This week Dr. Evans highlighted a study titled "Preliminary results after Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care in patients with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS)." A link to the paper on the study is below.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26228993

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of Upper Cervical Care on patients with CCSVI and MS by looking at clinical and x-ray results.

Multiple Sclerosis or MS is a neurological autoimmune disease that attacks the fat cells of the Central nervous system. This results in a loss of nerve function and body function.

Chronic Cerebrospinal venous insufficiency or CCSVI is a theory that was developed by an Italian doctor who posed that a deficiency in the venous outflow of blood from the skull and neck can actually cause a backup of fluid in the brain. He theorized that this causes a whole list of problems and the that answer was to put a stent in the Jugular vein to open the vein and allow for the blood to properly flow.

The study looked at 77 patients before and after receiving about 4 months of Upper Cervical Chiropractic care using x-rays and evaluation of clinical symptoms. What they found was a statistically significant clinical improvement following treatment.

This is a preliminary study and the results were very positive. It would seem that Upper Cervical Chiropractic care may be a conservative and non-invasive approach to balancing the fluid flow away from the brain, which in turn allows the central nervous system to function better.