Re: CS>Loss of Smell Signals Alzheim [ arthur rambo <alqui...@yahoo.com> ]
I have read a number of times in recent years that senior citizens' ability to smell often decreases, or vanishes altogether. I also have read that it may be a precursor to Alzheimers' Disease. It can't be helped by CS, but we share so many helpful things on this list in addition to CS I hope you won't mind my taking up space with the following.
I was sorry when I realized that my own sense of smell was almost gone, and sad to miss the delightful aroma of pot roast in the oven or bread baking, -- and don't get me started about losing the smell of popcorn! I counted it among the costs of living into my seventies, and resolved to watch for signs that might alert me to approaching Alzheimers'.
Then one day, after receiving chiropractic therapy to my neck for awhile for some unrelated issues (visual disturbance manifested by a jiggling of my visual field, and dizziness and unsteadiness of gait), as well as what the DC called "neurological training" exercises, I was surprised and delighted to notice that my sense of smell was returning! In fact, my partially recovered sense of smell remained when the other two problems recurred after being off her therapy and adjustments for a couple of months.
Not long afterwards, I learned quite by accident (one of those little miraculous "coincidences" I am lucky to experience from time to time!) about a rare and remarkable kind of therapy that had an almost instant and long lasting effect on my symptoms after three one-minute treatments. It is called NUCCA and deals with the correct alignment of a very small but critical bone at the base of the skull called the Atlas. You can learn more about in on the Internet. One clear source of information is here: http://www.brooksspinalcare.com/nuccaprocedure.html
There are not a lot of NUCCA practitioners around. I found only two to choose from in San Diego County, and have been very happy with my progress under the care of the one I chose. He also provides another kind of unusual treatment he calls bio-cranial therapy as a follow-on, and reports that other patients have told him those simple manipulations have restored their sense of smell, too! My vision and dizziness issues are mostly history, and when I have completed the series of 11 treatments, I expect those and several other issues which have shown improvement will be more or less permanently resolved. It is so nice to no longer be the "pinball queen" as my husband jokingly nicknamed me when I used to veer into door jambs and wobble around, to have a lot more energy to trot around our hillside streets walking our dogs, to smell the bread baking in my bread machine upon returning home, not to mention being able to read the computer screen without having it flicker around as if it were a photo taken while a tremblor was taking place!
As the website shows you, a NUCCA practitioner can tell almost at a glance if a patient is a likely candidate for NUCCA: head canted to left or right, one shoulder and/or hip lower than the other, and a dead giveaway: one leg shorter than the other! When I read that, I immediately called my husband and asked him to come and tell me if I had a short leg, as I lay on the floor with both legs stretched out straight. With a straight face, he looked and replied, "You have TWO short legs!" Funny man. (I am five feet tall!) Seriously, though, yes, one leg was actually half an inch shorter than the other! I made an appointment the next day! No wonder I responded so positively to the standard NUCCA manipulation. NUCCA claims many successes with pains and problems of all kinds. Check it out if you are so inclined. This next site is a lot more technical in its descriptions, but also provides a list of many possible problems which have been alleviated by NUCCA treatments.
http://www.nuccainfo.com/nucca.html
Good luck, and don't forget to stop and smell the roses!
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