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12/18/2007

Dear Dr. Oconnor,

First I would like to applaud you website. I have found no other real source of educating myself on my back problem. I am currently on the mend due to your website.

I was invoIved in a broadside (drivers door) rollover accident in February of this year. I was initially given x rays at the hospital and released with soft tissue injury as I was told. Never was told I should get an NMRI. Only, I should get physical threapy and or chiropractic treatment.
I had neck, hip, and lower back bain begining a few days following the accident. The pain was treated initially by a chiropractor with some inprovement to the neck and mild improvement to the lower back, but after several visits the lower back and hip pain remained. I concluded treatment with hopes time would heal this problem. Well, as you may have guessed it got worse. Finally I got so bad that I found myself on the computer looking desperately for help. I found your website. I spent the week reading every bit of information I could. I took the self evaluation test and answered at least 28 of the 34 questions with a yes. Then I did the diagnostic circumduction test and found the spot of pain. (Lumbar/Sacrum area slightly on left side) On that Friday, after about 4 days of the worst pain episode I have had to date, I tried the hip hang manuver and within 10 minutes I achieved a huge reduction in pain and I have been using your site since and am getting better.

I recently have had an mri done. The report states:
There is mild degeneration with loss of disk signal at the L5-S1 level. There is no focal lateralizing disk protrusion or specific nerve compression. There is diffuse anular disk bulging at this level. There is no canal or foraminal stenosis at this level. There is some mild facet arthritis change at multiple lumbar levels. The conus medullaris is intact at the L1-2 level. There is on aortic aneurysm present.

I am also in physical therapy and my doctor wants to start "MedX" testing and strengthining. (he does not believe my pain is no necessarily disk related) I was on this machine once already and am afraid it will put my injured disk in LOAD BEARING FLEXION simply because I am already in a sitting position before the exercise begins. I have already felt the "loose material" move to the anterior in recent therapy sessions and then "put them back myself at home" I dont want to reinjure myself and would like to get your opinion of this machine. Im personally terrified this thing will reinjure me. I will gladly personally pay for your time to reply to this email and would like to be referred to your care if you are taking new patients. I do have the ability to pay.
Thank you for you time.
Best regards. H (Name redacted for confidentiality purposes)
XXX-XXX-XXXX

My Reply:

Dear Mr H

Thank you for your kind words. It would appear that you have experienced the fallacious "less is more" philosophy from the physicians and therapists who take money under false pretenses.
You are the perfect example of how a person can actually be taken out of pain by my method--which is really quite amazing when you think about it. I never laid hands on you, I never examined you, but by putting my intellect into cyberspace, I was able to reach out at a distance and take away your pain that most likely no other practitioner in the world could have managed,even if given the opportunity of physically interacting with you. The outcome was that you are now empowered to make your condition progressively better as time goes on--rather than get worse, as is the fate of many of your contemporaries who are without the benefit of my information.
With regard to your MRI disc findings, if you had it done prior to using my maneuver, you probably would have seen a more prominent disc bulge or protrusion to the left at the L5-S1 level; however, you probably reduced the displacement with my maneuver. You appear to have re-centralized your disc material. Hooray for you.
In so far as someone using a Med-X machine on you. I would be very leary of anything that applies weight-bearing flexion to your spine. I think you didn't mean to say you felt the loose material move to the anterior in recent therapy sessions. Did you mean POSTERIOR? When you are in a seated position you are very vulnerable because you can't be in any other posture than weight bearing flexion unless you are seated in an extended position. In that position, the disc material will move posteriorly which allows it to again displace into a painful deformation of the intervertebral ligaments. That is contraindicated in my principles.
Certainly, if you want to come to me as a patient, simply call my office and arrange for a last visit of the day preferably a Tuesday or Thursday. That way, I can dedicate more time to people who come from far away if I need it. There is a nice Hotel two blocks away if you want to spend the night. My Vacaville office number is 707-446-0422. Patients have come to me from as far away as the Virgin Islands, Great Britain, and India; and I have taken them out of pain. My charges are about $300 per hour, I can bill most insurances, and it turns out to be one of the best investments in the future a person with back or neck pain can make. (I've been told that). After, all, for $15 you achieved "huge" pain relief through just my website with a week's reading. That is a pretty good return on an investment risk, I should think, since it is less than a single Vicodin prescription.
I must, unfortunately, also inform you that you should see a vascular surgeon immediately about the aortic aneurysm. That is a very serious condition and should be managed appropriately.
Best Regards,
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
(It took me about a 1/2 hour to write this)

----- Original Message -----
From: H

To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:32 PM
Subject: Can you treat me?

09/08/2007

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Txxxx
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:39 PM
Subject: Neck/shoulder pain question

Dr O'Connor

Found your web site and joined as a member. Using your diagnostic tools and from MRIs, i have a herniated C4/5 disk. Your methods have helped -- thanks!

I now have almost a full range of motion in my neck except for looking up but my concern is the pain/ache/weakness that radiates down into my right shoulder.

Can you recommend an exercise that would help that?

thanks
doug
Centerville, OH

MY REPLY

Shoulder pain can certainly come from disc problems. If you have pain originating in the shoulder, the pain should increase and be reproduced when you move or touch the shoulder. However, if it is in your lower cervical region, it could be due to a disc displacement. Sometimes, you can best determine this if you do a diagnostic circumduction while in a recline.
I would probably have to examine you personally to determine if it is originating in your neck or your shoulder. I don't want to seem egocentric, but I have prevented people from having operations done on their shoulders when I have determined that the real source of pain is in the cervical region with referred pain to the shoulder. This is often the case, and since you still have symptoms when you look up, you may very well have more than one problem at the C4-5 region. The area that radiates pain to the shoulder is in the C6-7 & C7-T1 region. Here, you have to really get alot of flexion and extension at the low part of the Cervical spine. This can require that you do the diagnostic circumduction in a recline. That way, you are completely relaxed and there is no interference from guarding or using the other vertebrae and avoiding activating the lower segments by unconsciously splinting those segments. I could determine this if I had the opportunity to examine you.
Unfortunately, I'm only in California. However, if you are in a recline and someone else gently puts traction on your head and neck and the shoulder pain is relieved during that traction event, temporarily, that would lead me to believe it was truly a disc displacement generating the pain.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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04/18/2007

This woman ordered my website on 04/16/2007,

I sent her this statement:

As improbable as it may seem, I'm "for real" and my method is "for real." It genuinely works and just to prove to myself that I could do it, this last week, I took three people out of neck pain with whom I'm certain no other doctor, chiropractor, or therapist could have succeeded. The important component that differed in these achievements and my previous efforts is that I didn't need to actually touch them. I'm so good at it, now, I simply directed them as they hung over the edge of an exam table and talked them through the maneuver. All three of them felt the piece of disc material move in the base of their necks and they got instant relief of pain and restoration of their range of motion. I could do the same thing with a two-way computer screen. So, if you can't afford a trip to California and the reading material is too much for you, you can try by computer over the internet. Read the below message for more details.

Her response was as follows:

Thank you for your follow up on my recent purchase. I have been doing the "maneuvers" and have found them quite miraculous. I will give it two weeks and if the improvement doesn't continue I will contact you for that web cam visit. Nice to know "house calls" are still available. I live in Cozumel, Mexico and my friends here are enjoying just seeing me walk better!
Thank you again, and continued success in helping others.

Kathleen (casacreations@gmail.com)

To which I replied:

On 4/19/07, William T. O'Connor <woconnor@inreach.com> wrote:
It is always gratifying to hear when people get relief with my method from just reading the materials and watching the videos. I admit they are pretty low budget, but so is the price. I was wondering if I might use your statement in my website feedback section and include your email address for people who find it hard to believe they can get "miraculous" relief for only $29.95 so that you can reassure them that I am "for real." I suspect that if you are already getting so much relief that you won't need a webcam consultation. You will probably be a whole lot better in a few days if you put into use the entire method. Be sure to download the Principles section with the table of contents for future reference and read the section on morning maintenance. You will need to understand many of the concepts to remain out of severe pain.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

And she responded:

Of course you can use my statement and email. Funny that people don't believe. I feel like a new woman! Thanks for the tip on the download. I did that already. Yes, getting better with each day and now need to live my life that way. This will forever be a routine for me. I can't imagine if I didn't continue to surf the net where I'd be. Thanks again. I look forward to helping you as well with my testimonials!

It really is "quite miraculous" to be sitting in Vacaville, California taking a woman out of pain in Cozumel Mexico. You can e-mail her (casacreations@gmail.com) and ask if my method really works and if the technique is easily understood--it only took her two days to learn the The O'Connor Technique (tm) and get herself out of pain. If you know anyone else who can accomplish such a feat, send them your money.

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2/12/2007

THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUTES THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DR. O'CONNOR AND A PATIENT FROM INDIA WITH SIGNIFICANT LUMBAR DISC DISEASE (SEE MRI REPORT BELOW) WHO ACQUIRED THE INFORMATION OVER THE INTERNET AND HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USING THE O'CONNOR TECHNIQUE FOR THREE YEARS BUT HE HAD AN EVENT IN WHICH HIS BACKPAIN RECURRED AND HE COULDN'T GET RELIEF BY HIMSELF. SO, HE MANAGED A TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF , DR. O'CONNOR WAS ABLE TO RE-CENTRALIZE HIS DISC MATERIAL IN THE OFFICE AND TEACH HIM HOW TO MAINTAIN THE PAINFREE STATE. THE FOLLOWING EMAIL STRING IS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGY. THE POINT OF PUBLISHING IT IS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW DR. O'CONNOR FUNCTIONS AND HOW A PERSON COULD DEVELOP ENOUGH TRUST TO TRAVEL HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD CONVINCED THAT THE EFFORT WOULD BE WORTH WHILE.

I'm glad to hear that your back is staying painfree, it is clear that I was able to put the disc material back in place.. If you practice the same techniques that I used on your back, you should have no problem re-centralizing the dis placed disc material in the future. If you are able to prevent it from going out, put it back in when it goes out, and maintain it in, over time, you can expect the spine to re-model making it much less likely to displace.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name withheld@netscape.net
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: advice

Hello Sir,

Thanks for the time spent with me and the medicines given to me for my high BP.
My BP is now well in control.

After that session of maneouvers I feel quite comfortable and the pain has reduced drastically. I had been suffering severe pain for the last three months.I am able to walk quite freely now.Thanks!
I now try to do as much Hula hooping as possible and keep my back in extension.

Regards,

Praveen

-----Original Message-----
From: woconnor@inreach.com
To: (Name withheld @netscape.net
Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: advice

It would appear that you have a disc that goes out and you haven't the ability to put it in. I think I could definately help you. I can think of several strategies that I have used in the past that should work. I suspect that with my consultation and advise, you could manage this problem without surgery for the remainer of your life if your experience is equivalent to many of my patients as welll as myself.
At this time, it appears that the weekend of Feb 3-5 is clear for me if I need it.
William T; O'Connor, M.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name withheld@netscape.net
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: advice

Dear Sir,

My waist size is 35”(Just below rib cage)
The largest abdominal girth at the umbilicus is 38”.
Chest is again 38”

I look forward to seeing you on the 1st of Feb, late afternoon. I will call and confirm times when in the US.
Please find below the summary of my history:

July 2003

Had an accident, the vehicle turned over, I fell on the road on my right hip, a hefty colleague of mine fell on my left hip. Pain lasted for 3 days and I was fine after that.
Used to commute to office on bike, about 20 kms to and fro.

December 2003

Low back pain, difficulty in carrying things, walking long distances painful.
Took an X-ray, found ok.

July 2004

Severe Low back pain, walking short distances painful, Pain in both legs, sitting for prolonged times very painful.
Started commuting in 3 wheelers.

November 2004
Continuous pain, irrespective of position, standing, sitting or lying. Pulling pain on lying down. Walking reduced to a shuffle. Numbness in right sole.
Took an MRI.
MRI Report:

Posterior disc protrusion is noted at L4-5 level causing bilateral neural foraminal stenosis indenting the traversing L5 nerve roots.
Significant spinal canal stenosis is seen at this level with compression of the thecal sac.

Antero – posterior diameter of the spinal canal at the pedicular levels are as follows:

L1 Level: 1.46 cms
L2 Level: 1.49 cms
L3 Level: 1.42 cms
L4 Level: 1.27 cms
L5 Level: 1.32 cms

The ligamentum flava and facet joints are normal.

Started commuting in cars.
Surgery was advised.
Lucky to come across your book on the web, took a subscription.
Followed your principles religiously. Stopped walking completely.

June 2005
Good improvement could walk again without shuffling!
Developed self-traction in flexion methods using weights lying prone on my sofa.
Changed jobs, travel reduced to just 6 kms a day by car.
Started core stability exercises.
July 2006

Was fine for over a year! Could even run! Carry weights etc! No Leg Symptoms!
Blunder! Changed jobs, commuting increased to 40 kms per day on Bumpy roads.
Most of our roads are unfortunately bumpy!

September 2006

Pain started coming back, started maneuvers daily, walking was no problem. Used to walk a km a day. Pain used to go away after resting the night.

November 15 2006

Got up from sleep and realized something was going severely wrong, walking became very painful. Right leg going numb.
Stopped going to work.

November end:
Had a nerve root block done. No success. Pain remains. Walking more than a 100 meters difficult. On painkillers.

December 2006
Changed jobs, started working from home. Right foot painful on the sole.

January 2007

Still painful, walking worst, sitting better, lying on left side ok. Right foot sole still feels numb. Occasionally take painkillers.

All in all, I am definitely better than last time, but I am so scared that I will degenerate into a wreck again.

January end:
Visiting US on official work.
Would like to take this opportunity to meet you in person.

With your help, hope to be fine again!

Regards,

Praveen

-----Original Message-----
From: woconnor@inreach.com
To: Name withheld@netscape.net
Sent: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: advice

Please give me a summary of your problem including a history of the condition, your current symptoms (especially what you were doing when the pain returned), and any new imaging studies you have.
Especially the MRI report you sent it as a word document, but I don't open attachments as a matter of security. So, please just copy and paste it as HTML. What recently happened to cause you to have pain again? My understanding is that you were doing well for 3 months. Was that taken to mean you had no leg symptoms?
Tenatively, the 1st of February in the late afternoon would be best. That way if you need more time we have that Friday and the weekend if worse comes to worse. I have to check my schedule, I may be going out of town on that weekend.
My charges are about $350/hour. If I form fit you a brace, that would be an additional $60 for fitting and $60 for the hardware.
In review of your prior communicatons, it would appear that you have a piece of disc material that displaces and from your prior benefit from my technique, it appears that the intervertebral ligaments are intact. If they were not, you wouldn't have had the success you indicated. That is encouraging. I suspect that you just slipped the piece out and it got hung up. That might require some level of expertise that my 15 years of experience might necessitate. I have many similar patients over the years and usually, they get better and with my added education specific to their spine, they are able to go on without significant pain for years. It is especially helpful to have one of my braces made and form fitted. Please tell me your waist size and largest abdominal girth. I will hurriedly order one your size if I don't have one in stock.
Directions to my office are simply to fly into Sacramento (better) or San Francisco or Oakland. Then rent a car and drive to Vacaville, California. It is midway between San Francisco and Sacramento on I-80. When you get to Vacaville you get off at the Peabody/Elmira Street exit and go towards the downtown area. Maps are available on internet. I am at the corner of Mason St. and Merchant Streets. You can call my office 707-446-0422 anytime and reach me.

William T. O'Connor, M.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name withheld@netscape.net
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: advice

Dear Sir,

I am coming from India on company work, and will try to take an appointment on a Thursday or Tuesday as suggested by you. Would it be possible for an appointment on a Saturday or Sunday please? As it is a once in a lifetime opppurtunity I most definitely wouldn't like to miss this oppurtunity.

If a Saturday or Sunday is fine, I would like to visit you on the 3rd or 4th of Feb.
Else I shall try to make it on the 1st, 6th or 8th after taking permission from my employers. Can I make the appointment by mail now? Or is it ok if I make a call when I am in the USA on 28th Jan? Can I make the payment by my citibank visa card? What would be the approx. charges?

Sorry for being such a bother. I am hoping for a miracle!

Regards,

Praveen

-----Original Message-----
From: woconnor@inreach.com
To: Name withheld@netscape.net
Sent: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: advice

I am in Vacaville, which is between San Francisco and Sacramento. Call my office for any appointment. Make the appointment for a time at the end of the day on Thursdays or Tuesdays is best.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Name withheld@netscape.net
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: advice

Hello Sir,

3 years down the lane!
I cured myself , thanks to your principles and was doing fine till a month back. I seem to have a relapse now and it is back to square one.

I will be in IRVINE, LA in the 1st week of FEB 2007, and would like to visit you for consultation.
Please advise.

Regards,

Praveen

-----Original Message-----
From: woconnor@inreach.com
To: Name withheld@netscape.net
Sent: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: advice

Praveen:
I can very effectively consult over the internet. However, it is ideal if
you come to Vacaville, California (midway between Sacramento and San
Francisco on I-80) for a physical exam and private lesson in The O'Connor
Technique because I can then ascertain to the limits of my ability the
probability of benefit and insure that everything is done correctly to
determine if your disc material can be successfully re-centralized. This is
extremely valuable an understanding because if I can (as I do in the
overwhelming majority of cases) get your disc material to re-centralize or
relieve the pain, then you are reassured that your condition is amenable to
The O'Connor Technique ; and it only becomes a matter of your being able to
keep it in with the principles I developed.

Alternatively, if you are adept at reading or view the videos, you should
have no problem convincing yourself that your problem is most likely
disc-related by reading just the free materials provided on my
website:www.backache.md under the menu heading: DIAGNOSING

The cost of the internet consultation is $100 payable by credit card. If you
submit your:

Name as it appears on the card:

The credit card number:

The expiration date:

Your address with zip code and country:

For maximal security maintenance, you can send the information via separate
emails in which you indicate the credit card number by referring to it as
"the first part of the number you need" and the "second part of the number
you need." That way, if someone is reading your emails the word "credit
card" and a # recognizable as such will not be filtered.

Other payment vehicles can be accepted by alternative arrangement.

For medical-legal purposes, you must be over 18 years of age and have read,
understood, and agreed to the conditions of the DISCLAIMER published in the
website, ://www.backpainoconnor.com/disclaimer.asp" target=_blank

and also agree to hold harmless and release Dr. William Thomas O'Connor,
Jr., M.D. from any and all liability. Your response to this communication
will affirm that you consent to that agreement.

I will then assemble the information and avail myself for consultation
purposes when I have cleared the information through the credit card
verification process in my merchant account.
If all this isn't sufficient, then I wouldn't be afraid of trying the bed based hip hang maneuver. The moslem prayer was more for people who had no other options.

William T. O'Connor, Jr., M.D.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Praveen" <Name withheld@netscape.net>
To: <woconnor@inreach.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 8:42 PM
Subject: advice

> Dear Sir,
>
> I am half way through the principles section.
> I have stopped all exercises.
> Should I also stop my 30 min.,1 km walk till I push the disc in?
> My job is sedantry and I sit for 8 hours a day.
> I have put a pouch for lumbar support while sitting,avoid all flexion > religiously,get up from my chair as in your maneuvers, and mostly keep my > back in extension.
>
> I am still a little scared of the maneuvers.I am trying the Moslem prayer > one, the first two poses are ok,but I crash down if I try to rest on my > face/shoulder.
>
> If it is alright with you,I would like your advice once I complete reading > the principles section and start on the maneuvers seriously.
>
> Attached please find my MRI report.
> In passing, my right arm is also beginning to feel numb.
> Am I imagining things or is there a connection?
>
> Sorry for the bother.
>
> Regards,
>
> Praveen

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2/06/2007

Dr. O'connor,
Yesterday I found a few new books of yours at my work. I took one home and started reading it....it is now 24 hours later and I just can't believe what a great book this is.

I have had a bad back for 20 years. I am suffering from a lot of pain and just pray this is my answer.

My question for you is:
I did the test, I have 24 of the 32 symptoms.
I have done the Circumduction. My pain is at 6:00-7:00. (sciatic burning down my L Leg-Ouch!)
I have a MRI from 4 years ago....I have 4 bulging discs at L2-3, L3-4, L4-5, L5-s1.
Ie:
L2-3=Bulging disc with small central protrusion with T2 hyperintensity indicating annular disruption, that does not contact the nerve roots. No neural foraminal narroving.
L3-4=Bulging disc. No neural foraminal narroving.
L4-5=Bulging disc with right paracentral extrusion. This may minimally contact the right L5 root. No neural foraminal narroving.
L5-s1=Bulging disc with bilateral facet hypertrophy. Broad-based central protrusion which does not contact the nerve root.
Mildly degenerated discs at L2-3, L3-4, L4-5, L5-s1

I am nervous about doing the Manuevers, but must do something. I want to have my husband help me do them with an Exercise Ball? Do you recommend this?

I am so excited about your book, I work in a Back Store in Sacramento and want to share the information with our customers as soon as I see results.

Thank you so kindly for all of your hard work and dedication to this cause.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sherry S(Name deleted to protect identity)

To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:23 PM
Subject: I found a few books

Ms. S:
The L4-5 disc is the worse from my perspective which as long as it is just a protrusion and not an extrusion can reasonably be expected to be amenable to my technique. There is every reason to believe that you will benefit because you can probably put them all in if you are patient and really read an understand all the Principles. However, I would start with the bed-based Hip Hang maneuver first. It is the most stable and safest if you want to do it yourself. The therapy ball is somewhat unstable and requires some coordination. Probably better to master the techique with the bed and then when you get fully competent, graduate to the ball with your husband straddling you to insure that the ball doesn't roll out from under you.
If you live in Sacramento, you can make it to Vacaville, pretty easily. You can bring your husband too. I only charge $350 for the first 40 minutes (which is what it takes to put in the average disc) the time after that is billed at $300 per hour. For $120 I can get you a brace and fit it.
If successful, and the overwhelming majority of people are, it will probably be the best money you ever spent, if you have insurance, it won't may not cost you anything. A case can be made that there is no provider in your network that can provide the service and therefore you can even go out of network if you aren't insured through a Sutter system. I should think with your number of discs that are out, you should treat yourself to the best. I can bring you up to speed and make you an expert on back pain in a single evening. The fact that you have pain down your leg indicates that the nerve is being actually involved. Really, you can't let that get worse or you will be committed to surgery. I think if the protrusion has not broken through the intervertebral ligament, I can put it back in. If it is extruded (a millimeter more) its too late. A good sneeze while bent over could do that.
I checked several times in the past whether the books had been sold and I just kinda ignored the issue. I still have the paperwork, and when they sell , the Ultimate Back Store does owe me some money. However, if you go to Amazon.com and search for the title in used books you will see that they can sell for as much as $299-$999. The $176-$225 copies have all dried up. It is rather interesting to watch the prices like the stock market. Eventually, they will be worth more, I've seen them as high as $1,160.00. Actually, that is cheap considering what you get. Never having to pay for vicodin, MD's (who do nothing), Chiropractors, or imaging studies ever again. Pretty good deal even at that price.
One can get the same information on the web at www.backpainoconnor.com with videos included. I have a patient who came in today and said: " I finally went to your website and put my neck back in. I don't have any pain anymore." I actually hear that quite frequently. The low back is easier to manage than the neck.
Well, I leave it to you to decide what you want to do next. I'm easy.

William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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01/19/2007

Thanks William,
I joined up ( I had to turn the pop off blocker off) and got my traction going. Fantasic! There are people out there who really want to help and you are indeed one of them.
I live in Folsom just East of you. Do you see patients? I would love to come down and meet you and discuss my case history.
Again, thanks for the fine service you provide
Charles " Pip" S (identifiers redacted)

----- Original Message -----
From: Pip S
To: William T. O'Connor
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Membership

Yes, I see patients in my office at :
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
300 Mason St.
Vacaville, CA 95688

707-446-0422 Best to get the last appointment of the day on Tues. or Thurs.

If you are really impressed, communicate your findings to the Producers of the Oprah Winfrey show. If I were featured on it, the world would learn of my methods and the amount of suffering in the world would be dramatically reduced. It would change the course of Medical History. No, really, my technique is actually amazingly effective, but it is not luck or coincidence. It took me years to develop. However, I have solved a puzzle that no one else in the History of Medicine has been able to accomplish. However, most people have been programmed to not trust any information that doesn't emanate from a University level academic institution. It doesn't do me much good to toot my own horn because people think I am self-serving. What is real is that the overwhelming percentage of people who come to me leave with the ability to control their pain and get demonstrably better. Tell all your friends.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

Hi William
I would like to subscibe to your Web Service but can not access the order page.
Can you help me? I have one small osteopyhte low back not a disc but want to read about your treatments and try
Thanks
pip smith


----- Original Message -----
From: William T. O'Connor
To: pip@
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Membership

Isolated osteophytes don't hurt necessarily; but they can arise from the chronic irritation of a bulging disc. I have relieved the pain of countless persons who have osteophytes but were not associated with the pain generation. I'm not certain why you can't access the order page, go to MEMBERSHIP http://www.backpainoconnor.com/membership.asp

and click on the link for Purchase membership Here.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pip S
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:26 PM
Subject: Fwd: Membership

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:11:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Pip S
Subject: Membership
To: woconnor@inreach.com

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01/02/2007

Mr. Brent B:
Send a money order for $120 US + 10 US for ship& handling and I will have the brace in the mail within 2 days of receipt. I will need to write up directions so that you can fit it yourself because it was intended to be fitted by a professional and the company that makes them doesn't want to accept the liability of marketing directly to the public. However, I don't know if any MD's in your area can do it because it is pretty much a lost art. You see, the use of back braces fell out of favor in the 1970-80's along with Traction because some enterprizing academic physician who didn't know the first thing about back pain did an allegedly "scientific" study "proving" that they were not only ineffective, but may have actually weakened the backs. The problem with that study's logic was that they simply slapped back braces on patients without any concern about whether the disc material was "in" or "out" (in fact, to this day, you will find the overwhelming majority of doctors taking people's money for supposedly treating their back pain who are incapable of making that distinction. I would go so far as to say just about every MD in the country is taking money under false pretenses unless they are adequately familiar with my method and can base their treatment strategy on my Principles). The reality is that a patient's disc material should be re-centralized first, then the brace fitted while the disc material is "in." It has to be individually fitted and the disc has to be "in." It also has to be a specific type of brace, if it is too tight, it actually hurts more than helps because the tightness squeezes the abdomen when a person squats and applies forces that serve to further displace disc material posteriorly when used. HOME DEPOT for years forced their employees to wear them until they learned that they ended up with more back pain than they started with.
Since it appears that you have managed to put your disc material "in" using my techique with the directions I wrote; so you can obviously be trusted with fitting your own brace if given the right directions. So, I will prepare the directions for you when you,
Send Money order to:
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
300 Mason St.
Vacaville, CA 95688
Of course, you must accept the possible failings of a do-it-yourself proposition. I will be available for commentary if necessary at a distance. However, I serioulsy doubt that you will fail because if you form it wrong, you can always re-do it. I will also include proper instructions on its use and management.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret B
To: Margaret B; William T. O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:53 AM
Subject: Back brace

Dr. O'Connor - just following u p to see if you were able to send me the back brace as you had indicated in your message.

Thanks

Brent B
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret B
To: William T. O'Connor
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: Some additional help

Dr O'Connor,

Pain is a great motivator - especially if there is hope. Believe me ......this seems to have workd so well so far that there are a few people I know who I will direct to your information.Further to the succcess of your methods - I had an absolutely painfree day yesterday- albeit with quite a bit of sacrifice of my normal farm boy activities. Took some of the additional advice about getting up in the morning did some unloaded hand traction as I was laying down and then got out of the bed and did a lightly weighted extension with my rear hanging over the bed and feet o the floor - and presto - the day went by so well that I told my wife I didn't want to go to bed for the fear that whatever had happened would go away and I would be in pain/discomfort again. Went out yesterday and got a lumbar support for the truck (simple thing from the car store - as I spend a lot of time driving - and a heck of a lot more comfortable than a rolled up towel). Got up this morning - did the same routine heard a significant 'pop' with the hand weighting and proper roll out of bed technique and so far so good.......we'll see. Don't know if I need to do the hyperweighting- your thoughts?

On the brace - I would appreciate if you could send me one for the $120 - no sense in trying to find another source if you can provide it and the information to fit it as well.
Adress follows:

12/26/2006

----- Original Message -----
From: M B
To: William T. O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: Some additional help

Dr. O'Connor

I hope you don't mind being bothered with more questions.

I have tried the maneuvers three times now (over a period of 2 weeks). My original problems came after visiting a chiropracter in which I believe he did some disc damage in his side roll maneuver. The first time after i tried your maneuvers, I was quite sore after - but seemed to be some relief. Had a more painful day yesterday, and later on in the day did the maneuvers again. It seems as though whatever s in there is slipping in and out quite easily. last night when I went to bed - was quite sore, and then woke up in the middle of the night and simply pressed down (toward my feet) with my hand on hip, and though it was very sore internally, I heard/felt a click/pop and things seemed to move into place, rolled over and felt better. Yesterday - I was EXTREMELY cautious -keeping my back in a hyperextended position (walking around with my rear stuck out) and it seemed to be good until about 3-4pm then at a family gathering it started getting worse - wjhen I drive now - I put a towel under my lumbar area and last night I slept with a rolled up towelunder my lumbar area. Got out of bed this morning and started on your morning maintenance routine - seems ok.

the tingling and burning seems to have dissipated frm my right front of my calf muscle

A couple of questions:

i) how much in extension is required for the back to be kept in (I can walk around all day and force it out - but it that really necessary ? or should I simply walk around in my normal posture? (FYI - I am in good physical share ant not overweight 6-3 and 200lbs)

2) this has been going on now for a bout 4-5 weeks now and I noticed in one of the video testimonials that you mentioned that the patient (detective) coudl posibly expect for the tear/fissure to heal over and get back to a normal functioning - what is your experience with that type of rtecovery - is it a reasonable expectation for someone like myself?

3) A big challence for me will be getting the proper seated position - I work in an office environment and am seated i the office and in meetings a lot of the time - any recommendations?

4) the firsttime I did the maneuvers, I was quite sore from the extension exercises (seemed to be in the the ligaments between the vertebrae - is that to be expected? epsecially when i laid downin bed a night and rolled over - they seemed to be quite sore after my maneuvers - now not quite so.



Thanks very much for the information that you have provided. Its a lot better than getting told to go home and wait for it to recover or being told by the chiropracted who initiated this - that it is simply a muscle problem and it will go away!

Sincerely,

Brent B

Brent:
I don't mind being bothered just so long as you make it a point to direct everyone you know with back or neck problems to my site or my practice because you clearly are improving because you trusted in my intellect. I'm impressed by your command of the subject matter. You are doing all the right things and your success is not coincidental. It is evident that you have taken the pressure off of the ligaments that were bulging into the nerve. That demonstrates that my technique is the ideal one for you, if you haven't already been convinced. People don't realize it, but my technique is the best means to manage the mechanical back pain problem that has ever been developed over the centuries medical arts have directed their efforts towards that end. It just hasn't been recognized yet. Luckily, you bumped into it and there was enough there to get you try it out. Now, your neurogenic pain has been relieved. One must dedicate themselves to become an expert in their own back pain management. You need to do that, or you will be dependant upon the incompetence and fraudulent enterprizes of others. All those doctors who advocate sitting back and waiting for it to get better by itself are actually the charlatans who are taking money under false pretenses. They no more understand the mechanics of the disc unit or the means to exploit that understanding than you did prior to your coming ot my information. The Chiropractors are doing things that they were trained to do because thats how they have learned how to make money. They really don't understand the mechanics of the back or they wouldn't have hurt you more.
I would recommend the fitting of a formed brace that you can wear at night. The brace must be put on when the disc is in. I describe the type of brace in my writings. See ancillary topics--supports and appurtanences.
Now, it would appear that the soreness came from activiation of ligaments that were inflamed. Once the source of the deformation is eliminated by putting the disc in, the soreness abates. However, you can get soreness by trying to keep it in too much extension. It is not used to that rubbing of the edges of the vertebrae together. A different type of achy pain can result, so back off the degree of extension.
Read the section in the principles about hyper-weighting in extension. You can push the piece in deep to the center if it is easily displacing despite being put in.
If you want me to send you a brace with the directions on how to fit it, I can do it for $120. If you can find someone in your area who can provide the same service, go there and have them do it. However, the concept that the disc must be in when you fit the brace is my construct. No one ever figured that little detail out when the medical community in concert with the insurance industry decided to study the question and concluded that they only weakened the spine and were contraindicated. They threw the baby out with the bath water. It's hard to believe, but I saw through all their phony science and ignored their specious findings. The result is that people like you are getting markedly better, amazingly fast, and will probably not be forced into a fate of surgical consequence. I think that is a monumental achievement; but it is as yet largely unrecognized. I can say that because you are getting better markedly fast simply by absorbing my information and practicing it. I have no doubt that you are going to continue to improve and will get better as time goes on, instead of continuing to suffer for years like others who either don't have the exposure to my method or lack the motivation to dedicate themselves to self-management because they aren't sure it will be worth their effort. I wish I could reach more people.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

----- Original Message -----
From: William T. O'Connor
To: M B
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Some additional help

Please note that I was finally able to get into the website. i did some of the maneuvers as described and thought I get some relief - but I have been quite sore in the area where there was original restriction of movement in the diagnostic circumduction - is this normal - should i continue on or give it a couple of days to heal up. feels stretched and overworked.

Brent in Canda.

Thanks

If your range of motion improved or was restored, the inflammation caused by the disc being out can still remain. In that event, using an anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen can speed up recovery.
Otherwise, without out more information, I can't be certain that you did the maneuvers correctly and whether the disc went in or not. If you didn't get the disc material to re-centralize, the area where it deforms the intervertebral ligaments can be irritated without the expected relief because the disc never went back in. Usually, when I'm not sure, I give it a rest and usually I can figure out if the disc material has truly re-centralized or not once it calms down and the pain doesn't confuse the diagnostic circumduction test.
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret B
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: Some additional help

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08/07/2006

Yes i thought i got some relief. I had a little trouble navigating back to the videos on the web page but found them informative and relieved the pain for me.

it seemed my back finally healed but there was still something on a nerve giving me pain. i did some self traction which gave me some pain, and popped my back by sitting in a chair and twisting. i have had complete relief after having pain for two years.

Thank you
Chris

08/04/2006--

Just wanted to say thanks.

For the past 3 weeks I've been dealing with lower back problems and radicular pain in my right thigh. Despite several appointments with specialists and physical therapists (and a disciplined personal routine based on the McKenzie approach) the pain in my right leg had become so excruciating that I could barely stand, sleep or display any semblance of productivity at my job. Unable to sleep, I stumbled across your website the night before last and tried the position you recommend for folks in acute pain. It was the only position I tried that permitted me to sleep. The next evening, and though I will admit I was a little skeptical of accepting medical advice from the web (and your home page does not do justice to the wealth of information you provide to paid subscribers), I purchased a subscription, employed the first maneuver you suggested for pain of my type and within 30 minutes had completely eradicated the pain in both my back and leg.

What impresses me most about your website is that it actually explains the physiological drivers of lower back pain in a manner that allows people to make intuitive, but informed, progress toward finding a treatment that will actually work to address the root cause of their particular symptoms. Since I first began seeking medical attention, I've been pestering my doctors and physical therapists to explain exactly what was wrong with me so that I could take a more proactive, self-determinative, approach toward treating this problem. I was unable to elicit any clear answers, and the ever-changing PT instructions I was given did not inspire much confidence that I was likely to receive any. Treating this problem on my own (based on the guidance from your website) represents an extraordinarily empowering culmination to what has been an otherwise painful and frustrating ordeal. At $15 (which is less than my co-pay), this subscription is unquestionably one of the best investments I've ever made.

Best,

CBD

(if you chose to post this, please keep my name/email anonymous.)

--07/25/2006

Well, Dr. O'Connor,

Let me pick myself up after I fell over dead. I had never expected to receive mail from you. I have had such fabulous results using your techniques that I seldom do a lecture or seminar that I do not mention your name and book. Just Saturday i completed an article for the Florida State Massage Therapy Association regional newsletter about my personal experiences using your methods. I will send you a copy. (SEE BELOW)

Yes, I do seminars for massage tharpists and have one also approved for PT's. I am a continuing education provider in Florida and also for the Nation Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Please check out my website for bio and background info, plus my patented sarcomere model that will soon be on the market.
www.bigelowseminars.com

Over the years I have produced eleven books and videos that I self publish and distribute. i used to use programs like amazon and others, but there is no money left when giving them so much of it. I use display and classified ads in selected journals that direct people to my websites for ordering. I sell fewer products overall, but make much more than I used to. I would like to help if I can to get your book back in print. It is a remarkable piece of work for a non-medical person. My article will tell you how I came across your book. I did go to the website and printed the pages and have them in a ring binder.

I would like your permission to use this material for a seminar on the subject and also for a homestudy course for massage tharpists.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Regards,

Mark Bigelow, LMT

Second VP Report - Mark Bigelow, LMT

Lumbar Disk Problems

Over the last 20 years I have suffered with a lumbar disk problem. One day while working on a client in my office she noticed how crooked I was standing and asked me about it. It was embarrassing for me, a therapist who helps others with their problems, to have one of my own that was so visible to others.

She introduced me to a book titled ‘Making Your Bad Back Better, With the O’Connor Technique, How You Can Become Your Own Chiropractor‘. What a world of difference some real understanding of your problem can make. After reading the text I realized what the structural problem was, what I could easily do to mobilize a herniated disk back into place within a few minutes, and more importantly, what I had always done that continually aggravated my problem. One day I would feel like I could lift an automobile without a problem and then simply bending over to tie my shoes would put me on my back in bed for days suffering.

For a person with herniated or ruptured disks in the lumbar region spinal flexion is the enemy. Any spinal flexion. The hydraulic pressure put upon a disk during flexion activities forces the disk material posteriorly into the nerve root foramen. Those of you who might suffer with this problem know exactly, just as I do, how that initial stab of pain when a disk goes “out” can put you down on one knee, unable to stand even with help. We suffer with it for days or weeks and sometimes we move, twist or reach just so and instantly obtain relief as the disk material finds its way home again.

So what do you do every day that continually irritates your problem? Sitting hunched over at your computer for hours is spinal flexion. Bending forward to tie your shoes or pick something up off the floor without bending your knees is spinal flexion. Your automobile seat with little lumbar support allows your spine to sag into flexion as it relaxes, disk material quietly migrates posteriorly and you find yourself unable to stand up after a long ride. A soft chair in your living room will do the very same thing. Slouching while sitting allows your lumbar spine to sag into flexion also. The normal lordosis of your lumbar spine is an extension curvature of the vertebrae. Even straightening of the lumbar spine is equal to 15 degrees of flexion.

Lateral flexion, while reaching to either side, will easily cause the interior jelly-like disk material, the nucleus pulposus, to move to the opposite side forcing it to simply bulge or even migrate through a fissure in the annulus fibrosis, the casing that contains the movement of that liquid center. Sometimes chiropractic adjustment or just a quirk of movement will allow that material to “go home” again and your symptoms are immediately gone, just as fast as they came.

So what can you do for yourself or a client who has a disk problem? First, soften the spasmed musculature that is trying to protect the area from further movement with massage. Then, while lying supine on a flat surface, place a pillow directly under the painful area with the apex of the pillow where the pain is the worst. The distress can be intense at first, intensifying some symptoms, but then put your hands on the top of your pelvis and rock it, pushing it towards your feet and creating some traction and space between the vertebrae.

This critical, key combination of extension and traction will allow the disk material to migrate back to a neutral position and decrease of symptoms can be within seconds. I have done this myself throughout the past year and cannot tell you how thankful I am to my client for sharing that information with me. Previously I had found occasional relief using equipment that hung me upside down with reverse gravity. That sometimes helped because with traction alone the disk material had a relief of pressure, but when my spine became upright and weight bearing once again the problem remained. What I was missing was the critical spinal extension that was supplied by the pillow under my lumbar area that encourages the disk to migrate anteriorly once again.

So then, what can you do to help yourself or your client? Be aware of how you sit. Use a lumbar pillow in your living room chair, desk chair and automobile. Be aware of how you bend to pick things up. Bend at the knees and keep your lumbar spine in proper extension. Do not hunch forward while sitting. Even while brushing your teeth do not lean forward from a standing position over a sink which is lumbar flexion. Do not ever pull your knees to your chest while stretching which creates extreme spinal flexion.

Research shows that while seated and flexed our lumbar disks experience over 600 pounds of hydraulic force. You must learn to eliminate as much flexion from your daily activities as possible and if you must bend forward at the hip socket, at least try to maintain your lumbar extension whenever possible.

The O’Connor book is currently out of print and those who will sell one on the internet are asking sometimes over $300. for a book that sold new for only $37.95.
Their website has many, many pages of the book you can print and review at www.backache.md/ Ask me sometime at a chapter meeting for a demonstration of how this technique could help you or one of your clients.

04/19/2005

William:

I wanted to tell you. I was not really optimistic about your book or your site. I have had 4 broken vertebrae L7, T7, C7 (X’s 2). L7 & T7 were compression fractures that occurred when I had a crushed pelvis in an AA. I have Doctors that accidentally see my back or neck on Xray (like a chest xray exam etc.) and they are amazed that I can get along as well as I do. I can walk, run, jump, dance (don’t tell my wife) and pretty much do whatever I chose. Occasionally I do some movement (I haven’t figured out what yet) but my back will slip out of position. It may take me up to several months to get it back from the slip. So when I read your public site it sounded like you knew your stuff. I had been suffering with Sciatica with bilateral thigh numbness since I worked in the garden 4 weeks ago. I have been to the chiropractor several times. I missed 3 days of work. I had to take Darvocet (I never do unless I can’t sleep for several nights in a row. It knocks me out. I can’t drive.)

I figured out how to get to your maneuvers on the website and looked at the lumbar video. (I enjoyed the demonstration, you’re really quite funny.) I had an exercise ball and I figured it was worth a try. I followed the steps, more or less, and I felt the click of my back slipping back in. I slept 6 hours last night without interruption for the first time since it slipped out 4 weeks ago. Thank-you!

I plan to take your site more seriously for the next few days especially. (When my lumbar slips out; everything else does too if I don’t get it back in quickly.) I have been having serious cervical pain with bilateral arm numbness for the last 2 weeks so I think I need to try the cervical maneuvers next. I will let you know how things go.

PS: If you want some website help, let me know. A couple folks that work for me could probably help you out.

04/19/2005

William,

I should have said I enjoyed your demo. It was not really “funny.” It was enjoyable, in that it was done by a sincere person who obviously knew what he was doing and talking about and was comfortable enough with himself to get down on his knees and show me how to do it. You captured my attention and through your “not-so-professional” demonstration you made me understand that I could do it too. So “funny” was probably the wrong word. I still stand by my gratitude and compliments and I am fully aware of the “magic” you performed. I am truly and sincerely in awe. (In fact some years ago I read a review of your book --- can’t remember where, but it said the techniques really worked. I almost bought it then when I had much less reason to.)

I didn’t tell you before, but I was in the medical field for almost 20 years. When I left it I was a microbiologist in charge of Infection Control for the hospital in which I worked. I was the first to isolate Legionella from a patient and to identify the nosocomial source within the hospital environment. The reason I left the medical field is the reason you have trouble selling your book. The medical field survives on sick people --- not well people. Oh people do get well, but very few are cured. For the most part patients do the same as a person whose back goes out and they don’t have your maneuvers. They are first stable (healthy). Then, they have an acute onset of instability (disease). That is followed by a re-stabilization at a less capable level (so called cure). And then they wait for the next period of instability (well). They never identify and correct the root cause. Often, to me, the medical system confused and confounded my search for a cure. Hence the last several weeks with my back pain with missed work, chiropractor visits, masking drugs, etc.

I told my wife after reading your website that I trusted you because you’re one of the few physicians I knew of who really cured yourself.

Now the more important issue, how do we get your techniques and methods out to the people who need them. I know there are a lot of us out here. Backaches are one of the most common reasons for missing work. According to OSHA back pain is the second most common health reason for missing work after colds & flu (read millions). So I know people need your stuff!

How many books do you get for $17,000.00? If that guy is serious on Amazon, maybe $37.00 is not enough to sell your book for. If you can get a ROI I would even invest the $17,000 to get the book printed. But I am not sure the book will work as well as other methods.

Why not an infomercial? I understand the cost is much less than most people think. The biggest problem with most infomercials is that the “snake oil” they sell is not as good as the infomercial. So they run the infomercial with their last buck get a million orders, (a lot), get a loan from the bank based on the orders in hand produce the product and send a letter explaining the high demand has stripped their supplies. They usually offer a $100% money back guarantee. After they start shipping their “snake oil” the returns start coming back and in 3 months they are out of business.

Occasionally a great, legitimate, product comes along that really works. The claims made in the infomercial are met or exceeded. The result is a thriving business in which a whole lot of people make a tidy sum. I think yours might be one of these types of products.

Here’s a couple other brain storming ideas --- Ebay. Ebay has 12 books and 450 other “snake oils” for backache treatments. None of which appear as good as yours (maybe an inversion table --- those work for me too, though not as fast.)

Here’s another, Industries and unions spend $$$$ to try to keep people on the job. Ergonomics is really big stuff. But in many industries repetitive motion and hyperextension issues cause significant back and neck pain and lost time. I know of several opportunities in the automotive field to sell books, tapes or classes to workers who would really benefit from your techniques and it could all be paid for by the UAW.

I’m sure we could come up with several more very easily. So how do you want to market your techniques?

Incidentally, I found some interesting similarities in our CVs. I started work as a volunteer in a hospital in 1965, graduated from high school in ’67, went to MSU graduated in Microbiology & Public Health (minors in Computer Science and Chemistry) in ‘72, went in the Air Force to fly jets (for personal reasons SIE’d), went into Infection Control, (founded APIC and MSIC (national & state Infection Control Associations) went into computers, started my own computer marketing company, which I closed after a car accident, joined a major corporation and have worked there in various positions for 20 years. It’s interesting how our paths could have crossed at various times in the past. We seem to have some similar inclinations. Maybe we should talk.

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07/19/2005

Dear Dr O’Conner,

By chance I’ve come across your website and the emails between yourself and Bogdan Luklinski. I have met Mr Luklinski and I can honestly say he is the most obnoxious person it has ever been my misfortune to meet.

As for him calling you a quack he has been named by the BBC as the “UK’s Worst Quack” which was upheld in a complaint he made to the Office of Communications (Ofcom) in the UK. If you would like to see a copy of the adjudication the web address is “http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/pcb_18/f_p_a/luklinska.pdf “. Unfortunately it’s in PDF format so I cannot download it to send to you. You will notice, however, that he was sentenced to prison in 1995 for impersonating a Doctor and before that ran an old peoples home where he again fell foul of the law.

The man is a dangerous menace and anything either you, or a Professional body could do, to stop this man defrauding the public be performing a great service and will, in my opinion, prevent someone becoming seriously injured by this man.

I would appreciate it if you do not publicise my email address as I do not wish to receive a succession of irate emails from an obviously deranged individual and he would, more than likely, remember my surname.

Best regards

R S B

I published his words on my website because they speak for themselves. He has obviously recognized me as a competitor; but he is sane enough not to keep up the dialogue because he understands how he displays his ignorance so well. There is very little I can do to stop him except let him stop himself. What I do is legitimate, what he does is capitalize upon suffering. I will let him rave because he does himself such a good disservice I could hardly find a better way to dissuade people from utilizing his services.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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From: Sonia
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:06 PM
Subject: Luklinski Back pain Clinic

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----- Original Message -----
From: JohnV
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: Thanks for your help

Dear Dr. O'Connor:

Just a few words to thank you. I herniated my back in February hiking with camera gear supported entirely on my shoulders (ignorant of proper backpacking). Orthopedist took X rays, no MRI. Physical therapist, quite in the dark, had me do flexion stretching exercises for "sciatica" even after I had described my *anterior* leg pain to her in detail for *three weeks*.

Disgusted, I went online 8 days ago, examined a dermatome chart (all my pain sites were along the L4) then searched exercises for a herniated L3-L4. Yours was the only site that differentiated exercises for different disc levels.

You say, in your website, that your "sample" chair-cascade photo sequence is "nearly meaningless". Not so. I tried it immediately and had prompt relief. The next day I was able to hike 4 miles (no pack) without serious pain. Prior to that four blocks was my limit. A few days later I paid $15 for your Web subscription and did the tailgate / handrail hula, heard and felt a loud pop, and for the past several days I've had normal range of motion and am very nearly entirely pain-free.

I was going to email you with questions about how to stabilize my back to keep the disc centered, but your book (just arrived secondhand from Amazon/com) seems to cover that. Thank you.

I am particularly touched by your willingness, as a physician, to wear undignified clothes and wiggle around on Web video in order to help others get better. That's real compassion.

Thank you, Doctor.

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Dear John:
I'm very glad that you achieved nearly instant relief of your back pain with The O'Connor Techique. Who would have guessed an obscure family doctor in Vacaville, California would have discovered a method for back pain relief that has eluded other physicians since man began walking on two legs.
Yes, I debated using any photos in the maneuvers description because I might be "giving away the farm" I knew that intelligent people would be able to figure out a solution if given the understandings I have discovered about disc mechanics because it is actually quite simple. You confirmed my suspicions; however, I figured that the very fact that relief was achieved would cause that same intelligent person to go out and buy the materials (website and/or book) and I was right about that too. How much did you have to pay for the book? I saw someone offering it for sale two weeks ago for $535.35. Pretty amazing that a book I sold in 1997 for $37.95 is worth that much today. That may seem exorbitant; but, considering how much a person would spend using alternative therapies which offer no, sporadic, or coincidental relief, it still was a bargain.
The reason why you couldn't find any other source of information for relief on the internet is because it doesn't exist in the medical literature. I discovered the biomechanical principles on my own. My method relies upon completely different explanations for pain than orthopedic, osteopathic, or chiropractic disciplines. However, acting upon my unique understanding of the nature of spinal pain leads to successful resolution of pain and disability in a majority of people a majority of the time. Whereas my method instantly resolves the pain and lost range of motion in whiplash and torticollis--the rest of the medical community is bumping around in the dark with botox injections. Your experience with the state of the art physical therapy is not uncommon, I find that they hurt people more than help them 50% of the time.
I would encourage you to study the principles and become your own expert because you will find no better or other source for relief. If you would like to find a way to show your gratitude, simply call your local news station and explain how you, with only an internet visit was able to diagnose, treat and manage your crippling back pain when the medical profession failed you. No media source I have approached seems willing to believe that I can perform such miracles; however eventually, there will be enough people out there describing their success that they won't be able to ignore it. When I toot my own horn, they don't hear it. Last year, I twice wrote Governor Schwartznegger's program that sought means to reduce the California deficit. I told them that I could eliminate 50% of the cost associated with workers' compensation claims for back pain and neck pain. They didn't even respond. There goes something like a billion dollars a year in medical costs and lost productivity down the tubes.
I am actually very gratified that you wrote and shared your experience. It makes me feel a little better about the ridiculously low budget production values of my website, www.backache.md . Agreed, it took alot of egolessness for me to parade around in my black tights with the taped on squares to show the spine which fell off from my wrigglings on the table. I was so disappointed when I saw how bad it all looked; but I really couldn't abandon the videos because it took so much effort.
You are the proof that I am getting the message across, regardless of the lack of professional media quality in the presentation. Believe it or not, besides developing the method, I actually did all the drawings in the book myself, by hand, wrote it and word processed it myself by becoming competent at word processing, had it printed, published it, and distributed it all own my own. My friend David Best (panoramaman@earthlink.net) took the photos of me on his bed and of the girl model who you saw in the chair series. You might contact him because he does the same thing you do--trapes around the wilderness with a camera for fun.
I also built the website (with some help from my friends got it up and running) and by hook or crook, they help me keep it going. All the while maintaining a family practice doctor's office. I would have had more money for a second printing; however, I got ripped off for about 250 copies by a Texas book distributor. So, here I am, waiting for more people like you to discover me, because I spent $6000 on Google advertising and only broke even. I resented that experience so much that I just decided to leave the website out there and see what happens. Lucky for you.
Well, keep in touch, if you have any problems let me know.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
P.S.: Don't loan out your book, it may not come back.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Luklinski@aol.com
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: (no subject)

Hello Dr.O.Connor,
I was send by chance your website ,glimpsed through it .Have undertook a postgraduate spinal study in ORTHOPAEDIC MWEDICINE .( Cyriax ) ,Manipulative Therapy ( Maitland /Australian ),Spinal Rehabilitation ( orthodox orthopaedics ) / Physical Education / Athletics coaching ( track field ) plus 35 years of clinical practice and 45 years of international athletics /basketball.It does not show from your C.V .I do assume that you may have some backrgound in claiming your ? method ! ? ,but perhaps I may be wrong ? I am also INVENTOR of the only world several SPINAL patented devices which are UNRIVALLED by anywhere.
I loook forward to your reply .
rgds,
B.M.Luklinski ( Mr ),

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Mr. Luklinski:
I'm not quite sure what you are asking. However, it sounded somewhat derisive. The "? Method !" appeared to me to translate to: "Questionable method." I assure you that there is nothing questionable about the successfullness of the outcomes.
The effectiveness of the method speaks for itself, I am the most learned person on the earth with regards to this technique and I can claim that I am able to alleviate the pain and restore the range of motion in the overwhelming majority of spinal pain a majority of the time. I know of no other published materials that even come close to the advances in the understanding of disc mechanics that I have discovered. My academic credentials are that I have an undergraduate degree in Microbiology, a Medical Degree from an accredited American medical school, a residency qualified board certification in family practice medicine, and twenty years of clinical practice--about 15 years applying my methods to patients. On top of that, I am a descendent of Cathbadh the Druid and the last of the Tuatha De Dannans. It doesn't matter what the degrees are, the method and its effectiveness stand by themselves, res ipsa loquitor, no one has yet explained disc mechanics and extrapolated that understanding to clinical practice as successfully as I have. There are no devices necessary with my methods; in fact, machines probably can't reproduce the "feel" necessary to safely administer this techique to others.
I took the liberty of reviewing your website. It would appear that your information is just the same overly general, material repeated over and over in just about every other website that deals with back pain. Frankly, I provide more novel information for free than I've seen in print anywhere else. If you want to see what some one else feels my material's value is, go to Amazon .com and look up Making Your Bad Back Better. Last time I checked, the only copy of my book for sale was going for $535US--used. That's all I need for credentials.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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Hello Dr .O .Connor ,
Your answer to my question is ZERO .I am not interested or impressed in your academic background in any way or shape . Your remarks regarding my website confirms that you have not got a clue about clinical efficacy of spinal bio-mechanics ,it is all NONSENSE. You would not even comprehend logistics of it ,let alone concept .So ,do not give me your crap.about " your system " I have seen all what is there to see worldwide .,something ,which obviously you NEVER had any specialised clinical training.and that was before you were born ! I would chalenge you anytime in order to be convinced what you claim.Meantime ,do not insult my intelligence with evasive answers ,your clinical training is basic as you are ,a typical for any non -specialised .You have not grasped my boy whom you addressing ,I will give any run for your monies,just try .
rgds,
B.M.Luklinski ( Mr )

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Mr. Luklinski:
You might acquire a literate command of the English language prior to launching into a diatribe about how great you are. I can understand your dismay at discovering that all your gadgets will be made obsolete by The O'Connor Technique (tm). I've had similar reactions from Chiropractors who arrived at the same conclusion, but spare me the acrimony.
As for your specious requirement for "specialized clinical training," it is pointless to be educated by persons whose disciplines are fraudulent regardless of their standing or duration in the academic community. One qualifies as a fraud if what they are representing as the truth is fallacious. The currently practiced state-of-the-art in spinal pain management is dismally ineffective if you care to read any current literature (even the book you post on your website's home page confirms that) on the effectiveness of any of the prior taught techniques. So, why should anyone be proud of coming from that educational tradition.
Now, let's get down to where you stand in the world of fraudulent enterprizes. I quote from your website:
"the patient would normally be expected to attend for at least 12 sessions, before a back condition, such as a herniated disc, can be cured." I don't represent that I can effect a cure (I only represent that I can make the majority of bad backs better, alleviate the pain often instantly, and prevent its recurrence), and you cannot represent that you have "cured" a herniated disc because there is not a "cure." The fibrocartilaginous material of the annulus fibrosus never heals, it always stays fractured once fractured, then it continues to dessicate and degenerate over time. You may make a sufficient number of movements in a 12 session scam to, by coincidence, result in the right combination of movements to help a certain percentage of people; however, with my method, I can take a majority of patients out of pain in less than an hour on a single visit. So, I can easily demonstrate that your other statement:
"The treatment involves a painless procedure called mobilisation which has to be conducted over a number of sessions because the nucleus pulposus cannot be forced back into the disc overnight - it has to be coaxed back gradually over a few weeks." Is equally fraudulent and designed better to alleviate the bulging in patients wallets rather than their bulging discs. What you are doing is just what chiropractors in the United States use to convince patients that they are incompetent to manage their own back pain and string them along for a long course of only sometimes effective treatment. However, you aren't satisfied with that misrepresentation for monetary gain, you have to add selling them your "rolly-poly-backie-rackie." I passed up purchasing a device like yours years ago when it was being sold used at flea market because it was totally unnecessary, ineffective in laterally displaced disc material, too heavy to haul around (let alone pay for the shipping to return to you when found ineffective-that's probably why you can state only a single machine has been returned) and much more painful than my method.
As for your assertion: "A patient cannot perform these manoeuvres because it is a physical impossibility to mobilise one's own joints. They have to be moved by the application of external force which in the case of mobilisation is applied smoothly with the patient's knowledge, as opposed to manipulation, which is harsh and abrupt and not under the patient's control." I suggest that you read my website's TESTIMONIALS section. You will find numerous people who could call you a liar. I could also fill a room full of patients of mine who would willingly shout you down if given the opportunity.
I've got a proposal for you. Why don't you put magnets in your lathe-turned, giant abbacus-beaded, rear-end roller-coaster? Then you can capitalize on that hyped-up trendy "ministry." You are really quite laughable. You barely speak English, you jump into insulting me without so much as spending the $29.95 to learn how my method functions bio-mechanically so you could use it to actually help more people, then you challenge me to a monetary duel.
Hey, I'll make you a deal--I'll put a link to your website right here, [ www.bulging-discs.com ] and everyone who comes to my site can go see yours. Why don't your reciprocate by putting my website address on your links page just to show the world what a clinically uneducated charlatan's ravings sound like?
Thanking you in advance for your contribution,
William T. O'Connor, M.D

Hello Dr.O Connor,
I forgotten to add a small description of your claimed " speciality " - it is called clinical QUACKERY , all bulshitt con, it fits you well. Have you had a brain scan , yet ?,you should !
rgds,
B.M.Luklinski ( Mr ).

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----- Original Message -----
From: pertti kaartinen
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: a few questions by Sanghadaka

Hi Dr O'Connor,
I'm Sanghadaka and I wrote to you a very short letter a few days ago and now intent to give a more full account and the state of my back health.
I started applying the principles of your program oh, a good few months ago and have received some benefit from it.
I first injured my back around 1995, went to a chiropractor and my bach healed in time to a state of complete normality. Second injury happened when packing boxes in a warehouse in 2000. The pain was severe but not bad enough so I carried on working and even did a lot of physical lifting etc. at this stage. More than a year ago now , in early 2004 I started doing quite intense Yoga with 'backbends' etc and this seemed to help with my back. Be that as it may in August 2004 I suffered a quite drastic injury,
with pain in the same left hip. Still I though as the Osteopath seemed to think also that thiss will pass.
Before this last injury I was always able to get relief in the pain by certain physical movements, like the Yogaposes. After this last injury this was no longer working as a strategy. I eventually was lead to conclude that something had gone more out of place in the back and now the pain was more severe and it was there most of the time. Sitting makes it worse and more recently I've stopped meditating because this was clearly aggrevating the pain.
At the moment I've taken a lot of time off work just concentrating on myself and the health of my spine.
This seems very slowly to pay off now. I have read quite a lot of the material on your website, dr O'Connor and have found it very interesting and useful indeed.
Now I perhaps haven't improved as fast as I would have liked to. For example you say in the program that after a FLEXION MANOUVER the disc should go in and it should be possible to perform the extention manouver. For me I think this happens eventually but I still get a lot of crimping pain in the extention manouvers particularly. What I've come to think is that my disc-disease ( by the way I am assuming all the time that my own diagnosis of my back is that of herniated disc and the Osteopaths that I have been to see have been quite vague about any diagnosis).
So basically My problem is that I am still most of the time in pain and get some improvement from the
MANOUVERS but far from enough to get well again. What I have found is like you day in the PRINCIPLES I think, that the FLEXION manouvers should be performed directly on the spot of the
pain (you say it more elegantly) and this has been of help too.

So, I am wondering whether I should carry on concentrating mostly on the FLEXION MANOUVERS
for the time being in order to be able to do the EXTENTION MANOUVERS.
Is there any other way to loosen up a protruding disc in order to help it to 'go in'.

My back does feel looser and less in a spasm now I am not sitting for long periods of time, so I am hopeful I could begin to get better qiute soon!! I am being cautios with the disease since in the past being optimistic about getting better has proved unfounded.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and I would be grateful for any reply.
best wishes,
Sanghadaka

Reply:

Mr Sanghadaka:
I would say that you had a displacing nucleus pulposus prior to the last injury but it didn't go completely to the periphery of the vertebral bones because you got relief from simply an extension-type yoga position (I assume that because to my knowledge, that is the only yoga position that really works and it is only successful when the disc material has not protruded out too far such that it is crimped during extension.)
Yes, you must focus upon the FLEXION IN TRACTION component of the maneuver because that is where you are stalled. Read the sections on Dynamic Positioning very carefully and plan on adopting a comfortable FLEXION IN TRACTION position in a bed or on some raised structure like a therapy ball or cushions. Then, work on increasing the traction with the "INCH-WORMING TECHNIQUE" and once you have maximized traction, maximize FLEXION by elevating the platform upon which you are reclining, this can be done by using the edge of a couch, adding to the height of the flexion by extra pillows over the edge of a bed. Then, use the CHIROTATIONAL TWIST to maximize the stretching and straightening of the intervertebral ligaments. If there is any way that the displaced piece will go in, it is by that strategy. You may also find some insight by reading the MOBILIZATION section.
Now, if that is found not to be successful, depending upon the mechanism of injury of the last trauma you had, the disc material may have dissected between layers of the annulus fibrosus or moved circumferentially beneath the intervertebral ligament. In that event, you will have to work at moving the piece of disc material back to the fissure in the annulus that it travelled down when it originally displaced.
See the sections on DISC HERNIATION PATHOLOGY (Physical Reality section) Diagnosing your own disc towards the end in the subsection titled Documenting your disc has an image describing what may have happened to your disc.
If your disc was "out" at the onset of the final traumatic event, it could have dissected between the laminations of the annulus and you may need to move it with Therapeutic circumduction.
THERAPEUTIC CIRCUMDUCTION is described in the PRINCIPLES SECTION.
If you recall the area of the pain prior to the last accident and the pain after it, if the pain changed sides or moved laterally, that lends more credence to a dissection being responsible for why you aren't getting total relief.
What I will say without sounding too egocentric is that if you are going to get relief, it will be through my method. It is a mechanical problem with a mechanical solution and my method exceeds any other physical therapy.
It is worth the effort to become expert in its application because surgery is not a very reasonable option if it can be avoided, avoid it at all costs. If it is not prohibitively expensive, come to Vacaville, California. I think there is a medical visa that allows for that.
Unfortunately, there is no body of practitioners for you to go to who know disc mechanics like I do. It will take the medical community decades to catch up with my understanding. Your osteopath is vague because my discoveries about disc mechanics are not widely understood and since they are the most accurate explanations of what is occurring anatomically, the other providers can only give vague answers because they really don't know why or what they are doing. It is sort of the blind leading the blind. I don't hold them in contempt, I simply can't understand how they could possibly hope to help anyone if they can't even describe what is anatomically happening in the pathological state.
I think that you just have to trust that your effort will probably eventually succeed. I have had people who used my method, got some relief and then came to visit me because they weren't getting total relief. Usually, I show them some tricks I have acquired over the years of practicing my technique during a manipulation/education session and usually they are made markedly better. A person who understands the concepts and actually spends time thinking about them can usually figure out a personal strategy that works. Make the effort to really understand what you are doing anatomically and why. Then become a careful observer of your pain and the way it changes and the sensations you get and work from there. I don't think you can just simply follow the directions like a cookbook and expect them to work in your more difficult case, you have to do some trial and error. There is probably little chance of doing any additional damage as long as you understand the forces that push the disc "in" and stick to them (as opposed to the forces that push it "out.")
See the Testimonials if you need encouragement to determine if the effort is worthwhile.
Best of Luck,
Tell your Friends about me.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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Dear Mr. Connor, I called your office yesterday and talked to your receptionist. I have the recent diagnosis of cervical spondylosis. I have tried everything- the most recent being spinal injections- which last only short term.I am a very active forty-something and this neck pain started about 11 or 12 years ago when I was body building and lifting fairly heavy weights. Obviously, I had to give this up. Now even lifting light weights for toning causes pain. My problem is in the area C5,C6 with narrowing of the foramen.I was also told the fluid in those discs are gone. I had right shoulder pain with this but that has disappeared since I received the injections. I guess I wanted to know if your book addresses this problem or more precisely, can your methods help this type of condition. In case there is a problem with this message,my e-mail address is (deleted for confidentiality) Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Penny H

Dear Ms.. H:
You may have spondylosis on your X-Ray, but your description of the pain in the neck is classic for disc disease caused by a piece of normally centralized disc material that was pushed out posteriorily and creates a fulcrum effect pain. All of this is described for free on my website. I would suggest that you read through the PHYSICAL REALITY section and the SELF-DIAGNOSIS section. You have apparently exhausted the relief offered by the routinely available medical arts and it would appear that you are either going to get relief from your own devices or not achieve it. Fourty-something is too young to look forward to a life of pain. It is my impression that your condition is ideal for my method; the longer you wait, the longer the spine remodels with the disc out and the arthritis (spondlyosis) that you have continues to eat away at the bones. You see, when a disc is "out," it induces inflammation. This inflammation is destructive to the bone. The cortico-steriods used reduced the inflammation temporarily, but the source of the inflammation, the piece of disc material, has not been addressed. It is not risk free and there is no guarantee that my method will work, but it worked on me when I was in my fourties and I am now, relatively pain-free for 4 years. It took me a year to do it, because it takes practice and knowledge, which for me came at my own expense. If you want to expend the time and effort, all the information is there for $15. If you want to jump to the head of the class, come for a visit. I can't promise you relief, but I will say that I will do my best. You can call my staff and ask them how many people leave with relief they have seen. You can read the testimonials in my website--they are all legitimate.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
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From: penny H
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: Neck pain questions

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01/01/05

Dr. Oconnor,

I downloaded and read most of your book. I have been suffering buttock
and leg pain for almost 3 months. Your story spoke to me as if my own
diary. Just reading your book made me feel better. Then doing the
hip-hang reduced pain 50%. If only I had found your site 3 months ago.

I have numbness in toes, pain in ankles, pinching and pain in posterior
right buttock, no pain near the vertebrae. My doctor was very
ineffectual saying, "it'll be gone in 3 months." Well that didn't
happen. Physical Therapy and even Acupuncture made it worse. I had an
X-ray which revealed nothing. I had to switch doctors to get an MRI
prescribed but that won't be until Friday. I am continuing the
hip-hangs at least 3 times a day although I'm getting a little sore. I
must admit there is some increased pain down the leg while doing the hip
hang and rolling with pain side up. I guess this is normal when moving
damaged material around. Anyway I will keep you posted.

BTW: Your web site is not quite as exciting as your information. It
would be an immense help to have the entire book in one PDF. Usually
people who come to your site are in pain and in my case could not sit or
stand for very long. I kept at it because I was desperate for help.
Please make it easier for our fellow back pain sufferers. I don't think
you will miss out on any revenues if you do it this way. Even if your
pdf is copied and sent worldwide, your reputation will spread much more
rapidly and positively, the world will then truly beat a path to your door.

Thankfully Yours and have a great, painfree New Year,

Dennis O (name withheld for confidentiality)
San Jose, CA

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From: Karen Michelle Price
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: Spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis - will maneuvers help?

Dr. O'Connor,

I have been diagnosed with L5-S G.I. spondylolisthesis, L5 Spondylolysis, and Spinal Stenosis with L5 nerve root irritation.

Do you think your maneuvers might help me, or have I got too much going on here?

Many thanks,
Karen Price
Vancouver, Canada

Ms. Price:
Probably not. It may, but I think if the spondylotic component is the source of your pain it will require a fusion operation to resolve.
You can try it, though if you go very slowly and gently.
It's a $15.00 gamble. If you can learn to re-position the vertebrae and keep them in place using my technique, you may benefit. I personally think that a minor component of most people with end-stage degenerative discs have a spondylosisthesis-type slippage of one vertebrae on another. That can be helped by my technique, but it requires an ongoing adjustment process in which you constantly are monitoring your position and realigning the vertebrae. The problem is that there is no support structure between the anterior components and posterior components of the vertebral column. However, if that were the only issue, one would think that those persons born with the spondylosis would have back pain their entire lives. This is not the case. It usually comes later in life. It is reasonable to assume that the pain actually comes from disc trauma that is less tolerated in the presence of spondylosis. I think the component of pain that is disc-specific could be somewhat relieved with my method. You would have to try and see. I can't represent that to people because I don't have the data to support it. As for disc-related pain in the absence of a spondylotic component, I can certify my method is the best.
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William T. O'Connor, M.D.
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Dear Gary:
Well, if they have any media down there that might be interested in your experience in a human interest type story, do your fellow South Africans a favor by contacting them. If I got some media coverage of my website, I might be able to keep it operating. Otherwise, I will just slowly exhaust my assets as the advertising costs are taking all of my monies available for upkeep of the site (which is actually quite expensive).
I'm glad you got relief, but your example is not unique. The overwhelming majority of people with back pain get relief--believe it or not. My method is the best means of managing pain of spinal origin. If it were incorporated into the medical management systems of developed countries, billions of dollars would be saved and an incredible amount of pain resolved.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.
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From: gazza
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:45 AM
Subject: Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You

Hi Doc

My name is Gary & I live in Cape Town South Africa

You have Helped me so much - THANK YOU

I have been doing Pilates for about 2 years & my back was not improving

Eventually I couldn’t walk with a shooting pain down my leg

SO i go to a chiropractor who fixes me in a flash (moves the pain back to my back - centarlizing - so that i can walk again - but now my back is VERY sore) - ice and voltarens and all that & after 3 weeks i go back to a VERY qualified instructor who starts working with me and promises to sort me out ....

THEN i gradually start getting better (he is very gentle) & i then at one session I do 1 "roll up" movement and BAM my back is sore again and i start panicking - Chiro - Ice - Voltarens - MRI - Surgeon - Surgery - HHHHHEEEELLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What can i do ????

SO i started surfing the WEB and i started reading and reading and reading every bit of info that i could find .....

THEN A MIRACLE OCCURED - i found your website and i am cured ....

I have read every word that you have written in your webbook and am improving every day - thank you

I even signed up my 2 instructors james123 and nina123 and I have them reading as well - maybe they can adapt their exercise routines to incorporate their valuable muscle strengthening stuff without doing any of the bad weight bearing flexion routines - DO YOU THINK THAT IS ADVISEABLE ???

I am telling everyone i know about your website - even my sister in Houston (who recently had a back op)

Have a good weekend

Gary

Dear Gary:
Well, if they have any media down there that might be interested in your experience in a human interest type story, do your fellow South Africans a favor by contacting them. If I got some media coverage of my website, I might be able to keep it operating. Otherwise, I will just slowly exhaust my assets as the advertising costs are taking all of my monies available for upkeep of the site (which is actually quite expensive).
I'm glad you got relief, but your example is not unique. The overwhelming majority of people with back pain get relief--believe it or not. My method is the best means of managing pain of spinal origin. If it were incorporated into the medical management systems of developed countries, billions of dollars would be saved and an incredible amount of pain resolved.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Syed Faisal
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 6:46 AM
Subject: Hi

Hi,
is there a money back offer on ur schemes if the book is not helpful to me.
Also will i get the videos with the book and if not then with which offe are videos given.

Thanks!
Syed Faisal

Mr. Faisal:
$29.95 is the price of a children's book or a dinner out on the town. If you don't want to risk such a major sum of money, go out and pay a doctor who doesn't know the first thing about back pain 10 times that amount to get nothing more than a prescription for pain meds or physical therapy that only hurts you more most of the time. He will probably also reassure you that most people's pain goes away spontaneously after 6 weeks. What they don't tell you is that it will come back, over and over again for the rest of your life until you figure out how to stop it.

Evidently, you missed the point in seeing the immense amount of information I gave away for free just so the reader could establish in their minds that I have studied the subject and know what I am talking about. Everything within reason was given for free to assure that the reader has the highest probability of benefit. Do you actually think that I would have expended all that effort and expense for a "scheme?" All the testimonials are true. If that isn't enough, then, you are free to stay in pain the rest of your life.

The videos are viewed over the internet when you buy the subscription. As for giving out copies of the videos--I can't see letting anyone have copies so that they can reproduce them and sell them in some other format. I have no other copies of the actual book left, but you are free to go to Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966499115/qid=1096550519/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-4582732-8656852?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

where you will find the original book (without the videos) on sale for as much as $200. That is what some people will pay for the information once they have seen it. The website has more information than the book. There are no refunds because the degree of benefit depends upon the readers participation and effort. If a person doesn't get benefit, it most likely is because they just thought they would get an instant, magic, fix without taking the time or investing the effort to understand it. I have demonstrated to my satisfaction, the satisfaction of countless others who are pain free, and the satisfaction of the law that this method is legitimate and effective. If that isn't enough for you, you will just have to go somewhere else. If you find any other source of information that tells you more about the nature of the pain, how to diagnose it, and a more reasonable or rational explanation of its source--please send me the web address so that I can read it to make sure they didn't steal the ideas from me.

William T. O'Connor, Jr. M.D.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Mathews
To: William T. O'Connor
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: purchase book

Dr. O'Connor,

I can't tell you how excited I was in finding your Website. I am a Physical Therapist at a large hospital in Long Beach, CA. and I work with many Ortho patients daily, many of them acute care patients coming out of surgeries with fusions etc. Additionally I have been, in the last few years, changing my own stretching and exercise prograom to correspond to your ideas of, NEVER DOING ANY STRETCH OR EXERCISE without first putting my back into a comfortably extended TRACTION. You can see now why I was very much at home studing your technique. I also underwent, some twenty years ago, a L4-L5 herniated disk surgery and subsequently was set upon a life long journey of self learning and self care (what I really love about your technique!). I will take your advise and pay the very reasonable 29.95. Thanks so much again.

Patrick M

Mr. :M
Good to hear from you. I'm gratified that you comprehend the contribution to back pain that I have made. You will find that there is no better mechanical solution than that which I have defined and perfected. I wish I had copies available for you and people like you. Too bad you didn't have the information before your surgery; however, better late than never. You have to be careful iwth your back because where they went through the intervertebral ligament is weakened and scarred. With my techinque, if it works in you, your back can be expected to re-model in the less painful configuration rather than further degenerate into a fusion.
For even post fusion patients, my method protects the discs adjacent to the fusions (which takes on all the mechanical stress of the fused joint). So, The O'Connor Technique serves as an excellent rehabilitation tool for post surgical people because it prevents the further pain generated as the adjacent discs degenerate. Most people have more than one disc level damaged by the forces that caused the disc(s) that they had to have fused. Those levels can appear normal on NMRI, but none the less be sources of unremitting pain.
You will discover that my method makes the most sense and gets the best results because it is so highly effective. You will start getting amazing results unheard of by any other technique. You should see what I can do for people, I am literally a miracle worker. People who have been to other practitioners without relief and in pain for years, walk in to my office crippled with back pain yet leave normal. It has become routine for me. I suspect that if you practice my method on yourself, you will stay out of pain and functional a lot longer than otherwise. You will find no better method of getting out of acute pain. In my literatue, I have tried to cover every contingency that arose in the 20 years I have been studying the bio-mechanics of the disc. Be certain to download the PRINCIPLES Section and refer to it often. Keep me posted on your progress or if you don't understand anything. If you run into any patients who need to get out of pain and can make the trip up here to Vacaville, CA (midway between San Franciso and Sacramento) I can relieve the pain and restore the range of motion in the majoritiy of patients a majority of the time. I can do the same thing with torticollis and what I have defined as "compensatory scoliosis." I have also defined an alternative explanation for the pain and lost range of motion that comes from "Whiplash" and have proved the superiority of my version by instantly relieving most of the patients' pain and restoring their range of motion; however, it is not without its risks.
If you can arrange a group of chronic pain sufferers who want relief, I can come down there and teach a class. I have so many "tricks up my sleeve" that they couldn' t all be put in the book or the website. I'll teach you the method for free if you can get me some media coverage or a celebrity with back or neck pain who wants to avoid surgery. If someone has the assets to pay for the service, I will fly down and fix them. I am so confident by my experience that I can genuinely state that there is no better practitioner for relieving pain of spinal origin in the world.
If you had this information 20 years ago, you would probably have been able to avoid surgery (unless you had a traumatic extrusion). You can trust that all the TESTIMONIALS are legitimate and if you know what other therapeutic modalities are out there, you will see that my method eclipses them all.
Forgive me for sounding egocentric, but what I have done is discovered a means to reconcile the William's (flexion exercises) with McKenzie's (extension exercises) and have perfected the technique of replacing displaced disc material. No one before me has explained the paradoxical finding that some people are helped by predominately flexion and others by the very opposite strategy--extension; yet they have the same condition. If you take the time to read the preliminary introduction in the first Section of my webbook, I explain this discovery. Once one understands my technique, a whole new perspective is achieved in the understanding of the pain's origins. This technique is light years ahead of any other therapeutic modality.
If you find me some patients who can afford to bring me down there, I will demonstrate how I do it. I'd love to get on Opra's show. See what you can do, and you will benefit by it immensely if you acquire this new skill. It most certainly can be practiced by physical therapists because many times, I don't even have to "lay hands" on people to take them out of pain. Beleive it or not, there is nothing more important in the advancement of your career than to understand, practice, and apply what I have discovered.
William T. O'Connor, M.D.

"William T. O'Connor" <woconnor@inreach.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. M:
It might be quite a while before I can finish the next edition of the book,
and I am out of copies now .
I have to make some artistic changes to make it more acceptable to the
book-buying public, give it a new cover, and clarify some details. Instead,
I have been focusing on getting
the website more functional with video and redesign. I have put the
reprinting
on the back burner and there haven't been enough orders for the book to
motivate me to go through another printing of even the old edition. Also,
printing costs have escalated such that until I get enough books to warrant
a large order, I can't tie up the thousands of dollars it would cost to make
the new edition profitable. So, I
would encourage you to rely on the website for awhile for any information.
The same information (and more) is all
there, not the least of which are videos that demonstrate the techniques.
In that a video gives so much informa! tion, it appears the most optimal means
of getting the information across with the hard copies available through
downloads.
Rather than holding out for the book, I would recommend using the
website, watching the videos, downloading the particular maneuvers (with the
easy reference guide) that are pertinent to your pain problem area(s), as
well as the PRINICPLES Chapter for future reference.
To my understanding, this information is nowhere else available in any form.
You can go to Amazon.com for used copies, I see them there frequently;
however they get pricey. I have seen it sell for as much as $210. The last copy I saw sold was for $145. Copies
went a couple of months back for about $80 each. For the latest price used
go to:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966499115/qid=1096550519/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-4582732-8656852?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

If you are in significant pain, money is not such an object, and you seem to
have a disc problem (as defined by the DIAGNOSING YOUR OWN DISC link
algorithm) that you
think I can help, you might just consider a trip out here. Even though that
may seem like throwing money towards a risky proposition because it may not
be successful, it is certainly better than resorting to surgery that may be unnecessary or living with the pain and the prospect of worsening. At the very least, you will determine if surgery is your only reasonable
option and if you are like the majority of people I treat, your bad back will get markedly better.! . In one session, I
will provide you a private lesson on the technique with a guided maneuver to
determine if your disc material can be recentralized with the optimal
technique use administered by myself. The majority of people I have treated
in this manner leave with nearly pain-free results and full range of motion
restored. If your back problem doesn't respond, and you understand and
practice the technique properly and still are without success-then surgery
is the only likely solution. I will also give you my opinion upon what would
be the most optimal surgical solution. A week doesn't go by that I don't
solve someone's back pain problem. If you want to query me about whether your spinal pain is likely to be amenable to my technique, send me a description of the problem and I won't let you come all this way if I don't think I can help you.

During August/September of 2004, a twenty-three year old girl with a high
lumbar disc who wor! ked for a doctor was told that she had a kidney problem.
Within 45 minutes of my time, she was out of pain and had her range of
motion restored. Also there was a girl with a thoracic disc referred to me
by a pain management doctor who specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation
that couldn't be
helped by the routine, standard, physical therapy regimens or chiropractors. She was better in 2 weeks (it took two visits one week apart, however when a person comes to me from a long distance, I spend as much time as necessary to either put their disc in or determine that my method cannot resolve their problem ). Then
there was this big guy who couldn't stand up straight due to a lumbar disc.
I saved his vacation and his future (he
didn't know it but he could have stayed in that pain for years.) Two weeks
ago I fixed a woman who's back was painful for 9 years since the birth of