Vertigo, or dizziness, affects millions of people around the world each year.  In a majority of the cases, vertigo is nothing than a temporary inconvenience.  In some cases, vertigo is a debilitating condition.  Day-to-day activities is kept to a minimum due to the severe dizziness.

In many cases, the area of dysfunction in the nervous system is the cerebellum.  The cerebellum is in the posterior aspect (back part) of the brain and controls our coordinated movements.

There are specific neurological tests that we utilize to determine cerebellar function.  Standing with your feet together and eyes closed, the test is positive if the patient sways back and forth.  Other tests include, touching the index finger to the nose with the eyes closed, walking heel to toe, moving the fingers rapidly as if playing the piano, or touching all of your fingers to your thumb as fast as possible.  These tests and others are used to determine the function of the cerebellum.

Treatment of the cerebellar dysfunction may include:

• Unilateral (one-sided) Adjustments:  Extremities (arms and legs), lumbar (low back) and cervical (neck) spine will be manipulated on one side only to fire muscle spindle cells (muscle receptors) and joint mechanoreceptors (joint receptors) into the same cerebellum and opposite cerebra cortex (brain).  The thoracic (mid-back) spine will be globally manipulated to fire the dorsal columns (back part of the spinal cord) and reduce rib fixations.
• Caloric:  A warm water caloric of 180 milliliters may be administered in the ear to stimulate the ipsilateral (same side) cerebellum.
• Eye Exercises:  Eye exercises may be used to increase the frequency of firing to the cerebellum and frontal lobe of the brain.
• Heat Therapy:  Heat therapy is used to promote an increased metabolic and healing rate to the involved tissue.  Increased heat helps increase activation to the brain.  Heat has immediate soothing and palliative effects as decreased joint stiffness, decreased muscle spasms and releases histamine and bradykinin causing vasodilation of the tissues.
• SportKat vestibular trainer.  This is our state-of-the-art computerized balance trainer.  It is like a Wii on steroids.  Everyone has fun while you get better.

One or all of the procedures may be employed to restore the cerebellum to its normal function.

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If you would like to have more information on our procedures or to set up a consultation and see what it can do to help you (or someone you know), call us at ☎ (509) 619-1367 for a Free Consultation

Patients with peripheral neuropathy often experience unrelenting tingling, numbness, unusual sensations, weakness, or burning pain. These symptoms often make it difficult to walk, sense when an affected area is injured, create changes in hand writing and generally make life miserable for peripheral neuropathy sufferers.

But here is the really bad part about peripheral neuropathy, the part that confuses most doctors and prolongs your misery& pain.

Just because you feel symptoms in your feet doesn’t mean that’s where the problem is. The problem could be the nerves in your feet, but it could also be anywhere along the path from the feet to the parietal lobe in the brain.

The parietal lobe is where all of the sensory information from your peripheral nerves is processed.

Simply put, if the parietal lobe becomes weak you’re going to feel symptoms such as tingling, burning, pain, or numbness. These symptoms feel and look like peripheral neuropathy but they’re actually caused by a weak parietal lobe.

Most people suffering with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy have a complex combination of causes. Taking a medication like Neurontin® and crossing your fingers and hoping it’s going to get better is not going to work.

We Offer So Much More& A Unique Non-Drug Approach

We use a combination of unilateral spinal adjusting, blood based nutrition, infrared laser treatment, whole body vibration, oxygen, trigger point massage and other brain-based therapies to address peripheral neuropathy in a very dynamic way. Why not restore normal nerve communication, function and health by healing from the inside out?

The painless, noninvasive treatment has provided relief for many patients without the use of medications such as Lyrica, Neurontin, Cymbalta and others.

No matter what the condition, it is imperative that we perform a thorough and comprehensive exam to determine the exact nature of the patient’s condition.

Want to find out if you are a candidate?  Call our office at ☎ (509) 619-1367 to reserve your free consultation with Dr. Kurtz or Dr. Rangel.

A variety of headache, closely related to the migraine, is the cluster headache.  Attacks come on abruptly with intense, throbbing pain arising high in the nostril and spreading to behind the eye on the same side.  Sometimes, the forehead is also affected.  The attacks tend to occur from once to several times daily in clusters lasting weeks, or even months.  Without apparent reason, the cluster subsides as quickly as it began.

Migraine headaches can be classified into two types: classical and common.  The classical migraine is a headache that follows an aura or some type of spontaneous event such as numbness or tingling.  The aura may be flashes of light, squiggly lines, or a halo effect.  The common migraine does not have an aura associated with it.  Most people who suffer from migraines suffer from common migraines, usually at a 3:1 ratio.

Approximately 28 million Americans suffer from migraines, and millions go without treatment.  Scientists once thought migraines were caused by abnormally dilated or enlarged blood vessels.  Now, new imaging devices have allowed them to watch brains during migraine attacks, and scientists are discovering that sufferers have abnormally excitable neurons or brain nerve cells.

The latest migraine research has yielded a mechanism called cortical spreading depression, or CSD.  Prior to the onset of pain in a migraine, researchers have observed a sudden burst of cortical activity that occurs most commonly in the occipital lobes (back part of the brain).  The occipital lobe will increase in frequency of firing, or have a burst of activity, and then there will be an episode of silence or depressed activity.  The actual activity of the brain becomes depressed when compared to normal.  The resulting pain comes from either the brain stem activation or from blood vessels inflamed by rapidly exchanging blood flow or both.

There are three parts to the brain stem: top, middle, and lower.  The mesencephalon is the top part of the brain stem.  A high output of the mesencephalon will cause an increased pulse and heart rate, inability to sleep or waking up from fitful sleep, urinary tract infection, increase warmth or sweating, and sensitivity to light.

Along with a high mesenphalic output, the patient may have a decreased output of the cerebellum.  The cerebellum is in the back part of the brain, and it controls all of the involuntary spinal musculature

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If you would like to have more information or would like to schedule an appointment for a free consultation (up to $250 value) to see if you are a candidate for these breakthrough procedures, please call our office at
Columbia Basin Spinal Rehabilitation Institute
1721 W. Kennewick Ave.
Kennewick, WA 99336
☎ (509) 619-1367

Here is a short documentary about our treatment programs that we use in our office.

Do you suffer from degenerative disc disease, herniated or bulging disc, sciatica, or other spinal problems? Has your physician suggested you consider surgery? You may want to consider our Low Back Decompression Program first. Our program has proven effective in treating degenerative discs, facet syndrome, sciatica, herniated discs and spinal stenosis for hundreds of patients in the Tri-Cities area. If you have already had surgery, our program can still be considered if you suffer from failed back surgery syndrome.

Spinal discs do not get oxygen and fresh blood consistently. We treat your low back problem both neurologically and physically to enhance healing by restoring the needed nutrients back into the discs.  By utilizing spinal decompression along with enhanced air, laser therapy, muscle stimulation, supplementation and many other tools we are able to help alleviate most back problems in a timely basis and get the patient back to the activities they enjoy doing.

In fact many patients find pain relief within a few sessions.  For those who are candidates and follow the recommended guidelines, our Low Back Decompression Recovery Program has proven to be highly effective in helping people with chronic lower back problems to get rid of or at least minimize their pain.

Here is a short documentary about our treatment programs that we use  in our office.

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If you would like to have more information on our Low Back Decompression Program or if you would like to schedule an appointment for a free consultation (up to $250 value) to see if you are a candidate for these breakthrough procedures, please call our office at

Columbia Basin Spinal Rehabilitation Institute
1721 W. Kennewick Ave.
Kennewick, WA 99336
☎ (509) 619-1367

The medical approach is sometimes necessary, even back surgery has a place.  But, according to some studies, most spinal surgery for acute lower back problems should be rarely performed.  Many people who have had back surgery report a recurrence of their symptoms within a year or two of the operation and may return to the operating table.  In some cases, the surgery makes no difference whatsoever.  In other cases, it does bring long-term relief.

We take a different approach to the treatment and prevention of low back pain.  After a thorough neurological examination I determine which part of the nervous system is not functioning properly.  In many low back pain patients I may find a high mesencephalic output.

There are three parts to the brain stem: top, middle, and lower.  The mesencephalon is the top part of the brain stem.  A high output of the mesencephalon will cause an increased pulse and heart rate, inability to sleep or waking up from fitful sleep, urinary tract infection, increase warmth or sweating, and sensitivity to light.

Along with a high mesenphalic output, the low back pain patient may have a decreased output of the cerebellum.  The cerebellum is in the back part of the brain, and it controls all of the involuntary spinal musculature.

No matter what the condition, it is imperative that the doctor performs a thorough and comprehensive exam to determine the exact nature of the patient’s condition.

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If you would like to have more information on our Low Back Recovery Program or would like to schedule an appointment for a free consultation (up to $250 value) to see if you are a candidate for these breakthrough procedures, please call our office

Columbian Basin Spinal Rehab Inst.
1721 W. Kennewick Ave.
Kennewick, WA 99336
509 619-1367