February 2005

Team brings chiropractic to Ghana

The KCUCS (Knee Chest Upper Cervical Specific) World Missions team returned from Ghana this past November, after administering specific chiropractic care to nearly 35,000 people in less than a week's time.

The team ‑‑ led by KCUCS founder Robert Kessinger, DC of Cape Girardeau, Missouri ‑‑ consisted of 14 doctors and five helpers, including James and Rhonda Tomasi of the International Christian Servants. The Ghanaian host had 25 faithful "in the field" workers and a number of behind‑ the‑scenes people facilitating the endeavor.

The team had a well‑laid out plan for servicing this number of people with quality care.

First, Neuro‑Calo‑Meter readings (the NCM reads temperature differentials from one side of the spine to the other) were recorded on each person prior to administering upper cervical corrections. Current literature has elaborated on the direct correlation between bilateral skin temperature differentials and the function of the sympathetic nerve system. The NCM readings were recorded on a form printed specifically for this purpose.

Next, a team doctor would do a postural scan of the person to determine the most likely misaligned position of the upper cervical spine that had caused the abnormal thermographic pattern. The upper cervical "listing" was then recorded on the same paper along with the instrument reading.

Then the individual would be escorted to the knee chest table to receive the upper cervical correction (the date had also been recorded on the form) and he or she was instructed to keep the form and bring it with them on the following day when they would be directed to the "post area."

In the post area, a post examination was performed with the NCM, and questions asked about changes occurring following the upper cervical correction. In this way, the KCUCS team was able to monitor progress.

In most cases, no more adjusting was necessary. In a few instances, because postural examinations are not as efficient as X‑ray analysis, a second adjustment was necessary according to what the post examination revealed.

This system has been cultivated over a period of years and a number of mission trips. It works quite well when there is cooperation from the people. The Ghanaians were responsible, appreciative, and very cooperative with this system, therefore a higher level of care was administered.

The KCUCS team's main clinic in Tema was headed up by Mike Anderson, DC (the "rock" of the KCUCS), and a group of doctors at the clinic in Teshie was led by Henri Dallies, DC (the one who keeps everybody in line and on time). Several thousands of people were seen in these clinics.

Bruce White, DC (the silent leader who attracts children as well as youth) took mobile groups into schools and orphanages. John Sidney Williams, DC (the consistent and persistent behind‑the‑scenes worker) also led groups into neighborhoods, schools and orphanages. It seemed everyone was clamoring for the KCUCS team.

As a delegation of two KCUCS team members was heading out to see a group of around 1,000 children in a school, a headmaster of another school stopped us, asking if it would be possible for us to check her children. Her school, in a poorer section of town, was made up mostly of orphans.

When one of our Ghanaian helpers suggested to the headmaster that we wouldn't be able to do it that day because of time constraints, our team piped in saying we would make a way.

It was a great experience to see the 350 children in the orphanage school. As it worked out, two other KCUCS teams that had been out seeing children in other schools were able to join us. It's hard to estimate just what that look in the eye from one of these special children will do to a person.

On Sunday, November 14, 2004 the KCUCS team split up into five groups and visited seven churches. At each church, the team was introduced to the congregation and all the people were invited to receive upper cervical corrections. All in all, around 3,500 people were checked and adjusted in these churches. In one, the people were encouraged to give testimonies, which were instantly forthcoming.

One man hadn't worked for four months because of constant pain in his back and legs. Following the upper cervical correction, he was completely pain free and testified that he would be able to go back to work. A lady who had decided she wouldn't attend church because of the pain she was experiencing said that something had prodded her to come anyway. She testified to being pain‑free following the upper cervical correction. Numerous testimonies of eyesight improvement as well as restored hearing were given. 

The KCUCS team was delighted to hear the testimonies rolling in during its entire stay. Many people reported "thinking more clearly," all the way to one woman with a specific psychological condition who reported not having any "crazy thoughts" after receiving an upper cervical correction.

There were numerous reports of improvements with conditions such as kidney dysfunction, indigestion, impotence, insomnia, high blood pressure, asthma, etc. It would be difficult to calculate the impact upon the health and welfare of the community and many of the stories will never be known because of the time process necessary in healing.

The host had relayed that testimonies were continuing a few weeks after the team's departure. One gentleman had a paralyzed right arm for 10 years due to a stroke. One day following an upper cervical correction by the KCUCS team, there was no more paralysis. He had regained the use of his arm.

Friday, November 12, the team was interviewed for approximately 15 minutes on Ghana's "Good Morning" TV program with a viewership of 10 million. Later that day, a 30‑minute national radio interview was granted that was broadcast to 15 million people. On Sunday, during an hour‑long interview, the KCUCS team reached an audience of three million people as it spoke on Ghana's most popular Christian radio station.

Throughout the week, news crews covered the KCUCS World Missions team and three stories were run that the team knew of. But, with as many cameras as there were following the DCs and helpers around, there may have been more.

On the last day, when a news crew came out for an interview, the Ghanaian workers and the KCUCS team went to the post area looking for testimonials. As it happened, a man in his mid‑sixties was there saying that he hadn't been able to walk by himself for a long time and two days before had been carried in to see the doctors.

Yet, on this day he walked to the Tema church without assistance and reported that he was able to walk due to having had the upper cervical correction. He was very happy to be interviewed on national TV with this story.

People were seen in the established clinics, schools, orphanages, in the market place, in the neighborhoods, in the hotel, on the beach, in the airport, and a few were even checked in a taxi cab. While this isn't what anyone would consider the "norm" of chiropractic or the usual setting in which we're used to seeing chiropractic administered, it's hard to argue against all the testimonies received and documented accounts of lives that were changed as a result. The efficiency of upper cervical chiropractic care in this environment is unparalleled.

Approximately 20‑25 million people were exposed to chiropractic in a positive light in Ghana. Our host reported several people looking for the KCUCS doctors the day following the team's departure for London. One lady had unfortunately traveled 900 kilometers because she had seen the KCUCS team on TV, only to find that the doctors had just left. 

A follow‑up trip is tentatively scheduled for November 2005. The KCUCS team is looking forward to once again being with our new Ghanaian friends, as well witnessing the long‑term effects of this mission trip.

All in all, the KCUCS World Missions team grew in unity with each other, fell in love with the Ghanaian people, accomplished a significant mission in improving the lives of thousands, carried the specific chiropractic torch to another land and built memories that will last a lifetime.

(Robert Kessing, DC, may be reached by calling 573‑334‑0100, or by writing: KCUCS World Missions, 1424 Kurre Lane, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Visit online at www.KCUCS.com.)