Thomas Forest, D.C. Forest Chiropractic, P.C. A Member of Upper Cervical Health Centers of America 4224 Stanley Blvd. Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone
925-846-3357 We are located in downtown Pleasanton. HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9AM-12PM and 1:30PM-6PM Fridays from 9AM-1PM
Learn more about Upper Cervical Chiropractic @UpperCervicalCare.com
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Dr. Thomas Forest graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in 1974.
He has been practicing Upper Cervical Chiropractic in Pleasanton since 1975. He uses a unique
adjusting method that is very precise, gentle and effective called the Blair Upper
Cervical technique. He is a certified instructor
that teaches doctors and Chiropractic students this x-ray analysis
and adjusting technique in clinics and colleges across the United States. Dr. Forest has been teaching
this x-ray analysis and adjusting technique at Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa since 1999. For the past several years he
has been teaching two ten week seminar series at Life College in Hayward. He also has spoken at Life College in Atlanta, Georgia,
Life College here in the Bay Area, Sherman College in Spartenburg, South Carolina, a series of Blair clinics in Seattle, Washington, and
a group of Chiropractors in Los Angeles at Dr. Drew Hall's clinic. In August of 2012 Dr. Forest gave a Blair talk at the New
Zealand Chiropractic College in Auckland. His motivation for this continued teaching is to provide early training
to Chiropractic students and further training for practicing Chiropractors as well. During his time in practice, he has seen a vast number of people of all ages, and conditions
that respond to Upper Cervical care. Dr. Forest is from a family of Chiropractors. His father was a Chiropractor in Iowa
until his death. His brother, Dr. Gary Forest is retired. His brother, Dr. Steve Forest practices in California. He and his
family had the advantage of being raised with Chiropractic care and a natural approach to health. Experiencing this, while
seeing other families with health problems and bad health habits, made him decide to be a Chiropractor like his father. Dr.
Forest is married, has two daughters and lives in Pleasanton.
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The Upper Cervical Difference
May people view Chiropractic as a method of treating certain symptoms, such as back and neck
pain, headaches, numbness, asthma, etc. All symptoms, however are EFFECTS which must have a CAUSE
and the true objective of Upper Cervical Chiropractic is to locate and correct that cause. In doing that, the symptoms
will usually go away due to the natural process of healing that occurs when the nerve interference is removed. It is important
to note, too, that the symptoms are only the 'tip of the iceberg" and indicate some type of unhealthy state within the
body-simply treating the symptoms does nothing to make the body healthier. The
brain and spinal cord make up the Central Nervous System, which controls and coordinates all body functions. Neurons in the
brain send low voltage electrical impulses to all body cells. The nerves act as electrical "wires" to carry messages;
"motor' nerves carrying messages from the brain to body cells, and 'sensory' nerves informing the brain of the body's
condition and external stimuli. If the brain to body communication is unimpeded,
HEALTH is the natural result. But a misalignment can impede the electrical flow, causing dysfunction
that will ultimately produce pain and disease. The goal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic is to locate and correct
these misalignments to allow the Brain to Body Communication to restore and maintain health. The chief problem area is in the upper neck where the skull attaches to the spine. In this area, a vertebra
called the atlas can misalign and press on the spinal cord as it exits from the skull. Since all nerves going down the spine
and out to various parts of the body pass by this point, an atlas misalignment could affect any part of your body.
Because the skull rests on the atlas, the balance of your entire spine depends on the normal fitting
of these two structures. Therefore, when the atlas misaligns, it puts pressure on the spinal
cord and affects the balance of your spine, producing pressure on spinal nerves in lower areas of the spine. The Upper
Cervical method of spinal correction is aimed at restoring your atlas to its normal position. One health and balance has been regained, spinal check-ups at regular intervals will assure the patient that harmful
disease producing nerve interferences have not returned. Upper Cervical Chiropractic contributes to better Life, Health, Harmony
and Happiness. They all depend on the normal function of the nervous system. Once a person has experienced Upper Cervical
Chiropractic and enjoyed the many benefits of this unique and natural health care choice, people are motivated to introduce
their family and friends to this superior alternative. What Makes the Blair Technique One of the Most Effective
Methods of Chiropractic? The
top two vertebrae of the spine, the atlas and the axis, are the only
vertebrae in the body that do not have a means to be self-correcting.
This is because the muscles which control the position of these two vertebrae receive their nerve supply from nerves
which pass down through the atlas and axis and then to the muscles providing them with movement and support. Vertebrae below
this level have the means of self-correction in that they receive nerve supply to the muscles surrounding and supporting them
from above as well as below. This provides the means for the rest of the spine to be self-correcting if the atlas and axis
are not causing nerve pressure. It also means that if the atlas or axis are causing pressure, the muscles
surrounding and supporting the rest of the spine cannot function normally. In other words, changes
that take place in other sections of the body merely represent how the
body has been forced to adapt to a neck injury. Rather than repeatedly manipulate a misaligned hip only
to have it slip out days later, the Upper Cervical correction allows the body to reposition the hip to its natural position
with the proper sequence and speed, thus the hip stays corrected more permanently.
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"The doctor of the future
will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame and in the cause and prevention of disease." Thomas A. Edison
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Thank you to Daniel O. Clark, D.C. for use of this image. www.uppercervicalillustration
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Thomas Forest, D.C. Forest Chiropractic, P.C. 4224 Stanley Blvd. Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone 925-846-3357 We are located in downtown Pleasanton.
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