Chiropractic Neurologist Treats Concussion and Get NHL Scorer Back on Ice

The top scorer in the NHL last year, Sidney Crosby, suffered from a possible career-ending head injury which did not progress with eight months of standard medical care.  After two weeks of chiropractic neurologic care at a chiropractic university, with Dr. Ted Carrick, who taught me clinical neurology in the chiropractic neurology diplomat program, he is now cleared to play this season!  Here is the video of the media conference with Dr. Carrick speaking and the inactive-link to the Sports Illustrated article.  Dr. Saracino

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1190863/index.htm

Convertibles & Sun Roofs Irritate the Head & Neck

This is the season for drivers of cars with convertibles and sun roofs to make everyone else wish for the feeling-of-freedom they appear to have, but their cars have some disadvantages!  The deleterious effects on the head, ears and neck may be profound. 

When it is prohibitively and the vehicles have dark-colored interiors, the direct and reflected off-the-dash sunlight causes perspiration.  Conversely, the constant flow-of-air from the open top causes rapid evaporation of the perspiration which chills, pounds and dehydrates the scalp, ear canals and skin over-lying the neck.  This predisposes us to headache, earache and neck stiffness and spasm, respectively.

Sun roofs are more damaging to the drivers’ RIGHT ear and neck areas because the flow of air is greater above the console over the right ear.  Passengers in the front seat are effected on the LEFT side.  These one-sided reactions often build-up slowly then shock us with pain and stiffness when we lift objects overhead, turn the head rapidly or sleep with the head turned.

The best way to travel in an open convertible or sun roof car is to wear close-fitting garments on the head and neck and COVER the effected ear! Happy motoring.

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Roger Rabbit Medical Mishaps

Minutes hang like hours in a doctor’s waiting room. Worse yet is when our anticipation is met with a hurried exam. Isn’t it frustrating to leave with important questions unanswered?
Walt Disney productions created a parody on medical care titled “Tummy Trouble”. It featured Roger Rabbit who was boosted to stardom in the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” An infant whom roger is babysitting accidentally swallows one of his rattles. The child is taken to the hospital, but Roger is misdiagnosed as having ‘tummy trouble’! The abandoned baby roams the hallways while Roger is rushed to surgery. Roger’s operation is halted by the lunch whistle, but he is not out of danger because the infant crawls into the operating room and unwittingly activates an atom smasher! Roger saves himself and the infant by eluding the deadly ray and surviving other life threatening incidences. No doubt, the cartoon addresses some of the shortcomings of today’s health care system.

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Performing Arts Experiences

Practicing next to a dinner theater for eighteen years has allowed me to develop skills in treating performing artists and their specific injuries, i.e., singers’ jaws, necks and throats, dancers’ backs and legs, etc.
Among many other experiences, I have been invited to speak and advise dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the cast of the 1996-97 New York musical Victor Victoria. I toured Europe in 1991 with the David Parsons Dance Company, a modern dance ensemble that appears biannually at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia. These outside-of-the-office performing arts highlights have been most rewarding. Not only have these activities gotten me involved with some of the most talented and appreciative people, but they have allowed me to give back to a community which has so generously given to me. All of the performing and fine arts in America struggle to survive because they compete with television, movies, sports and popular music.

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Dr. Saracino’s Path to Chiropractic Neurology and the Performing Arts

 (In September 2008 the American Chiropractic Association interviewed Dr. Saracino and published a shorter version (seen at the “Doctor’s Media” navigational link) in the Journal of the ACA.

 Chiropractic Neurologist relies on education and professionalism.   A curiosity about nutrition as a youngster and sports participation as a teen put Mark Saracino, DC, DACAN of King of Prussia, Pa., on the path to becoming a chiropractic neurologist. As a child, he noticed the difference that eating healthy food, back-rub exchanges with an older brother and regular sports activities made in the way he felt. This influenced his use of massage and exercise therapies in practice. Before pursuing machine technology and the beginnings of mechanical engineering he discovered the benefits of taking large dosages of vitamin C to treat and prevent colds.    

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Curbing Health Costs – No Fault to Holistic Doctors!

Most know that medical bills are escalating faster than the cost-of-living and inflation, but few know that our tax dollars are contributing to the upward spiral. Government subsidies (free money) and low-interest loans continue to be given for inflationary purchases of costly diagnostic/therapeutic equipment, redundant research projects and unnecessary expansion of health care facilities. Recent studies have found that most communities are oversupplied with MRI and radiation therapy equipment, as an example. Research grants are often distributed without a coordination plan, causing repetition of elaborate and invasive procedures. Holistic and preventative ones are usually not emphasized. Since most of our health care dollars are spent after age 65, because of chronic degenerative diseases, more research on “how we live here and now” should be awarded to reduce costs in the long run. Although the numbers of patient stays in hospitals are decreasing, beds continue to be built.

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Bolshoi Ballet Guest Lecture

As a former board member for 18 years of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, a student-professional dance company, I had the opportunity to work with talented dancers from around the world. One such person is Ilze Liepa, principal dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet and Russian movie actress. The Moscow Company has been heralded as the finest dance troupe in the world. Responding to her invitations, I attended dance classes and spoke to her colleagues at the Bolshoi Theatre about nutrition, strength training and back pain. In September of 1994, I also traveled to recently popularized Yekaterinburg, the City of Katherine The Great near Siberia. Remember the legendary Russian Czarist couple Nicholas and Alexandria? I held a similar discussion with their dance company, The State Ballet Theater.

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Ballerina Interview

Lisa Sunstrom, former principal dancer for the Pennsylvania Ballet and I were asked to assist with the first Annual Benefit Dance Concert for the AIDS Foundation of Philadelphia, which was produced at the Academy of Music. I treated some of the dancers and Lisa performed at the event.   She is a strong proponent for good health and chiropractic. Her are some of her thoughts you may find interesting.

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Update to Web Site: Testimonials Page

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