Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation (VOM)

A Diagnostic Technology That Precedes Clinical Disease.
By Wm. L. Inman BS, DVM

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Validation by Other Diagnostic Techniques

When VOM is compared with other diagnostic technologies such as Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA), Applied Kinesiology (AK) and many others, it is found that these energy techniques reflect the exact reads that VOM demonstrates, validating the VOM.
Radiology, Myelography, MRI, ultrasound and other imaging techniques will eventually (in most cases) demonstrate pathology.
The problem with these methods is that it may be months to years after the VOM reads are available to the practitioner that these imaging techniques are valuable.
Accurate clinical records taken by the author have proven that the reading patterns will eventually produce specific radiographic evidence. Other diagnostic techniques will show pathology but again the delay is clinically disastrous.

VOM Diagnostic Window

A window of availability exists for diagnosis using the VOM Technology that is unique in the industry. We are able to diagnose and apply possible treatment to a disease condition in most cases weeks to years before clinical disease is discovered by conventional means. This is the amazing diagnostic value of the VOM Technology and cannot be understated. The VOM Diagnostic window extends from the onset of injury to well past the onset of clinical disease (this could be months to years).

Case Study #1

In 1985 a four-year-old dachshund "Red" was presented for crying out in pain for no apparent reason. Upon examination, no tenderness was found and x-rays also were negative. Neurological exam was normal.
The VOM Diagnostic pass elicited pathological reading reflexes at L-3. The reflex was the familiar panniculus response.
The owner was advised of potential problems down the road and a program of VOM Treatments was recommended.
The owner opted to wait and see and was sent home on phenylbutazone.
One year later, Red presented for annual exam. The owner knew of no current problems.
Red had reads at L-3 and L-2 at this time and a schedule of VOM treatments were advised but refused by the owner.
In 1987 Red presented without clinical disease and had reads at L-3, L-2, and now at L-4. Again, Red was given the same VOM recommendation and again the polite refusal.
We did not see Red for two years after that, but when we did he presented with acute paralysis, down in the rear and losing deep pain.
This is your basic veterinary orthopedic nightmare.
His reading patterns were again at L-2-3-4-5 and after the client had been apprised of a surgical solution and ruled it out, we adjusted Red with the device in standard VOM fashion.

 

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We repeated the next day and within 24 hours Red was up and walking again.
We continued his adjustments on schedule for the next 5 adjustments and he remained both non-clinical and non-VOM reading until his death by liver failure at age 16.

Discussion
Q. Did we injure Red with the device?
A. Absolutely not! To date countless cases have been administered without any hint of iatrogenic injury.
In research studies directed at the possible damage that the device might cause, laboratory rats were pulsed with the device one thousand times with the mechanism set at its highest and the rat was then sacrificed to reveal no neurological damage. There was not enough motion to cause injury.
Q. Would Red have gotten better on his own?
A. Maybe,… miracles happen every day. It just so happens however that five more "miracles" just like this one occurred that month due to application of the VOM Technology.
After a while you have a tendency to credit science instead of fate.
Q. Was the initial read at L-3 a harbinger of a spinal failure to come?
A. Of course it was! We have hundreds of similar situations and case studies that conclusively indicate that the spinal segment that fails or exacerbates a clinical disease will show typical pathological reflexive reading patterns months to years ahead of the clinical emergency.
This is of course the purpose and the main point of this article

VOM Treatment Window
This then gives rise to the conclusion that there exists a VOM diagnostic window that encompasses the VOM Treatment window and extends well after the disease is diagnosed by conventional methods. The obvious value of the VOM Diagnostic Technology lies in the utilization treatment within the diagnostic window and before clinical disease is expressed.

Case Study #2

Boru, a 5 year old, 120# purebred Newfoundland and an American and Canadian obedience champion, became reluctant to jump over the required barriers and the resultant trip to the vet left the owner with a diagnosis of Canine Wobbler's Disease and a decision as to opt for the necessary surgery or euthanasia.
Boru had acute pain when he was patted on the head and could not rotate his head to the left.
Upon presentation for a second opinion as to whether VOM could help, it was found that an instrument pulse at C-5-6 would drop Boru 's shoulders down 2-3 inches. The presence of subluxation was obvious.
The previous vet had radiographed the caudal cervical area and no radiographic signs were seen. A myelogram that followed also was negative. Knowing from the VOM Diagnostic pass where the problem actually was, x-rays were done at our hospital and they too were non-diagnostic.

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