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Our Newest Addition- VNG Equipment!

Meet our newest piece of diagnostic equipment. It allows us to evaluate every eye-movement the brain can produce both reflexively and actively.

This piece of equipment is called a VNG, short for Videonystagmography. I’ve heard this called Video Oculography as well, but they mean the same thing.

What this test allows us to do is to identify areas of the brain that aren’t working efficiently and based on the finding of each particular test it allows us to develop a very specific rehabilitation program for each part of the brain. Many of these abnormal movements cannot be seen with the naked eye, so we able to see problems where other physicians cannot.

Symptoms of abnormal eye movements we have seen are: headaches, migraines, dizziness, vertigo, balance issues, chronic neck, shoulder and back pain, poor sports performance, poor attention and focusing, issues reading, problems driving a car or riding in a plane, chronic fatigue, as well as others.

Below you will see a “normal” and an “abnormal” test, which shows you how the eyes should be moving, and what happens when the eyes aren’t moving well.

ABNORMAL EYE MOVEMENTS (Pursuit test)

NORMAL EYE MOVEMENTS (Pursuit Test)

If you have any questions regarding the symptoms you are experiencing, and you think your eyes might be to blame, please give us a call for an evaluation and let us develop a rehab program for you and your eyes so you can get back to living a normal life.

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Janine Crifasi, DC, CCST

Dr. Janine Crifasi, our newest team member at AZ Chiropractic Neurology, is originally from New York – which explains the accent. She attended Life Chiropractic College West and was the Centennial class’s Most Outstanding Graduate. She practiced in the Bay Area until moving closer to family to raise her son who is attending college.

Dr. Janine is committed to learning and educating people to change their awareness about their bodies’ potential and empowering them with unique methods of retraining their brains to maximize their quality of life through neuroplasticity. Her passion to help others puts her patients at ease and makes her a highly sought-after community speaker. Prior to coming to Chandler, she owned a center specializing in kids with learning disabilities and served as the northeast clinical director of a functional neurology practice, overseeing several functional neurology clinics. 

She has completed her post-doctoral clinical neuroscience studies in Functional Neurology through the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies and has successfully completed the clinical exam and is now board eligible for the written portion. She is a Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic for over 26 years. She has received additional extensive training in Spinal Trauma, and the Activator Method, and has a certification in Postural Neurology. 

In an effort to better serve her patients, Dr. Crifasi completed postdoctoral specialty training in blood chemistry, thyroid chemistry, brain chemistry, neuro-immune, and neuro-endocrine functional medicine. This knowledge of the brain-gut axis, and the mechanisms that impact our health, allow her to provide patients with easily implemented modifications enhancing improved lifestyle and nutraceutical recommendations as needed.