# Glen Beck has had chiropractic brain rehab. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394 "2014-11-12T00:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/21 "2014-11-12T13:24:12Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So… someone twisted his neck until his head popped? And wasn’t prosecuted? And was probably paid for it? > > What a country. Completely bypassing the millions of Americans would would cheerfully have done it for free. So wasteful. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/22 "2014-11-12T13:29:33Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Trust your instinct. Really, how in the world can you hyperextend an adrenal gland. I once sprained my pineal gland doing a really hard crossword puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/23 "2014-11-12T13:54:53Z")
Awhile back I [suspected](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586279) that Beck might do a face turn one day when he was no longer particularly relevant, and this might be the start of it. I have a feeling that we will see him start to repudiate (or refudiate) some of his previous “genuine” beliefs and start his carny routine in another direction. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/24 "2014-11-12T14:02:28Z")
Sometimes there’s a grain of truth in even the most outlandish claims but this seems pretty farfetched to me. I, too, wouldn’t be surprised if he uses this to recreate himself. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/25 "2014-11-12T14:07:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I went to a chiropractor once. > > Once. > > In actuality, something painful happened to my back. One visit to the chiropractor, and it was fixed. I know basically nothing about chiropractic, but I’ve heard ‘woo’ complaints. I suspect the charges are valid; but the stretching and kneading worked for me. We once had a chiropractor give a talk in the breakroom at work. The inducement to attend this meeting was a half Subway sandwich and a bag of chips. I wish so badly I had recorded his spiel, because (I really wasn’t paying that much attention) I believe he claimed to have cured a kid’s peanut allergy through chiropracty :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/26 "2014-11-12T15:00:57Z")
It looks like this all falls under the neuroplasticity umbrella. It is also being used in the widespread Brain Balance franchise which is popping up all over the country. Carrick and Mellilo (the founder of Brain Balance) seem to be connected. BB seems to use a blend of regular occupational therapy techniques and complete woo to treat everything in children from ADHD to behavioral issues to autism. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/27 "2014-11-12T15:22:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It looks like this all falls under the neuroplasticity umbrella. It is also being used in the widespread Brain Balance franchise which is popping up all over the country. Carrick and Mellilo (the founder of Brain Balance) seem to be connected. BB seems to use a blend of regular occupational therapy techniques and complete woo to treat everything in children from ADHD to behavioral issues to autism. Dr. Phil is a big promoter if this type of treatment. So it’s almost certainly BS. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/28 "2014-11-12T15:32:27Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Dr. Phil is a big promoter if this type of treatment. So it’s almost certainly BS. We briefly looked into Brain Balance for my daughter. Once I saw that all the science that backed it up were studies made by chiropractors with little or no review I quickly decided to not waste my money. And for full disclosure I use a chiropractor. When my neck hurts or is stiff. But not to cure autism or a cold. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/29 "2014-11-12T18:09:53Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > What a country. Well, you got the first syllable right. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/30 "2014-11-12T18:30:40Z")
Dr Steven Novella (a neurologist) [discusses the Glen Beck situation.](http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/glenn-becks-medical-narrative/) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/31 "2014-11-12T18:45:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dr Steven Novella (a neurologist) [discusses the Glen Beck situation.](http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/glenn-becks-medical-narrative/) So Beck is jumping on the same gravy train as Dr. Phil? Imagine my surprise. Boarding call for Dr. Oz! ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/32 "2014-11-12T19:21:08Z")
Is ten years without REM sleep remotely possible? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/33 "2014-11-12T20:09:23Z")
I guess I’ll cut him a little slack now that there are possible medical reasons for the inane stuff that he says. I hope whatever treatment he seeks works, it all sounds pretty complicated to my non-medical mind. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/34 "2014-11-13T00:54:45Z")
Hyperextend the other one, it’s got bells on. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/35 "2014-11-13T02:08:55Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Is ten years without REM sleep remotely possible? How can you go on 2 hours sleep a night for years without dying or going insane? ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/36 "2014-11-13T02:59:21Z")
I Know of someone, a very young man who was sick for years. He had Atlas Syndrome. The cure was chiropractic adjustments and physical therapy. His head was literally not on straight. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/37 "2014-11-13T13:50:42Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I Know of someone, a very young man who was sick for years. He had Atlas Syndrome. The cure was chiropractic adjustments and physical therapy. His head was literally not on straight. I have never heard of this “syndrome” (and, oddly, there is not a single reference to it in the Pub Med scientific literature database). If one’s first cervical vertebra (atlas) was truly deformed/displaced as to be causing symptoms, it’d take a lot more than chiro adjustments to correct it (and the adjustments themselves could be hazardous - witness the cases of paralysis and/or death resulting from forceful chiropractic neck manipulation that damaged major neck arteries). ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/38 "2014-11-13T15:27:52Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/11/glenn-becks-dramatic-revelation-hes-been-hiding-a-mysterious-brain-illness/](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/11/glenn-becks-dramatic-revelation-hes-been-hiding-a-mysterious-brain-illness/) > I’m no doctor but the term “hyperextension of his adrenal glands” makes no sense to me, and when I Google that phrase all I get are links to pages about this story. My impression is that either Beck, or his “doctors”, are full of crap. That last is a tautology since one can always infer A ==\> A or B. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/39 "2014-11-13T16:42:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I have never heard of this “syndrome” (and, oddly, there is not a single reference to it in the Pub Med scientific literature database). > > If one’s first cervical vertebra (atlas) was truly deformed/displaced as to be causing symptoms, it’d take a lot more than chiro adjustments to correct it (and the adjustments themselves could be hazardous - witness the cases of paralysis and/or death resulting from forceful chiropractic neck manipulation that damaged major neck arteries). I looked around for this “Atlas Syndrome” as well, and came up relatively empty on it being a real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394/40 "2014-11-13T19:30:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It looks like this all falls under the neuroplasticity umbrella. It is also being used in the widespread Brain Balance franchise which is popping up all over the country. Carrick and Mellilo (the founder of Brain Balance) seem to be connected. BB seems to use a blend of regular occupational therapy techniques and complete woo to treat everything in children from ADHD to behavioral issues to autism. \*Glen Beck can while away the hours refer’ patients to glass towers Til the money starts to rain… O’Reilly’s head’d be a scratchin’ (Limbaugh’s pants would still need patchin’) But Glen Beck done fixed his Brain! He’ll take that money in the middle, faster than Doc House can riddle “for some small financial gain” If your alignment is “right” thinkin, Take a ratchet to your Lincoln…! Time for Balancing Your Brain! Oh why’d go tell you why? When he can take a fee & point you to a door? He’d be cashing checks he’s never cashed before… (And then he’d sit… and cash some MORE!) Why go bloviate at nothin’ to suits that have no stuffin’ When the money’s all in pain? He can dance and sing all merry 'cause his fan base isn’t wary (…and he’s gone and fixed is brain!) - [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-beck-has-had-chiropractic-brain-rehab/704394.md?page=3)