Dr. Mikes Zone Healing
Michael J. Shapiro, D.C.
Zone Healing
My name is Dr.Mike Shapiro and welcome to my website.
I am a Chiropractor, and this site is a place where you can learn
about me, my practice and the programs I work with.
Thank you for your interest.
Dr. Mike
What I use in my office:
Dr. Thurman Fleet (1895 - 1983) was a great healer who lived in San Antonio, TX.
His healing practice was so busy that the city had to re-route traffic in order to
accommodate the people going to his office. His practice grew so fast that he
had to move 3 times in order to conform with fire codes. Furthermore,
the family members of most of the prominent medical doctors
in Texas at the time were Dr. Fleet's patients. People came to Dr. Fleet from
all over to be helped to heal from practically any dis-ease. The healing
results that Dr. Fleet's patients achieved were unequalled.
Dr. Fleet founded the Concept-Therapy Zone Healing Technique in 1931.
Dr. Fleet taught the following:
"There are ONLY SIX kinds of disturbances that can affect the human body.
These are GLANDULAR, ELIMINATIVE, NERVOUS, DIGESTIVE, MUSCULAR,
and CIRCULATORY. All diseased conditions, aches and pains, and other
discomforts experienced by the body can be attributed to one or more
of the above disturbances to the body's 6 systems or Zones."
Diagnosis has always been very inaccurate. In fact, C. Everett Koop,
the former Surgeon General of the US, said that approximately 70% of
all medical diagnosis done in this country are in error. According to Dr. Fleet,
The Zone Technique offers a process that eliminates the inaccuracy of diagnosis
by enabling the patient to know exactly what is happening in their body.
The human brain is composed of many centers. These centers are formed
in the embryonic stage of life and are developed from the dorso-medial ectoderm
of the embryo. There is a center which controls the glands of the body, a center
which is associated with the organs of elimination, a center which regulates the
central nervous system, and which is differentiated as an ectodermal neural
plate in the dorso-medial region of the ectoderm. The digestive organs are
regulated by a brain center. In the motor cortex of the brain we find a center
which controls all of the muscles of the body, and in the caudate nuclei (both),
we find the center which regulates the flow of fluids (circulation) through the body.
As the body may be properly classified as an ELECTRICAL MACHINE, these
6 brain centers represent the POSITIVE POLE of the body,and specific related
points in the spinal cord represent the NEGATIVE POLE of the body. When
there is a disturbance in any of the bodily areas, one or more of these
centers are shorted out, so to speak. There has been a disruption of normal
function of the entire center due to the effect of emotional, physical,
or chemical stress.
The Zone doctor examines the patient to determine which of the brain centers
are not in harmony with the systems they control. This is done by the Zone doctor
feeling specific points on the patient's head. These points are related to the six
brain centers by nerve connections. When a brain center is not sending the
proper signals to its system, all bodily material associated with that system
suffers. In order to correct this, the zone doctor stimulates specific points in
the spinal cord. There are six sets of four points in the spinal cord (negative pole)
that are related to the six brain centers (positive pole). Stimulation of the proper
points by the Zone doctor sends healing energy up the spinal cord to the brain centers
that need balancing. The balanced brain centers then send out the proper signals to
the body's systems and the body is better able to heal itself.
Any doctor who uses Zone Therapy fully agrees with Dr. Fleet that the Power
that made the body is the ONLY Power that heals the body.The body
is better able to heal itself when its systems are balanced. there
There are many components of health. Having the energy balanced in the
6 systems of the body is one of these components. Other aspects of achieving
and maintaining health include: proper eating, proper exercise, proper recuperation
(physical and mental), and right thinking/acting.
Dr. Shapiro addresses all of these with his or her patients/practice members.
The 6 Zones or Systems of the body:
ZONE SYSTEM
1 Glandular
2 Eliminative
3 Nerve
4 Digestive
5 Muscular
6 Circulatory
ZONE 1: GLANDULAR SYSTEM
Glands of the head
Pineal
Pituitary
Memory
Energy
Skin
Hair
Glands of the stomach
Thyroid gland,
Mammary Glands
Adrenals
Glands of digestion
Pancreas
Liver
Appetite
Sleep
Elimination
Glands of the kidney region
Glands of the pelvis
Uterus and Ovaries or Prostate and Gonads
Kidneys
Relaxation
Outlook on life
Temper
Concentration
Immune System
Hormonal System
ZONE ONE - GLANDULAR ZONE Science
All glands of the body namely, the accessory glands of the mouth
(lingual, molar, parotid, salivary, and serous glands of the tongue) arytenoid,
Bowman's, Brunner's, buccal, cardiac, carotid, ceruminous, ciliary,
coccygeal, ductless glands (spleen, suprarenal, thymus, and thyroid) gastric,
gastro-epiploic, genital (areolar, Bartholin's, bulbo-urethral, urethra,
Cowper's, labial, mammary, gland of Littre, preputial, prostate, uterine, vestibular)
Blandin (Nuhn), intestinal, lacrymal, larynx, lenticular of stomach, lymph,
liver, gland of Luschka, Meibomian, oxyntic. pancreas, parathyroid, Peyer's, pineal,
pituitary, pyloric, sebaceous, sub maxilary, sudoriferous (sweat glands), trachoma,
and intestinal mucous membrane are all organized, regulated, and controlled by
INNATE INTELLIGENCE from the GLANDULAR CENTER of the brain, located in the CEREBELLUM.
When any of the glands of the body have been disturbed by trauma, shock, disease
concepts, emotions, toxins, foreign matter, strain, etc., there will be a reflex nervous
action along the nerves which constitute the GLANDULAR zone; and, if this disturbance
is of sufficient intensity, one or more subluxations of vertebrae will result.
This subluxation will prohibit normal nerve energy from the positive to the
negative pole,resulting in decreased activity in some of the glands and
increased activity in others.
The immediate effect of the application of the adjustive thrust is its stimulative
action on the nerve centers. The entire body is composed of electrons and
each cell is virtually a battery composed of electrons in definite relationship with
each other. When the cell is deprived of its normal nerve supply, there
develops a lack of cohesion of the elements composing it. As a result of the
concussion of forces incident to the application of the thrust, there is a
condensation of the electrons composing the cell, in consequence of which it
functions more actively. In other words, the cell generates impulses
as a result of the stimulus it has received iii the form of the thrust. This
stimulation, coupled with the restored nerve supply resulting from the
specific adjustment, travels upward along the route of the nerves to the
brain center, thereby bringing about normalcy to the entire zone.
The immediate effects obtained by a scientific adjustment and the application of the
thrust on associated centers can be ascribed to stimulation of the associated nerve
centers. Those nerves convey stimuli from the periphery to the CENTRAL BRAIN
CENTER and from the CENTRAL BRAIN CENTER to the periphery.
Unless these pathways are free, neither the afferent nor the efferent
impulses will reach their destination. If the BRAIN CENTER, which is in control
of the GLANDULAR SYSTEM and which is governed by INNATE INTELLIGENCE,
is left unacquainted with the needs of the periphery, the necessary impulses
will not be generated, because it is a fact that all outgoing nerve force is
generated in response to a stimulus from the periphery. Were this not true,
there would be no need for nerve endings in the periphery. All that would be
required would be outgoing nerves designed to convey impulses to the various
parts of the body whose need for such impulses would be appreciated by
a central governing intelligence.
The fact, however, that there are peripheral nerve endings, and that
their stimulationexcites the generation of impulses, shows that these outgoing
impulses are in a large measure generated only when the need for such
impulses on the part of any structure in the organism is communicated to the
CENTRAL BRAIN CENTER. In as much as the functional activity of each part is
dominated by the impulses which it received from the BRAIN CENTER,
and since these impulses are generated only when the BRAIN CENTER is made
acquainted with this need, it follows that the pathways over which the incoming
and outgoing impulses travel must be made free. Hence, adjustment of the subluxated
vertebrae (by removing impingement from the pathway) and stimulative thrusts
over the associated areas, must be considered as the most effective, natural,
and permanent means of restoring a nerve zone or circuit to normal.
ZONE 2: ELIMINATIVE SYSTEM
Sinuses
Mucus elimination
Nasal passage
Throat
Nose
Bronchial tubes
Lungs
Kidneys
Bladder
Urination
Small intestine
Colon
Bowel movements
Skin
Toxins
Alkaline/Acid Balance
ZONE TWO - ELIMINATIVE ZONE Science
When INNATE INTELLIGENCE (Spirit) constructed the human body,
there was placed into the brain a CENTER charged with the responsibility
of removing waste products from the body. This center is located in the cerebrum.
The principal organs involved in the SECOND ZONE are as follows:
The Sinuses.
The Lungs, including Bronchi.
The Urinary Tract.
The Bowels.
The Skin.
Peripheral stimulation of the afferent nerves in this center develops nerve impulses
which, when transmitted to the cord, cause the following:
(1). A stimulation of the motor center, a discharge of nerve impulses
to the muscles calling forth a contraction;
(2). A stimulation of the inhibitor center, a discharge of nerve impulses
to the muscles involved calling forth their relaxation and inhibition.
During this activity the discharge of the toxic material takes place.
In calling for an increased excretion from the kidneys, a stimulative thrust
over the nerves emitting from the spine at the 12th Thoracic
vertebra will cause the following activity to take place. Stimulation of
the central end of the inferior splanchnic (at the 12th Thoracic)
causes reflexly a contraction of the sphincter muscle and an inhibition
of the detrusor muscle. At the same time the compressor
urethra is inhibited in consequence of an inhibition of its spinal center.
As a result, the urine is freely discharged.
The tonus of the colon is regulated by the ELIMINATIVE CENTER of the brain
through the central nervous system through both augmentor and inhibitor nerves.
The augmentor nerves comprise both preganglionic and postganglionic fibers.
The inhibitor fibers also comprise both preganglionic and postganglionic fibers.
The former have their origin in the lumbar region (2nd LUMBAR) of the spinal cord,
from which they emerge at the second lumbar. They then pass into and through the
sympathetic chain and the inferior splanchnic nerves to the inferior mesenteric ganglion
around the cells of which they form an arborization. The postganglionic fibers pass
directly to the muscle fibers of the intestinal wall. STIMULATION will cause increased
evacuation from the intestines.
ZONE 3: NERVE SYSTEM
Nervous System
Eyes
Ears
Sense organs
Solar-plexus
Digestion
Mood
Relaxation
Sleep
Reproductive organs
Appetite
Elimination
Nerves
Immune System
Hormonal Balance
ZONE THREE - NERVOUS ZONE Science
The cerebrum, the upper part of the brain, is the seat of the
THIRD ZONE. It is the part of the brain that controls our thoughts
and emotions and is divided into two distinct halves called
hemispheres. The hemispheres of the cerebrum have no connection
whatever with each other until we get down to a great,
underlying, transverse bridge, known as the corpus calosum,
containing millions oftransverse nerve lines over which the
working interchange takes place between the two hemispheres.
Energy flows over the lines of nerves in measurable form
and quantity, and a similar energy exists in cells,ganglia,
and tissue masses of the brain and throughout the nervous system.
This energy, when it becomes kinetic, that is to say when it flows,
activates the machinery of the mind.
There are two ways of dividing the nervous system.One method
is to classify the brain, the spinal cord, and the cranial and
spinal nerves together and call them the cerebro-spinal system;
and to classify to itself the vast structure of internal nerves that
go to the vital organs, calling it the ganglionic or sympathetic system.
The other method is to group the brain and spinal cord, calling them
the central nervous system. The cranial and spinal nerves are then
grouped and called the peripheral system, and the sympathetic is
classed by itself and called the sympathetic.According to the first
method, we have two divisions of the nervous system; according
to the latter, three divisions. The latter method is more modern,
and it is better because it keeps the cranial and spinal nerves clearly
before the mind and enables us to refer to them as a group.
As a matter of fact, however, there are no such divisions as these
in the nervous system insofar as its physiological functioning is
concerned, or in its anatomical aspect. The nervous system,
from the apex of the brain to the tips of the fingers and toes
and on through the plexuses to the glands and vital organs of
the body, is mechanically a united whole.
The basic, elemental substances of the brain and nervous
system are nerve cells,nerve fiber, and nerve tissue of several
kinds. The central nervous system and the ganglia in various parts
of the body are full of nerve cells, and we also find one or
more individual cells in the peripheral terminations of
certain nerve fibers. The fibers are of two kinds: namely,
short association fibers and the longer fibers reaching to
peripheral extremities, the latter being bound together in bundles
which we call nerves, or nerve trunk lines. No nerve in the
body is more than three feet long, each length of nerve being
equipped with a receiving and a discharging terminal.
When a current is passing over a nerve route, as for instance,
from the brain to the big toe, it passes through relay stations,
some of which are known as plexuses,while the simpler,
non-functioning relay points are called synapses.
The CENTER in the brain which is in control of the NERVOUS ZONE
may be out of harmony with the other parts of the zone due to
many causes, and when this occurs, certain phenomena may be
observed. A correction of the zone will bring about an improvement,
not only in the entire nervous system but in various organs associated
with the zone.
Nervous System
Eyes
Ears
Sense organs
Solar-plexus
Digestion
Mood
Relaxation
Sleep
Reproductive organs
Appetite
Elimination
Nerves
Immune System
Hormonal Balance
ZONE THREE - NERVOUS ZONE Science
The cerebrum, the upper part of the brain, is the seat of the
THIRD ZONE. It is the part of the brain that controls our thoughts
and emotions and is divided into two distinct halves called
hemispheres. The hemispheres of the cerebrum have no connection
whatever with each other until we get down to a great,
underlying, transverse bridge, known as the corpus calosum,
containing millions oftransverse nerve lines over which the
working interchange takes place between the two hemispheres.
Energy flows over the lines of nerves in measurable form
and quantity, and a similar energy exists in cells,ganglia,
and tissue masses of the brain and throughout the nervous system.
This energy, when it becomes kinetic, that is to say when it flows,
activates the machinery of the mind.
There are two ways of dividing the nervous system.One method
is to classify the brain, the spinal cord, and the cranial and
spinal nerves together and call them the cerebro-spinal system;
and to classify to itself the vast structure of internal nerves that
go to the vital organs, calling it the ganglionic or sympathetic system.
The other method is to group the brain and spinal cord, calling them
the central nervous system. The cranial and spinal nerves are then
grouped and called the peripheral system, and the sympathetic is
classed by itself and called the sympathetic.According to the first
method, we have two divisions of the nervous system; according
to the latter, three divisions. The latter method is more modern,
and it is better because it keeps the cranial and spinal nerves clearly
before the mind and enables us to refer to them as a group.
As a matter of fact, however, there are no such divisions as these
in the nervous system insofar as its physiological functioning is
concerned, or in its anatomical aspect. The nervous system,
from the apex of the brain to the tips of the fingers and toes
and on through the plexuses to the glands and vital organs of
the body, is mechanically a united whole.
The basic, elemental substances of the brain and nervous
system are nerve cells,nerve fiber, and nerve tissue of several
kinds. The central nervous system and the ganglia in various parts
of the body are full of nerve cells, and we also find one or
more individual cells in the peripheral terminations of
certain nerve fibers. The fibers are of two kinds: namely,
short association fibers and the longer fibers reaching to
peripheral extremities, the latter being bound together in bundles
which we call nerves, or nerve trunk lines. No nerve in the
body is more than three feet long, each length of nerve being
equipped with a receiving and a discharging terminal.
When a current is passing over a nerve route, as for instance,
from the brain to the big toe, it passes through relay stations,
some of which are known as plexuses,while the simpler,
non-functioning relay points are called synapses.
The CENTER in the brain which is in control of the NERVOUS ZONE
may be out of harmony with the other parts of the zone due to
many causes, and when this occurs, certain phenomena may be
observed. A correction of the zone will bring about an improvement,
not only in the entire nervous system but in various organs associated
with the zone.
ZONE 4: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Liver
Appetite
Taste
Salivary glands
Digestion
Foods
Gall Bladder
Pancreas
Elimination
Bowels
Stomach glands
Intestines
Foods Assimilation
Weight
Energy
ZONE FOUR - DIGESTIVE ZONE Science
The human body is a chemical laboratory. It differs from an ordinary chemical laboratory
in that the body or Spirit has a knowledgeof chemical phenomena unknown to all the
chemists on earth. SPIRIT within is the chemist. In the floor of the fourth ventrical of
the brain is the CENTER which regulates the digestion and assimilation of foods, and
the manufacture of substances which are used to keep the body in health.
Some of the glands secrete substances which cause the blood vessels all over the
body to maintain tone and contractibility. From other tissues come forth antagonistic
medicines that relax the arteries, one set of chemicals keeping a system of checks
and balances over the other, working in mutual and intelligent opposition to each other.
From certain highly organized cells, the Spirit created pigments marvels of color
combination for the eyes, the skin, the hair. There is red for the arterial blood;
blue color combinations for the blood in the veins; yellow and green colors
for the manufacture of bile; purple for the spleen; black for the choroid of the eye,
the blues, the browns, the. greens of the irises of the eyes; the brown of the freckles;
the black, brown, yellow or red of the hair; and so on, ad infinitum. Functioning in the
body are chemical processes and actions far beyond the ken of the world's greatest
chemist.Mysteries of medicines, enzymes, colors, hormones, magical actions that,
be it remembered, are always tending towards health unless the encroachments
of wrong living interfere with the functioning of the SPIRIT.
In physical laboratories, we know that if chemicals are combined heedlessly and
thoughtlessly, explosions will result; also flames and deadly gases develop. It is true,
also, of the human digestive tract. If chemicals from foods. drinks, or toxins are
incorrectly combined, there will be explosions, heat, and deadly gases generated within
that give rise to much suffering. The BRAIN CENTER that controls Zone 4 is located
in the floor of the fourth ventrical.
ZONE 5: MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Muscles (neck region and arms)
Muscles (chest, abdomen and back)
Muscles (pelvic region and thighs)
Muscles (thighs to feet)
Spinal alignment
Normal tone
Walking
Equilibrium/Balance/Center of gravity
Ease
Strength
Suppleness
Normal feeling
Nerve life
Movement
Relaxation
Immune System
ZONE FIVE - MUSCULAR ZONE Science
The cerebellum is the seat of the BRAIN CENTER from which SPIRIT coordinates
and regulates the muscles of the body. The activity of this center is largely of a reflex
nature in origin and is excited by impulses which come to it from peripheral organs.
In this activity, as in other forms of reflex activity, the mechanism involves:
(1) afferent nerves, e.g., cutaneous, muscle, optic, and vestibular, and their related
end organs, tactile corpuscles, muscle spindles, retina, and semicircular canals, all
indirectly connected with. (2) the cerebellar centers; (3) efferent nerves indirectly
connected with. (4) the general musculature of the body. Both station and progression
are directly dependent on the development and transmission of afferent impulses from
the previously mentioned peripheral sense organs to the cerebellum. Tactile, muscle,
visual, and labyrinthine impressions and sensations not only cooperate in the
development and organization of the motor adjustments necessary to the maintenance
of the equilibrium and locomotive coordination but, even after their organization,
they are necessary to the excitation of cerebellar activity.
Any injury or shock, either physical or emotional, will distort the normal nerve
functioning of the FIFTH ZONE, resulting in a disruption not only of the
equilibrium of the body but also a displacement of the center of gravity of the body.
As stated previously, the BRAIN CENTER, from which INNATE controls and
regulates the muscles of the body, is located in the cerebellum.
ZONE 6: CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
Thyroid gland
Blood pressure
Heart
Ease
Strength
Relaxation
Circulation
Lymph vessels
Movement of limbs
Blood vessels of:
back
arms
chest
abdomen
lower extremities
ZONE SIX - CIRCULATORY ZONE Science
SPIRIT, upon construction of the human body, created a regulatory CENTER
charged with the responsibility of seeing that the blood and other fluids circulate
normally in the body. This BRAIN CENTER is located in the CEREBRUM.
The restoration of the zone to normal will enable the brain center to bring about a
normal condition in the entire circulatory system of the body.
Important Note:
Chiropractic has only one goal. It is important to understand what this goal is,
and to understand the method that is used to achieve it.
Adjustment:
An adjustment is the specific application of forces to facilitate the body's
correction of vertebral subluxation. The chiropractic method of correction is
by specific adjustments of the spine.
Health:
A state of optimal physical, mental and spiritual well being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
Vertebral subluxation:
A misalignment of one or more of the 24 vertebra in the spinal column which
causes alteration of nerve function and interference to the transmission
of mental impulses, resulting in a lessening of the body's innate ability to
express its maximum health potential.
Chiropractors do not offer to diagnose or treat any disease or condition other
than vertebral subluxation. Regardless of what the disease is called, chiropractors
do not offer to treat it.
The chiropractor's only practice objective is to eliminate a major interference to
the expression of the body's innate wisdom. The only method used is specific
adjusting to correct vertebral subluxations.
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