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Seizures: what has been studied, and what we look at
The medication helps, mostly. You still plan your life around the chance of the next one.
what it often looks like
What people with seizures often describe
- Planning drives, work and sleep around the next one
- Seizures that started after a head or neck injury
- Headaches, poor sleep or brain fog in between
- Side effects you've learned to live with
Why it is often missed. Seizure care rightly focuses on the brain and on medication. When seizures began after a head or neck injury, the upper neck is not usually where anyone looks.
Why the upper neck may be involved. We don't provide care for epilepsy itself. What we look at is the upper neck and how your nervous system is regulating your body. Three published case reports describe people with seizures who received upper cervical care, two of them after a head injury. Three people can't predict what will happen for anyone else.
what the research looked at
Three published studies on seizures
Published 2004 to 2011. The strongest design among them: case report. Each one is summarized in plain words in our research library: who was studied, what was measured, what was found, and where it falls short.
- A 76-year-old woman with ten years of seizures after a concussion
- A 25-year-old woman with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- A 23-year-old man after a head-first fall: seizures, sleep, mood and migraine
Three people, one in each report. Neither report can show that care caused the change, and neither can predict anything for anyone else. Never change or stop seizure medication except under your neurologist's direction.
The seizures studies, by design and year
how we measure
The Lazar Method™ measures first
Everyone else told you what might work. We measure before anything is decided. Digital X-ray shows the alignment of the upper neck, and heart rate variability and thermal scans show how your nervous system is regulating your body.
Before any correction we measure how your nervous system is regulating your body: heart rate variability, thermal and muscle tone scans, PostureIQ™, and digital X-ray of the upper neck. Dr. Jonathan Lazar, D.C., or someone personally trained by him, will go over your scans and images with you. QSM3, the method used at our office, is a progression of NUCCA, and the correction is gentle and specific: no cracking, no twisting.
If we can help, we'll tell you. If we can't, we'll help you find someone who can.
Please note: Never change or stop seizure medication except under your neurologist's direction. A seizure lasting more than five minutes is an emergency.
This page is educational and is not medical advice. Keep the doctors who know you in the loop.
Your doctor. QSM3 Level M Certified. One of eight doctors in the world. In practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 2008. About Dr. Lazar
the dr. lazar show
Hear how Dr. Lazar thinks before you call
Heard for 17 years on WMUZ 103.5 FM, The Dr. Lazar Show is now on YouTube and as a podcast. There is no episode on seizures on its own yet. These two are where most people start.
The Lazar Method™: how we actually reset the system
The five steps on air for the first time: measure, identify, clarify, correct, restore, and what gets measured before anything else.
traveling for care
Coming from another state, or hours away?
People drive from across Michigan because nothing closer worked. If you live hours away, or in another state, working out the days, the hotel and the records shouldn't be yours to carry alone. Our office is at 203 S. Zeeb Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Traveling with a child? Families welcome.
- IntensiveIntensive programs
Your assessment, your Report of Findings and a concentrated block of corrections in one stay in Ann Arbor, usually one to two weeks, set at your Report of Findings. We read your records before you travel, so you only make the trip if it makes sense. The prices are itemized on the page.
- StayStaying in Ann Arbor
A negotiated medical rate for patients and their families at the Holiday Inn & Suites Ann Arbor, with breakfast, Wi-Fi and parking included.
- RemoteRemote care
Can't travel to Ann Arbor at all? Dr. Lazar works with a small number of remote patients. The correction itself is hands-on, so when your case needs it, we'll tell you, and help you find a qualified upper cervical provider near you.
questions
Questions people ask about seizures
Still have a question? Call 734.274.5107, or book a 15-minute Clarity Call, a phone call with our team and no commitment. Cost and insurance are answered plainly on the FAQ page.
Keep reading
Can a head or neck injury be linked to seizures?
Head injuries are a known cause of seizures, and neck injuries often happen in the same accident. Two published case reports describe people whose seizures began after a head injury. Whether the upper neck plays any part for you is a question for your neurologist and for measurement, not for a handful of case reports.
What does research say about upper cervical care and seizures?
Three case reports, one person each: a woman with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, a man after a head-first fall, and a woman with seizures after a concussion. None of them can show that the care caused the change, or predict anything for anyone else. We list them so you can read them yourself, with their limits.
Do I need to change my seizure medication?
No. Never change or stop seizure medication except under your neurologist's direction. Upper cervical care sits alongside your neurologist's care, never in place of it. Bring your medication list and recent records to your consultation, so the whole picture is on the table before anything is done.
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