Here is an eye opener:

Warning: Very soon there will be no place to hide

Mouthwash use could inhibit benefits of exercise

"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:

Make that first appointment, see for yourself.

7 years ago, I started having pain in my wrists and for 2 years I was given cortisone injections under the diagnosis of tendinitis. This didn’t help, in fact, these injections made it worse. I was then referred to a specialist consultant who advised me to stop the injections as that was damaging the tendons on the wrists and referred me to a different consultant.

I saw this consultant for 4 years. They did all the tests and exams under the sun only to be told that my diagnosis was probably arthritis, that I should just accept and adapt to my immobility.

I left that appointment with a prescription for a very strong medicine with many side effects with no guarantee of recovery and a broken heart.

By then I was incapable of most tasks such as doing shoelaces, unlocking my front door, peeling vegetables, holding an umbrella in the rain, washing my hair, driving and so on.

By the time I came to see Dr Amir, which was 4 years after saving his phone number on my mobile phone, my health was deteriorating very rapidly, I had very little pain free mobility on my wrists, arms, and bottom of the feet, this was also affecting my mental health.

I made an appointment with Dr Amir and although I felt a bit sceptical at first I also felt that Dr Amir really cared for my well being and would do what he could to make it better, he also reassured me that I could cancel the treatment and payment at any time if I didn’t see results.

Two months later, I was sleeping without pain and driving every day, within a few months from that I was able to do most day to day tasks. All this without taking one single pill. When I look back now I can’t believe that I am back to my old self, doing all the things I was told I would probably not do again, most of all I dread to think of where I would be now, two years on, if I hadn’t made that appointment.

Dr Amir cares not only for my physical health, he understands the impact the condition has on me, listens and always gives me his time and advise. I can’t thank the team enough.

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."

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.

I decided on a bit of study about Polymyalgia Rheumatica. I was intrigued to discover that the symptoms appear to be similar to those experienced by patients who have jaw problems.

According to Wikipedia, Polymyalgia Rheumatica encompasses a wide range of symptoms classically:

• 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.
• Fatigue and lack of appetite (possibly leading to weight loss) are also indicative of Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
• An overall feeling of illness or flu-like symptoms.
• Low-grade (mild) fever or abnormal temperature is sometimes present.
• In most people, it is characterized by constant fatigue, weakness and sometimes exhaustion.

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.

Temporal arteritis is an inflammatory disease of blood vessels. The complications can include blockage of the artery to the eye with resulting blindness, aortic dissection, and aortic aneurysm. The cause is unknown. The underlying mechanism involves inflammation of the small blood vessels.

• headache
• tenderness and sensitivity on the scalp
• jaw claudication (pain in the jaw when chewing)
• tongue claudication (pain in the tongue when chewing)
• reduced visual acuity (blurred vision
• acute visual loss (sudden blindness)
• diplopia (double vision)
• acute tinnitus (ringing in the ears)

After examining the patient he was found to have a jaw problem. Having lost his wisdom teeth at age 20 did not help matters.

To assist those who may have been diagnosed into this condition here is a little more information:

Causes of Polymyalgia Rheumatica as per the medical literature:

(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!)

This draws in more patients into autoimmune disease which produce the blockbuster profits from the sale of drugs to 'treat' these conditions!

Tests available for PMR

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.

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 was experiencing muscle weakness and pain and was unable to do basic functions such as lift a moderate weight above chest height. Following several scans and consultations, I was prescribed a high dosage of steroids and advised I may need to remain on steroids on a long-term basis.
I did not take the steroid medication but instead discussed an alternative plan with Dr. Amir, which involved a mouth brace, for the purpose of achieving cranial symmetry. Considering the remarkable improvement I had seen in my children, I chose to work with Dr. Amir. After 3 months of wearing and adjusting the mouth brace, my symptoms were dramatically reduced and within 6 months, I had completely regained my strength and I was pain-free.

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.

Having said that I am very sceptical about treatment with steroids or anti-immune drugs. I cannot understand how these can eliminate the cause of these symptoms.

Background

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 Amir

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.

It has now been over three years since I’ve experienced any MS symptoms, save one, explained below. I’ve gone beyond simply the state of not experiencing MS. I can breathe to double capacity, have more energy, rarely experience a headache, can eat dairy! and chocolate, have a more attractive jaw-line and more prominent cheekbones.

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.

From a business perspective, it seems to be a very attractive proposition; except, obviously, to those in the business of managing symptoms. I see other applications for Dr Amir’s approach, beyond the avoidance of sickness, involving athletes and raising their performance. The physical strength and performance improvement I’ve experienced during my treatment, having been a weight lifter and competitive Irish dancer in my younger days, would definitely interest any athletes looking for an advantage.

Postscript:

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.

I have been symptom-free for the past 10 years, except for when I need an adjustment to my brace. Dr. Amir’s wisdom should be shouted from the rooftops. Why is no one curious? WHY is no medical provider curious about my story, and the story of so many like me experiencing these dramatic changes due to adjustments to the jaw? Why?

It terrifies me and breaks my heart to think that this wisdom is not being embraced by others and taken out to the world. Who will save the next generation from medical professionals who are not curious, who are not learning, whose minds are made up, and who do not fix the problem? Drugs are not the answer, and only when the doctor himself is diagnosed can he understand the panic, the terror, the willingness to do ANYTHING to be well. The option to see someone like Dr Amir MUST remain my right as a person, and a patient.

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.

Here is my Google Review

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...

Finally, after a 19-year journey to a symptom-free life, Dr Amir was the final answer to my quest to be free from MS. It's all about oxygen and alignment, and Dr Amir is the artist /engineer/scientist/ dental surgeon that is setting the standard. He doesn't give up! It was only 3 months into my treatment when I noticed some profound changes. My MS was considered relapsing-remitting but my balance had been getting progressively worse. All that changed when I met Dr Amir and I haven't had an MS symptom for 10 years. I've returned to my original strength. I wear his device at night and that keeps me in tip-top shape. Thank you for giving me back my life Dr Amir!

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.
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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.

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Wikipedia describes Ataxia as:

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:
1. EF wrote:

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..............
".....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:

Results
"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 taller

As 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 differently

Dr 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

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 conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."
John Kenneth Galbraith

The 2 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.

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.

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The intimate relationship of shoulder problems to Jaw asymmetry.

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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
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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."

Hopeless!
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!
Hope you find a neurologist who can help correct the cause of your migraines. We have not found any in the UK yet!

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