I wanted to hear more about this
quick rate of success, the Doctor who is using it, and, more
importantly, share
the information with others. I attended a seminar this summer that was
presented by Dr. Mane. Afterwards, I was able to
meet him and ask him if I could
conduct an interview and share the information with our readership. He
agreed
and the interview appears later in this article.
Dr. Nelson Mane
is considered a pioneer in the
field of Hemispheric Integration Therapy (H.I.T.) for childhood
neurobehavioral
disorders. He has been in practice for over 24 years, is a D.A.N.
(Defeat
Autism Now) doctor, and has sub-specialty training in childhood Neuro-Behavioral Disorders. Mane
is one of the few
chiropractors in the country who is board certified in both
chiropractic
neurology and orthopedics.
What is
Hemispheric Integration Therapy (H.I.T.)?
It is a brain based, rehabilitation program that incorporates a
multimodal
approach to hemispheric imbalances associated with learning
disabilities. The
concept is to strengthen weak and under-functioning neurologic pathways
that
lead to areas of the brain not communicating properly with each other
causing
the brain to become desynchronized.
The
brain is made up of two
hemispheres. Each of these has specialized functions operating
independently
and as a whole. The brain controls every human function: sight, smell,
touch,
taste, balance, coordination, fine & gross motor skills,
speech, facial
recognition and emotional responses. The brain receives information to
control
these functions from receptors throughout our bodies. If the receptors
and the
pathways leading up to the brain are damaged, weak, or did not develop
properly, then dysfunction and miscommunication occur.
The main focus of
the therapy is
to open or strengthen receptors that provide input between the "brain
and the
body" and the "body and the brain". The simplest explanation is that it
is
specific exercises that can be targeted for the left and right side of
the
brain. Literally exercising the brain like we do our muscles. By
building the
pathways and strengthening them, it can help a child overcome some of
the
issues associated with a particular disorder.
What
is
Dr. Mane doing that is causing such
successful
results?
Dr. Mane's
version of H.I.T.,
involves both functional medicine and functional neurology combining a
bunch of
things from a lot of different fields and putting it together in a
specific
order and efficient manner.
The exam
& history will give us a clue as when the
developmental delay came and what the causative factor is. We study the
whole
epigenetic factor concept and the environmental influence on the genes.
The exami is going to
localize where we treat.
Dr. Mane: I think
on a basic fundamental level, everybody should be on probiotics,
multivitamin and an Essential fatty acid. We try to eliminate any
negative
factors such as vitamin deficiencies, toxins and infections to make
sure
nothing is going to prevent or slow down progress with the H.I.T.
therapy. Again,
we treat what we find and everyone is different. We are not going to
recommend
a particular supplement or "something for everybody",
it depends on what shows up on your lab work as to how we treat.
The
beauty with kids, as opposed to adults, is that they don't have all the
health
issues like: diabetes, cholesterol, liver problems or heart disease so
they
tend to respond quicker. But this works with anyone, whether it be
somebody
with some type of disability or an athlete that comes from high school,
or even
the pro's (although not something we do regularly), trying to fine tune
their
game. You tune up their nervous system so it works at its optimum level.
PSN: Where
can parents go to receive this type
of therapy?
Also, I've
never done anything as rewarding as using this
therapy with kids. They grow up before your eyes, at an accelerated
rate, and
their parents de-stress before your eyes. I can
not
express how I feel. Really amazing.
Fees are as follows: Consultation is $250.00. Each
treatment session costs $150.00. Lab
work varies depending on what is needed. Most insurance companies do
not pay, although,
of the parents
interviewed, one parent's insurance was
paying for treatments.
SIDE
BAR:
PSN
had the pleasure of speaking with Kelly Jackson, a parent of one of Dr.
Mane's
patients. Here are her comments and feelings about HIT Therapy.
My
daughter just turned 13. I adopted her from
a Chinese orphanage
when she was about 18 months old--long before the influx of Chinese
adoptions.
She had been confined to a crib and often tied inside
that crib with
no stimulation and very little food that entire time. She was sick when
they
handed her to me in China. Once I brought her home, got her physically
well,
and got her on solid foods, my daughter's development began to
thrive.
She went from not even being able to sit up at 18 months of age, to
pulling up
and toddling around within a month or so of being adopted.
She still,
however, has had delays, fears, food
and noise
aversions for many years.
I
learned about Hemispheric Integration therapy and Dr. Mane by attending
a
seminar in December of 2008. I was very impressed with what I learned
from Dr.
Mane. He is the first professional in the area who associated children
in
orphanages, who received poor care as infants, with how that leads to
delays
and issues that continue to show up later in life.
My
child loves H.I.T. therapy. She attends three times per week
She does "homework" or a home program on the days of the
week
she does not have therapy. She
currently is doing the following: Various exercises to strengthen her
core,
primitive reflex exercises, exercises that work on vestibular, various
exercises
on the wobble board, spinning, tossing, oxygen, smells, many exercises
to the
beat of a metronome while counting and spelling forward and backward
while
wearing special glasses, intensive eye work, chiropractic adjustments
to neck,
back, chest, etc. However, it does change weekly by adding
various degrees
of difficulty or by adding or eliminating new exercises. The therapy
lasts 30
to 45 minutes per session.
I
started to see success within 2 weeks of starting the therapy. My daughter no longer had
any issues
with loud noises, and that is something that had overwhelmed her since
she was
a toddler. Her preference for food expanded by leaps and
bounds and
within a month of therapy, she began eating every food offered to
her. So,
many of her
fears began to be alleviated several months into the
program. Her level of
maturity has risen significantly. I expect her to be a typical
teen in
every way before long.
A
special thank your to Kimberly Larochelle
and Kelly Jackson for their contributions to
this article.
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