wearing the elastics to fix my bite. The pain was getting worse and worse so I decided to remove the braces and not put any retainer so that the teeth can come back to their place.
My teeth are now misaligned and I do not have a proper bite. I also started to get a lot of digestive issues. I still have tinnitus and jaw pain and clicking."
Another new patient writes:
"............ I had been fit and well for 6 years prior to having orthodontic treatment during which time I had had 2 more children (having had 1 when younger) with no problems. My orthodontic treatment concerned me at several stages but my concerns were always dismissed. There was never any plan as things seemed to be tweaked as it went along and I noticed my arches narrowing and my front teeth were crossed before sticking out instead. My front teeth were shaved twice but they still stick out. Part way through treatment I noticed I was only biting on the left and said this but it was dismissed.
My face looked narrower. I later noticed my jaw was swinging open to the left. A click on the right was noted by my dentist part through treatment but was dismissed by my orthodontist. Then towards the end of treatment, I told my orthodontist I could not bite on the right as the right molars seemed lower. Without telling me what he was doing he did something with the brace I later realised was to pull downwards the upper right molars in order to meet the bottom, so that they are completely out of line with the other, but because my lower arch is swinging to the left, it was meeting the upper arch pulled in. I expressed my concerns to the orthodontist who again dismissed it.
I soon after developed pain in my jaw joints and ringing in my ears and my temples crushed in and my face looked thinner still. I didn't know what was going on and after going to my dentist and drs and the orthodontist who said nothing was wrong I found a dentist who said to go for an mri and it showed my discs are displaced.
I have not yet had tmj treatment as I have been passed around as my symptoms keep growing and no one understands it. I stopped my orthodontic treatment hoping things would settle but it didn't and things have got worse with my whole face and jaw rotating to the left in line with my upper arch and my lower jaw swinging to that side. My neck has pulled to the left. I am completely twisted. It is alarming as I read that cranial bones shouldn't move like this, but mine have.
After endless research, I decided to try Atlasprofilax with Marie tomorrow in London and I asked her if she could recommend anyone to help with my teeth and she says you as you understand the cranial system. My other concern is a wobbly sore tooth that was one of the ones pulled down on the right as it receded rapidly after being moved there and has lots of root resorption. I don't know if that tooth can be saved but it's not stable where it is and I worry for the teeth next to it too. The teeth on the left that were not moved down on that final brace adjustment are fine and stable. I.......... I also should add that importantly I am very unhappy with the look of my teeth. It is extra distressing to have terrible looking teeth on top of all the facial changes and jaw problems and pain. It is affecting me emotionally."
Another patient writes:
"I would like to book a consultation with Dr. Amir after he has been recommended by word of mouth and online for the treatment of TMJD. I have been suffering badly for over 2 years with symptoms including blocked ears, a sore jaw, nighttime clenching, jaw muscle spasms, sore neck, and headaches, etc. I have an open bite and also my teeth are not fitting together properly. I had braces as a teen and 4 teeth removed, which I'm sure is part of the problem as I now tongue thrust and feel I have no space for my tongue. I have been to so many different doctors/ dentists NHS specialists and have been really disappointed with the care and have been fobbed off with nighttime guards, antidepressants and even told 'it's all in your own head'. I've become quite desperate and so after a great deal of time spent researching, I would like to have a consultation with Dr. Amir after reading great things about his non-invasive treatment and holistic approach for TMD symptoms. Many thanks!"
Comment: This patient was also advised that her problems were due to the presence of her (symptom-free) wisdom teeth.
She listened to the advice and had them extracted at considerable cost only to find that her symptoms deteriorated rapidly.
Being fobbed off by maxillo-facial surgeons when symptoms of TMJD and other severe"medical" problems arise after this odontogenic negligence is rife. Most have absolutely no idea of the relationship of teeth to bodily asymmetries and ill-health. Hundreds of thousands are suffering all around the country because of this gross negligence. It is time that the dental hospitals shut these consultations down to prevent the maxillo-facial surgeons misleading and fobbing off patients which could lead to serious litigation in the courts.
Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Multiple Sclerosis at 20:08
Friday, April 5. 2019
What causes Asthma? This article shows the link between an asymetric jaw and Asthma
An extremely popular medical website says:
"There is currently no cure for asthma, and no single exact cause has been identified."
My findings however are very different and I firmly attribute the cause of Asthma to an asymmetry in the dento-cranial complex.
This is a graph of 320 patients presenting with Jaw problems. Please note that the darkest bars meaning the highest number of symptoms are depicted by neck pain, back pain, cold extremities, gastroenterological problems, and breathing issues.
We shall for the purposes of this article concentrate on the breathing issues. Every single person who has a jaw problem, no matter how little WILL have a compromised breathing capacity. Many such patients also have symptoms of Asthma.
Before we proceed, I shall quote some scepticism about the diagnosis of Asthma in other medical circles.
Asthma: It's not a disease after all.(from What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine)
"Here's a little-known and inconvenient truth about disease. When you are diagnosed with a specific disease, such as asthma, the doctor really means that your symptoms in the main fall within a common grouping that allows him to label you 'asthmatic'. Certainly, your 'asthma' will have unique features that fall outside of the spectrum, but the majority of your symptoms are within the accepted classification.
Once conveniently labelled, the treatment can begin and you are prescribed drugs to treat asthma. Unfortunately, the drugs don't treat your version of asthma, just a general consensus view of the disease. That's why as GlaxoSmithKline admitted a year or so back, drugs work in only one-third of cases."
Now, even the Lancet says it's time to drop asthma as a term.Asthma isn't a single disease; instead, the symptoms are a common manifestation that masks a range of possible causes, often allergic, says the journal.
"This thought started occurring to doctors with the alarming rise of asthma cases in children over the past 20 years. [Remenber extraction orthodontics has also been rife during this period, causing breathing problems] Recent studies have discovered that the cause is some allergic reaction to the environment. But, says the journal, "the harder one looks, the more questions arise. Hardly a week goes by without anxious parents being confronted with yet another association that supposedly either protects from or predisposes to the development of asthma."
Even drug trials are hampered by the problem because they are rarely matching groups that have asthma from a common cause. In 1995 a landmark study discovered that children don't always go on to develop 'classic' asthma, as those whose asthma is caused by a virus stop wheezing when they reach school age.
So, just as doctors in the 19th century realized that fever is not a disease but a symptom, those in the 21st century may have to come to the same conclusion about asthma."
(Source: The Lancet, 2006; 368: 705).
Some Asthma Drugs Kill More People Than Asthma;Is Big Pharma Allowed to Hawk Deadly Pills?
Big Pharma and the FDA have known for years that some asthma drugs can cause asthma deaths, especially in children and African Americans.
November 3, 2011
"Big Pharma has been accused of selling drugs that are so dangerous they cause death and drugs that cause the exact conditions they're supposed to treat. The popular asthma drugs Symbicort, Advair Diskus, Serevent Diskus, Dulera and Foradil do both and actually warn on their labels that they cause an increased "risk of death from asthma problems."
Here are some testimonials from my patients who have been able to come off their inhalers:
1. Case Study Issue 89: Holistic Dentistry for Allergies, Skin Problems and Snoringby Dr Ann Harris
Listed in case studies, originally published in Positive Health Magazine issue 89 - June 2003
Background: This is a remarkable case history which relates to our 14-year-old daughter Claire. When faced with the prospect of having teeth removed because of overcrowding she was determined that she did not want any extractions. My search for a holistic dentist had begun. I initially contacted the British Dental Association but their response was less than helpful. Thankfully, I subscribed to Positive Health and saw an advert for such a dentist practising in London.
2) Asthma and HayfeverI refer to the recent article (Issue 87, pp 31-33, the Positive Health Magazine) by Mr. M. Amir on the risks of dental extraction, and would like to offer my personal testimony as to the effectiveness of his treatment methods from the field of Crano-Mandibular Symmetry, alluded to in the article, and their benefits to health.
I became a patient of Mr. Amir about 4 years ago on the recommendation of a friend. I had been suffering for many years, and increasingly so, with sporadic bouts of asthma (triggered by weather conditions, house dust, atmospheric pollution, hay fever), and was becoming more and more dependent on a salbutamol inhaler to ease the acute symptoms of asthma. I was also aware that there could be undesirable side effects on long-term use of this medication and was in search of a cure.
Following a thorough examination, I was fitted with my first brace to correct for a significant misalignment of teeth between the upper and lower jaw. I also received instruction in simple procedures (a breathing exercise, for example), to assist in this process. It was clear to Mr. Amir at the outset that my symptoms of asthma would respond well to his treatment and indeed, within a few months I was having fewer and less severe attacks, to the point right now when I cannot remember the last time I had one or had to use the inhaler - it is certainly well over a year ago. Symptoms of hay fever have likewise reduced (in the ryegrass pollen season, June to mid-July). Last year I was hardly affected at all.
His success in the various other areas of health I can well believe, judging from the experiences of some of Mr. Amir's other patients I have spoken to - relief from irritable bowel syndrome, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, ME for example - and I am convinced that Cranio-Mandibular and Skeletal Symmetry is an important and highly effective methodology for health care and deserves a much wider utilisation with the dental profession. Mr. Amir is a pioneer in this regard and, I should add, a dentist to consummate skill. His work should be taken seriously by all dental and medical professionals. I do hope it is - for the sake of all of those whose health and well being are at stake.
G. B, BSc, PhD, April 2003
3) Recovery from Asthma and EczemaOur son Ethan (7 years old) suffered severely from eczema from the age of three months. By the age of three, his allergy also developed into asthma. He needed to be always with the inhaler and was often admitted to hospital A&E for his asthma attacks. Winter was a particularly bad season for him and Ethan was between a hospital and home because of recurring chest infections. Ethan was not only asthmatic but also very thin and slow to grow.
We did everything that we could think of and travelled everywhere seeking any possible treatments to cure him. Finally, we met Dr. Amir in the summer of 2013.
Having the treatment over the summer, the first noticeable change occurred in autumn when Ethan's feet and hands became warmer, which used to become icy cold very quickly when he was exposed to cold air. Then his class teacher was surprised at how he became animated in the class and became an active learner.
Ethan's asthma has kept improving along with the help of the family's careful nutritional input. The latest surprise for us was that Ethan didn't need a single puff of his Salbutamol inhaler in April when it has always been a challenging month for him as a change of a season and at a peek of hay fever.
Now Ethan is asthma and eczema free and growing into a lively boy. These all happened within a year under the treatment with Dr. Amir, and the progress was almost miraculous for us given a fact that Ethan was once informed by an allergy specialized pediatrician that he would need an inhaler and steroid for his entire life. We are grateful ever for Dr. Amir.
S. Courau
May 2014
Strangely I think there is a different element at play that we fail to understand. I had a patient years ago extremely allergic to cats. She could not even go into a room where a cat had been. Within days of starting treatment, she could play with cats!
So the present concepts fail abysmally when it comes to allergies.
This is a graph of 104 patients who presented with Jaw problems AND Asthma. We treat the jaw not the Asthma or any other symptoms. Patients usually recover completely from their asthmatic symptoms!
The advisor to the GDC alleges:"Asthma is a complex heterogeneous disease that is often associated with atopic sensitization in children. Asthma is believed to arise as a result of interactions in early life between environmental exposures and genetic predisposition. (Copied straight from an American website leaving out the important second part!) Environmental exposure to inhaled substances and particles that provoke allergic reactions or irritate the airways are the prime etiological triggers. It is not related in any way to TMD."
Comment: However, his report to the GDC possibly forgot to add the rest of the conundrum which is:"Large increases in childhood asthma prevalence were described in the United Kingdom and similar developed countries in the last few decades of the 20th Century. This change was too rapid to be explained by genetic shift and so there has been an intensive search for modifiable environmental factors that are causally related to the development of asthma in children. Although a large number of biologically plausible factors have been suggested, most have only modest effects on disease risk."
Three factors which can explain the large increase and, perhaps completely overlooked by everyone, is the phenomenal increases in:
- The extraction orthodontics in the last few decades of the 20th century resulting in a worsening of the poor jaw development initially caused by processed foods.
- The extraction of wisdom teeth giving rise to jaw regression.
All these factors have probably contributed to the "modifiable environmental factors that are causally related to the development of asthma in children"
Please see the images of a patient in the wisdom teeth article
The resolution of Asthma, brought about by corrective non-extraction, non-constrictive orthodontics in most patients is a testament that poor jaw development is a serious contributory factor.
One does not have to suffer from TMD to get Asthma. TMD comes about in adults, not children!
Only slight asymmetries of the jaws can cause serious health issues - not just Asthma.
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Asthma at 15:34
Monday, April 1. 2019
Recovery from Arthritis - Intense pain in wrists, arms and feet - Testimonial
Silvia Moreira
April 2019
"Dr Amir is an expert, his knowledge is immeasurable. My only regret is not having made that appointment sooner. My advise to anyone unsure or sceptical is:
The GDC appointed Maxillo Facial surgeon criticising my website contends:
He also writes:
"Data on audits of practice and outcomes including patients who did not respond to care could be used to explain and justify his approach to care. It would also be balanced to include information on the placebo effect and how this can result in resolution of symptoms or improvements in up to half of patients' treated. The placebo effect could in itself explain the results he has achieved although I have insufficient data to give a definitive opinion in this respect."
Silvia, I do not understand this gobbledegook but I think he is trying to say that perhaps you have a placebo effect!
After I told a former patient who largely recovered from her 'MS' about this "placebo effect" allegation she just wrote the following:
"If all your patients are having a placebo effect how do you explain the guy that you stopped stammering after years of suffering? Also, all those people who keep travelling halfway around the world to be treated by you. Have you been able to show any of the testimonials that you have from forever grateful patients who have been singing your praises for years? Do these so-called medical experts think that all your patients are morons or as thick as two short planks? Who is to say that they are right and you are wrong?
If it wasn't for people like you pushing the boundaries we would all still be living in caves. This defies belief.
It isn't as if you dragged all these people into your surgery kicking and screaming and held a gun to their heads while they signed a direct debit. I remember our first visit to you. You told me in no uncertain terms that you thought you could help me to improve my situation but that the thing that I most wanted help with, my mobility, would be the last thing to improve, if at all. Also, you were very clear that it would be a big commitment time-wise, travelling and most of all financially. You suggested that we take time to consider all these things and we at no time felt under pressure to
commit to anything. Also, anyone who has reached the point of coming to your surgery has already done lots of research of their own with all the information that is on the internet about you."
Posted by Doctor M. Amir at 16:16
Saturday, March 30. 2019
Recovery from Polymyalgia rheumatica and Fibromyalgia?
It was interesting to come across a patient who was diagnosed with this illness. His family have been receiving treatment from me for some years so they thought it apt to see if I could be of any help.
• Pain and stiffness (moderate to severe) in the neck, shoulders, upper arms, thighs, and hips, which inhibits activity, especially in the morning/after sleeping. Pain can also occur in the groin area and in the buttocks. The pain can be limited to one of these areas as well. It is a disease of the "girdles" meaning shoulder girdle or pelvic girdle.
About 15% of people who are diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica also have temporal arteritis, and about 50% of people with temporal arteritis have Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
Most of the above-listed symptoms, highlighted in blue, also arise in patients who have any asymmetries around the jaws, head and the skeleton. You can read about Fibromyalgia on my extensive article here
My patient had the following symptoms:
After examining the patient he was found to have a jaw problem. Having lost his wisdom teeth at age 20 did not help matters.
Causes of Polymyalgia Rheumatica as per the medical literature:The cause of PMR is not well understood.
(Typical problem in medicine; In one breath they do not know the cause but in the second one they do. It is the money-spinning autoimmune cause, of course!)The pain and stiffness result from the activity of inflammatory cells and proteins that are normally a part of the body's disease-fighting immune system and the inflammatory activity seems to be concentrated in tissues surrounding the affected joints. During this disorder, the white blood cells in the body attack the lining of the joints, causing inflammation.
This draws in more patients into autoimmune disease which produce the blockbuster profits from the sale of drugs to 'treat' these conditions!
Several theories have included viral stimulation of the immune system in genetically susceptible individuals. This is another typical ruse - blame a virus!
Tests available for PMROne blood test usually performed is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) which measures how fast the patient's red blood cells settle in a test tube. The faster the blood cells settle, the higher the ESR value, which means inflammation is present. Many conditions can cause an elevated ESR, so this test alone is not proof that a person has Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
Another test that checks the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood may also be conducted. CRP is produced by the liver in response to an injury or infection, and people with Polymyalgia Rheumatica usually have high levels. However, like the ESR, this test is also not very specific.
Conventional treatment of PMR
Prednisone is the drug of choice, and treatment duration is frequently greater than one year. If the patient does not experience dramatic improvement after three days of 10–20 mg oral prednisone per day, the diagnosis should be reconsidered. Sometimes relief of symptoms occurs in only several hours. You can read my views about steroid use on this link.Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen are ineffective in the initial treatment of PMR, but they may be used in conjunction with the maintenance dose
Luckily the patient managed to evade the steroids and NSAID's and here is his testimony:
Recovery from Polymyalgia and Fibromyalgia
"In addition to the dental treatment, I received a consultation with Dr. Amir, initially for dental purposes, which led to a discussion regarding very challenging physical symptoms I was experiencing. I had received a diagnosis of Polymyalgia and Fibromyalgia, both discovered/confirmed via numerous scans under consultation with a Cardiologist and Respiratory Consultant.
I went for another series of scans, the results of which showed a reversal of the opacification of the lung deposits, providing physical evidence that I was indeed getting better (despite not having taken any medicinal intervention). I am now completely well and healthy, much of which I attribute to Dr. Amir's remarkable treatment!
It would be absurd for me to claim success from just one patient. Although I feel pretty sure about what I have written, my advice is that patients must not immediately assume that their problem is symmetry related. A consultation with a dentist conversant with jaw problems and orthodontics is important at an early stage, but for differential diagnosis, I would still check out what your medical advisor has to say.
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Fibromyalgia at 00:06
Friday, March 29. 2019
Hard to Argue with Success. Multiple Sclerosis – Your choice?
Pauline Bresnik-Snasdell
Today is 28 March 2019 and I am a 53 year-old female from the USA living in London these past 18 years. I'm a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant with an MBA and a long career as a global senior manager at a Big4 accounting firm. I started my career as an auditor for the first 8 years, progressing upward from there. I mention this background to highlight that it is my nature and trained approach to choose my words carefully and maintain a healthy scepticism, and I hope you will read my Multiple Sclerosis (MS) story bearing this in mind.
Medical background
I was diagnosed with MS at the age of 28 via MRI scans, spinal fluid analysis and observable conditions. I immediately performed research on my best options for health and then began the Dr. Roy Swank diet amongst other approaches. I experienced results similar to those that Dr. Swank observed in his 33-year study relevant to the neurological grade at which I started the diet (Swank and Dugan 72-73). My main complaints years before the diagnosis of MS at the age of 28 included headaches, clicking jaw, crowded mouth leading to the removal of all 4 wisdom teeth, 'concrete-like' jaw, daily headaches and migraines. My main intermittent complaints leading directly up to and after my MS diagnosis included Lhermitte's sign, numbness on the face, loss of sight in one eye, spasticity, general limb weakness, dizziness, impacts to my cognitive function, severe fatigue, gradual decline of my sense of balance, and a host of other issues too numerous to mention that continued on and off for 15 years.
My MS Management Before Dr AmirThings that helped me manage my symptoms before starting Dr Amir's treatment (Dr Amir, Dental Surgeon, London, UK) included the following:
- The Swank Diet as mentioned above – this seemed to slow the progression of MS
- Elimination of dairy from my diet – this greatly helped lessen my frequency of headaches
- Inclined Bed Therapy
- Free form amino acids capsules – this seemed to help my energy levels
- Mercury fillings removals – this seemed to reduce a number of symptoms
- Acupuncture (a medical doctor from China who also practices acupuncture)
- Stress reduction
A Word on Drugs
I was told of my diagnosis by a well-respected neurologist in California. He had an open mind and presented me with a number of different options. Very soon after my diagnosis I read everything I could find on the subject and concluded that a drug approach would not be for me. It was explained to me that the drugs available at the time could only offer a reduction in the number of exacerbations and may cause me to experience a number of unpleasant side effects. My gut reaction was that I would have a better chance of dealing with MS 'naturally.'
My Amir Experience
When I was 43, my husband brought home the Evening Standard write-up on Dr Amir and I went to see him. What he said made sense to me and I started his treatment. Within a few weeks, I was feeling much less fatigued and physically stronger. I experienced an ability to breathe more deeply than I'd ever been able to. This was the most noticeable difference. It was my husband, however, who pointed out, several months into the treatment, that I hadn't complained about any MS issues for a while and we realized together I hadn't had any evidence of MS since starting treatment with Dr Amir.
My Watershed Moment
There was one symptom that came back and I'm so grateful it did. One of the first symptoms I experienced when I was 28 that prompted me to seek medical attention was Lhermitte's sign, i.e., when I bent my head forward I felt tingling all down my back and the back of my legs. In September 2012, nearly 3 years since I'd had any exacerbations or any signs of having MS at all, my Lhermitte's 'scar' reappeared during a particularly stressful time and I felt deflated.
I made an appointment with Dr. Amir, and he made a new brace for me while I waited. Just before retiring that night, I felt the Lhermitte's 'scar' and it reminded me to use the new brace for the instructed two minutes. Afterward, I bent my head and the Lhermitte's sign had completely disappeared and remained so. My 'scar' had healed in two minutes flat. As it sank in and I considered all I had thought about MS in light of this new 'evidence', I actually started to cry, a rare occurrence, because I knew at that moment that 22 years of fear, and hope, and of being careful; and my mother's tears of fear for my potential bed-ridden life had been unnecessary. My jaw had needed to be realigned; I hadn't had multiple sclerosis.
I felt relief and then anger and then gratefulness - gratefulness that I had had the fortune to cross paths with Dr. Amir, a new thinker, who has changed my life experience.
Message to Medical Professionals
I have had the fortune to be advised by some of the brightest medical practitioners around the world and I now hope they will allow their natural sense of curiosity to explore this surprising experience. It would have been wonderful to avoid those years of uncertainty. Those years, however, have made me who I am today, so it's not so much a feeling of regret as one of anticipation. I am expecting great things from the medical profession in the future.
I have hesitated to write my story, mostly because I have keep my diagnosis secret for so long, but something happened, however, over the 2013 Christmas break that made me change my mind. With conflicting holiday schedules and extensive travel plans, I went 4 weeks without wearing a brace. I experienced a number of issues mostly related to my neck, head, face and eyes that couldn't be relieved with pain medicine. When I, completely exhausted, finally managed to see Dr.Amir after the holidays, it was within 10 minutes of wearing my new brace that everything cleared and it was dramatic. This story needs to be told now.
Whoever seeks to return me, and others like me, to ill health, must prepare themselves for a fight that will last until the moment we draw our last breath. No one fights harder, and with more ferocity, than someone who is fighting for her life.
Reference: Swank M.D. PhD, R. L. & Dugan, B. B (1987).The Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book.DoubleDay: New York
Here is my Google Review
10 years later - I credit Dr Amir with my life.
I am a 52 year old American living in London these past 18 years; I work at one of the largest professional services organisations in the world as part of the global management team. At 28 I was diagnosed with MS in California, and they said I would likely be in a wheelchair in the not too distant future. Moving to the UK and my husband's reading of an article in the Evening Standard changed my life. The article mentioned that Dr Amir was helping people with MS, and within 3 months of that day I no longer had 'MS.' And 10 years later I can say the same...
The maxillo-facial surgeon advising the GDC about my website, says:
"The cause of Multiple Sclerosis is unknown. It's considered an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system malfunctions destroying myelin (the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. It is not associated or caused by TMD."
Comment: In the first breath they do not know what causes 'MS'. In the second breath, they do. It is, of course, the money-spinning autoimmune problem rearing its ugly very profitable head again!
Such deception is what has crippled society and making our health services unaffordable. This collusion with the established false mantra by some neurologists and other cronies is crippling and killing patients.
One blockbuster drug, supposed to "delay the onset of the serious secondary progressive stage of this 'autoimmune disease' " is actually an anti-fungal and sells for £55,000 ($72,000 in the USA) a year per patient. The ancillary costs of looking after these patients are at least equal to this drug cost.
When was MS declared a 'fungal disease'? Never!
Neurologists have conveniently divided the disease into:
- 'benign';
- 'primary relapsing and remitting' - which they purport, can be treated with steroids to start with and then with extremely expensive drugs. Their claim is that these drugs delay the onset of the 'secondary' killer stage of 'MS' when no drug will work.
I think these classifications help the neurologists weasel out of any allegations regarding false or a misdiagnosis and serve no other purpose.
The initial use of steroids raises serious questions. I wonder what came first? The damage from steroid use often causing irreparable incapacity or 'Multiple Sclerosis'.
The use of steroids, as a first line drug, for the treatment of the supposed 'MS' symptoms, sets the patient up for more illness. I do not know if this is done knowingly or unknowingly. If they read the experience of a senior neurologist than I expect they should NEVER use steroids. But this is not so. This very dangerous drug is used very routinely.
This is what a senior neurologist wrote about the complications which may be visited upon patients by the use of steroids:
"In general I try and avoid high-dose steroids to treat acute relapses simply because of the potential complications. This case report is a reminder of one of the rare complications of this treatment; i.e. a clot in one of the venous sinuses that drain blood from the brain of an MSer. I have seen this complication myself and it can be life-threatening; I have seen people die as a result of venous sinus thrombosis.
The more common serious adverse event linked to high-dose steroids is avascular necrosis of the hip; this is when the blood vessel that supplies blood to the hip becomes blocked and the hip dies. I will never forget one of my first MSers I looked after when I was completing my training at Queen Square; he was a 23 years old and developed bilateral avascular necrosis of the hip after his first course of high dose steroids (1g methylprednisolone x 3 days). He subsequently required bilateral hip replacements. Since then I have seen several other MSers with unilateral AVN from steroids. The other serious adverse event that scares the hell out of me is psychosis; thankfully I have only had one MSers under my care that had to be sectioned because of psychosis."
When the patients reach an irreparable stage of the disease in spite of using the rip-off priced "Disease Modifying Therapies" (DMTs) meaning immune system killing drugs, the neurologists are very apologetic as per this comment I discovered on a blog run by neurologists:
"The realisation that the DMTs have failed leads to the re-emergence of grief and the five emotional stages that go with it. The anger is more often than not directed at the medical team for being impotent to stop the disease; exposing our false promises, which were made to give you hope."I hasten to add, @£40,000 drug cost per patient per anum - you were not just misleading the patient but cheating the whole country out of billions of pounds.
What blatant deception!
Such deception needs a police investigation!
The above quote was perhaps an inadvertent admission about the utter failure of MS treatment through drugs by a top neurologist who is a very strong advocate of giving drugs at the very first sign of any symptom purported to be 'MS' related.
I just saw this on a very popular international forum-thisisms.com:
This is the husband writing about his wife Emma who I treated for a few years starting end of 2011. Her condition as very advanced and the results are not as spectacular as one would like.
Re: AtlasBalance (jaw misalignment) Treatment - EJC
Post by EJC » Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:26 pm
Seeing as this thread has been devoid of updates now a for nearly 2 and half years I thought it only reasonable to give an update of how Emma has got on in that time.
We've not had the need to see Dr Amir for some time now, once his treatment had moved Emma's jaw to where it needed to be it was then up to Emma to help herself as much as possible.
Good things:-
The following symptoms that disappeared during and after Amir's treatment and have remained dormant or gone.
Severe (or any form of) Neuralgia
Severe Fatigue
Jaw pain and discomfort
Back pain
Foot drop
Severe headaches
As a result of these symptoms being removed it enabled Emma to undertake Neurophysio to start to undo the damage done by being sedentary for so many years.
This combined with Pilates twice a week, deep tissue massage for an hour once a week and as much home exercise as I can get her to undertake (this varies wildly!) and we've managed to slow the progression of this awful condition.
Have we cured it? Of course not, but we've made life more tolerable.
Things that are not so good:-
There is clearly damage to Emma's brain and the latest MRI undertaken this year shows more lesions than previous MRI's and also atrophy.
Eyesight isn't great, Emma's left eye has a life of its own and this is generally put down to one of two things – Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia or One and a half syndrome. What they are, are basically long baffling phrases that mean "we don't know why that's happening and there's nothing we can do for it".
I'm convinced the eyesight is blood flow/oxygenation related after the results had with a CCSVI procedure some year back. How to address this though I have no idea.
Emma suffers from confusion, almost dementia-like symptoms on occasion, these come and go and like the eye issue, there's no explanation forthcoming. Plenty of drugs on offer though as ever.
We do still visit Neurologists, I don't know why we still go through this ritual. Much of it is just so I can point out how ineffective and narrow-minded they really are when it comes to this awful illness. 70 year of persevering with an autoimmune explanation and still no closer to finding anything to prove it, yet it appears there's little in the way of research looking for what's causing this terrible problem.
Is Emma glad she got treated by Amir? Hell yes. It's been life-changing. Well, the quality of life-changing would be a more appropriate phrase.
The world needs eccentric people like Amir. It's people like him that think outside the box and continue to think outside the box whilst the established medical profession pilloried him for his ideas and treatments despite an increasing number of patients obtaining life-changing relief.
Hopefully, he'll pass on his knowledge for someone to continue his research and treatment when he decides to finally call it a day.
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Multiple Sclerosis at 09:26
Sunday, March 10. 2019
What causes sleep apnoea? The relationship to jaw asymmetry
I have examined quite a few patients suffering from Sleep apnoea over the years. In fact, dentist have been providing oral devices to overcome sleep apnoea to patients for very many years.
When I examine such patients in the upright posture, I always ask them to take a deep breath into the chest. I often observe that they appear not to be able to inhale very deeply. The chest appears to be unable to expand. The patient appears to need some other force to help breathe. This comes from the employment of the neck muscles to lift the shoulders up to aid breathing.
If you suffer from sleep apnoea and repeat the above exercise in front of a mirror you will perhaps agree with me that it is indeed so. This lifting of the shoulders to aid breathing is easy to accomplish when one is not laying down in bed to sleep. The result is that the intake of air diminishes. When sufficiently deprived of oxygen our reflex control to trigger the act of breathing kicks in and the patient takes a big gasp of air often waking up during this process. This is what we call sleep apnoea.
The patient keeps getting woken up and hence the sleep is unrefreshing - never having slept deeply all night.
The brain builds some 5000 chemical nutrients during deep REM sleep which again puts these patients at a great disadvantage because they do not seem able to get into this rhythm of sleep.
Breathing difficulties vary from person to person. Some are seriously compromised while others are less affected. It always relates to the amount of asymmetry they have in there craniodental and skeletal complexes. Some patients may present just with snoring while others present with critical stages of sleep apnoea.
The literature is full of references to a narrower airway, large tongue, tongue falling back during sleep but these are essentially secondary issues.
Breathing is under a reflex neurological AND a voluntary control mechanism. This means that there is a part, which is not under our control and another part, which is.
Another way of explaining the mechanism is that the extra effort exerted to breathe in apnoeic patients becomes very tiring. The patient tries to take a rest from this extra effort which is the apnoeic phase. The reflex neurological cycle continues to make the person want to breathe to overcome this voluntary inhibition. A fight ensues and often the tiredness wins for a few seconds, allowing the patient to take a rest from this tremendous energy expenditure, for breathing.
While the breathing is arrested, the oxygen levels start depleting and carbon dioxide levels start rising. The sensors for these gases located in our neck region start firing very rapidly to overcome the voluntary inhibition. The neurological input to breathe accelerates and eventually overcomes the voluntary inhibition making the patient take a great big gasp of air producing the familiar gasping noise.
Sleep apnoea is essentially a fight between trying to rest and trying to oxygenate in an increasingly deteriorating state as life progresses.
Amongst children, the apnoeic episodes can be very alarming for the parents. Seeing their child tired in the morning, perhaps unable to go to school, is very disconcerting. In adults who fail to find any relief, it is common that the partners, who are eventually at the end of their tether, decide to sleep in separate rooms. In some cases, patients are often so tired that they start snoring and gasping watching TV in the evening well before bedtime. It is usually a hellish scenario for the whole family.
The chronic effects of this over-exertion, against lungs, which cannot inflate fully; which may also be inhibited by some other factor, e.g. smoking, has further consequences.
The main one is that the heart has to work harder to push the blood into the lungs which have difficulty inflating fully. The patients are also usually chest breathers rather than belly breathers. This leads to the heart having to fight with every in breath causing the familiar palpitations. In some serious cases, it also gets chronically damaged by the extra exertion with right-sided heart enlargement and eventually heart failure.
The ramifications of all this cardiac and lung deficiencies are widespread. Apart from the effects in the immediate vicinity, there are effects remote from the heart and lungs. If the blood is not saturating with oxygen some compensations have to be made.
Usually, the sympathetic nervous system hyper-activates to conserve blood starting with the extremities, this results in a feeling of very cold hands and feet, often going blue in extreme cases. This effect on the extremities was first characterized by Maurice Raynaud in 1888 who described it as "episodic digital asphyxia due to arterial insufficiency" and is labeled after his name as Raynaud's Syndrome. Complex medical hypotheses have been put forth, but I think the mystery could now be resolved in most cases.
A secondary consequence of a deficient dental complex is its effects on the Atlas vertebrae and its ramifications on the rest of the skeleton and the visceral systems of the body as explained under the article on the TMJ and hip asymmetry.
The graph below shows the effects of Jaw asymmetry on sleep and all other systems causing a conglomeration of symptoms conventionally treated as isolated incidents by isolated medical specialists.
In other cases, some groups of symptoms are grouped together and treated by specialists like "Specialist in ME/CFS" in hospital units always claiming that the "cause is unknown" system of treatment.
This is a graph of 82 patients who had symptoms of JAW AND SLEEP PROBLEMS. It shows that these patients suffer from multiple other symptoms too as per the list on the graph.
Last week, I had an interesting interaction with a patient. I was treating his wife when she casually mentioned that her husband had backache problems. Out of interest, I said I would have a look at him.
He did not complain of jaw pain, which looked perfect with no restorations or periodontal issues. He had well-built jaws with a Class I bite with no sign of tooth grinding although he had been under considerable stress most of his life suffering from the back pain and a very restless sleep problem.
Also, recently he had to undergo "Cardioversion" (The system of artificially shocking the heart back into normal rhythm) as he had developed a severe cardiac arrhythmia which had gone unnoticed for some months.
The patient was seen on the 9th of March 2019. What does one do when one sees nothing wrong and hears nothing about a jaw problem!
However, life is full of surprises. I embarked on examining the functionality of his jaws. His jaw movements and excursions were within normal limits. No clicking of the jaws was present. His lateral Pterygoid muscles were slightly painful on palpation so were the occipital and SCM's.
On closer examination, I discovered that his jaw was just 2 to 3 mm out of synch. This was affecting his breathing capacity and his hip was out of level by about four cms. It was decided to bring about symmetry with an appropriate dental appliance. This, the patient consented to wholeheartedly as he had been suffering most of his life. An appropriate appliance was constructed and fitted and he was prescribed some swallowing exercises.
This is his response about 4 days later, telling us about the dramatic reduction in his symptoms, which had been present for some 30 years!
Wed 3/13/2019 21:10
Hi Dr Amir,
My back has been good thanks. It is much better with only the odd twinge to my left hip. I managed the drive home, a 200-mile journey, on Sunday with no pain at all which for me is amazing as normally driving can be a struggle.
I have also been sleeping much better and even when I do wake during the night I have been much more comfortable than normal.
Many thanks again
This is the latest response: I did complete your questionnaire update but as all my current symptoms have all but disappeared over the last month there were no results to update.Here is a graphical representation of his recovery.
Lesson learned:One does not have to have classical TMJD to suffer from the effects of jaw asymmetry. In fact "Jaw asymmetry" is the overriding factor. TMD or TMJD is one of the extreme facets of this asymmetry and may or may not be present. This is true across all age groups, especially children.
Likewise, sleep apnoea is also one symptom of a huge plethora of sleep disorders as exemplified by the patient inputs below. Here are some examples of patients who do not fit into the sleep apnoea spectrum, and who form the majority of patients with associated sleep disorders:
Best sleep and pleasant dreams".......... One amazing improvement to mention is that my 20-year habit of clenching and grinding my teeth at night stopped after Dr Amir fitted my Custom Appliance, the next morning I woke without a headache and had the best sleep ever. I started getting a very deep sleep with pleasant dreams that I could remember. I started waking up much refreshed while before I was fatigued in the mornings.
After twenty years of questions, Dr Amir diagnosed my problem in a matter of minutes and this is no exaggeration, and the proof of his treatment is that my overall health is feeling so much better. Dr Amir's staff are friendly and knowledgeable and his work is life-changing."
13th March 2019.
Paul writes further:
My 1st-night sleep after wearing Dr amirs appliance and following the exercises he recommended. I experienced the best sleep, no teeth grinding, no interrupted sleep, no jaw and tongue falling backward and no neck and jaw spasms, I felt relaxed upon waking after having slept for 6hrs uninterrupted. This was total relief and felt amazing. Sleeping prior to this was literally a nightmare and would wake feeling more tired and fatigued than prior to sleeping, and would only sleep in fits and starts.
I also started to experience more detailed dreams which I cannot explain. This has continued throughout treatment.
Paul Swan - Ambulance driver- Scotland
Sleeping normally"To be well enough to go out for dinner and enjoy myself around food was just amazing. Ten years have passed since that time, and the girl who thought her life was over at 16 is now married with two beautiful children, happy and healthy, and able to do all the things I wanted to do in life. I can eat, sleep normally, exercise, work, look after my family, and live a normal life. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Amir to anybody. If you've tried everything and nothing worked, Dr. Amir will fix you."
Emma Hursit - London February 2019
Sleeping deeply"I began to get a lot of pressure and throbbing at the base of my brain and by the time I found Dr. Amir my breathing was restricted. I had to drag myself slowly across Putney Bridge from the tube station to reach him. Dr. Amir spent some months correcting my dental arches. The first improvement I noticed was in the duration and depth of sleep. My breathing improved although I seem to have some shrinkage of my diaphragm muscles. My energy levels improved."
Lucie Webb London
Recovery from excessive sleep"I was initially seeking braces purely for cosmetic reasons. Dr Amir was convinced my sleep disorder was also related and he seems to have been right! During my worst bout, I was sometimes sleeping as long as 16 hours, this hasn't happened in years now."
Jonathan Trotter, London
Much improved sleep"I had been wearing appliances for 14 months when suddenly I felt my teeth fall into a good bite for the first time ever. I nearly cried! My neck pain was relieved very soon after. My sleep is much improved and I hope I can keep my teeth for much longer now that they are not constantly grinding each other down. Dr Amir and his small team have been amazing. Dr Amir listens, is highly skilled and really seems to care about his work. I am very grateful to have found him."
Maria, Manchester
Recovery from chronic fatigue sleep"By the end of two years of treatment, Jasmine's fatigue is no longer there; she sleeps normal hours and has resumed her education bringing about indescribable happiness to both of us. I do not want to even imagine what our life would have been like if we had not found the extraordinary doctor Amir who made the impossible possible for Jasmine. He saved Jasmine from the bunglings of conventional medicine and dentistry."
Y. Baird, London
The best night's sleep"Dr. Amir always said it would be a long journey and the outcome not certain, but I was happy to go with it as the first removable brace he fitted resulted in the best night's sleep I had had in ages."
Sarah Phillips London
I must include the views of a maxillo-facial surgeon, who the GDC has called upon to give them expert advice about this website. He has reported that I do not give "a balanced view". I think including his comments balances the picture for all the patients looking for a respite from sleepless nights:
The official GDC expert advisor in his grammar says:"TMD is rarely associated with symptoms to sleep problems but in theory, could due to pain affect sleep."
Comment: You will have noticed from the various patient testimonials that sleep disorders are very numerous with multiple causes. Jaw asymmetry is the main cause. The presence of symptoms of jaw pain and discomfort may or may not be present.
There are far more important issues about the subject of sleep than entering into any conversation with the GDC or its cronies. At any given time some 25% people suffer from some sleep disorder. Dr Mercola says the following about the importance of sleep and how Sleep Is Critical for Brain Detoxification:
" - Sleep is deeply interconnected with your health in a myriad of ways. For example, previous research has found that sleep deprivation has the same effect on your immune system as physical stress or illness
- Recent research shows that your brain has a unique waste management system, similar to the lymphatic system in your body. This system, dubbed the glymphatic system, is activated during sleep
- By pumping cerebral spinal fluid through your brain's tissues, the glymphatic system flushes the waste from your brain back into your body's circulatory system and into your liver, where it's ultimately eliminated
- During sleep, your brain cells also shrink by about 60 percent, which allows for more efficient waste removal
- Amyloid-beta, for example—proteins that form the notorious plaque found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients—is removed in significantly greater quantities during sleep"
It is imperative that we learn everything to put right whatever is the cause of sleep disturbances for the proper health of the nation.
Posted by Dr. M. Amir B.D.S., M. Sc. (U. of London), L.D.S., R.C.S. (England) Dental Surgeon
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Sleep problems at 09:11
Friday, March 8. 2019
Ataxia - Is asymmtery of the Cranio-cervical junction a major cause?
Wikipedia describes Ataxia as:I was born with one leg supposedly shorter than the other. I did not notice any problem with this until I was in my teens. My skirts were always lopsided and my trousers had to be shortened by 1 inch on the right leg. I also began to experience pain in my right hip, and so began many years of seeing doctors and physios - none of whom seemed to know what was wrong.
Ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements. Ataxia is a clinical manifestation indicating dysfunction of the parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum. Several possible causes exist for these patterns of neurological dysfunction. Dystaxia is a mild degree of ataxia. Friedreich's ataxia has gait abnormality as the most commonly presented symptom"
"One of my colleagues, Dr. Siegfried Trefzer, from the Hightree medical clinic specialising in integrative medicine when discussing ataxia writes:
"In my understanding Ataxia itself is a term used for a group of disorders that affect coordination, postural balance, speech, most voluntary movements such as gripping and the selective engagement of muscle groups but also automated movements e.g. the ability to swallow, to walk etc. At some stage, my patient was simultaneously affected by all of these dysfunctions to a various degree."
"Ataxia" is a very broad term. Anyone with a walking disability will have a number of other problems also but I shall confine this article to walking disabilities.
This is an excerpt from my 2009 article on "http://dramir.com/articles.php?t=3 >" where I first wrote about "Gait" problems. This includes Ataxia:
"The cranium becomes unlevel leading to an asymmetry of the eyes and the back of the head called the occiput which physically alters the shape of the cerebellum leading to problems with fine motor control of the skeletal muscles and also causing problems like dyslexia which has been shown to be centered in the cerebellar area of the brain.
Neurological disturbances, other than the Hypoglossal nerve affect a number of other important nerves:
1. The Vagus and the Cervical Sympathetic chain: The effects of asymmetry here can affect the function of many organs in the body, leading to digestive and blood pressure problems.
By courtesy of Atlantotec Germany
2. The internal jugular vein and the Carotid artery: These lie in close proximity to each transverse process with the artery and vein lying anteriorly. The asymmetry would compromise the blood flow through these vessels. This asymmetry may also be responsible for the recently discovered obstruction of these veins in what is termed as Chronic CerebroSpinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) in cases of Multiple Sclerosis.
3. The Phrenic nerve: This nerve supplies the diaphragm. Disturbances here can lead to a reduced breathing capacity. After Atlas correction, we have seen immediate improvement in the patient's breathing capacity in a majority of cases which is an absolutely phenomenal finding.
4. The vertebral artery: This artery traverses through the transverse process of the Atlas. The blood flow through it can be reduced, leading to a lesser flow on one side of the cerebellum than the other perhaps contributing to gait and vision problems."
My more recent article on Jaw asymmetry explains cerebellar insufficiencies more succinctly:
"In the picture opposite, I have shown the basic disturbance in our cranium in terms of rotating cogs. When the lower jaw is pushed back, it causes the temporal bone to rotate forwards while the occipital bone lifts upwards causing all kinds of head and neck problems e.g. migraines, neck pain, suboccipital muscle pain, and shoulder pain. These are dental problems and can only be corrected through dental interventions, not medical pills.
When the cerebellum lifts up on one side, a little recognised fact, but easily demonstrable, it disturbs the symmetry of the cerebellum and the blood flow through the vertebral artery because the Atlas vertebra also rotates forwards on the affected side. This can cause all kinds of movement disorders and may also affect the eyes. Please read my article on Visual snow. The hypoglossal nerve which innervates the tongue also emanates from the occipital bone close to the occipital condyles. Any asymmetry here can also potentially affect speech and swallowing. Some medical syndromes chiefly cerebellar ataxia, have these groups of symptoms occurring together namely, gait disorder, eye problems, speech, and swallowing issues. No pill can ever fix that so patients get pigeonholed into syndromes or medical conundrums.
Testimonials on Gait, Ataxia:I developed a lot of balance and gait problems. I was very unsteady on my feet and could no longer walk much. I fell over a lot, so in July 2006 I made an appointment to see my Neurologist, who concluded that because of the past 30 years of my medical history, I was actually suffering from Secondary Progressive MS..............
1. EF wrote:
".....Mr Amir explained that the rest was a domino effect causing various asymmetries in my cranium especially in the occiput causing an imbalance of my cerebellum resulting in poor fine motor control. He checked and found that my Atlas vertebra was asymmetric causing my hips to be unlevel. He concluded that all this was causing my gait problems. He said that his treatment could perhaps address all these issues.
I embarked on Dr. Amir's treatment and rapidly gained control of my gait within a very short space of time. I can now walk for a long distance and many of my other symptoms have eased or disappeared."
2. PB writes:"Our only regret is that we didn't make that phone call earlier but I really didn't think the ambulation issue could be dealt with. We had become resolved that despite the huge improvements in certain other areas of the MS symptoms, the walking restrictions were not going to improve. We were wrong and are just pleased and relieved we made that initial trip to Putney to see this remarkable doctor. He's outspoken, yet profoundly eloquent. He has a dry and sometimes caustic wit, yet is extremely charming and caring. He takes on lost causes, yet produces remarkable improvements in so many cases. He challenges traditional, orthodox thinking, yet intellectually justifies what he does and why he does it and then puts it into practice. Most importantly of all, he produces results that change peoples lives - we were so lucky to find him and his team and would not hesitate in recommending his services are called upon at the earliest opportunity."
3. AG writes:"When my daughter was 25, she had a devastating stroke-like episode and was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis; afterward, she was constantly in incredible pain. The after effects included loss of vision, inability to walk, weakness down her left side, twisted her jaw, terrible migraine headaches, trapped nerves in her neck and back, numbness throughout her body, vertigo, uncontrollable tremors and much more........... I am grateful every day that I found that random search result that led us to the brilliant Dr. Amir and his pioneering work."
[This patient has almost totally recovered from her supposed MS]
4. JO writes:"2 years after the last baby was born, the MS returned with a vengeance. I was relapsing every 3 months. I seemed to be continually "ill" and started to experience motor nerves lost. My left side was becoming weaker; I walked with a limp etc… The bone grafts in my jaw seemed to have worn out, as I started dislocating it again. A crash course for my husband in how to relocate it was given by a very concerned dentist.
5. JC writes:I had presented initially with an ataxic style gait and was struggling to walk with a steady, tandem gait. MRI scans revealed some possible inflammation or demyelination high up in my brain but no conclusions were reached. I was nervous and felt I was losing my mobility to the point where I would need to use a stick. However, since beginning my orthodontic treatment, my last scan in 2018, showed no further degeneration and my balance, gait and coordination are much improved.
Emotionally, I am so much more confident and positive since starting my treatment with Dr. Amir. For years, I was told my bruxism was down to stress, never to do with my bite but now I understand that the constant use of an array of night guards and splints only added to the problem.
I truly believe that I have found someone in Dr. Amir, who has a thorough understanding of my entire situation and I look forward to continuing improving health and well being under his diligent care.
The influence of occlusal stabilization appliances on cervical dystonia symptoms
In a research article Romanian researchers CAMELIA NAVROTCHI and MÎNDRA EUGENIA BADEA report the improvements in mobility with the use of an occlusal appliance:
"The OSA was applied on the lower arch in 3 (27.3%) patients and on the upper arch in 8 (72.7%) patients. The OSA wearing time for the first 24 h was on average 19.2±6 hours. Total relaxation of dystonic muscles was reported by 9 (81.8%) patients, while 2 (18.2%) patients related to partial muscle relaxation. Seven (63.6%) patients reported a pain decrease. Increased comfort while walking was observed by 8 (72.7%) patients. Two (18.2%) patients described an increase of sleep quality. In two (18.2%) patients the tremor disappeared. All patients reported difficulties while eating and removed the OSA during meals. Patients who wore the OSA for more hours, experienced a pain decrease (p=0.08), an increase in sleep quality (p=0.1), the disappearance of the tremor (p=0.1). After three months, only seven patients continued to use the OSA. More patients described a pain decrease after three months (5 (71.4%) vs. 4 (57.1%); p=0.5), relaxation of dystonic muscles (7 (100%) vs. 6 (85.7%); p=0.3)."
6. WT wrote:"The journey up was awful, I felt 'drunk' but with the feeling of a very bad hangover all mixed into one. My walking reflected how I felt too. Luckily my husband took the day off to drive me up as I could not possibly manage the train journey and certainly not on my own. He dropped me at his surgery door and planned to pick me up after my appointment.
Dr Amir decided on a certain appliance fitted in my mouth. This immediately and miraculously started improving my condition
After leaving the surgery I found myself walking for the five to ten minutes to the car on my own. This I would not have been able to do previously. I felt steady on my feet instead of staggering. My husband was shocked when he saw me walking on my own up to the car."
7. CH wrote:Astonishingly Dr. Amir proved his theory by demonstrating that I could walk instantly with less pain if my jaw was properly aligned. I could not believe the sense of relief I got from this experience and how much hope it gave me to really believe that Dr. Amir's symmetry treatment will finally eradicate my gout.
8. SW wrote:...but just walking normally was difficult. What I didn't realise was that most, if not all of it was down to my spine/shoulder girdle and pelvis not being aligned correctly.
Now that I have been rebalanced, I actually feel amazingly different - no knee or hip pain and I feel completely balanced. It has put a big, big smile on my face and I am recommending you to some of my friends, who have not been able to resolve neck or back problems.
In the last week I have completed a charity walk of 13 miles, cycled to my parents and back (35 miles) and played in a squash tournament - with no pain whatsoever!
9. Walking tallerAs I explained when I saw you, I noticed a big difference immediately after my appointment. As I walked back to the station I felt taller and as if I was standing up and walking straight for the first time ever. The change was so pronounced I could feel muscles working in my lower back that I had not been aware of before, and it almost felt as if I was leaning backward.
By the next day, it felt like my back had adjusted and it was as if I had always been straight. My posture feels much better when standing and walking (although I still seem to slouch sitting down). Before the appointment, the bones in my upper spine and neck used to click frequently and quite loudly. This has reduced although not completely disappeared.
Rachel, July 2008
10. Walking differentlyDr Amir!
It is amazing! I'm constantly looking around behind me because I can't believe how well my neck is working! I can feel that I am standing and walking differently, and I have no difficulty keeping good posture, it feels so natural! I wish you had done it 30 years ago for me, in fact, my body feels like you have taken 30 years off it! I feel like it should be checked for everyone in the world!
Renata, September 2008
11. Serious hip distortion causing severe pain
One afternoon whilst working in my office in the City the pain became intense and I was taken to the Royal London Hospital where a Consultant decided that this was obviously appendicitis. I had my appendix removed and was sent home. The pain returned and I was given an IVP [Intravenous Pyelogram] at my local hospital. The result was negative! Still, the pain was there. Many years later after seeing a succession of physios I was becoming more and more lopsided as I walked.
One evening I was in an armchair at home and had so much difficulty in getting up that I decided this was enough. As luck would have it, my son was seeing Dr. Amir for another problem and I made an appointment to see him in the hope that he could do something for me. He was my saviour - 2 years later, after straightening my teeth and sorting my Atlas vertebra, I was free of pain for the first time in years. My posture was erect and I no longer have to adjust my trouser length - by 2 inches.
I am most grateful to Dr. Amir and would recommend anybody who is in pain, and cannot get satisfactory treatment elsewhere, to contact Dr. Amir for an appointment.
Valerie Page, 29th August 2016
12. A senior NHS executive about her daughter.Hannah and her family are eternally grateful to have found Dr. Amir so early in her illness as she was physically deteriorating so rapidly that walking was becoming a significant concern and disability a real possibility. We would encourage anyone with these symptoms or with such a diagnosis to see Dr. Amir to determine if the cause is the same as Hannah's so he can work his magic on them.
We believe that Hannah has been saved from being drawn into a "chronic incurable illness" like CFS/ME/MS or Fibromyalgia. Our advice to everyone with these or in fact many chronic disease labels is to have their jaws checked. You may have a chance to recover fully.
Mari Gay
13. Foot drag immediately after extraction of wisdom teeth which morphed into MS"I have been passed the article about you in the Evening Standard and have read it with great interest. I too have MS which started 13 years ago after having all of my wisdom teeth extracted under general anaesthetic. Straight after the operation, I could not walk properly on my left side, dragging my leg. The doctor advised it was weak muscles and to go to the gym - which I tried and failed. I simply could not move the machines with my legs. After a year I sought complementary therapy and continue to do so, to varying degrees of help. (Over the years my condition has deteriorated and I have been formally diagnosed since Dec '05.) Along the way it has been suggested that my jaws are not in alignment which is why the article on your approach was so interesting.
I must include the views of a maxillo-facial surgeon giving his expert advice to the GDC about this website complaining that I do not give a balanced view. I think including his comments balances the picture:
The official GDC advisor says:"Mr Amir claims on his website that TMD causes a wide variety of systemic conditions, this contention is not supported by the literature or a reasonable body of dental/medical opinion."
"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."
"The case against science is straightforward. Much of the scientific literature, perhaps half may simply be untrue."
Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of NEJM wrote in 2009 that:
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor"
Therefore, both medical literature and opinion are mostly corrupt. I think I would print it if truth and altruism were to prevail.
If I did not have reports like this from one of my many pain patients, I would surely print the successes of medicine. Here is a patients' responses about previous treatment for back ache. She has now almost fully recovered from severe back ache which had made her bed-ridden for many months.
Posted by M. Amir B.D.S., M. Sc. (U. of London), L.D.S., R.C.S. (England) Dental Surgeon
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir at 09:47
Wednesday, March 6. 2019
Recovery from "Post Viral ME" by correction of my Jaw asymmetry
I first visited Dr. Amir in 2014 after 11 years of suffering from M.E. or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and having tried every recommended treatment for the condition to no avail.
I was a very healthy teenager until age 16 when having finished my GCSE's, I started feeling unwell after exercise. Initially, I dismissed it, until one Saturday I almost collapsed exercising at home. It took me a couple of hours to get the strength for a shower. Again, I put it down to perhaps a bug in my system from a recent holiday. I persevered on trying to maintain my exercise routine but 2 weeks later after a gym workout, trying to get to sleep, I felt that something was clearly very wrong.
My shoulders and chest and abdomen just would not relax and there was pain and spasms through them. I woke my mum and said I felt like I was having a heart attack. I started suffering from, very low energy, poor temperature regulation, muscle weakness and tightness in different areas, freezing cold hands and feet. My breathing became very laboured. Simple tasks became hard to accomplish. I felt that my life of sports and fitness, I so enjoyed, was over.
My GP seemed to think I had suffered a virus, put me through numerous blood tests with negative findings, and in spite of the negative results, settled for a diagnosis of Post Viral Fatigue or M.E. with the explanation that I had suffered from a virus and it had caused all the damage to my body. The prognosis was that there were no cures and that in some cases it can resolve itself after about a year. As a 16-year-old boy whose life had just fallen apart, I was in no position to question a doctor's diagnosis, but I knew through all the changes that had occurred in my body that the chances of this resolving itself over time were extremely unlikely.
Looking back now as a 32-year-old man with a degree in Biomedical Science, being condemned to a "post-viral illness" when I never had a virus in the first place, is bordering on the ridiculous. I can only imagine the impact on hundreds of others labelled in the exact same fashion. I had been assigned to the M.E. pigeonhole to go home and rot away.
The onset of my problems was September 2003 and I struggled through Sixth Form getting the best A levels I could, though any social life I previously had, had disappeared. It was always my dream to live away from home at a campus university and I took up a place at Leeds University doing Physiology. This was September 2005 but by November 2005, I had left University due to ill health and was spending roughly 20 hours a day in bed. In just 2 years, I had gone from peak fitness to a physical wreck. Nothing could be done to cure me. This was mentally exhausting; I was constantly searching for cures and anything that could put an end to this nightmare.
Using a treatment called the lightning process that teaches you to reduce your adrenaline levels I managed to get a small semblance of normality back in my life by August 2008, although the treatment says you will be better in 6 weeks and my version of better and theirs differ drastically. Through sheer perseverance and a fair amount of trial and error which included seeing a nutritionist and having reflexology, I managed to get myself back to University in September 2011 at Nottingham Trent (much closer to home) to undertake a degree in Biomedical Science. However, all of my symptoms remained and I was merely managing them the best I could to live what was still a very restricted life.
It was at this time at University that I started to notice that things which aggravated my symptoms were not the things you would expect from someone suffering from viral effects, for example, I felt much worse sitting on certain seats, especially high ones and wearing certain shoes or even clothes, all these were more structural problems than viral. I started questioning my diagnosis.
It was in my final year of University when learning about virology and specific viral tests that I became aware of just how little those blood tests carried out in 2003 had actually tested for, yet I had been abandoned into the M.E. box with apparently no cure for over 10 years. I got in touch with both private hospitals in Nottingham and paid for every specific viral test in the hope that something would show up and I had already consulted with a Dr in America who was prepared to give me an immune-boosting injection should any virally related problem reveal itself. I tested negative for everything and had seemingly exhausted all treatment options.
I graduated from University in July 2014 and was physically and mentally exhausted. All my hard work in obtaining a degree, that unless something drastic happened, I had no chance of using. My symptoms were still so debilitating and although I had applied for a Masters Courses in physiotherapy, I knew that I had zero chance of completing the course if accepted.
My luck was about to change while having some neck treatment using the Perrin technique, I mentioned to the therapist that aged eleven, I had knocked half my front tooth out and if this could have contributed to my illness. She was unsure but suggested that I could see a dentist in London who helps patients with chronic health problems - Enter Dr. Amir.
I went to see Dr. Amir in August 2014 and at the first consultation he said he was sure from my medical history, he could help me. He explained how I had a temporo-mandibular (jaw) misalignment which was the root cause of my problems. He could diagnose this after doing a few tests and from a few obvious symptoms he had come across many times before. I had extremely tender muscles in my mouth and tooth damage from jaw grinding. My jaw was only a few millimeters offline but he demonstrated how this tiny discrepancy could cause a whole host of issues that would result in the awful symptoms I had been experiencing.
He also noted I had a couple of telltale signs he wanted to immediately correct, I had very stiff legs and high shoulders and didn't take a breath from my stomach it was all done using my chest and shoulders which was a huge amount of effort for every little breath. After years of searching for help and being misled by nonsensical viral theories, I was more than happy to hear that my body wasn't irreparably damaged by disease and that with his help I could be helped, although years of trying and failing to get well had left me a little sceptical.
Over the last 5 years, at times, I have definitely wondered if I was doing the right thing, but went along with it. In a society where everyone is so submissive to doctor's opinions and the pills for every ill, it can be difficult to believe in someone who tells you what seems like such a huge problem can be helped with simple changes but holding that faith is the key and in my experience, will result in getting maximal benefit from any treatment that Dr. Amir prescribes.
Initially, Dr. Amir set about correcting the misalignment in my jaw with a combination of braces. This started reducing the stiffness in my legs significantly and the result of 11 years of tension and misalignment began to unwind. My posture started improving. Since becoming unwell my ribs and hips have often seemed way out of position and tender with a strange nervous sensation running through them.
Most recent appliances have brought about tremendous improvements, my ribs which were so out of line and tender have gone into a much more neutral position and my overall posture fits a much more natural template with reduced tenderness in my lower back and hips and my shoulders are now much lower and further back than ever before.
Last week I experienced what I would describe as the eureka moment - a dramatic shift in the symptoms. While in bed, I was feeling a tender section of my ribs that seemed to be sticking out more than the others and while pressing them towards a more normal position, without warning a twanging sensation was stimulated from my front rib through to the back. This sensation had been with me since the day I first became unwell. I took 8 or 9 huge deep breaths uncontrollably. My skull base at the top of my spine released dramatically. The left side of my face and my nose opened up and now I draw breath through both nostrils, whilst the nervous aching and irritation through my hips and legs have reduced significantly. I have looser muscles with increased energy. These positive changes have occurred amongst symptoms that previously I had reluctantly accepted may be permanent and that my life would forever be a constant struggle. Now, after some 16 years I am confident that I will be completely healthy again and able to resume a normal life. I continue to use Dr Amir's appliances and following his advice.
Phil W
March 2019
Dr. Amir's comment: My philosophy is to treat the obvious and the rest will take care of itself.
Posted by M. Amir B.D.S., M. Sc. (U. of London), L.D.S., R.C.S. (England)
Dental Surgeon
I must include the views of a maxillo-facial surgeon giving his expert advice to the GDC about this website complaining that I do not give a balanced view. I think including his comments balances the picture:
The official GDC advisor says: "Mr Amir claims on his website that TMD causes a wide variety of systemic conditions, this contention is not supported by the literature or a reasonable body of dental/medical opinion."
Comment: The late Jacob Bronowski, in his influential collection of essays Science and Human Values, described "the fundamental and defining ethic" of the scientific enterprise as "the habit of truth". This certainly should be the case - but the contrary holds where the surest way of promoting false theories is by dressing them up in the garb of science.
The two most prestigious journals of medicine in the world are The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. Richard Horton, editor in chief of The Lancet said this in 2015:
"The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half may simply be untrue"Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of NEJM wrote in 2009 that:
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor"
Therefore, both medical literature and opinion are mostly corrupt. I think I would print it if truth and altruism were to prevail.
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir at 19:05
Friday, March 1. 2019
The ramifications of shoulder problems caused by Jaw asymmetry
Shoulder pain can have a massive impact on one's day-to-day functioning and is a common presentation in many GP surgeries and A&E departments. This article deals with the more longer-term cause of shoulder pain. It sheds light on an aspect which is not mentioned in any literature that I have seen about shoulder pain in my admittedly brief search of the internet. Action is required before any real damage takes place which may need surgical interventions.Rapid recovery from numerous symptoms including extreme dizziness
The intimate relationship of shoulder problems to Jaw asymmetry.This graphic demonstrates that shoulder problems are an all too frequent accompaniment of other symptoms amongst 329 patients seen for jaw problems.
In my experience, almost every case of a shoulder problem stems from a Jaw asymmetry. It often is the first sign of pain as you will note from the testimonials below. It cannot be ignored as the long term outcome could be an affliction with some serious incapacity. The graph above confirms the presence of actual shoulder pain amongst at least a third of patients presenting with TMJ dysfunction. Others who present with almost any other symptom will have either one or both shoulders very stiff and painful on palpation.
Extreme Dizziness, Head-over-the-hammer Headaches, Tinnitus"Thank you for your time and care with my jaw problems. Your unique orthodontic approaches have given me my life back. My problems began when all four of my wisdom teeth were mistakenly removed in St. Thomas's Hospital, London.
My health deteriorated rapidly starting with a frozen shoulder and progressing to extreme dizziness, head-over-the-hammer headaches, tinnitus, numbness in limbs and tiredness. At first, I didn't put the two things together and I thought maybe I had a brain tumour, the symptoms seemed to match. After a brain scan, I was told everything was fine. I remember feeling really upset that I still didn't know what was wrong with me.
A dentist told me that I might have TMD I was referred to the Eastman Dental Hospital and had a splint made for my lower teeth. I wore the appliance at night and at first, it did help my headaches. My dizziness was still very bad so I researched TMD and then embarked on a very costly (in terms of health, time and money) treatment plan with private dentists.
They all did the same thing - they made me splints of varying descriptions I was so determined to get better that I went along with their advice and treatments. They were 'top' Harley street dentists but I continued to deteriorate.
M Gorman
"Dear Dr Amir,
Thank you so much for all you did yesterday within a few minutes of arriving at your office. I feel so much better today. I thought I would e-mail what I can remember of the symptoms leading up to 12th August 2017 and then how I feel since my appointment with you 10 days later.
I watched a film on TV and my head was turned to the left for about 2 hours. When I woke the next morning, my neck was stiff and painful on the left side. I presumed this was from watching the film at first but the pain spread rapidly and surrounded my ear, jaw, collarbone, shoulder blade, lower back and calf, all down the left side of my body. ..............W Taylor
Daily dizziness and headaches
"Hello, I am 27 years old. I have been suffering for two and a half years from massive pressure pain all over my face, jaw, and neck, pain behind eyes, burning sensation in my nostrils, dizziness, headaches every day, panic attacks, abdominal pain, back pain, pain in my shoulders."...................Neringa
Unstoppable migraines
"I have suffered from migraines for as long as I can remember. For the most part, they were mainly hormonal or came during times of extreme stress. They were not life affecting initially; I had literally half a dozen a year at most However, by my mid-thirties, they were increasing in frequency and by my fortieth year became chronic.. Horrendous pain in my neck and shoulders which was causing almost daily migraines.................................... Within a few weeks of wearing braces, my migraines had gone and now three and a half years later, I can quite literally go for months without having a migraine and when I do, it generally doesn't come from my neck and shoulders"...............................Pamela Hunniset
'........6 months ago (December 2012) I developed instant numbness in my right shoulder, bicep, chest and neck - none of which dissipated thereafter. Following numerous medical examinations during this period, the severe numbness in my arm/shoulder prompted MRI scans. Inflammation was identified in my brain and neck section of my spine and on 3rd January 2013 I was diagnosed with MS (a condition I held little knowledge of at that time)"............. TS
"I have for the last few months started to get restricted movement in one arm. Three weeks ago, Dr Amir fitted me with a new orthodontic brace - instantly, I was able to move my arm freely behind my back but still had restricted movement above my shoulders. Returning to Dr Amir for an adjustment today, he said not to worry as 'That will be easy to fix". After some adjustment to the orthodontic brace, I now find that I can raise my arm above my head. As you would assume, I am delighted and would recommend Dr Amir to anybody with similar problems....................Bernadette R.
I must include the views of a maxillo-facial surgeon giving his expert advice to the GDC about this website complaining that I do not give a balanced view. I think including his comments balances the picture:
The official GDC advisor says:"The website is unprofessional, lacks balance and is factually misleading."
Comment: If you find anything on this website factually incorrect or misleading please email me immediately. I have tried hard but I cannot find or imagine anything here which may be or is misleading.
I have tried to expose the scams run by various medical disciplines. I have exposed the utter devastation that the present care system has on thousands of patients and how merciless those who operate it are.
There is no end to them wanting to shut anyone down who espouses altruism and proper welfare of the patient and relieve them of all types of chronic diseases. I hope all the readers will join me in condemning this junta who wields perhaps too much power.
Follow @divinesymmetry
Posted by M. Amir B.D.S., M. Sc. (U. of London), L.D.S., R.C.S. (England)
Dental Surgeon Regn: 48432
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Shoulder pains at 13:13
Sunday, February 24. 2019
Eczema - A patients heart rending story
I was reviewing my website and re-discovered this story:
Ms. Hilz....May 2014
At 36yrs of age, a burnt out Nurse, I had resigned to my fate that my ill body was just how it was and how it was going to remain. I had lived with various symptoms forever.
Due to my health problems, I could only manage to work part-time to conserve energy as I had been also labelled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Working in a specialized London Oncology hospital was emotionally and physically demanding to leave me rattled with fear that I was not coping with work and in fact living.
Failing many subjects at school, college, other health training had crushed my dreams of succeeding in life as well as I would have had my health been better. I had very low self-esteem and suffered from depression and emotional break downs.
For many years I had visited doctors, chiropractors, osteopaths and various alternative healers for exhaustion, back pain, eczema with no respite in my symptoms.
I had been diagnosed with "Undifferentiated Autoimmune disease" by specialist neurologists for which the only answer was to take "immune suppressing" drugs. As these drugs can often kill the patient I had avoided them and lived with my symptoms for over 20 years.
I had just settled for a life of endless illness. I always knew that something was not right but no one could give me hope or long lasting relief. My eczema was out of control for, as I was explained, "autoimmune reasons" meaning anytime I got stressed or ate food I would have some form of reaction, develop digestive and gut problems, drown myself in a bout of depression and the cycle would continue.
I was so sensitive, that when I went to stay with friends or family the sheets on the bed would cause a reaction, leaving me scratching and bleeding on the sheets all night. I never went anywhere without my antihistamines and a sleeping tablet to knock me out so i would not get distressed which at the time I accepted that my immune system thrived on. My eczema was just the warning sign that on the inside my body was lacking something. I would cry with the itchy, swollen, red painful feet.
I remember the agony of being unable to relieve the pain until I tore my skin - until there was blood. Anybody who suffers eczema will know exactly the feeling I am talking about. It brings great distress and pain. When it was severe I needed to take a bath in sea kelp to bring the inflammation down, clean my skin, apply non-toxic emollients, and bandage it all up before going to bed. I refused conventional drugs they attempted to give me.
So off I went for a consultation to remove my mercury fillings as I had read widely that they can cause the kind of symptoms I had. We were also planning to start a family so I was recommended to see Dr. Amir to have my fillings changed to at least protect my offspring from mercury toxicity. I arrived never realizing what an amazing impact this day would have on my life.
As I sat on Mr. Amir's dental chair and with no input from me, he informed me my health was in a mess, I had no energy and my posture was linked to my TMJ problems. How did this man know so much from gazing at my undesirable fillings? How was he so right? He informed me of what my GP, dermatologists, rheumatologists, osteopath and dozens of other practitioners had not picked up on. So he asked me to fill in a questionnaire and return the following week to be fitted with a brace in my mouth.
It was exhausting to complete the questionnaire as it went through my lifelong health history. I was so unwell and could not concentrate because of my brain fog which made me believe I was stupid as learning, memory retention and cognitive ability was always a challenge at school and university.
My most cherished memory of Dr. Amir's is the Email I received following my completing the questionnaire. It was a cold November morning, I was starting a new job, the normal fears of a new job are daunting anyway, but my personal challenge was to prove my worth at my new job. Years of feeling stupid, avoiding taking time off work in spite of my serious debilitating symptoms, managing my stress and managing to work a full week again my nerves were doing roller coaster rides round my heart and head.
It was exhilarating to read what Dr. Amir wrote after studying the completed questionnaire:
"Hilary, I read through the questionnaire and am shocked how you have suffered since having your molar teeth extracted.
More than likely you do not have a connective tissue disorder or any autoimmune disease.
We shall see what happens. You should show signs of improvement very rapidly"
My health now:
Physically, I can get out of bed in the mornings without feeling so stiff that my back will break if I straighten it. I can now hold my neck up; I spent years with my head falling forwards onto my chest.
My eczema is all cleared up. I no longer scratch; no longer get reactions or allergies. I have been home to Ireland many times and can sleep shame free in other peoples' beds. I no longer suffer the embarrassment of continuously scratching.
For the first time in all my life I can have a shower without moisturizing my whole body afterwards, as my skin would dry up from the water and change of temperature. I no longer get red blotches of breakouts on my cheeks and my skin is not dry or irritated.
My energy levels are improving greatly.
My breathing has become a lot more comfortable. My husband pointed out within the first week of wearing the brace, that in the morning when we woke I did not suffer from morning bad breath.
My hips have begun to realign. Certain exercise in chi gong practice left me with clicky hips unable to get the full range. Now I can do circular leg raises that previously were too painful.
Another "first time in 10 years: I can wear platforms and heels again. Prior to the brace, I accepted I would be 5' 1" forever - wearing heels for more than 2 hours left me in structural pain and my muscles would ache the following day. So I gave in a long time ago as I could not even walk down the street in a pair of wedges. I can say I can now go 5 days a week with heels. Yes, I do still get tired from it, but I hear that is normal.
I am in love with the fact I can manage a day's work with wedges and walk home for 40mins in them.
Dr. Amir is a gifted modern day medicine man. It's only been 6 months treatment and I know that I have 2 more years to go. My life has been enriched with amazing blessed changes and much-improved smile and smooth facial skin.
How I worried 6 months ago about if I was ready for a new job and new change, I have worked diligently to confront new challenges at work whereas I would have crumbled before. As a result, I was approached and asked to become a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative care. Interview next week so watch this space!
From a person who felt worthless, ill and had no energy to give life, I am now starting all over to start building a future which I could never even dream of before.
Dr. Amir's knowledge and experience has showered me with the best medical advice and treatment that I have ever experienced in 20 years of being extremely unwell.
There will be more to come... Dr. Amir is a journey and a way to empower ourselves that we all have the ability to heal.
In this testimonial, I have not focused on the TMJ, physiological explanations, exercises, or brace adjustments. For now, I feel it important to put across a message of hope that this treatment is life changing. As a whole treatment, the corrections have corrected many of my illnesses. Coming from a nursing /medical field yes there will be "professionals" who will dismiss Dr. Amir's amazing knowledge and expertise which far surpasses them. I trust him as my practitioner and observe how he continues to learn, to do more research and always has his patients in his heart.
Hilz May 2014
I must include the views of a maxillo-facial surgeon giving his expert advice to the GDC about this website complaining that I do not give a balanced view. I think including his comments balances the picture:
The official GDC advisor says:"The website is unprofessional, lacks balance and is factually misleading."
Comment: If you find anything on this website factually incorrect or misleading please email me immediately. I have tried hard but I cannot find or imagine anything here which may be or is misleading.
I have tried to expose the scams run by various medical disciplines. I have exposed the utter devastation that the present care system has visited upon thousands of patients and how merciless those who operate it are.
There is no end to them wanting to shut anyone down who espouses altruism and proper welfare of the patient and relieve them of all types of chronic diseases. I hope all the readers will join me in condemning this junta who wields perhaps too much power.
This article may be freely reproduced on social media or copied onto your website provided proper acknowledgement is made and a link provided back to this website. Any breach of any laws in your jurisdiction will be entirely your own responsibility.
Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Eczema at 13:56
Saturday, February 16. 2019
Migraines, headaches and tinnitus - Jaw asymmetry or a medical problem - you decide.
Classical hijacking of symptoms emanating from the jaw joint (TMD):
I quote from a respected source:
"Pain and dysfunction related to the jaw joints was first postulated as a condition by Costen in 1934 who described a list of symptoms forming the syndrome that bears his name; he was the first person to link jaw joint pain with the dental occlusion. Costen described a complex list of symptoms which are no longer accepted as part of TMD (including tinnitus and headache) but are related to other diagnoses."
Now let us read a bit more into this. "Complex list of symptoms which are no longer accepted as part of TMD". This statement means that these symptoms and many more described by Costen have been excluded from the realm of dentistry and turned over to the medical profession through some amazing wizardry.
I quote here some feedback testimonials from a number of patients who presented with Jaw Joint Dysfunction causing "tinnitus, and headache" plus multiple other symptoms and were treated through 'Craniodental and Skeletal Symmetry' treatment.
1. Migraines, headaches, and tinnitus"I had always suffered from headaches, earaches and a general feeling of being run down since my early teens. These headaches got progressively worse until at 27 years old I developed what I referred to as "face pain" along with a constant "crunching" noise in my ear. These attacks of face pain, migraines, headaches, and earaches got progressively worse throughout that year to the point where I was really struggling to make it through a day at work and had to go to bed as soon as I got home. Due to the location of the pain, I was misdiagnosed dozens of times by my GP as having sinusitis, and was given antibiotics and strong painkillers and eventually even had sinus surgery to combat the pain.
One day my mum read an article in the Evening Standard about Dr Amir and about jaw problems and said to me these sound like your symptoms! I went to Dr Amir in 2010 at age 30 and he immediately knew what was wrong and without telling him he worked out that I had gaps in my teeth closed by a brace as a child which had caused misalignment. We spent the next few years reopening those gaps with fixed and non fixed braces and my symptoms halved within the first 3 months. By the end of that first year I was 70% improved including the tinnitus and migraines. It has improved my life so much, I was struggling to work, going straight to bed when I came home. I now also have great looking teeth as the newly reopened gaps were filled with implants which Dr Amir put in himself.
I do occasionally get a migraine or headache but nothing like the amount I did before and when I do I make an appointment to see Dr Amir and he adjusts the appliance that I wear when I need it and I always see an improvement. Last year I had 2 migraines! And most days no tinnitus. Before coming to Dr Amir I had around 20 migraines per month!
Also, after 2 years of treatment, my Mum asked me one day how "the ear noise"(tinnitus) was and I realised for the first time in 5 years all I could hear was silence. I cannot express how grateful I am for Dr. Amir and the progress I have made. Mine is a long and complicated case, but instead of feeling hopeless and like I will never have a "normal" life I feel certain that I will be 100% better in the near future. ...........D. Levy, London"
2. Constant headaches......... "My constant headaches have also disappeared and I'm sleeping much better at night and waking up refreshed and with a clear head. Finally, I also had a knee pain which I started feeling 4 months ago which is also gone!
I would like to take the opportunity to show my appreciation and deeply thank you for having suggested this treatment for me. It has really had a tremendously positive effect and I not only feel much better physically, but I also feel my piano playing has been improving drastically since! Many thanks!"
M Zahra, (Top Pianist) July 2008
3. Extreme Dizziness, Head-over-the-hammer Headaches, Tinnitus"Thank you for your time and care with my jaw problems. Your unique orthodontic approaches has given me my life back. My problems began when all four of my wisdom teeth were mistakenly removed in St. Thomas's Hospital, London.
My health deteriorated rapidly starting with a frozen shoulder and progressing to extreme dizziness, head-over-the-hammer headaches, tinnitus, numbness in limbs and tiredness. At first, I didn't put the two things together and I thought maybe I had a brain tumour, the symptoms seemed to match. After a brain scan, I was told everything was fine. I remember feeling really upset that I still didn't know what was wrong with me.
A dentist told me that I might have TMD I was referred to the Eastman Dental Hospital and had a splint made for my lower teeth. I wore the appliance at night and at first, it did help my headaches. My dizziness was still very bad so I researched TMD and then embarked on a very costly (in terms of health, time and money) treatment plan with private dentists.
They all did the same thing - they made me splints of varying descriptions I was so determined to get better that I went along with their advice and treatments. They were 'top' Harley street dentists but I continued to deteriorate.
I also spent a fortune on Osteopathy and became reliant on it. These treatments covered 10 or so years. Then one night I woke up to find the room spinning. I could barely move, sit or lie down. This continued for months.
After seeing your article in the Evening Standard newspaper I decided to give it one last try. Thank god I did. When I first started my treatment with you I could not even touch my teeth together. My splint wearing had caused my teeth to retreat into my gums. You really listened to my story and realised the complexity of my situation. For months I had to have my treatment from you while I was standing up. You adjusted the treatment according to my needs and gradually I began to recover.
The orthodontic work done by you has been amazing. My dizziness is now totally under control. My teeth and jaws work and I feel so much better.
Towards the end of treatment, I also became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful healthy boy. Without your care, this would not have been possible."
Thank you, Mr. Amir and the team............M. Gorman......Jan 2014
4. Dental appliance for migraines"I started getting migraines in my late twenties. I'd get them every few months or so and they were manageable, but as the years progressed they were getting worse and worse to the point where I was getting them around once a week. It was such a nightmare as I had to carry on working through them and I'd be in pain for around 48 hours.
Then, while sitting on the tube, I picked up the Evening Standard and saw an article written by Bella Freud about how a dental appliance had cured her migraines. She had visited Dr. Amir at his dental surgery in Putney and he had explained to her that moving her teeth to a more symmetrical position would help her because if the jaw is out of alignment with the skull, the body misaligns to compensate, which can create all kinds of medical problems, including migraines. This made perfect sense to me and I arranged to see him. It was the best decision I made regarding my migraines.
My treatment is still on-going, but I hardly get migraines. It was a life-changing decision for me to go and visit him - I can't believe I used to get migraines every week!"
post by N. L. Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:05 pm
5. Letter to a newspaper by my patients' mother"Dear Editor,
I am writing to ask you to kindly pass the following information on to J. H. who wrote for your Experience piece in the magazine.
My daughter experienced crippling headaches for 10 years - they were not constant as Jane's are but they were on a scale of 1 -10 - regularly 8 and usually every day.
She went to ENT, Neurology had acupuncture and osteopathy - nothing was found untoward and nothing helped - Until our osteopath saw an article by a dentist in London about jaw misalignment.
We visited Dr Amir and he treated her with braces..........within 3 months she was free of headaches. She continued treatment for 4 years to complete the realignment of her jaw but the important thing is that the daily headaches did not return. She does very occasionally have a headache but it is in the normal range and goes within the day."
6. Rapid recovery from numerous symptoms including extreme dizziness"Dear Dr Amir,
Thank you so much for all you did yesterday within a few minutes of arriving at your office. I feel so much better today. I thought I would e-mail what I can remember of the symptoms leading up to 12th August 2017 and then how I feel since my appointment with you 10 days later.
I watched a film on TV and my head was turned to the left for about 2 hours. When I woke the next morning, my neck was stiff and painful on the left side. I presumed this was from watching the film at first but the pain spread rapidly and surrounded my ear, jaw, collarbone, shoulder blade, lower back and calf, all down the left side of my body.
Then during the early hours of 12/8/17, I awoke to experience the room spinning, although this only lasted for 10-15 seconds, it felt like an eternity. This continued to happen whenever I laid down or turned over. It also occurred on bending my head over or down. On getting up from a sitting position I felt very unsteady and extremely nauseous with a headache that seemed to encompass my whole head with shooting pains like electric shocks.
This continued along with the pain and discomfort all down my left side over the next 10 days. I felt so ill, I avoided laying down by propping myself up on several pillows preventing me from turning in bed. The few times I managed to sleep I woke up with severe pains in my neck and severe headache. During the day I had to only sit around because I felt very unsteady and very ill. I did everything I could to avoid any movement that would cause the spinning. I call it spinning because it is far worse than dizziness.
I contacted you but you were away. The doctor said I had some crystals in the ear organ and that is why I was dizzy. On the 22/8/17, some 10 days after my symptoms started, my appointment could not have come sooner.
The journey up was awful, I felt 'drunk' but with the feeling of a very bad hangover all mixed into one. My walking reflected how I felt too. Luckily my husband took the day off to drive me up as I could not possibly manage the train journey and certainly not on my own. He dropped me at your surgery door and planned to pick me up after my appointment.
You kindly checked and decided on a certain appliance which you adjusted appropriately and fitted in my mouth. This immediately and miraculously started improving my condition.
After leaving your surgery I found myself walking for the five to ten minutes to the car on my own. This I would not have been able to do previously. I felt steady on my feet instead of staggering. My husband was shocked when he saw me walking on my own up to the car. I got into the car and we began our journey home. I felt a little nauseous at first but nowhere near as bad as when I arrived at your surgery. My neck felt less stiff and was easier to move. The pains I described earlier started to disappear.
After about an hour into our journey, I realised I was sitting with both feet on the floor. I cannot normally sit anywhere without crossing my legs. I did not feel nauseous and my headache had gone. As I looked out of the car everything seemed clearer and less blurred. When we arrived home I did feel tired but that is normal after a long journey. I was very nervous about going to bed and laying down. When I slowly lowered myself into bed the room initially swayed briefly after which I managed to sleep very deeply having been so tired from the previous 10 days of hell. I even turned over and there was NO spinning. I woke up this morning with NO headache or any nausea.
I have a small area on my neck that is a little uncomfortable but I am feeling so much better. Thank you so much for your ingenuity! I look forward to seeing you on Saturday for the review appointment."
Mrs. WT Wednesday, August 23. 2017
7. Recovery from Dizziness in an instant"Dear Dr.Amir
I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much.
The dizziness, which as you know is horrible, has gone due to your care and expertise and I can lay on my right side again for the first time in almost two weeks
I am very grateful to you many, many thanks."
Revd. Jan F" Fri, 21 Mar 2014
8. Daily dizziness and headaches"Hello, I am 27 years old. I have been suffering for two and a half years from massive pressure pain all over my face, jaw, and neck, pain behind eyes, burning sensation in my nostrils, dizziness, headaches every day, panic attacks, abdominal pain, back pain, pain in my shoulders.
I have been visiting NHS maxillofacial surgeons for 2.5 years and none of them could help me or give me the correct treatment even after they confirmed it was TMJ dysfunction. The first thing they did was to give me a hard splint to wear. After one year in pain and no positive results from splint, they washed my jaw joints surgically! That did not work either.
Moreover, they got me to remove my wisdom teeth. I did that but that did not help at all. My pain got worse and out of control and at the end they gave me many different kinds of painkillers and antidepressants and said if that won't help they do not have any more treatment for me.
I was not able to work for two and a half years and I could hardly take care of my 4 years old son as a single mom. I was struggling to look after my son. I could not work because of the intense pain. I could not get any income.
Since I first felt the pains 2 and a half years ago they got worse and worse. Finally, we found Dr. Amir Dental Surgeon and I had my first visit in the middle of November 2018. Since first visit and now which is the middle of February 2019, after Dr Amir started work on my jaws I can feel a massive difference. I feel so much better and I have now resumed work. Some of those symptoms have gone completely while some I can still feel but not as bad as before. Treatment is still in progress. Rating my pain 10/10 before treatment and now I could say pain is 5/10. On a good day, it is 2-3/10. I am very glad that I found Dr Amir. Can't wait how I will feel in a few more months. THANK YOU DR AMIR for everything you did and for everything you will do!
"Neringa Dobrovolskaite, February 2019
9. CFS related headaches, dizziness"I have recently recovered from a devastating illness through very unconventional means using dental appliances.........
Throughout my early twenties, I suffered from various unexplained symptoms, all of which became acute last February when I was 27. From that time onwards my body started to go downhill. I began to experience recurrent ear infections, vertigo, and pain in my jaw. My eyes would regularly become blurry. I had my eyes checked by an optician who said that my vision was fine but could not explain the blurriness any further. I started getting more tired and also started to lose my vision in my right eye.
Terrible pains traveled from my right ear down the right side of my jaw and under my tongue. This would alternate from pain to numbness and loss of feeling in this area. The symptoms in my head and neck got worse and my body became subject to profound fatigue which concentrated more on the right than on the left side of my body. I would experience unusual tingling sensations in my fingertips and in my legs, all of which debilitated me to an extent that I could barely hold a glass up to drink or hold a pen to write........
I developed severe stabbing headaches and noticed that my short term memory was disappearing. I was confused a lot of the time and unable to carry out simple daily tasks and understand simple concepts. I was unable to hold conversations and often stumbled or stammered over my own words. I could see my brain beginning to give up.
As a Scientist in Clinical Cancer Research, I had a demanding job which required a great deal of concentration due to the complexity of my work.
The final visit to my GP in July 2005 was the culmination of my frustration. I explained to my GP, based in Wimbledon, that I was progressively getting worse to the point where my husband had to feed me; my fatigue was totally debilitating, and I found myself gasping for air. I felt like I was choking. I felt as if I was being strangled and could pass out at any minute.
To my surprise, my GP raised his hands and using a very unprofessional tone accused me of being hysterical. I was blamed for making up my symptoms for attention. However, he contradicted himself by telling me I was stressed and that I was suffering from "post-viral symptoms due to an ear infection and may end up in a wheelchair", all of which I was "going to have to accept". I was then asked to leave his surgery, in my distraught state. I cried no end. How could he call himself a caring doctor!
With nowhere to turn, I enquired around a great deal and thankfully came across the help of Mr Amir. During my examination he palpated various areas around my jaws, head and neck, and described many of my symptoms to me before I was able to explain and elaborate on them to him!
Ongoing through the extensive questionnaire that I had to fill out for him, he explained how each symptom was precipitated anatomically and neurologically, starting from my jaws. He explained that my mandibular joint caused a misalignment in my craniofacial symmetry, and how this led to compensatory deleterious effects on the rest of my body. He showed me how it was affecting my breathing, my sleep, my muscle tone, my digestion, my ears, my eyes, how it contributed to my hair loss and my immune system and many other ramifications throughout my body, including trapping some major nerves in my neck and lower back. He had a far better understanding of this illness than all the other clinicians I had seen put together.
I did not need any more convincing, and I immediately embarked on his treatment. To make a long story short, a myriad of unbelievably simple dental devices which he constructed specifically to correct my asymmetries started correcting my misalignment and the 20 to 30 symptoms I was experiencing started abating almost instantaneously.
Unlike the abuse I suffered at the hands of the medical profession, he explained that I was very fragile and needed very careful adjustments to the appliances that he provided. I had to visit each week, and if I did not feel well I could see him on demand which is what he preferred, as he said that the healing process must not be interrupted by any irregularity of the appliance or to make good the further demands on my healing body.
Over the months, I have improved remarkably and all my symptoms have now virtually disappeared. My Medical Consultant in the hospital where I work was astounded and wrote to Mr Amir.
Nine months into my treatment, I am on the road to a definitive recovery with a method with its very subtle intricacies pioneered, figured out and perfected by Mr Amir, and almost certainly ignored by most in a position to bring about healing in the patients. He has been providing this treatment for some 10 years. How many patients have become bedridden during this time? None of the medication I was prescribed had any bearing on my condition. Being in the medical field I can now categorically say so.
Without this treatment, I would have been paralysed and bed-ridden. I could see it coming."
U. Bailley-Lane March 2007 Published in Positive Health Magazine
10.Severe Headaches
I first met Dr. Amir when a friend sent me Bella Freud's newspaper article about how he had helped her cure her migraines. I had been suffering severely with headaches for two years and felt deeply depressed about my future as the NHS had been spectacularly unsuccessful in finding any cause or relief for these headaches which were incredibly debilitating.
I was quite nervous about committing to a two-year treatment which was expensive for us, having no real idea about whether it would work or not, but Dr. Amir was so confident he could help I decided to try it. it took a while, longer than he first predicted, but after four or five months he had more or less cured me.
He said from the beginning that I wasn't a very difficult case, because he is treating so many people who have far, far worse problems than I was experiencing. I have met such a wide range of patients with such a variety of problems in the waiting room, and it is extraordinary that a simple adjustment of the position of the jaw can have such a dramatic effect on the function of the whole body. I am a witness to the efficacy of Dr Amir's programme and have recommended him countless times to friends and acquaintances with chronic problems.
It is no exaggeration to say that I am in awe of the way his treatment can help people with very severe health problems, without subjecting them to any drugs - so many of which have dreadful side effects, and the workings of which are often not properly understood even by the medical profession.
Most recently I suffered from several weeks of very unpleasant bloating and nausea, feeling ill all day and worse after eating. After tests to see whether I had a tumour or an ulcer, I went back to Dr. Amir who said that my jaw was out of place again and that I wasn't breathing properly. He made me a new brace within an hour and told me he hoped I would be feeling better that very same evening. I couldn't really believe it when this proved to be true.
A week later, my digestion is not quite back to normal but the improvement is dramatic and I could not be more grateful to Dr Amir. It is a tragedy that the orthodox dental community does not recognise the importance of the work he is doing, and that they are not queueing up outside his surgery to learn from him.
I consider myself beyond fortunate to have come across him and his work.
Henrietta Parsons ... February 2019
11 Unstoppable migraines
I have suffered from migraines for as long as I can remember. For the most part, they were mainly hormonal or came during times of extreme stress. They were not life affecting initially; I had literally half a dozen a year at most However, by my mid-thirties, they were increasing in frequency and by my fortieth year became chronic.. Horrendous pain in my neck and shoulders was causing almost daily migraines.
Over the next few years, five neurologists diagnosed Chronic Daily Migraine but could do nothing to help. They prescribed mainly prophylactic medications which generally made me feel worse and did not affect the migraines. I saw chiropractors, physiotherapists and Orthopaedic Consultants amongst others but to no avail, there was no end to the pain.
I continued to work for 2 and a half years, spending most weekends and often Fridays too in bed and then I resigned, it wasn't fair on my employers either as I was only partially there, normally doped up on painkillers.
A few years later, I came across Dr. Amir. I went for a consultation, expecting another dead-end. However, he told me that my jaw was very badly misaligned due to five molars that were removed when I was about 12 years old that shouldn't have been removed. He said that when the jaw/skull is misaligned, the body misaligns to compensate causing numerous symptoms including my migraines, neck and shoulder pain. This all made sense as I remembered having the teeth extracted and then a brace to close the spaces, I even had photographs showing the gaps in my mouth.
Most importantly, he said he would be able to help by re-aligning my jaw by putting those teeth back in, in the form of implants. I was slightly sceptical at first but went along with it. Within a few weeks of wearing braces, my migraines had gone and now three and a half years later, I can quite literally go for months without having a migraine and when I do, it generally doesn't come from my neck and shoulders. Visiting Dr Amir's surgery over the last few years, I have met many other patients with similar stories to mine and I have also been amazed at the lengths Dr Amir will go to to help his patients. I am eternally grateful to Dr Amir for my migraine free life.
Pamela Hunnisett, February 2019
12 Daily migraines, Locked jaw - Inability to open mouth
My problems first started when I was 16. I was still in secondary school about to start my GCSE's when one morning, out of the blue, with having had absolutely no prior symptoms, my jaw popped out of place on the right-hand side. It popped out and went straight back in again but since that day I never felt quite the same. It wasn't long after this day that things began to get much worse for me. My jaw began popping out of place on a regular basis and then also began getting 'stuck' shut so I physically couldn't open my mouth If I tried to open my mouth it would cause me excruciating pain. I would have to pull my jaw back into place when this happened, which was also incredibly painful.
The pain was everywhere. It wasn't just in my jaw, but in my head, neck, back, and eyes. I had almost daily migraines where the pain would cause me to be sick. Some days the pain in my neck would be so bad that I simply couldn't hold my head up and would spend the day bedridden. I was just 16 years old. This affected every single part of my life. I couldn't eat, smile, laugh, go out with friends, work or study. My life was effectively over.
During this time my family and I did all the research we could I was told that I had TMJ dysfunction. We spent hours trawling over all the available information online about it and consulting all the 'specialists' we could to try and fix it.
The first place we tried was our local dentist. He made me a 'splint' to wear in my mouth to stop my teeth touching. This, he said, would help. It did not. It made things ten times worse which I didn't even think was possible. It caused the other side of my jaw to start popping out also. My pain and suffering continued for years and years on end. We went to see every single specialist under the sun. I saw doctors, consultants, physiotherapists, osteopaths, cranial osteopaths, dentists, maxillo-facial surgeons, orthodontists. I had many different types of other treatments to try and help including acupuncture, reflexology, reiki etc. NOTHING helped. My pain continued to get worse, my life was total misery.
Of all the specialists I saw, it was one Harley Street consultant's comments that will always stick with me. He charged me £350 to tell me that I was anxious and therefore clenching my teeth and I simply needed to stop doing that and it would all go away. He told me to repeatedly say the letter 'N' to stop myself clenching my teeth. Whilst saying this letter does stop clenching, this was not my problem and obviously did absolutely nothing to help. I felt like I might as well die. Nothing and nobody could help me. If that's all the best specialists had to say about it, then there was no point in carrying on.
Osteopaths and physiotherapists tried all the massage and manipulations on earth to try and fix me. Nothing worked whatsoever. I had months and months of treatment with both.
Maxillo-facial surgeons told me that I could try keyhole surgery, but I would need to have my jaw wired shut for 6 weeks afterward and that the success rate for this kind of surgery is 20% with 80% of people relapsing within 10 years. I didn't feel like this was an option for me with the risk that it would probably fail and make me worse.
I saw many different dentists and gave up with them in the end because all they wanted to do was pull my teeth out and I really didn't want to go down that road and end up with no teeth, not to mention the pain and suffering I would have to go through to endure the treatment itself.
I ended up flying halfway around the world to Colorado to have revolutionary treatment with an NCR doctor. NCR is neurocranial restructuring, I won't even begin to explain how it works as its too complicated. I flew back and forth from America, probably 5 times in total for this treatment, which gave me a small amount of relief. This obviously was not cheap and soon there simply wasn't the option to fly out there again as my parents couldn't afford it.
Time went by and I continued to look for an NCR doctor in England and eventually found an American Dr who was over in the U.K and offering treatments, his name was Dr Howell. This is when I got introduced to Dr Amir.
Dr Amir and I briefly spoke about my problem. He took one look at me and told me I had a jaw problem. Nobody had ever done that before. He just seemed to know what was wrong, he listed out ten or more of my symptoms without me having to tell him a thing.
He gave me a brief consultation for free in his waiting room and said if I wanted his help I could return at any time. I didn't know what to say or do. I'd had lots of professionals tell me that they could help and absolutely nothing any of them had done had worked so I was fairly skeptical. I told him that I would complete my treatment with Dr Howell and then give it a try.
As soon as my treatment finished I contacted Dr. Amir and saw him the following week. Dr. Amir was lovely and as gently as he could, took some impressions of my teeth, made me a special brace as per my personal discrepancy, the same day and gave me instructions on how to use the brace.
I was to wear the brace 24/7 apart from eating. He showed me how to swallow correctly whilst wearing the appliance. The difference that this brace made was unbelievable.
Within a matter of weeks, I began to notice a huge difference. The first few days the brace made my teeth sore and I couldn't do an awful lot but as the days went by and I got used to wearing the brace the difference was amazing. I could stand and walk again, holding my head up without being in pain. I could open my mouth wider than I had done in years, I could eat normal food that hadn't been mushed up or blended, and I could smile without pain.
I used to go to bed every night in a state of panic because my jaw would often come out of place in the night or get stuck and I would wake up unable to open my mouth or in excruciating pain. Since the first night of wearing the brace, that never happened again.
I first went to see Dr. Amir in July, by September and for the first time in years, I went out for dinner for my birthday. This may seem like something insignificant, but to me, it was absolutely everything. Eating had become such a horrible, painful experience for me for so many years that to be well enough to go out for dinner and enjoy myself around food was just amazing.
Ten years have passed since that time, and the girl who thought her life was over at 16 is now married with two beautiful children, happy and healthy, and able to do all the things I wanted to in life. I still get the odd bit of jaw ache, but I am 95% better. I can eat pretty much what I like, sleep normally, do normal daily activities, exercise, work, look after my family, and live a normal life. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Amir to anybody. If you've tried everything and nothing worked, Dr. Amir will fix you.
Emma Hursit............February 2019
Wikipedia has the following to say about migraines:"The underlying mechanisms for migraines are not fully known. They are, however, believed to involve the nerves and blood vessels of the brain.
Comment: This is the story about most illnesses - they never know the exact cause and are always confused by the nature of the illness. It is very understandable that the medical profession is thoroughly confused because they have absolutely NOTHING to do with such patients. 'Confusion' has this uncanny ability to be very profitable. One can put this 'confusion' into very good use by putting patients through thousands of dollars worth of useless tests making huge profits for the medical industrial complex.
Continuing from Wikipedia
Initial recommended treatment is with simple pain medications and paracetamol (acetaminophen) for the headache, medication for nausea, and the avoidance of triggers. Specific medications such as triptans or ergotamines may be used in those for whom simple pain medications are not effective. Caffeine may be added to the above. A number of medications are useful to prevent attacks including metoprolol valproate, and topiramate."
Globally, approximately 15% of people are affected by migraines."
That is almost 1 billion people! The average drug cost is probably £20.00 per month which amounts to perhaps an annual income of £240 billion! Drug costs are usually estimated to be only 10% of the cost of looking after such patients.
In spite of all these medications, no patient has EVER recovered through medication. Some get symptomatic relief others have to give up because of the adverse drug effects.
One patient writes "Over the next few years, five neurologists diagnosed Chronic Daily Migraine but could do nothing to help. They prescribed mainly prophylactic medications which generally made me feel worse and did not affect the migraines."
These are the people to whom the migraine symptom was handed over to!
Please also remember that Migraines are usually only one of the many symptoms such patients suffer from. From the testimonies provided above and years of experience treating such patients, it is very clear that a grave injustice has been perpetrated upon society and there are collaborators and shills who continue to deprive patients of proper advice and treatment.
So my rating for this medical care is zero or perhaps minus 100% because of not only the adverse effects but because patients suffer from pain for the rest of their lives when they could easily be helped with perhaps just a couple of visits to the dentist in some cases.
In view of the testimonies presented above, it is morally reprehensible and almost criminal to withhold such treatment from patients or to defend and promote the stance:
"No longer accepted as part of TMD (including tinnitus and headaches) but are related to other diagnoses".
I helped my first headache patient just after I graduated in 1984. She is a senior manager at the HBC in the city of London now. She was in and out of hospital for some 6 months about her unremitting headaches but recovered in one weekend through some simple dental treatment. My second major success was with a patient from Manchester who recovered from nonstop migraines. It took some 18 months of treatment before she experienced any sign of recovery some 25 years ago. By the time I got her for treatment, I had already helped about three other patients of their headaches so I was confident and she had no choice as she had exhausted herself of all other forms of care. She remains well and regularly visits about once a year.
Excluding jaw asymmetry as a cause of headaches and ear problems is an utter fallacy. It condemns millions to crippling headaches and migraines. It leaves them destitute, suicidal, suffering unbelievable adverse effects from drugs, and destroys their lives by the million while it keeps the ENT surgeons fruitfully employed. The medical and social costs are beyond comprehension for everyone and these costs regularly bankrupt hundreds of families, where treatment is unavailable through a National Health Service as in the UK.
Here is the same "respected source" who I quoted in the first paragraph giving his professional advice to the GDC about TMD:"Treatment of TMD (temporomandibular dysfunction). In summary, it can be helpful to think of TMD as like a camel carrying a load of straw (symptoms and aetiological causes) – removing some straw (not necessarily the straw placed last) will result in relief of symptoms and return to physiological health but adding more straw causes dysfunction."
Please explain this codswallop to Emma Hursit, Pamela Hunnisett. all the other patients on this page, dozens of my other migraine patients who are not on this page and all those dentists who are regularly curing patients of their headaches through treating their jaws correctly.
The theme running through these testimonials is that:
1) The patient's TMJ Dysfunction and associated illness was often caused by the extraction of their wisdom teeth.
2) The complications arising from this mode of treatment often crippled patients for a lifetime.
3) The hospital consultants often failed abysmally to diagnose Jaw asymmetry problems.
4) They often failed to treat these patients adequately often telling them that there was nothing wrong with their TMJ.
5) The patients were often misled by being told that they had stress or an anxiety disorder.
6) The patients have often been wrongly prescribed addictive antidepressants.
7) The patients have often been wrongly prescribed addictive opiates.
Lastly and hopelessly, the patients are often fobbed off with dental splints by the same maxillo facial surgeons with splints which, initially make the patient a bit better but very soon makes their condition much worse.
The worst part is that when a 'jaw' specialist with many success stories to support his contentions diagnoses a patient with jaw problem, and makes the grave error of referring them to a hospital for a second opinion the patients get told that he or she does not have a jaw problem.
However, they still advise the patients how to take care of the pain symptomatically thus immediately contradicting themselves.
This puts serious doubts in the mind of the average patient and they start doubting the initial diagnosis. I cannot condemn enough, this pernicious handling of TMJ patients by those in authority.
Their cockeyed advice can cause lifelong harm to patients and cost society billions in the long term because the patients than exclude the jaw problem as the cause of many of their symptoms and continue to knock at medicines door where they never get any relief because medicine is based on providing symptomatic relief mainly in a vast majority of cases. Hence chronic sickness abounds in society and the NHS is a bottomless pit.
Please also read my article on other ear problems to understand the ear connection to An asymmetrical jaw.
It is time dentists stepped in boldly to rescue such patients.
However, an advisor appointed by the GDC to look at this website and advice them has the following wisdom to put to the GDC upon which they take action:"Migraine is a distinct condition but TMD may produce similar symptoms"
Comment: He means 'Migraines' are untreatable through dental interventions in spite of the numerous testimonials on this website and all over the internet!
The worrying part is that the GDC believes him!
Therefore, patients, that the GDC claims "it protects their interests" can continue to suffer the rest of their lives because dentists will be prevented from treating them and medicine has NEVER been able to relieve their pain.
I was also very intrigued today to come acros this article:
Rural America needs more headache specialists, WVU researcher says
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just half of the neurologists it needs. This scarcity can cause problems for people with migraine whose primary physicians aren't trained or equipped to treat--or even diagnose--their more complicated cases."
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All I can say is good luck to the patients!
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Migraines at 19:36
Tuesday, February 5. 2019
Multiple Sclerosis - Jaw Asymmetry or an autoimmune disease - You decide
A hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a theory - or does it?
I just got this link via Email from one of my patients:
Is Multiple Sclerosis Caused by the Jaw and Cranial Bones?
The article goes on to say:
"Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is likely a biomechanical disease caused by the jaw muscles, cranial bones, and veins of the body. The autoimmune paradigm has produced no effective treatment after 70 years as the prevailing hypothesis on the cause of MS. With the enormous MS drug market now worth over $20 billion a year, the status quo of MS research serves the interests of pharmaceutical companies, neurologists, and diagnostic imaging providers who live lavishly at the expense of patient health with little incentive to terminate this lucrative source of revenue. Under this new model, MS is caused by the jaw muscles temporarily expanding the cranial cavity, particularly during sustained bruxism (jaw clenching), by laterally pulling the temporal bones outwardly along the squamosal suture. When the bruxing episode ends, the cranial bones deflect back to their normal positions. This cranial expansion-contraction phenomenon induces compressive and shearing strains to the brain tissue resulting in diffuse global brain damage."
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Although I might not agree with the mechanism described, I commend the establishment of a link between MS and Jaw problems
WHAT IS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS? - The classical rexplanationMy claims regarding the fraudulent diagnosis of MS are supported by many patients, including an eminent personality who recently provided a lengthy testimonial. Excerpts follow:
- It is an incurable, lifelong condition. Symptoms can be mild in some, and in others more extreme causing severe disability.
- MS affects 2.3 million people worldwide - including around 400,000 in the US, and 100,000 in the UK.
- It is more than twice as common in women as it is in men. A person is usually diagnosed in their 20s and 30s.
- The condition is more commonly diagnosed in people of European ancestry.
- The cause isn't clear. There may be genes associated with it, but it is not directly hereditary. Smoking and low vitamin D levels are also linked to MS.
- Symptoms include fatigue, difficulty walking, vision problems, bladder problems, numbness or tingling, muscle stiffness and spasms, problems with balance and co-ordination, and problems with thinking, learning and planning.
- The majority of sufferers will have episodes of symptoms which go away and come back, while some have ones which get gradually worse over time.
- Symptoms can be managed with medication and therapy.
- The condition shortens the average life expectancy by around five to 10 years.
'........6 months ago (December 2012) I developed instant numbness in my right shoulder, bicep, chest, and neck - none of which dissipated thereafter. Following numerous medical examinations during this period, the severe numbness in my arm/shoulder prompted MRI scans. Inflammation was identified in my brain and neck section of my spine and on 3rd January 2013 I was diagnosed with MS (a condition I held little knowledge of at that time)..........
........I made the choice to visit Dr. Amir as a result of substantial reading by my wife following my diagnosis. This reading identified a wide variation in views about MS (from a number of respected medical practitioners throughout the western world) and comments reported by patients in my situation who had also received treatment from Dr. Amir and subsequently considered themselves well........
........As a professional entrenched in the value of evidence to guide decisions, I decided to pursue an option which, at face value, offered what I assessed as having evidence worthy of consideration. While I understand that the scientific world would consider individual post-treatment testimonies to be anecdotal and virtually useless when evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment, I do not.......
1. I understand that medical views suggest there to be more than one possible cause for lesions in the brain and spine.
2. My own diagnosis (by the NHS Neurologist) included the professional view that the lesions in my brain could be several years old.
3. I understand that medical findings within autopsies have identified the presence of lesions in persons who have never suffered the symptoms of MS.
4. I know, from personal experience, that of others and open source advice that numbness of the type I am experiencing can be generated by a range of causes, not least trauma caused by accidents, sporting injuries and a variation of illnesses, disease and physical conditions. It is not exclusive to MS......
........I visited Dr. Amir with complete deadness in my shoulder and bicep and severe numbness in my right chest side and back of my neck. This had been unchanged for 6 weeks. My right thumb had been numb for 2 weeks and the fingers for over 6 months.......
.......Dr. Amir did not claim he would definitely be able to 'cure me' but did explain that my jaw misalignment and other matters were causing my condition and that he would treat these as best as he was able - without guarantee.........
.......That day (15 days ago) Dr. Amir fitted a bespoke brace to my upper jaw and advised on exercises and a method of eating.
The next day I noticed a distinct alleviation of the numbness in my right bicep.
Within 1 week sensation had returned to my right bicep, chest, neck and fingers in my left hand.
This week, my shoulder can be reported as feeling less dense, although my thumb (the most recent development) remains numb.............."
[Update: Patient continues to feel well and the symptoms have largely resolved. April 2014]
This patients' testimony, together with that of many more patients, very eloquently confirms my reservations regarding the present state of this dreadful label and the treatment methodologies which are highly suspect.
Case Study: Dental Treatment for Multiple Sclerosisby Mary Maguire
Originally published in issue 90 of Positive Health Magazine- July 2003
The backdrop to this story is long and convoluted, so I will spare you the details and concentrate on the essentials.
I had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1984, following a lumbar puncture and, more recently, by an MRI scan. Nothing remarkable or untoward happened until one night in December 1994, when I found myself in the most dreadful situation. Having fallen asleep after a day at work, I awoke suddenly and dramatically on hearing a loud click in my head behind my right ear. I got up feeling 'spaced out' and terrified as if a curtain had dropped between reality and myself as if I existed in a bubble.
The following day I visited my GP who recommended rest and suggested that 'stress' was the probable cause. A few weeks off work brought no improvement. I felt even worse. A metal band seemed to be tightening its grip around my brain, causing extreme pressure and my mind to run riot.
Convinced that I was going mad/ crazy, I agreed to see a psychiatrist who decided that I was mentally ill and suffering from anxiety/depression. Anxious yes, very worried yes. Who wouldn't be? The prescribed cocktail of drugs brought horrendous results. I was then required to attend a day centre from which I was discharged after a period of three months with the comforting comment that I might never recover – a fate worse than death.
Neurology was the next area to be explored. There was nothing to offer here and the consultant dismissively suggested that the earlier diagnosis of MS and/or mental illness was probably correct – "these were simply labels"!
Left to my own devices and painfully aware that conventional medicine had failed, I spent the next three years and thousands of pounds attending alternative medical practitioners, healers and anyone else who offered a ray of hope. I was clutching at very costly straws. By now I was feeling disillusioned and quite angry.
Still hoping for a miracle, I continued to buy health magazines. My luck was about to change when an advertisement caught my eye. Terms such as 'cranial symmetry' struck a chord with me. I phoned and spoke to the practitioner and described my symptoms. He said that he had read a lot about MS but he had never seen an MS patient and was keen to see if his hypothesis would work for this condition. He would be in a position to say if his criteria would be helpful after he had examined me.
In short, I took the plunge and flew from Belfast to London. In spite of niggling doubts, I was hopeful. I desperately wanted this to work. My fears that this was another wild goose chase were overwhelming. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
I met the dentist who patiently listened to exhaustive responses to his questions before examining my mouth and jaw. All doubts disappeared when he casually observed that mine had been a problem waiting to happen and had begun when I cut my second teeth. He didn't know that at around the age of eight or nine I had started to suffer from migraine and had been troubled with it ever since. He further stated that the history of my symptoms fitted in with his hypothesis and was in line with his predictions and thoughts on the subject. He also warned that, as he had not previously treated an MS patient, he could not give any kind of warranty.
I received a full explanation about the underlying cause (according to his hypothesis), and the proposed treatment. Concerning my perfectly straight teeth and jaws, he said that they were not in harmony with the rest of my head. I was fitted with a dental appliance and was asked to follow certain exercises that he prescribed. I continued wearing various appliances for two years and got increasingly better as time went on.
Now, some four years later, I have experienced a huge improvement and, in fact, normality. Almost all of the problems that troubled me prior to and after the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis have disappeared. Although the treatment finished some 18 months ago, I still visit for check-ups. It seems that my face says it all. Not the expression but the 'arrangement of features'. He doesn't need to ask how I am – he seems to know. He views things through a wide-angled lens (metaphorically speaking) looking for the bigger picture. Minor ups and downs that I have occasionally suffered are quickly sorted out.
It strikes me that there is something fundamentally wrong regarding the way in which medicine is controlled and practiced, as far as chronic illness is concerned. My experience raises very serious questions, which warrant serious consideration. Psychology and psychiatry are nebulous areas, and too often when conventional medicine cannot find the answers, patients are being referred into the unknown. They are weaned out of the system if they fail to take up the psychiatric route – which is, at best, only an attempt to paper over the cracks.
Acknowledgments:My heartfelt thanks to Mr Amir for succeeding where others have failed, for thinking laterally, for his power of prediction, for leaping forward for and, in his profession, for being brave and forthright in his judgements, for his ability and confidence, for not giving up, for his passion in the care of his patients and making the dreams of many come true. I was fortunate enough to meet him.
Mr. Amir's Comments: While I can understand the patient's sentiments, I would be most reluctant to raise hopes for millions of sufferers of this serious condition. I can confidently say that persons suffering from the extreme form, which is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, cannot be successfully treated with my methods. With milder cases, especially for those where the condition has not been long-standing, this may be a breakthrough. However, even to make this claim I need to have successfully treated many more patients. The lasting effect of the treatment will not be known for many years to come. It does appear already that ongoing supervision will be necessary but the refinement of technique together with patient motivation may obviate it in some cases.
Constraints laid down by the scientific community require that the treatment methodology must be reproducible at other centres before any real claims of a cure, or rather relief of symptoms, can be made. The methods also have to withstand the rigours of a peer review and recognition by the governing body of my profession for the necessary protection of patients.
Perhaps we are on the threshold of a definitive new discipline. This requires funding for the establishment of a centre for excellence where researchers and practitioners from multiple disciplines can combine the hardware, software and training facilities together for the advancement and implementation of this discipline.
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12 years later - I credit Dr. Amir with my life.
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Linda Lewis
December 2018
[Multiple sclerosis]
My son had experienced numbness to one side of his face, a numb arm, and visual problems. We took him to A&E where he was subsequently diagnosed with "MS". We were given details of a website which we were instructed to visit to choose an MS medication for my son to start taking. Whilst visiting the site we came across Dr. Amir's website, as if by pure magic as the site was an NHS website and to this day it has baffled us as to how an advert for Dr. Amir's surgery appeared on an NHS website. We contacted him.
We started my son on treatment with Dr. Amir and did not see a so-called "MS relapse" for two years until Dr. Amir was out of the country and my son did not have a brace. He experienced numbness from the waist down and again we visited A&E. We were given steroids for him to take but we did not allow him to take them.
Dr. Amir was back after 2 weeks and fitted my son with a new brace. Full feeling from the waist down, returned. He continued to wear a brace for a further 18 months until Dr. Amir was happy that he no longer needed to wear one. A further six months have now passed with no "MS" symptoms and my son is feeling fitter and healthier than ever before, without taking any medication.
NHS consultants are insistent that my son "must have" had episodes in the last two years, that he has not mentioned as MS sufferers normally have at least two episodes per year. They inform of many lesions being seen on the MRI scan and advise that not all lesions cause symptoms.
I have full faith in Dr. Amir and am happy to put our lives in his hands. He is clearly knowledgeable in his field as well as that of others. It is painful to believe the facts about medication as millions of patients are in the hands of the NHS so one would like to believe that medication is the answer but sadly it is unbelievable.
We will continue to be advised by Dr. Amir and am only sad there are not one million of him as on his own he is not enough to go round so do consider yourself honoured if you are lucky enough to be treated by him.
Comment: The cardinal sign for 'MS' is the presence of brain lesions - a highly suspect conjecture. Please read this link on this website.
No study has ever proven any link of incapacity to brain lesions? in the so-called 'MS' patients.
Conventionally 'MS' is purported to be a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). Neither the antigenic target(s) nor the cell population(s) responsible for CNS tissue destruction in 'MS' has ever been defined. Neurologists admit that they really do not know what 'MS' is and a lot of the treatment offered is steroids and other dangerous drugs WHICH DO NOT WORK AT ALL and actually cause serious harm and occasionally death.
The newest blockbuster drug selling at $55,000 per anum is actually an anti-fungal from Chinese sofas!
When have the neurologists ever called MS a fungal disease?
When the patients are ensnared into 'MS' they are actually prevented from getting proper TMJ evaluation and treatment and their underlying problem continues to deteriorate causing further ravages throughout the body. The patients are then classed into "Secondary Progressive" stage of the disease and then the neurologists withdraw from treating them knowing full well that any drug use will only give a bad name to the drug.
When the patients reach an irreparable stage of the disease the neurologists are very apologetic as per this comment I discovered on a blog run by neurologists:
"The realisation that the DMTs have failed leads to the re-emergence of grief and the five emotional stages that go with it. The anger is more often than not directed at the medical team for being impotent to stop the disease; exposing our false promises, which were made to give you hope."
What blatant deception!
The above quote was perhaps an inadvertent admission about the utter failure of MS treatment through drugs by a top neurologist who is a very strong advocate of giving drugs at the very first sign of any symptom purported to be 'MS' related.
Gait Problems, Optic Neuritis
Eira Foster
In July 1980, I was diagnosed with Optic neuritis in my left eye. I was tested for Multiple Sclerosis involving a lumbar puncture and brain scan, but the results were inconclusive. I was given a two week course of steroids. At this point in my life I didn't realise what I was being tested for and the doctors didn't say, but my husband knew as a work colleague explained to him. We had only been married for two years.
In December 1986, I suffered another attack which gave me numb patches on the left side of my trunk. I was retested for MS with a lumbar puncture and a brain scan, but again it was inconclusive for MS. Everything around my chest hurt so I had to wear loose clothing avoiding tight bras. I was however informed that I may have MS. How could I? I had two small children to look after. So began the long journey into the unknown with MS sitting on my shoulder. I counted myself lucky as I was still able to live a fairly "normal life".
Another seven years went by before I suffered another bout of optic neuritis in my right eye in June 1994. This time I had blood tests, MRI scan and a lumbar puncture but the results were again inconclusive. My Doctor wrote to the hospital and was told that a slight abnormality was found in my spinal fluid which could be a sign of MS.
I developed a lot of balance and gait problems. I was very unsteady on my feet and could no longer walk much. I fell over a lot, so in July 2006 I made an appointment to see my Neurologist, who concluded that because of the past 30 years of my medical history, I was actually suffering from Secondary Progressive MS. In December 2007 I fell on a footpath, I damaged my front teeth, ripped open the left side of my face, I passed out and got taken to hospital by ambulance.
Everyday simple tasks became difficult, I couldn't stand for long, walking was almost impossible and life in general became a challenge. I had to plan what needed doing and find the easiest way to accomplish the daily chores.
Earlier this year a friend told me about a patient of his seeing a Dr Amir, and how after 6 + months she no longer suffers with any of her MS symptoms and feels she has been given her life back.
So I rang to see if he could help me. Dr. Amir took time to talk about my symptoms and medical history. He went over the comprehensive questionnaire he had sent for me to complete and also my notes from my previous medical treatments.
His impression was that my troubles started at age 17 when I had a tooth removed from the roof of my mouth. This was perhaps an improper correction of the crowding in my mouth and caused further damage to my occlusion and my jaw joint.
The explained that the rest was a domino effect causing various asymmetries in my cranium especially in the occiput causing an imbalance of my cerebellum resulting in poor fine motor control. He checked and found that my Atlas vertebra was asymmetric causing my hips to be unlevel. He concluded that all this was causing my gait problems. He said that his treatment could perhaps address all these issues.
I embarked on Dr. Amir's treatment and rapidly gained control of my gait within a very short space of time. I can now walk for a longer distance and many of my other symptoms have eased or disappeared. I still have a long way to go because of the challenging work I need on my teeth. I have more energy and my sallow appearance has changed to a radiant healthy look confirmed by my friends. After some 30 years I have suddenly got my life back. ...........Eira Foster
[Recovery from Secondary Progressive Multiple sclerosis with uncontrollable tremors]
December 2018
When my daughter was 25, she had a devastating stroke-like episode and was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis; afterward, she was constantly in incredible pain. The after effects included loss of vision, inability to walk, weakness down her left side, twisted her jaw, terrible migraine headaches, trapped nerves in her neck and back, numbness throughout her body, vertigo, uncontrollable tremors and much more.
I was looking for a relief method from this pain, during a Google search I found Dr. Amir's blog, it detailed how he had worked with MS patients who had shown improvement through his dental methods. I contacted him and arranged for an initial appointment, I knew I could be grasping at straws, but I would have done anything to alleviate my daughter's pain.
We made our way to the dental surgery in Putney and during the initial appointment, (where we were both tearful at the retelling of her terrible symptoms to this point), Dr. Amir took her through a series of diagnostic tests which included fitting her with his uniquely crafted 'jig' - this stopped the uncontrollable tremors she was experiencing immediately (the MS drugs had not been able to do this). Dr. Amir kindly and calmly reassured us, explaining that he believed her health issues were exacerbated by the effects of 4 teeth she had removed as a teenager, due to a narrow jaw, and was not the MS she had been diagnosed with. He showed how she could stand straighter, how she could see clearer, how she would be in less pain if she had treatment to correct her jaw. We left the surgery feeling lighter and hopeful that we had found a treatment that would actually help her recovery from her numerous MS symptoms.
Over the next 6 years, we have followed his plan; this has included a range of fixed and removable braces - all made specifically for her. She has needed at times to attend the surgery weekly and 'winds on' the brace herself at home. After every appointment when the brace has been adapted personally by Dr. Amir, she says her vision is clearer and her stance is taller, her pain is less.
This hasn't always been easy, the journey takes us on the M25 and this can be a nightmare, however every time we have been held up, Dr Amir and the wonderful Margaret, have stayed until we have arrived (once we were 5 hours late due to a major accident!) The cost has been difficult to cover at times – but it has been worth every penny to see my daughter smile again (especially in her wedding photos), to stand tall and face the world despite her difficulties and this has been helped significantly by the individually devised dental treatment provided by Dr. Amir.
We hope to continue along this path until she is able to have dental implants, to replace the missing teeth, hopefully, this will stabilise her jaw and steady her vision, permanently adjust her stance and stabilise the pain. Dr. Amir has always been a true professional explaining every step of his unique process and has taken a personal interest in my daughter's progress; I am grateful every day that I found that random search result that led us to the brilliant Dr. Amir and his pioneering work.
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[Relapsing Remitting Multiple sclerosis with extreme tremors, ataxia]
March 2018
Multiple Sclerosis became the center of my focus and life 10 years ago when I met my partner Elizabeth. It's an obscene condition, that devastates one's physical and psychological well being and ravages your self-confidence. Elizabeth had worked at a very high level in the corporate arena, but work opportunities very quickly dissipated, as the condition took a firm grip on her body and her physical MS afflictions made potential employers nervous.
Research is my passion and over the next 7 years, the battle to beat MS raged and from the 10,000+ hours of studying, we did reap some great rewards in terms of key improvements in her health. The violent headaches, that had put her in bed for weeks on end became a thing of the past. The huge levels of fatigue that she's endured since she was a teenager were replaced with energies levels that were excellent.
The biggest problem, that we failed to overcome, was that of ambulation. The infamous MS foot drop regularly made an appearance when Elizabeth walked any real distance, particularly when her legs were tired. Sometimes the heavy leg syndrome - associated with MS made only 5/6 steps possible. The use of a wheelchair was often necessary with the relapsing remitting type of MS she had. On a good day 100 yards was her limitation.
One day 3 years ago, I was running over the research documentation I had completed and noticed a mobile phone number, which strangely I had put into my mobile 12 months earlier, but had failed to ring it. The phone number was in fact taken off Dr Amir's website from a testimonial given by a lady called Mari, who I note has put a Google review on here. I rang this very bright lady, who endorsed the rhetoric she had expressed on Dr Amir's website, regarding the impact of Dr Amir's work on her daughter.
The next day Elizabeth completed the online questionnaire and a week later we were sat in Dr Amir's waiting room. Elizabeth was not great on her feet that day and as we were called through to the surgery, I noticed Dr Amir watching her wobbling walk, as Elizabeth tried to negotiate past the arm of the dental apparatus, without bumping into it. Ten minutes later, he asked her to stand up and then asked her to open her mouth, whilst he placed what I thought was a lollipop stick between her teeth. He then manually shuffled her jaw into his chosen position - told her to hold her jaw in that position, then asked her to walk from the dental chair, out of the surgery door and down the corridor. This she did with control and directness and steadiness I'd not seen before.
18 months later, the wheelchair was gone - we actually gave it away. Elizabeth could walk a mile to our local pub. Foot drop is now a thing of the past, as are the heavy legs. Furthermore, she has not had any relapses of any kind. The boost to her confidence has been amazing and we have finally won this particular battle and the MS war itself.
Our only regret is that we didn't make that phone call earlier but I really didn't think the ambulation issue could be dealt with. We had become resolved that despite the huge improvements in certain other areas of the MS symptoms, the walking restrictions were not going to improve. We were wrong and are just pleased and relieved we made that initial trip to Putney to see this remarkable doctor. He's outspoken, yet profoundly eloquent. He has a dry and sometimes caustic wit, yet is extremely charming and caring. He takes on lost causes, yet produces remarkable improvements in so many cases. He challenges traditional, orthodox thinking, yet intellectually justifies what he does and why he does it and then puts it into practice. Most importantly of all, he produces results that change peoples lives - we were so lucky to find him and his team and would not hesitate in recommending his services are called upon at the earliest opportunity.
Jenny O
December 2012
Multiple Sclerosis
I am a 56-year-old married mother of 4 grown up children and have been in a wheelchair for the last 7 years. I was diagnosed with MS 34 years ago when I was in the final year of a nursing degree course.
Contrary to medical advice at that time I finished the course and after a year as a Staff Nurse trained for a further year to become a midwife. I married and worked full time until I was pregnant with my first child. During this time I experienced 1 to 2 relapses per year of sensory nerve loss, such as pins and needles in my limbs, optic neuritis and other symptoms (which I assumed were MS related but I now realise were not).
When I was 19 years old I had my wisdom teeth removed under general anesthetic. Following this, I dislocated my jaw (usually as a result of yawning) about 6 times over the next 4 years. This necessitated long painful stays in casualty departments while the relevant specialist was summoned. To avoid this happening when I was responsible for young children, I had surgical insertions of bilateral bone grafts into my temporomandibular joints. With the benefit of hindsight, although they did not solve the problem, they gave me a 10 year period of seemingly fairly inactive/non-progressive MS.
In 1984 when I was 28 years old, I stopped paid employment and started a family. At this stage few people (except close family and friends) were aware that I had MS. I was just an understandably tired mum of 4 young children born within 6 years of each other, leading a very busy, active life.
2 years after the last baby was born, the MS returned with a vengeance. I was relapsing every 3 months. I seemed to be continually "ill" and started to experience motor nerves lost. My left side was becoming weaker; I walked with a limp etc… The bone grafts in my jaw seemed to have worn out, as I started dislocating it again. A crash course for my husband in how to relocate it was given by a very concerned dentist.
Having avoided any regular contact with neurologists until now, I decided that once my children were all in school full time, I would see if something could be done for me.
I was desperate enough to try anything. I finished up on the co-paxone trial. For 18 months I gave myself daily injections. Every month I had an MRI scan. Every 3 months I had a full neurological examination by the neurologist. It was an experience not particularly enjoyable and definitely not beneficial.
Through a work colleague of my husband's, we were recommended to give an MS clinic in Essex a try. This opened the door to complementary medicine. Initially, I was counseled and then food allergy tested. The results lead to numerous fairly strict elimination diets, expensive food supplements and for the first time in what seems like ages, I began to feel better.
16 years ago trying to obtain organic food was nearly impossible. I got fruit, vegetables and meat delivered and spent the rest of my time trailing round health food shops to obtain expensive gluten free, dairy free foods. Now I buy it all in the local supermarket.
Over the next 10 years, despite sticking to my healthy eating plan, my health continued to deteriorate and I became less physically able. After a nasty fall, I reluctantly accepted that I was not coping and spent 2 weeks in the local cottage hospital. There I realised the best and safest ways to get around was in a wheelchair.
By 2009 I had been using a wheelchair for 6 years. I had had full-time carers for that time and my physical capabilities were severely limited to a normally functioning right hand and arm.
Throughout most of my time with MS, I have always avoided prescription drugs. Those I did try I nearly always rejected because the side effects seemed a lot worse than the symptoms they alleviated. I used oxybutin to reduce bladder irritability from very early on and when it was available used detrusitol (which is the slow release form). Although frequently offered steroids to treat relapses, I always declined them. Apart from a disappointing 18 months Copaxone trial and 8 years using LDN (low dose naltrexone) I never found any need for prescription medicine.
September 2009 was a big turning point. Lots seemed to be happening in the MS world. Stem cell therapy, for example. I tried to obtain a place on a research trial, but I did not fit the criteria as I could not walk. Then CCSVI began unfolding. Although I was prepared to pay for treatment, the practicalities of travelling long distances to get it made it impossible.
One evening my husband was browsing the Internet and his attention was called by an article in the Evening Standard:
"cure MS with a dental brace"
As everyone says "and the rest is history". It took me less than 48 hours to decide that the article needed further investigation. I had two things wrong with me, MS and a jaw that dislocated. Maybe going to a dentist was a step in the right direction. For me, from then on everything fell into place. Filling in the medical history made me look at the connection between my long-standing dental problems (I've had teeth extractions from age 8 to make room in my small mouth). At my first appointment in Putney, Dr. Amir scanned the history and said the unforgettable words "you realise you don't have MS, you just have a problem with your teeth?"
At last, somebody had worked out the connection between my teeth and the weird neurological signs and symptoms that are called MS. It all made sense! Dr. Amir explained as he fixed my teeth there was a possibility that once jaw alignment had been achieved my body would start to heal and the MS symptoms disappear. So the treatment was initiated with my enthusiastic approval.
In October 2009 I had my "atlas" done. 40 minutes of uncomfortable massage and then a journey home in the car, when my body started to wake up. Within 24 hours I had regained sensation in my normally numb left leg. It was a weird yet wonderful sensation!
There followed 3 years of regular appointments, a variety of braces both fixed and removable. When I look back on it, for the last 3 years, instead of blaming my ill health on MS, I could blame it on the brace as t often hurt to use them! It seemed to have taken a long time but it started to make a huge difference when my irritable bladder resolved (after 2 years).
In November 2012 I can confidently assert I am nearly there. I have been saying that for the last two years. My early problem with my dislocating jaw is virtually resolved, which tells me jaw symmetry has been achieved.
Thank you doctor Amir for giving me the chance to have a go. It's been a challenging 3 years for both of us, but it was worthwhile and the quality of my life has already improved immeasurably
Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:47 am
dsherm wrote:
Dr. Amir,
Has supported me in totally transforming my health and physical experience of life.
I saw him for the first time in April 2011. I was in a terrible state not having worked for 3 years and spending most of my time bedbound or housebound, in a lot of pain, depressed and suffering a whole host of symptoms. I was also on a cocktail of prescribed drugs from the doctor. Trying to treat all the individual symptoms but they were not very effective and the side effects were just making me feel even worse.
Dr. Amir's consultation gave me a whole new way of thinking about my health. I had never thought my health issue could have possibly been connected to my teeth, Jaw or Atlas nor had any one of the many people I had sort help from ever mentioned this to me.
But what Dr. Amir explained to me in detail made perfect sense and was logical. I was amazed that a relatively simple asymmetry of the jaw could have such a devastating impact.
From the very 1st treatment the difference was huge and over the last 8 mths, I have gone from strength to strength. I am off all medications. I have no pain, the symptoms have reduced by about 90% I am sleeping well for the first time in years. I have absolutely no doubt that I will make a complete and total recovery.
I feel that Dr. Amir his approach and treatment has given me a new lease of life. I would encourage anyone to at least have a consultation with him. Good Luck !
Google reviewsJust wanted to update my progress since my last review. I am feeling strong and much more stable since I started my treatment for a misaligned jaw with Dr. Amir in September 2017. My bruxism has lessened and I have learned breathing , tongue positioning and swallowing techniques which have eradicated the day time clenching. My balance and co ordination are much improved.
jackie pike
February 2019
I had presented initially with an ataxic style gait and was struggling to walk with a steady, tandem gait. MRI scans revealed some possible inflammation or demyelination high up in my brain but no conclusions were reached. I was nervous and felt I was losing my mobility to the point where I would need to use a stick. However, since beginning my orthodontic treatment, my last scan in 2018, showed no further degeneration and my balance, gait and co ordination are much improved.
Emotionally, I am so much more confident and positive since starting my treatment with Dr. Amir. For years, I was told my bruxism was down to stress, never to do with my bite but now I understand that the constant use of an array of night guards and splints only added to the problem.
I truly believe that I have found someone in Dr. Amir, who has a thorough understanding of my entire situation and I look forward to continued improving health and well being under his diligent care.
TestimonialI am a 55yr old female, who apart from childhood/ early adult asthma and sports-related wear and tear of the knee, elbow, shoulder, and neck, (mild cervical spondylosis), had enjoyed 54 yrs of robust good health.
Debbie S. Multiple Sclerosis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
July 2016
In December 2014 1 became ill, the symptoms were as follows:-
1) Severe, life-altering dizziness
2) Severe paresthesias (tingling) in arms and legs
3) Exhaustion
4) Tinnitus
5) Unexplained, unwanted weight loss from 9 st to under 8 st, for my height, underweight.
My excellent GP whom I had rarely visited, ran many tests over several weeks. It was found that I had a positive ANA blood count that gradually rose from 1:80 to 1:320, (zero would be normal), indicative of an Auto Immune Disease.
This combined with my other symptoms meant that I was suspected of having either Multiple Sclerosis or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Extensive tests/ scans and investigations ensued with consultants in the following fields:-
1) Neurology
2) Rheumatology
4) Cardiology
5) Orthopaedic
Whilst waiting for the results of these tests, all of which eventually proved inconclusive, I found Dr. Amir's website and arranged an appointment in Feb 2015. Dr. Amir is an exceptional man; kind, articulate, highly intelligent and an excellent Cranio Dental Surgeon, who has successfully treated many conditions when mainstream medicine has failed.
I have always known that my frame and jaw are not symmetrical, but, somewhat to my surprise, Dr. Amir explained this could be causing all of my symptoms. The following day he fitted two discreet braces to redress this imbalance, which I continue to wear. He also recommended specific breathing exercises, some dietary changes, and supplementation.
Now, 4 months later, my symptoms are hugely reduced and my health is returning to normal. The life compromising dizziness is now intermittent and not severe. Sleep is no longer interrupted by the tingling which is barely perceptible.
My GP was delighted and surprised by all of this and in particular, that the ANA blood test has now reversed and returned to normal. He wanted to know if I'd been doing anything different to bring about this extraordinary change other than the physiotherapy that had been recommended to me to alleviate the cervical spondylosis.
As yet, I haven't told him of my regular consultations and treatment with Dr. Amir but will do so when all symptoms are completely resolved and my treatment is finished.
I am truly indebted to Dr. Amir for his unswerving confidence and ability to bring about this dramatic turnaround in my health.
I will never be able to thank him enough.
Comment: June 2018. Please note that an ANA test is used to help diagnose autoimmune disorders, including Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This is the most common type of lupus, a chronic disease affecting multiple parts of the body, including the joints, blood vessels, kidneys, and brain. Please note that her ANA test reading fell from 320 to Zero!
Is this indicative that either this auto-immune disease is a total misdiagnosis or that TMJ treatment can possibly cure such an autoimmune disease?
The patient recovered completely in the ensuing months and remains in excellent health better than she has ever been.
Very interestingly and ironically I came across the "Molar tooth Joubert syndrome".
For the sake of interest, Joubert syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the cerebellum, an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
Signs and symptoms can vary but commonly include weak muscle tone ( hypotonia ); abnormal breathing patterns; abnormal eye movements; ataxia; distinctive facial features; and intellectual disability.
Perhaps a divine message to Save your wisdom teeth!"
I have been accused that my website does not give a balanced view by a maxillofacial surgeon advising the GDC. Here is his balancing information for the readers:
The advisor to the GDC says:"The cause of Multiple Sclerosis is unknown. It's considered an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system malfunctions destroying myelin (the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord. It is not associated or caused by TMD."
Comment: He has obviously not read any of these testimonials or my extensive explanations and articles about MS on this website. He does not want to give credence to all those who have mostly recovered or are recovering from MS with this modal of care. He appears to be trampling on those future patients who could seek this care and escape the clutches of the existing corrupt system.
"The cause is unknown", is the hallmark of medical deception as reiterated above, but the prescribed treatment (often with antifungals) is very profitable. The drugs supplied are at a cost of between £20,000 and £200,000 per patient per year AND the neurologists supplying them have nice cushy jobs dispensing out dangerous antifungals for MS!
Remember, the cost of the drugs is only 10% of the cost of looking after such patients. I hope this information gives more balance to the postings on this page.
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Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Multiple Sclerosis at 23:01
Saturday, December 8. 2018
The great FIBROMYALGIA heist
For the last 13 months, I have been a patient of Dr. Amir. I have a retrognathic jaw, which he has been working to improve. I contacted him because I thought he could help me with my symptoms of 'Fibromyalgia'.
I am 66 years old with a 3-year diagnosis of fibromyalgia, which was preceded by IBS or at any rate a gut infection (although the NHS seems unable to accept gut infections because they do not have the facilities to do the necessary tests). Labs in The States are set up to advise you if you are able to pay. I had dientamoeba fragilis overgrowth which Australian Doctor, Graham Exelby, has linked to IBS. How long before doctors in the U.K. catch up, or even acknowledge that digestive enzymes can help?
This review is to inform anyone suffering from FMS/CFS/IBS/ME that Dr. Amir may be able to make fundamental improvements to your health by adjustments to the teeth and jaws. At our first meeting, Dr. Amir asked what reason I had to go on living. In the mold of the great German doctor, Groddeck, I could see he was ascertaining whether my spirit was prepared for a fight. That is the power of belief to invoke magic.
Structurally my body has never been as Mother Nature intended. I lost an adult tooth in the lower jaw as a child and was advised to have my wisdom teeth removed in my 20's since they were a nuisance to clean. From this time, I regularly had stiff necks and tailbone, which I learned, could be 'maintained' by visceral osteopathy and cranial sacral therapy, but it is possible to overwork the mechanism. Dr. Amir likes to point out this is hardly a cure.
In my 40's I had an adjustment to the cuboid in my left foot, which led to a spell of labyrinthitis. Gradually I lost the ability to cry (I used eye drops) or feel a concomitant emotional release and then a little before the physical collapse I had tense shoulders and neck which could not relax however consciously I tried.
I began to get a lot of pressure and throbbing at the base of my brain and by the time, I found Dr. Amir my breathing was restricted. I had to drag myself slowly across Putney Bridge from the tube station to reach him. Dr. Amir spent some months correcting my dental arches. The first improvement I noticed was in the duration and depth of sleep. My breathing improved although I seem to have some shrinkage of my diaphragm muscles. My energy levels improved.
I have had tests on mitochondria done privately that show DNA damage, I still have pains in my legs most of the time, and occasional muscle spasms but I am only 1/3 of the way through treatment. I am writing now to endorse Dr. Amir's treatment as, for the last few months, since Dr. Amir started to bring my lower jaw forwards I have had a tremendous release from pressure at the base of my brain. The permanent ache in my right shoulder blade has lessened.
I can cry with laughter or sadness, I have a big increase in the variety of words spouting from my tongue - (I keep thinking where did that word come from - have I ever used it before and was my brain really storing it for years without use?)
Most impressively, I look at least 10 years younger. The aging process seems to have gone into reverse and I have now reached my teenage years and am looking forward to my second childhood! Ha, ha.
I believe my endocrine and neurological systems stopped functioning properly because of pressure on the limbic brain and this has had a knock on effect on cardiovascular, digestive, and respiratory systems in particular. I have some permanent damage - sometimes my left arm, hand, ring finger twitch but I am enjoying life again.
In reigniting my enthusiasm, I regard Dr. Amir as a healer in the true sense of the word. TMJ dentists are the new healers. So glad that I am able to avoid all those ghastly drugs, tests, pain relief that is all that conventional western medicine has to offer due to its specializations leading to a fractured approach.
Lucie Webb.
(This testimonial was also posted on Google reviews by the patient)
Bumbling befuddlement of illness especially FibromyalgiaHere are some cockeyed assumptions or concoctions used as teaching models for clinicians:
"Chronic widespread pain (CWP), the "hallmark symptom" of Fibromyalgia:is defined by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) as pain present in at least 2 contralateral body quadrants and the axial skeleton and persisting for at least 3 months. These patients are also purported to experience higher rates of psychological distress."
My comment: Experience shows that these patients actually have a jaw asymmetry and they need not live with pain for the rest of their lives nor wait three months before getting appropraite treatment.
"Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), and temporomandibular disorder (TMD) share many clinical illness features:These are myalgia, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and impairment in the ability to perform activities of daily living as a consequence of these symptoms."
My comment: Experience shows that nothing in these conditions is "shared". Patients almost exclusively have a TMJ disorder leading up to the symptoms listed above.
"A growing literature suggests that a variety of comorbid illnesses also may commonly coexist in these patients:This includes irritable bowel syndrome, chronic tension-type headache, and interstitial cystitis."
My comment: Again, these symptoms are a consequence of TMJ dysfunction and there is no "co-morbidity" at all.
"A number of hormones and neuropeptides regulating pain, well-being and stress are shown to play important roles in the association between stress perception and pain reception:Long-lasting derangements in the stress axis may induce several neuroendocrine modifications, giving rise to many of the symptoms seen in chronic pain syndromes, including Fibromyalgia."
My Comment: A simple jaw problem taken to the heights of absurdity!
The Fibromyalgia myth, however, keeps getting perpetuated:
Fibromyalgia is now considered a lifelong disease of the central nervous system
Todays Guardian newspaper reports:
Conventional advice from the NHS about the management of Fibromyalgia is:"Painkillers: Simple painkillers such as paracetamol or "Your GP may prescribe a stronger painkiller, such as codeine or Tramadol".
Comment: These painkillers can be addictive and their effect tends to weaken over time. This means that your dose may need to be gradually increased and you could experience withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking them. Other side effects include diarrhoea and fatigue (extreme tiredness).
Antidepressants: Used for "pain relief for some people with fibromyalgia". Patients are informed that "they boost the levels of certain chemicals that carry messages to and from the brain, known as neurotransmitters. Low levels of neurotransmitters may be a factor in fibromyalgia, and it is believed that increasing their levels may ease the widespread pain associated with the condition".
Comment: Antidepressants used to treat fibromyalgia include:
• Tricyclic antidepressants – such as Amitriptyline;
• Serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) – such as Duloxetine and Venlafaxine;
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – such as Fluoxetine and Paroxetine;
• A medication called Pramipexole, which is not an antidepressant, but also affects the levels of neurotransmitters, is sometimes used as well.
Antidepressants can cause a number of side effects, including:
• Feeling sick;
• Dry mouth;
• Drowsiness;
• Feeling agitated, shaky or anxious;
• Dizziness;
• Weight gain;
• Constipation.
Sleep medication: To enable better sleep.
Comment: Nightmares and waking up with a fast heart rate can often occur.
Muscle relaxants: Such as diazepam for stiffness or spasms
Anticonvulsants: The most commonly used anticonvulsants for fibromyalgia are Pregabalin and Gabapentin.
Comment: Some common side effects of Pregabalin and Gabapentin include:
• Dizziness;
• Drowsiness;
• Swelling of hands and feet (oedema);
• Weight gain.
Antipsychotics: Antipsychotic medicines, also called neuroleptics, are sometimes used to relieve long-term pain.
Comment: Side effects include:
• Drowsiness;
• Tremors (shaking);
• Restlessness.
Unfortunately, none of these medications make a dent in the symptoms that fibromyalgia patients experience as is apparent from the next story below:
A new patient contacted us with the following story:"I have been ill for 27 years suffering from extreme exhaustion and severe muscle and joint pain. I have had numerous diagnoses such as CFS & Fibromyalgia & Arthritis (Sjögren's syndrome), hypermobility and depression. Having come across your website and various blog posts I am now wondering if this is all related to my painful and locking Jaw that I have had for many years. Hoping that you can help.
My current medication is:
Buprenorphine Patches (Morphine)15 Micrograms/hour.
Tramadol 50mg 3 x daily.
Naproxen 500mg 1 x daily.
Hydroxychloroquine 200mg (immune suppressant) two x daily.
Mirtazapine (anti depressant) 30mg 1 x daily.
FemSeven Sequi patches (HRT)"
Ventolin (Salbutamol) inhaler 100mcg four times a day"
The patient further adds, "I have suffered for 27 years with chronic exhaustion & severe muscle and joint pains. I first became ill following a bad viral infection aged 22 during my pregnancy with my daughter. Despite exhaustive tests and multiple different diagnoses from many different medical professionals I remain locked in a cycle of pain and exhaustion, unable to work and left with no alternatives but to rely on ever stronger pain relief."
It is interesting to try to decipher what the patients are actually being given, especially this particular patient, compared to the very innocuous looking advice put out by the NHS as listed earlier in this article:
Buprenorphine is an opioid used to treat opioid addiction, acute and chronic pain.
Side effects may include respiratory depression (decreased breathing), sleepiness, adrenal insufficiency, QT prolongation, low blood pressure, allergic reactions, and opioid addiction. Can cause severe withdrawal symptoms so care and supervision advised.
Tramadol is an opioid pain medication used to treat severe pain.
Common side effects include constipation, itchiness, and nausea. Serious side effects may include seizures, increased risk of serotonin syndrome, decreased alertness, and drug addiction. It is not recommended in those who are at risk of suicide.
Naproxen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Common adverse effects include central nervous system effects (e.g. dizziness and headache), blood effects (e.g. bruising), allergic reactions (e.g. rash), and gastrointestinal complaints (e.g. heartburn and stomach ulcers). It has an intermediate risk of stomach ulcers compared to other drugs in the same class (NSAIDs). NSAIDs appear to increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events. Serious drug interactions may occur in combinations with other drugs that affect the blood, or with drugs that also increase the risk of ulcers.
Hydroxychloroquine is a medication used for the prevention and treatment of certain types of malaria. Other uses include treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria.
Common side effects include vomiting, headache, changes in vision and muscle weakness. Severe side effects may include allergic reactions.
Mirtazapine is an antidepressant primarily used to treat depression.
Common side effects include increased appetite, sleepiness, and dizziness. Serious side effects may include increased suicide among children, mania, and low white cell blood count. Withdrawal symptoms may occur with stopping. It also has strong antihistamine effects, which contribute to its prominent side effect of drowsiness.
Ventolin inhaler belongs to a class of drugs known as bronchodilators. It works in the airways by opening breathing passages and relaxing muscles. Side effects can bring about:
• Nervousness;
• Shaking (tremor);
• Headaches;
• Mouth/throat dryness or irritation, changes in taste;
• A persistent cough;
• Nausea;
• Dizziness;
• Raised blood pressure;
• Fast/pounding heartbeat;
• Chest pain;
• Irregular heartbeat;
• Rapid breathing;
• Confusion;
• Rarely, this medication has caused severe, sudden worsening of breathing problems/asthma.
This is a pitiful state of affairs. Alarmingly, what I deduce from the adverse side effects of these medications is that they actually cause or perpetuate patient symptomatology.
In other words, the side effect derived symptoms than become the basis of the worsening and chronic life long Fibromyalgia illness spectrum!Hence, despite numerous very addictive medications, the patient remains in a cycle of "pain and exhaustion".
Fibromyalgia patients already have a serious breathing problem. Prescribing them opioids with their depressive effect on breathing is a serious error of judgment. Opioids are the major killers in the USA at the present time. From this patient's experience, it is clear that the opioids do not help.
Fibromyalgia patients also have a serious bowel problem including heartburn. Prescribing them NSAIDs is heresy.
Also prescribing an antidepressant, which increases anxiety and depresses breathing, is endangering the patients well being.
After a month since starting treatment our new patient reports:"I am showing some early signs of improvement particularly with my breathing and my brain fog has started lifting and feels much clearer. I have however been far too excited to really sleep properly yet, but am hopeful of feeling much better when my over excitement calms down and I get some much-needed sleep.
I have found that I have not needed to take the Naproxen since Saturday so that is also looking promising. All being well I will start to wean myself off some of the other medication, especially Tramadol, in consultation with my GP soon."
"Here is a brief update as to how my first week since starting treatment has been:
Saturday having just left your surgery My Husband asks how I am feeling and I am shocked to hear myself reply. "I feel like I have awoken from a dream, my mind is clear without the brain fog that has clouded everything for years, my breathing is so easy and relaxed and the world suddenly looks a much brighter place". We return to the hotel for some much-needed rest before our journey home on Sunday.
Sunday sees us still in shock my breathing through the night has been much better and I wake feeling more refreshed than I have for a long while. The journey home sees me reaching for my sunglasses despite the overcast day, as mentioned yesterday everything seems much brighter & clearer. My muscles also seem less sore and despite still being painful, the 3-hour journey back home is far more comfortable than the one down just two days before.
Monday finds me somewhat down as over-excitement from the weekend leads to a poor night's sleep and the associated pain and exhaustion that comes from not enough quality rest.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday are all good days where I see much improvement particularly with my breathing, my body feels much more relaxed and I even manage a little walk round to my mother's house this would normally be a challenge but this time it feels like "I am walking on air".
Friday is painful and see's me crashing back down to earth with a bump, sadness and anxiety mean another poor sleep, sadness that I had not found you earlier and anxiety that your treatment of me might only be possible for a few months. I am so desperate for this to work and hope that today is just a little blip.
Saturday following a better sleep and reassuring words from my husband and again I begin to see much improvement. I am happy today and dare to dream, I shall see what the next week brings and keep you posted.
We remain optimistic and thank you once again for starting me on this treatment and look forward to seeing you in January."
Comment: At the early stages of treatment, patients do get many ups and downs. The symptoms are usually fewer and of shorter duration and intensity. The drugs being taken by the patient can also interfere and because of the adverse effects from the medications, an element of unpredictably is always present. It all starts settling down some three months down the road. In the meantime, the patient is encouraged to take their focus off their unwellness and try very simple exercises like Pilates or pursue some other hobby like writing, reading or drawing.
There are purportedly 800,000 patients with supposed "Fibromyalgia" in the UK. Can you imagine the cost to the NHS? The drugs are usually 10% of the cost of looking after such patients. The consultants and hospital services consume the rest.
No one ever recovers.
No wonder that the NHS is such a huge conduit for the medico-industrial complex draining the treasury of your tax remittances with no returns in terms of patient recovery in sight!
Did I recently read somewhere that the NHS needs 50,000 staff and are contemplating importing them from, I do not know where? Closing just the Fibromyalgia hospital departments would make available perhaps, 100,000 staff who can be deployed in more useful occupations elsewhere in the NHS!
I have read hundreds of medical articles about these illnesses over many years. There is absolutely no mention anywhere that the jaw asymmetry, TMJ dysfunction or malocclusions could be the cause of the patients' symptoms. It should be mandatory for clinicians to check for TMJ dysfunction in their differential diagnosis otherwise they leave themselves open to litigation.
Do not expect the ruling bodies to dish out such altruistic advice no matter how much they purport to convince you of their stance about "patient protection".
Only class actions by patients will bring about the necessary change.
The GDC has employed the services of a maxillofacial surgeon to advise them about the contents of my website. The advisor says the following about Fibromyalgia:"Symptoms resemble those of arthritis, but fibromyalgia affects the soft tissue, not the joints. The cause is unknown, but risk factors include traumatic injury, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, such as lupus, and genetic factors. It is not caused by TMD and as a soft tissue condition would not be affected by skeletal 'imbalance'."
GDC will probably formulate policy on these philistine arguments and perhaps prevent dentists from giving such services to the public in the future.
Comment: I had a patient diagnosed with 'Lupus' and perhaps 'MS' - both considered autoimmune diseases.
Her ANA (Anti Nuclear Antibody) test result revealed a reading of 320 confirmative of the presence of an autoimmune disorder! The normal reading should be zero.
However, after instituting Jaw treatment her ANA result returned to ZERO.
This perhaps shows you that:
This modality of care can treat autoimmune diseases
The "autoimmune disease" model is a scam.
You decide!
My experience with many patients suffering from many "autoimmune disease" labels just does not hold out and is perhaps the biggest scam of the 19th and 20th centuries being perpetrated upon society.
The advisor appears to have no empathy for patients like Tegan above who wrote:
"I remain locked in a cycle of pain and exhaustion, unable to work and left with no alternatives but to rely on ever stronger pain relief,"and tens of thousands more like Tegan.
He has obviously not read any of these testimonials or my extensive explanations and articles about Fibromyalgia and other related conditions including Rheumatoid Arthritis, on this website. He does not want to give credence to all those who have mostly recovered or are recovering from this invented illness, with this model of care. He definitely is trampling on those future patients who could seek my system of care and escape the clutches of the existing corrupt system. All the patients who may be deprived of this type of care will have a cause of action against the GDC.
"The cause is unknown", is the usual mantra, and aids and abets the system of defrauding patients into a chronic illness. It keeps the whole medical and medico-ancillary systems in very profitable ventures performing futile tests and scans. The drugs are a minute cost of the pretense of looking after these patients who number some 800,000 in this country. Exposing these rackets is vital to the welfare of our NHS and to keep it available for the future.
I hope this information gives more balance to the postings on this page.
Fibromyalgia: the chronic pain that thwarted Lady Gaga's tour.
Please note I make absolutely no claim that this persons FM could be caused by a dental problem!
However, the most interesting paragraph for me, in the newspaper article, was:
"Diagnosis rests on a history of widespread pain and pressure points. An examiner prods you in 18 places (with enough pressure to blanche the examiner's fingernail). If 11 out of the 18 points are unusually tender, it supports the diagnosis [of Fibromyalgia]."
If this is what medicine has descended to then this wholly unscientific diagnosis of Fibromyalgia must be the lowest point in the history of medicine and must be condemned.
To help spread that there is no illness like Fibromyalgia please post this article, in entirety or any part of it, freely on social media or copy onto your website. I shall be grateful if you will provide a link back to this website.
Update from our new patient Tegan :Wed 1st January, 2019
"Hi, Dr. Amir,
I thought I would send you a little update prior to my appointment with you this Saturday.
Things continue to progress well, I approached the Christmas period with my usual trepidation but also some optimism that I would cope that little bit easier with the added demands on my health from having to entertain and feed family and friends that in past years has inevitably left me with dread at this time of the year.
I am pleased to say that although, still very exhausting I managed to cope much better as I generally felt stronger with a little more stamina and energy.
I have now been able to come off the anti-inflammatory medication altogether and have reduced my Morphine by 2.5mg. I still have some muscle pain but find walking so much easier and more comfortable without the burning muscles that used to accompany even moderate exercise.
The biggest area of improvement has been with my breathing, I no longer need my inhaler and am able to sleep lying down which for me is amazing as for years I have needed to sleep propped up with multiple pillows.
I am looking forward to seeing you at the weekend and hoping that the coming weeks and months as I continue my treatment will bring further improvements in my energy levels and reduced pain in my muscles and joints.
Many thanks
Progress report:
Sun 1/20/2019, 20:42
Hi Dr Amir,
I am 6 weeks into treatment and here is my latest update.
As in my previous report, I continue to feel a lot happier and more comfortable with reduced muscle pain and much easier breathing.
I now feel ready to start doing some light exercise, This for the last 27 years has been impossible for me, having done so little for all these years leaves me as weak as a Baby. I mean to start with just a small amount of walking and not to push myself too hard as the temptation is to overdo things but this leaves me exhausted the next day. Slow and measured seems to be the way to start.
I continue to practice the exercises you taught me and feel sure that soon they will become second nature.
I am also pleased to report that I have started to reduce the dose of the immune suppressants that I was put on by a consultant at the hospital. I was started on this medication to supposedly dampen down the symptoms of Arthritis but have seen little evidence that these actually help. I am convinced that my recovery will be hampered by all the medication that I am on so this is the next thing on a long list that I aim to come off completely over time.
All in all, I feel positive that my recovery will continue and with your kind and patient guidance I feel confident that I will continue to feel better and stronger over the coming weeks and months.
Many many thanks for all you are doing for me,
Speak soon, Tegan.
Update 05/02/2019
This month saw me approach my 50th Birthday with the growing realisation that I have been unwell for more years than I have been fit and healthy. This year we determined it would be a better day for me and indeed not only did I manage lunch out and a trip to the Cinema I was also able to visit a couple of shops on the way. While to many this may not seem like a very exciting way to spend your 50th Birthday in previous years I would have scarcely managed to achieve one of these activities.
Immediately after this, however, I came down with a nasty bout of Flu which lasted 10 days. During this time it has been hard to measure progress as any improvements in symptoms have been masked by having Flu.
I have now recovered from this and continue with renewed optimism & boosted by my forthcoming appointment with you I am pleased to report that I have been able to start reducing my dose of Tramadol.
I look forward to seeing you at the weekend
Many thanks
UPDATE 26th September 2019
Hi Dr Amir,
It is now 10 months since I started my course of treatment with you so here is my long overdue update.
Following the initial and dramatic improvements to my health that were a result of improved breathing brought upon by wearing the first braces that you provided me the following months have seen slower but noticeable further improvements to my situation.
Having worn your braces continually for the last 10 months I have gradually begun to feel stronger & stronger with much less Fibromyalgia pain and a feeling, that I was beginning to feel much more like myself and not a dumbed-down version of who I had been for some 27 years before.
I finally felt ready to start reducing some of the prescription medications that my rheumatologist had prescribed me as I really felt that I no longer needed them. The following list is the drugs that I managed to STOP in the months sincestarting treatment with you:
Naproxen (anti inflammatory)
Dosulepin (anti depressant)
Zopiclone (sleeping pill)
Hydroxychloroquine (immune suppressant)
Ventolin inhaler (asthma)
As the summer grew nearer I was feeling brighter so we booked a week away in Wales with our daughter and grandson. This was a major milestone for me as previously my health had only allowed for very short breaks with them. I am pleased to say that despite my anxiety, I managed the whole week without needing to rest and was able to enjoy the holiday so much more than on many previous occasions.
I did, however, return home very exhausted and decided to discuss my continued lack of energy with you, Dr Amir. You were adamant that a major barrier to further improvements to my health and energy levels were the strong opioid painkillers that I continued to take.
With newfound enthusiasm, I was determined to start reducing my Tramadol that I felt I no longer needed for pain relief. I had been taking them for 10 years so was worried about possible withdrawals and side effects so with the help of my husband and some empty pill capsules bought of the internet we started splitting the Tramadol pills into reduced doses, gradually lowering the amount of drug in each pill every few weeks. When I got it down to taking just one reduced dose pill per day I began to feel a flicker of energy inside me. Dr Amir was again right and I was so excited to tell him that my energy was returning. I took my last Tramadol three weeks ago. I did have some withdrawal symptoms, most noticeably hot flushes and what can only be described as a strange feeling that worms were crawling underneath my skin. Not pleasant but these are now beginning to fade. I would recommend to anyone this slow method of withdrawal from using opioid pain killers.
My mind is now clearer and my emotions less dulled down, this brings a sadness that for so many years such heavy medication has been stopping much-needed energy from coming through.
I am still on Morphine patches for pain relief which I intend to start reducing in the coming weeks and a low dose anti-depressant that was prescribed to relax my muscles at night. I am sure that with your continued help and as your treatment continues in the coming months that I will finally be free from all these nasty prescription drugs which have actually contributed to my condition.
My visits to you continue to be the highlight of my month and I remain hopeful that your treatment has set me on the road to full recovery from serious long term health problems.
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
Many thanks as always Tegan
Comment: God help the 800,000 further victims of this scam in the UK alone. - The medicine actually perpetuates the minor symptoms the patient initially presents with and keeps the medical practitioners in employment while crippling the citizens for a lifetime and bankrupting the resources of the nation.
Posted by Doctor M. Amir in Fibromyalgia at 07:10
Friday, December 7. 2018
Numbness all around head - Possible explanation
Just started a new case. The patient writes:
"I'm going to describe my situation in a lot of detail because I'm unable to speak so when I see you at our consultation, I won't be able to tell you what's wrong in my own words so I figured that this was the best way. I'm hoping that in amongst all these words, you'll find a little detail that will give you a clue to figure out what's going wrong.
The current problem started in May 2017 when I injured my head with the metal of my new ear defenders; while I was asleep the thin metal bar dug in very hard for hours right by my right temple. When I woke up, it was numb. I thought it would get better by itself but it just got worse and soon I wasn't able to lie on the right half of my head at all as it made the numbness deeper and spread. So I was lying solely on my left side from May 2017 to December 2017. If I put any pressure on any of the right side of my head, including touching my head on my pillow, the numbness got even worse.
At the end of December, the whole situation severely deteriorated and the numbness spread to my whole head so that I couldn't lie down on any part of my head at all without the numbness getting even worse and deeper if I touched my head or neck to anything at all.
I was surviving on only two hours sleep with my head down on my pillow per every 24 hours (every moment with my head touching the pillow caused increasing numbness and reduced blood flow). Any longer and my vision would start to go and I'd start to black out and I quickly had to yank my head up off the pillow.
The sleep deprivation, coupled with no longer being horizontal (I'd been horizontal for over 13 years due to pre-existing illnesses [ME/CFS]), was utterly breaking me. But I hung on and hung on while my mother phoned countless private neurologists trying to get them to agree to take my case on or if they knew what was happening to my head [to no avail].
Meanwhile, in the first few months of 2018, my head and neck situation continued to deteriorate and it was taking 22 hours with me sitting bolt upright with my head tilted far backwards to get a safe level of blood (my gut feeling is that its blood but I could be wrong; it could be cerebrospinal fluid. It feels like blood though) back in my head in order to be able to go down for two hours per every 24 with my head on the pillow without the blood being so reduced that I'd start to pass out.....
It's at the point now that whatever I do and all the tricks I've used in the last nine months of 2018 to get blood moving in my head (I do realise how insane that sounds but I can feel the fluid (blood?) trying to move through the blood vessels (capillaries?) in my head but it feels like it's coming up against a lot of resistance, like the blood vessels have narrowed/constricted so much that the blood can't get through them easily. Inside of my head feels like a solid mass that the blood is trying to carve it's way through/ punch its way through but can't. Some areas have become impenetrable dead zones as the blood (or whatever is moving around in my head) hasn't been able to reach them for months.)
It's been getting so much worse. I haven't been getting enough blood back in 22 hours to get my head down on the pillow safely for two hours. Even the extreme positions that I've been holding my neck and head in for a ridiculous number of hours every day don't work anymore. It took all my concentration to hold those positions and I had to stay completely still otherwise it didn't work.
But now my body has completely broken down through sheer and utter exhaustion. I no longer have the strength to hold any position that usually started to get the blood moving after my two hours down on the pillow. My whole body is trembling from exhaustion, I can barely breathe or swallow and I'm struggling to move any part of my body at all.
As of yesterday, I'm stuck no longer able to go down on my pillow at all and I'm going to eventually collapse involuntarily onto the pillow and I'll be in big trouble then. The sleep deprivation is hell and my whole body is just broken from the last nine months or so. It's just gone. I don't know how I've kept going as long as I have. It's taken superhuman effort and steel.
I haven't let my parents call 999 and go the NHS route because I have very severe trauma from many past abuses from doctors and nurses in the NHS. I have such a severe terror reaction to knowing that I'm going to a hospital or see a doctor, that even when I went to a private London hospital for the MRA scan in August, the adrenaline (or maybe a different stress hormone) was so extreme that it caused the blood vessels in my head to dilate or something because the blood started coming back (not fully but a significant amount) without me even trying and without me bending my neck into extreme positions to get blood back. So by the time I got to the hospital, blood was actually moving in my head and so the results of the scan came back normal-ish (a small arachnoid cyst was found but I was told that it was irrelevant). But when I got home and the adrenaline (or whatever it was) faded, everything went back to how it was before.
It's so confusing. On the one hand, it seems like it's the blood vessels that are the problem but then why would the position my head is in, make such a difference?
The results of the upright MRI in February showed a bit of reversal of the lordotic curve of my neck and also showed cervicocranial instability. The position I put my spine (all the way down) does seem to affect a lot whether I can get the fluid moving in my head but I'm no longer able to hold my spine in those positions. I think maybe the EDS means that the ligaments/muscles no longer can hold the spine in the correct position.
I used to be able to push backwards/forwards the bits of my lower and upper spine to make more blood return to my head but I can't hold my spine in alignment anymore. I have no strength left. My neck does look like it's curving strangely or has slid off the line of my torso a bit. My head constantly feels like it's going to fall off my neck because of the CCI. I get huge stabs of pain whenever I try to move my neck at all now.
I can't carry on like this, especially as I can't go down onto the pillow anymore. This is ridiculous. My head is so bad, I can't get the blood moving and I feel encased in thick solid walls around my head, like a thick impenetrable shell. Everything seems so far away and confused. My mental capacity is much, much reduced. It has taken everything to find the correct words in my brain to make sentences in my head to write this.
I don't know how much longer I can last. I'll collapse eventually and I'll be in big trouble. It's deteriorating so rapidly now and keeping my head off the pillow isn't cutting it and isn't getting the blood back. Please help."
No doctor seems to have heard of what's happening to my head before, especially the numbness/reduction of blood upon any touching or pressure to the head or neck. I don't know if it's a mixture of the injury, my spine out of alignment, my blood vessels being weird because of the Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or the CCI or spinal neck curve or severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (which I've had since December 2004) or cerebrospinal fluid leak or what.
This is unlivable. I need immediate help. I've been living in such an extreme situation for nine months this year on top of how ill I already was. I have nothing left.
I've wrecked my hand and arm muscles, which were already bad, writing this. I don't feel like I've explained anything very well in this email and have probably left out crucial things but it's the best I can do in the situation I'm in. I've written so much detail in the hope that something in there might ring a bell or give you a clue to what's wrong"
Comment: 5th of February, 2019
The patient's father reports some improvement with the first appliance. Previously they traveled 200 miles by ambulance to get to see me. They are now trying to find accommodation in London so that I can get to see her more often.
Any offers of help will be most welcome!
Early March 2019.
The patient returned after a harrowing 200 mile trip by ambulance having got stuck in traffic for hours. She reported some improvements. Has been religiously doing the breathing exercises and cannot be without the appliance even for a minute.
I decided to jump the gun and fit her a second stage appliance to get her breathing better and having a bit more energy.
It was 8.30 PM by the time we left office. They are staying in London for a week and hopefully, some further changes will take place for the better.
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