Our correspondent visited the Sochi Chiropractic Clinic and met with its leader Yuri Kolyagin.

Elena Zalevskaya.

During some years I read a lot about a clinic in Lazarevskoye, Sochi, where hard diseases are being cured without any devices, with bare hand only. Some time ago in the spinal department of a large Moscow Institute I heard the conversation of the two patients. ‘Wait, don’t do an operation. Better go to Sochi to Dr.Kolyagin, maybe he will help you with your herniation without any operation. Three years ago I couldn’t straighten myself up. The consultation of neurosurgeons passed the sentence – operation. I went to Dr.Kolyagin and the herniation of intervertebral disc first decreased and then disappeared. Now I only go to the planned examinations and the doctors can’t believe that everything is all right’.

‘There is something in it – I thought, – if people know about the little clinic that is far away from their places. If must be explained somehow’. And I wanted to see the work of the doctors with my own eyes.

In September I was lucky to get the task to go to Sochi and write about the preparations for the Olympic Games. At the end of my official journey I managed to spend my spare time for visiting the chiropractic clinic and meeting its leader Dr.Kolyagin.

I was quite easy to find the clinic – It is situated at 32, Pavlov St., Lazarevskoye. The street leads to the central part of the beach. The picturesque street led me to a building which was not very large but modern-looking and comfortably furnished. The building looked like a faceted diamond.

When I came to the Centre in the morning, the patients were taken by Sergei Shapilov – the best pupil of Dr.Kolyagin, his right hand. (I must say that the staff of the Clinic are real professionals – this is the matter of honour here). While waiting I talked with the patients in the hall. They speak warmly about Dr.Shapilov – he is so young, they say, but so attentive and experienced and he owns the techniques of Russian Chiropractic.

In the afternoon Dr.Shapilov was taken turns by Dr.Kolyagin, the leader of the Clinic, Candidate of Medical Science.

He finished his work late in the evening – there were a lot of patients and everyone needed his attention and sympathy. And at last he left his study – a tired doctor with kind astute eyes and strong sensitive hands. He smiled (everybody smiled back) and invited me for tea.

We are sitting in the rest-room (here in the Centre, everything looks home from the rooms to bans in the canteen) and drinking delicious strong tea with chestnut honey.

– Yuri Ivanovich, what king of method is chiropractic? Is it possible that only doctor’s hands can change modern device and complicated medical equipment?

– 30 years ago when I was a student at Karaganda Medical Institute, I often went to the village of Asakharovka which is not far from the present capital of Kazakhstan Astana. My great-grandfather lived their at that time. I liked watching his work. He was a bonesetter – with his bare hands he cured a great number of people. At that time in Russia nobody learned this method. And I thought: why does this method work? Why aren’t we learned it at the Institute? I began to learn the secrets of chiropractic and soon understood: when a person is cured with bare hands it influences the human body in the best way.

When I got the Diploma I decided to unite the traditions of ancient bonesetting and contact medicine and use the knowledge for the benefit of people. My method got the name of Russian Chiropractic. Time shows that this method lets avoid the operation and postoperative complications even if the illness is neglected.

– How did it happen that you opened your Clinic?

– I began to work according to my system and store up knowledge. Now our Russian Chiropractic Centre is the only one in the world where we not only could help our patients but develop its scientific base. During 25 years of my practice I helped about 250 thousand people. While curing everybody with hand you can get more information than from instrumental tests. I mean both diagnosis and the results of our work.

– What were the best results in you work?

– For me everybody who was saved from terrible pain and operations means the great victory. Take, for example, backache. It can be caused by different reasons: degeneration of tissue, rheumatic lesions, herniations of intervertebral discs, Bechterew’s disease, stomach problems and so on. It’s important to fine out the reason and degree of neglect of the illness. The cure will depend on it. What concerns traditional medicine, doctor sometimes don’t think about the reason of the illness but only try to get rid of pain for some time.

By the way more than one thousand patients were diagnosed Bechterew’s disease which was later proved by laboratory tests. And practically in all cases we managed to arrest the disease at the beginning. In traditional medicine the diagnosis is found out when a person becomes disabled.

– What makes you procedures effective? What is you secret?

– In a human body everything is intercommunicated. For example, if you have a backache your inner organs suffer too. So one of the main principles of Russian chiropractic that we always follow in our work is: we must not cure only one disease, we must correct one’s health in the whole. All the systems of the body must be rehabilitated: the functions of spinal segments harmed with herniations, respiratory system, inner organs and central nervous system that regulates all the processes in a human’s body.

– And how can you get to the central nervous system – brain, spinal cord – with your hand?

– Almost every person has problems with dura maters of brain and spinal cord that line the skull and spinal column inside. Any lesions of spinal column and head cause indurations that must be smoothed out. Many patients complain that there is no result after curing in the best clinics – pain lessens for some weeks and then returns. In our Centre there are special procedures – cerebrospinal tractions with torsion which give good effect for years. Before doing traction of maters we must free the places of their attachments to bone lumps of the skull and spinal column.

A very important problem is high endocranial pressure (it causes dizziness and headaches). Traditional medicine has no sage procedure to normalize it. In our clinic we have such procedure. The doctor presses certain places with his fingers and thus he can block blood outflow from the head for a short time so that cerebrospinal liquor can squeeze to the places it couldn’t get before. The brain gets necessary alimentation and begins to function normally.

The peculiarity of our method is that the procedures are done quickly and we work out special cure for each patient.

– What other diseases can be cured by chiroptactors?

– Most chronic diseases of the spinal column, joints, organs of thoracic, pelvic and abdominal cavities – hepatitis, ulcers, fibromyoma, prostatitis, etc. We work with patients both at the stage of exacerbation and remission. Even diabetes and epilepsia can be cured. The main thing is that the damaged organ or joint had any reserve for restoration.

In the 1980s when I was a young neuropathologist and I worked at the medical station of Karaganda metallurgical enterprise the study of cardiologist was next to mine. Every day a lot of people came to see him because of heart problems. I asked him to send patients whose ECG showed ischemia to me. The result was that 200 people made a complete recovery from ischemia after my manipulations on their spinal columns. I mean I cured them with my bare hands. It was proved be ECG later. The matter was that the nervous roots in the thoracic region were pressed so the patients had pain, angiospasm, high blood pressure, risk of infarct. Chiropractic procedures free the nervous roots and take away pressire from arteries.

Sometimes cervical vertebras knit and it takes great efforts to free nerves and spinal arteries and lessen the risk of stroke. So the best way to prevent people from the risk of infarctis and strokes that is from the risk of a sudden death is the hand of an experienced chiropract.

– What is included into the medical complex besides chiropractic procedures?

– Massage, medical exercises (special ones for each patient). I must say, I am not a supporter of general massage – it promotes dissipation of inner energy. Only the chiropract can say what part of your body must be massaged (it depend of your problem). And only the doctor tells the masseur what to do.

I have already said that the sensation of the localization of pain is a deceptive sign. Sometimes the source of the pain may be some other organ. Only the chiropract with his sensitive hands can find out the real problem with your health.

Gymnastics is very important too. In my dissertation I proved that special exercises on stretching certain muscles, tendons and ligaments are much more effective than ordinary weight-lifting exercises and simulators. Exercises (different for each patient) can be done both by chiropracts and patients themselves.

Руководитель клиники Ю. Колягин и ведущий специалист С. Шапилов.

– Are there any cases when chiropractic methods can’t help?

– Chiropractic is a part of medicine and like any other medical procedures has its contra-indications and limitations. In our Centre they are schizophrenia, AIDS, hard paralyses after organic lesions of brain and spinal cord, tumors and oncologic diseases, acute purulent infections.

That’s why it’s better have all the necessary analyses with you when you come here – blood and urine tests, X-rays, MRT. Take your medical papers with you. Additional tests can be done here but primary tests are desirable.

– How can we get to your Centre?

– Of course, before buying tickets call us and make an appointment. You must know the date of your arrival – it’s important! It’s better to begin the medical course on Monday. You can take the medical course in the outpatient setting or you will live in our boarding house. I recommend you a stationary course – you won’t have any problems with diet and renting a flat. It will save your time for procedures. But out boarding house is not large – only 30 places so it’s better to inform us about the terms of your stay in advance. You can have a week course, but the optimum period is a fortnight. If the disease is neglected it’s better to come for three weeks.

Our prices are quite reasonable: the doctor’s consultation – 800 roubles, massage and gymnastics (a seanse) – 400 roubles, staying and food – 1400 roubles a day (in winter); about 2000 roubles a day (in summer).

Tel.: 8(8622) 33-55-58, 33-25-00, 70-17-37, 70-17-85.
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