No one has paid me to dispense the endorsement you’re about to read. I simply feel compelled to share my story, as others suffering from a similar condition may benefit greatly from this information.

Anyone who followed my short-lived career on the sand is aware things began to dramatically unravel in 2007 after an acute neck injury limited my mobility to a point where nonstop health maintenance and physical therapy were necessary just to continue competing. Pain and tightness turned to pressure. Pressure turned to headaches and eventual migraines. Migraines turned to a life without light and meals spent on the floor. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

I saw chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists, acupuncturists, Rolfers, Heller Care professionals, trainers, medical doctors, migraine, pain and cervical spine specialists, and rheumatologists. I visited the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., the Headache Institute in Newport Beach, Calif., and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. I even had a Radiofrequency Neurotomy — nerve endings burned off to interfere with daily pain signals. It removed some immediate pain but did nothing to fix the root of the problem.

Then I heard about a practice unlike anything I had previously experienced — focused on the positioning of C1 (Atlas) and C2 (Axis) and their relationship to the brain stem, spinal cord, and entire central nervous system. A series of specialized X-rays, a stereoscopic viewing method to make each film “3D,” precise measurements, a heat-sensitive instrument to test neurological transmission, and a scientific technique to bring it all together and locate the problem so it could be fixed.

Bottom line: back in ’07 my atlas had been pinching off a host of pain-related nerves just beneath my skull. One adjustment — with zero cracking or spinning of the head — and not only did the pain and pressure disappear, but my vision improved, my short-term memory began to return, and life started to seem like something worth living again. And it’s held.

I tried it all, and my solution came at a small office in Yorba Linda, Calif. at the hands of a gentleman by the name of Dr. David Topping. If you’ve got neck or back pain and have run the gamut like I had, it might be time to try one more option. It could finally change everything.

I brought my son to Dr. Topping with much trepidation. I grew up in a family that feared chiropractors. I was at my wits’ end with my four-month-old baby, who since birth had become more and more sick — jaundice for nearly six weeks, rehospitalization, baby acid reflux, and colic. He nearly never slept and always cried.

After a couple of friends referred us to Dr. Topping, I decided to give it a try. Dr. Topping adjusted Jack, and the next day he was a different baby. He happily played on the floor and fell asleep easily. I cautiously took Jack off his heavy doses of reflux medication and gas drops. We haven’t turned back. He didn’t need any of it — he just needed a different kind of chiropractor. Dr. Topping changed our infant’s life and greatly improved the life of our family. We are forever grateful.

It’s 10pm, I’m heading uphill at a stoplight, and I’m rear-ended by a drunk driver. That was 1998. For the next 15 years I suffered intense and debilitating back pain. Only two things ever helped: yoga and ibuprofen. Without realizing it, I was addicted to those little over-the-counter pills — until they didn’t work anymore.

One day I woke up and couldn’t get out of bed. A good friend finally brought me in to see Dr. Topping. He was extremely hospitable and took a real interest in understanding my accident, my experience, and my pain. He took a series of low-radiation X-rays of my neck, used precise measurements to analyze them, measured my legs, and explained exactly what he believed to be my misalignment and the prognosis.

Then he applied gentle pressure to the back of my neck, the table made a click, and he said I was done. I felt a strange sensation as he helped me stand up — a sense of clarity and balance I had not felt in a while. It has been about a year since my first visit, and I’m happy to be on a path of increased spinal health, free of subluxation and free of pain. Thank you, Dr. Topping!

My three-year-old son, Eugene, began receiving services to treat symptoms of autism at sixteen months. He would not respond to his name, made very little eye contact, and had no interest in his toys or people. He went through a year of speech, behavior, occupational, and cognitive therapies with few results.

We began visiting Dr. Topping, and after the first visit there were noticeable changes in his behavior. He began to show interest in other children, his focus improved dramatically, eye contact was now there, and his willingness to learn was incredible. His therapists, our friends, and family were all amazed and called his advancements a “miracle.” I believe Dr. Topping has given my son the opportunity to grow, learn, and socialize.

I had worse and worse back pain for 15 years. It got to the point where I had it every day, in almost every position. I tried everything out there — doctors, physical therapy, surgery, other chiropractors, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Somatics, Cranio-Sacral, Reiki, acupuncture — you name it. I had resigned myself to becoming crippled by the age of 45.

Then I heard about Dr. Topping and decided to give yet another practitioner a try. Twenty minutes after arriving, I knew this was what I was looking for. Dr. Topping helped me to the point that I learned how to snowboard — and if you’ve ever had a bad back or gone snowboarding, you know this is saying something. He returned my health and removed my self-image of being broken.

Then I convinced my wife to see him. She’d had a bad car accident and suffered migraines, increasingly bad lower back pain, and bad allergies. One week after her very first visit, all three were gone. She’s only needed a few adjustments in years, and is a new person. Thanks, Dr. Topping. You succeeded where all others failed.

I came to your office because of low back pain and numbness in my left leg. You checked my spinal alignment, took several X-rays, and adjusted my Atlas. Almost immediately I noticed a better sense of balance. The next morning I woke up with a sense of well-being I had not experienced in months.

At the Winston Cup races in Phoenix, a car went by that was extremely loud, so I turned my head to put the sound on my left side — I’d been nearly deaf in my left ear for over 25 years. To my surprise, the noise caused pain in my left ear! Since then I’ve noticed a marked improvement in my hearing. I also sat on an aluminum bench without a backrest for over thirty hours and never experienced any back pain. I would wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Topping to everyone.

I became one of your patients while in elementary school. I was born pigeon-toed, and the special casts an orthopedist prescribed not only didn’t correct the problem, they led to a sway in my back. Not only did you correct my toe-in problem in a relatively short period of time, you also made the sway in my back less pronounced.

When I thought my need for chiropractic care was over, I was in an automobile accident. After taking X-rays of my neck, you quickly identified the injury, and within three months I was feeling as good as new. I have come to realize that chiropractic care is the most effective treatment for my needs. Thank you for thirteen years of care.

I was feeling very hopeless with a couple of herniated discs in my lower back. My pain was constant, my quality of life more and more limited, and I was depressed. I had tried about everything, and the advice was to see a surgeon. I was in constant pain for 15 months straight and had the condition for over 25 years.

On my first visit to Dr. Topping I could barely walk into his office and could barely sit. When I left after my first adjustment, I could walk out and had some relief. He’s helped me understand this healing takes time, and I know I’m healing. My husband is also seeing Dr. Topping for a twenty-year-old injury and is seeing progress. Thank you for your dedication and your kindness.

In January 1999 I had an accident and herniated two discs. I was virtually bedridden, in excruciating pain, taking muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and a narcotic painkiller three to four times daily. Physical therapy at a leading rehabilitation facility helped very little; my next option was surgery.

Friends suggested I talk to David Topping, who practiced a specific form of chiropractic that didn’t involve manipulating the back, but instead adjusting the Atlas — the top bone in the neck. I was skeptical, but agreed. Within two weeks of treating with Dr. Topping my pain was minimal, I could stand and walk normally, and within a few weeks I was weight training to strengthen my back and leg muscles. I am truly blessed to have been introduced to Dr. Topping.

I’m writing to thank you for giving me my life back. I suffered from semi-debilitating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 11 years. I was only able to work part-time and couldn’t support myself financially. After a four-hour shift I would have to go home and sleep for three or four hours to recover.

With your treatment, which lasted approximately two years, I am now back to a normal energy level, work full-time, and have gotten married. It was a very gradual recovery, as you said it would be, but it did come — gradual but definite upswings in my energy level, within the time frame you said they would happen. I am convinced that without your treatment I would still be afflicted by CFS.

I have been living — actually existing — with scoliosis for over forty years, exacerbated by three rear-end collisions that resulted in chronic cervical and low back muscle spasms, plus a balance problem with one leg shorter than the other. The last collision cost me three months of work; I could not walk four steps without severe muscle spasms and sciatic nerve pain down both legs.

A close friend suggested the Blair/Palmer method and gave me your name. I now make the trip from Long Beach to Yorba Linda for your care. I am able to walk two-plus miles without pain and have good balance, since my legs are the same length. I am passionate about ballroom dancing and look forward to being more involved. Thank you for the opportunity you have afforded me to live my life more fully.

After a head-on collision in 1989 and two concussions, I spent years getting sicker — hives, blackouts, extreme burning pain in my face and tongue, difficulty swallowing, and severe fatigue. After every test imaginable, my doctors told me it was all in my head and to see a psychiatrist. I had decided to give up hope.

My grandmother saw a program on TV with Dr. Topping and asked me to go. I have seen Dr. Topping a total of three visits. The burning in my face and tongue has almost disappeared. My chest and throat pain have almost disappeared. I have so much energy I can’t even believe I was so sick a week ago. A month ago I had no hope — now I wake up every day knowing I am getting better and better. Thank you, Dr. Topping, for taking good care of me and giving me my life back.

I grew up in a traditional medical family where chiropractic was a bad word. But I was desperate after a car accident involving a head and neck injury left me bedridden with migraines and neck pain. As soon as I started treatment, the headaches started to go away.

The full extent of my accident didn’t reveal itself until nearly three years later, when I was on the brink of neck surgery. I went back to Dr. Topping. At the point where I would really turn for the better, I almost gave up. Thank God I didn’t. It has been the most astounding experience. I have no doubt that had I not undergone Dr. Topping’s treatment and stuck with it, I’d have had surgery. My message: don’t stop. Don’t give up.

I pinched a nerve at my left sciatic — pain from the middle of my left glute to the front of my thigh, down my leg, numbing my calf and foot. An urgent care doctor X-rayed me, gave me pain pills, and said goodbye. Four days later I met you, and within three days 80% to 90% of my pain was gone. The adjustment you gave me worked. My deepest thanks.

I have undergone chiropractic adjustments for close to 20 years, and until now I have grown steadily worse. The previous adjustments would help (sometimes) and hold for a few days, and over the years I have needed more frequent adjustments and have been in almost constant pain. Your single adjustment to my neck relieved the pain — like a knife — between my shoulder blades, and the tightness in my upper back is gone.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It has been years (like 20) since I have been headache-free. When you gave me my adjustment yesterday, I felt immediate relief in my neck. I believed I would have to visit the emergency room before the night was up to get a Demerol shot. To my amazement, my migraine was gone before I returned to bed. I can’t remember not having pain! Please keep it gone!

Prior to coming to Dr. Topping, I was suffering from severe migraines. I had tried everything from CAT scans to experimental headache medicines to Demerol shots. After suffering for 10 years and being told there was no cure and my headaches would only get worse with age, a friend recommended Dr. Topping. After about two visits I immediately felt relief. Believe it or not, I had no migraines for two full years! I totally recommend this type of chiropractic to anyone who is in pain and thinks there is no hope. I am proof, and I’m a changed person.

For 15 years I had pain in my lower back, my tailbone, hip, and upper back. I had no idea this was due to my neck. Dave has done an excellent job with adjustments and talking to me about the treatment. My energy level has doubled and there are now weeks without pain. After five to six months I feel like I have been reborn. When I see people in pain, I know how it feels, so I tell them about Dave Topping.

After my first appointment with Dr. Topping I was so impressed with all the knowledge he had and how he shared it with me. After my first adjustment I cannot explain how wonderful I felt right away. I felt balanced on my feet, like he explained, and I felt so much more clear-minded. I was able to sleep through the whole night without tossing and turning. That might seem very small, but it’s not for me — and now I know I’m on the road to recovery.

I had bad neck pains for about two and a half years. The pain was making me sick to my stomach, with headaches all the time, and I didn’t get much sleep. By coming to Dr. Topping my neck pain is much better — I can eat and sleep much better now. Thank God for Dr. Topping’s help! My life is much nicer without pain.

My first visit to your office was not as a patient but as an escort for my daughter, who had been singing your praises for years. While waiting, I read your book of testimonials. I’m a bit of a skeptic, but coincidentally you were having a new patient special, and I decided to give your practice a try.

I’d been living with foot and shoulder pain for over 10 months, despite a chiropractor, a podiatrist with cortisone shots, and an orthopedic surgeon suggesting exploratory surgery. I never got a good night’s sleep anymore, and at 45 I was nearly convinced my condition was just part of getting older.

Now, after only four months under your care, my shoulder pain is completely gone and I sleep like the dead! My foot has recovered significantly. Your initial screening revealed I was carrying nearly two-thirds of my body weight on one foot — no wonder it was complaining. The real wonder is how small an adjustment it took — so gentle, so few. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t tried so many other things first. Thanks, Dr. Topping, for caring more about people and long-term health than you do about money.

I’ve been to chiropractors before and had temporary relief — if you can call it that — my back would stay in place for at most half a day. But I didn’t have the mobility in my neck that I did from the very first treatment with Dr. Topping. Immediately my neck was very mobile — I felt a complete release of tension. I’m looking forward to better health and a very flexible spine for the first time in six or seven years.

I am so happy to have found this Blair method after 30 years of grinding teeth, chronic constipation, and my arms swelling for no apparent reason. After one adjustment I stopped grinding my teeth while sleeping — something even my dentist could not correct. My digestion improved, and three days after my first adjustment it was apparent the swelling in my arms was gone. I am looking forward to good health and my body functioning as it was intended.

I was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and had been uncomfortable with the pain and numbness for a very long time. I was treated with physical therapy, injections, and other treatments. After one adjustment from David Topping there was a change almost immediately. I have not felt this good with any other treatment. I can honestly say I have noticed a big difference and look forward to my healing process.

Having been treated for a “bad back” by a multitude of chiropractors and other professionals over the years with moderate to temporary relief at best, I was more than skeptical when my trainer recommended I see you — “a new type of chiropractor.” Only a commitment to myself, born out of desperation, kept me in your treatment.

For the last three months, I have only been “out” one time. I am standing straight for the first time in my life and look and feel better than I have in years. You have truly changed my life! I would be happy to recommend you to anyone.

My vision was blurry. I had a headache for 24 hours. I could not eat or drink or even talk. After one adjustment from Dr. Topping, instantly my vision cleared and my headache was gone. The pressure was gone too. Now I can finally eat something. You are my hero today.

At age three, my daughter Sarah developed mild asthma. Three years later it returned with a vengeance — two inhalers every two to three hours, school staff administering medication, my husband and I up several times a night because she couldn’t breathe. We had to restrict her play anywhere near grass or plants.

Finally, out of desperation, my husband agreed to allow Dr. Topping to adjust Sarah. Several days after her first adjustment, Sarah went from doses every three hours to once in the morning and once in the evening, and began sleeping through the night almost immediately. After two weeks she went a whole weekend with no inhalers and no symptoms. As of this writing, over two months since her first adjustment, Sarah is completely off her medication. She now plays around grass and plants like a normal six-year-old. When we look at Sarah now and recall her previous condition, the results are close to a miracle.

While stopped in traffic, my car was hit in the rear by a vehicle traveling over 60 mph. My M.D. told me there was nothing he could do other than prescribe pain pills and aspirin. About two months after my accident, an acquaintance told me about Dr. Topping and his reputation for healing people with my type of injury.

After several weeks of monitoring and adjusting my misalignment, my shoulder, neck, and back began to regain their mobility. The stiffness and headaches diminished as my recovery seemed to accelerate each week. When I was rear-ended a second time eight months later, Dr. Topping again restored me to fitness. His skill has guided me through two physical crises. I urge anyone with a similar injury to give Dr. Topping a chance to ease your suffering. I do not think you will be disappointed.

I was referred to Dr. Topping after several doctors couldn’t get to the bottom of my severe headaches and dizziness following a bad fall from a truck in which I heard my neck snap. Doctor after doctor ran tests; a brain scan eventually showed a bulging disc pressing against muscles and nerves.

I told Dr. Topping I couldn’t even make a simple lane change while driving because it hurt so badly. After my first treatment, I went home and was able to make a lane change with much more ease. Since then he has relieved me of discomfort I thought no one would be able to fix. I really appreciate what he has done for me. I’m very grateful.

It is with sincere gratitude that I thank you for the chiropractic care you have given me. I had given up hope, and you have restored it, as well as a renewed sense of motivation in life. My neck injuries from an automobile accident were becoming increasingly painful with traditional chiropractic manipulation — I could not even put my head on a pillow without pain. I am now functional, and every time my neck shows the least bit of misalignment, I am put back into working order immediately with the Blair/Palmer technique.

For almost twenty years I had a tingling sensation in my left arm, but since my adjustment the tingling has disappeared, and I no longer have the problem with my grip in my left hand that was awful over the years.

I remember vividly my first experience with low back pain, over twenty years ago when I was seventeen. Agonizing low back pain cursed me through college and law school, and the physicians who examined me were right that it would get worse with age. Tying a shoe, feeding the dog, climbing into a car — all became events to be dreaded. Camping, golfing, and traveling were out of the question.

A friend saw me hunched over in pain one day and gave me your name. Since I had already been to a number of health practitioners, I was not optimistic. You can therefore imagine my extreme delight and gratitude when, in a matter of days, I was freed from my suffering.

I can once again enjoy an active lifestyle. Whether I golf all weekend or move furniture, I am pain-free. I feel like a prisoner sentenced to a lifetime of torment who has at last been liberated. I am extremely grateful for all you have done, and I zealously recommend you to everyone I know. Please keep up the great work as long as you can!