Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Dr. Chris Schellinger in Dover

Another way we want to use this blog is to keep people informed of new users as they come on board.  So...

On October 6, 2008, Dr. Chris Schellinger joined the PulStar family.  C-Schell Spine Specialists, Inc (say that five times fast) is located at 1169 Walker Road in Dover, DE.

Before buying the PulStar Dr. Schellinger had been specializing in the Gonstead technique mixed with a  small amount of Diversified.  He chose the PulStar because he "wanted to provide treatments to my patients that were safe and just as effective as traditional manual treatments or better."  He also mentioned that he "wanted to help those that would not typically visit a chiropractor because of their 'fears'".

For those that might be interested, Dr. Schellinger was born and raised in Dover, DE only leaving to go to college.  He graduated from Sherman College in March of 2006 and has spent the last 15 months building his very successful practice.  When he's not giving PulStar treatments he likes to spend time with his family and dogs who are his children right now.  He doesn't have much free time but when he does, he enjoys working out at the gym.

Dr. Schellinger describes himself as "the type of doctor that truly enjoys helping people.  There's nothing more exciting than watching the surprise on someone's face when they're out of pain and feeling better so quickly."  It sounds like the Dover community is in good hands, metaphorically and literally.

To schedule a PulStar treatment with Dr. Schellinger, you can call 302.736.1223 and to learn more about Dr. Schellinger and his (cleverly named) practice, you can visit his website.

Dr. Schellinger, it's great to have you on board, we can't wait to hear about the results.  Good Luck!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Money Spent on Back Pain

In my search for back pain treatments, I came across this article from the NY Times "Well" blog.  The author cites a report that shows how more people are spending more money on back pain relief than ever before.  People are spending more on drugs and surgeries and not finding the relief they are after.

In the previous post, Dr. Evans talked about research that showed that 96% of the patients treated with the PulStar were completely out of pain in six visits.  No drugs, no surgery, just safe, gentle and effective pain relief.  

Reading articles like the one above makes me realize how important our job is to get the word out about how effective the PulStar is.  Who wouldn't want to save time and money to cure their back pain?  Many people are afraid of the addictive nature of medications and the complications that can arise from surgery.  The Pulstar Multiple Impulse Therapy can give them that relief with no addictions and complications.  It really is a great instrument.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

How many Multiple Impulse Therapy treatments will be necessary?

Each individual is a unique organism that responds in its own unique way to environmental stimuli including Multiple Impulse Therapy (MIT).  While no-one can say exactly how many treatments will be required to resolve your pain (or even predict whether you will respond to MIT) clinical studies provide a baseline reference.  For example, in a study of 249 consecutive patients, half of all patients treated reported complete pain relief in less than four visits.  The half requiring four treatments or more usually reported pain relief by the sixth visit.  In that study, 96% of the patients responded to the treatment.


Wednesday, October 8, 2008

How is Multiple Impulse Therapy Different?

One of the frequent questions that patients have is "Will the treatment hurt?"  Since The basis for Multiple Impulse Therapy is a precisely controlled low energy impulse, In general, the therapy will not cause you any more pain than you are in right now.  Both the analysis and treatment impulses can be as low as five pounds which is hardly noticeable.  Patients report that the feeling is closer to a soothing deep massage than a conventional manual adjustment.  The therapy consists of a rapid repetition or train of small impulses rather than a single high energy thrust.  These impulses stimulate reflexes and relax the muscles around the joint thereby allowing the relief of muscle spasms that place abnormal loads on joint systems.  Once the abnormal loading of the joints is corrected and the joint is restored to normal motion, the related joint pain is usually relieved.  You and your clinician can see the effectiveness of the impulses as they relax the joint system.  Since the therapy is applied through many impulses, there is no single adjustment and no "crack" when the joint is treated.

Monday, October 6, 2008

"Lose the Back Pain" Blog

Here is another blog I found about back pain.  While it seems Jesse Cannone's "muscle imbalance" idea agrees with our own theory of back pain, the difference is that the PulStar will directly treat the imbalance to relieve the pain using multiple impulse technology.  I can not speak to the effectiveness of any of the products that the Health Back institute sells but I can say that there is only one PulStar that is sure to offer a gentle, safe and effective treatment for your back pain.  

I will also say that after a PulStar treatment, you will have the opportunity to look at what areas of your back were irregular prior to your treatment and then see how effective the treatment was on the screen display.  The display is easy to read and understand and gives you specific information about which vertebra were treated, how much pressure was used to treat and exactly how many impulses were needed to achieve that result.  You even get a printout of the screen display to take home with you so you can easily track your own progress to judge for yourself how effective the PulStar treatment is.  A copy of the screen display is below.

The point is that with the PulStar, you don't need to try lots of different products and systems.  You don't have to guess what is being treated and how.  You can see for yourself in the easy to read, easy to understand print out and know for sure how effective the PulStar treatments are.



Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Focus Group Results

One of our newer users, Dr. Jerry Mantonya, recently provided a questionnaire to some of his patients that had received a PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy treatment for the first time. On top of being a great idea, the information was very insightful and helpful.

Here are the results:

1. How wold you rate the appearance of the PulStar, easy to understand or too technical?
All responded that it is easy to understand. A couple mentioned that not only was it interesting but it was a nice visual especially when comparing before and after.

2. Does this technology instill confidence that it could fix your problem?
All but one responded yes. The one person said "unsure" but that they wold be inclined to begin treatments using the PulStar if a problem arose. Others commented that using the PulStar the doctor was sure of "getting the right place", there would be "increased confidence for each effective adjustment", doctors could "know all areas have been identified and adjusted".

3. Do you find this to be on the cutting edge of Health Care?
All responded yes. One respondent commented that "previous technologies didn't seem foolproof - this appears to be much more specific with regard to treating and identifying areas of concern".

4. How was the comfort compared to manual adjusting, was it more comfortable, less comfortable, no difference? (only those that had been adjusted were asked to respond)
Of those that responded, 60% responded that it was more comfortable, the other 40% said they didn't notice a difference with one saying he/she "was sore after adjustment but within a couple of days could tell difference. Had been having headaches and those were better".

5. Would this technology influence your decision of chiropractic care, less likely, more likely, no influence?
No one selected "less likely" but only 43% said the PulStar would "more likely" influence their decision. 28% didn't respond and the rest said they were "unsure" of the influence.

The comments here were interesting though.

One respondent that didn't answer this question commented he/she "knew it would influence a lot of people who believe that 'you'll make them worse to keep them coming' or 'why bother, it doesn't do any good'."

Another that didn't answer this question said they "already knew how important chiropractic is to me but if I were new to chiropractic, being able to see would make it easier to believe".

One of the respondents marked "no influence" because he/she would still come to see their favorite doctor but "if he was not available, I now know that with the data/history stored in memory, any of the doctors could do my adjustment with a successful outcome".

One respondent that selected "more likely" said "the print out helps me monitor & measure my own progress".

6. Additional Comments:
Here are some of the comments:

"Great 'proof' for the insurance and family of unbelievers."

"My daughter cannot stand to have her neck touched and this would work ... and make logical sense".

"Women who don't want a man to 'hover over them' and 'get that close' would appreciate the difference".

"I think for patients that are afraid of adjustment, I feel this would be a good alternative".

"Great when [you] need to shift to a different doctor - would get same technique and same opportunity for continued progress on the same areas or 'know' that the new area really needed done"

"I would recommend to others, especially people that might be hesitant, as they may be more convinced about treatment, consistency, outcomes".

Overall the results of the focus group came out positive. We will be looking at the possibility of doing more of these with other users around the country and hopefully we'll be able to get some PulStar patients to this site so they can tell their story first hand.

We'd like to thank Dr. Jerry Mantonya for this great work and if you are ever in the Newark, OH or Hebron, OH areas and need a PulStar adjustment, check him out.