The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A method for spinal examination and treatment, comprising:
obtaining a first image of a patient’s spine and head;
determining the location of the center of the patient’s head relative to the anterior one-third of the C4C5 disc;
weighting the front of the patient’s head; and
obtaining a further image of the patient’s spine and head, redetermining the location of the center of the patient’s head relative to the anterior one-third of the C4C5 disc, and adjusting the weight on the front of the patient’s head repeatedly until a final weighting is reached where the center of the patient’s head is substantially aligned over the anterior one-third of the C4C5 disc.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising weighting the patient’s head with the final weight daily for a predetermined period of time.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein weighting the patient’s head comprises maintaining the patient’s head in an upright position when weighted.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined period of time comprises about twenty minutes.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the patient’s head is weighted with the final weight at least two to three times daily for the predetermined period of time.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein weighting the patient’s head comprises attaching a removable external weight on the front of the patient’s head.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining a first image and obtaining further images comprises obtaining neutral lateral cervical X-ray images.
8. A method for spinal examination and treatment, comprising:
obtaining a first image of a patient’s spine and head;
measuring a lateral distance between the center of the head and the front of the C4C5 disc;
measuring the lordotic curvature of the spine;
weighting the patient’s head in an upright position;
obtaining further images of the patient’s spine and head, remeasuring the lateral distance and the lordotic curvature, and adjusting the weighting of the patient’s head repeatedly to obtain a final weight where the lateral distance between the center of the patient’s head and the front of the C4C5 disc is within a predetermined range.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising weighting the patient’s head with a final weight daily for a predetermined period of time.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising weighting the patient’s head at least two to three times daily for the predetermined period of time.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein weighting the patient’s head comprises attaching a weight to the front of the patient’s head with an external removable weight holder.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein obtaining a first image and obtaining further images comprises obtaining A-P skull-cervical-upper-thoracic X-ray images.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein measuring the lordotic curvature comprises erecting a Jackson’s stress line on the back of the C2 and the C7 vertebrae and extending the lines until they intersect;
measuring the acute angle wherein the C2 and the C7 Jackson’s stress lines intersect.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein weighting the patient’s head comprises weighting the patient’s head immediately after arising in the morning.
15. A method for spinal examination and treatment, comprising:
obtaining a first image of a patient’s spine;
determining if the spine is compensated by a low shoulder;
weighting the low shoulder of the patient;
obtaining further images of the patient’s spine, determining spinal compensation, and adjusting the weighting of the patient’s shoulder repeated until a final weighting is reached where the spine is substantially in alignment with itself.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein determining if the spine is compensated by a low shoulder comprises examining the first image of the patient’s spine.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein weighting the low shoulder comprises attaching a weight to the low shoulder with an external adjustable weight holder, and further adjusting the weighting comprises adjusting the position and the amount of weight on the patient’s low shoulder.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein obtaining a first image and obtaining further images comprises obtaining A-P full spine X-ray images.
19. A method for spinal examination and treatment, comprising:
obtaining a first image of a patient’s pelvic and lower lumbar area;
determining if the patient’s hip is rotated forward;
weighting the patient’s hip; and
obtaining further images of the patient’s pelvic and lower lumbar area, redetermining if the patient’s hip is rotated forward and adjusting the weighting on the patient’s hip until a final weighting is reached where the hip is no longer rotated forward.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein weighting the patient’s hip comprises removably attaching an external weight to a location on the patient’s hip that is rotated forward, and further wherein adjusting the weighting comprises adjusting one or more of the locations and amount of weight.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein obtaining a first image and obtaining further images comprises obtaining X-ray images of the patient’s pelvic and lower lumbar area.
22. The method of claim 19, further comprising weighting the patient’s hip that is rotated forward with a removable external weight daily for a predetermined period of time.
23. A method for examining and treating a patient’s skeletal system, comprising:
obtaining a first image of one or more areas of a patient’s skeletal system;
determining areas of abnormal condition of the patient’s skeletal system;
weighting the patient’s skeletal system to correct the areas of abnormal condition; and
obtaining further images of the patient’s skeletal system, redetermining the presence of areas of abnormal condition of the patient’s skeletal system, and adjusting the weighting of the patient’s skeletal system until a final weighting is reached where the patient’s areas of abnormal condition of the skeletal system are no longer abnormal.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein weighting the patient’s skeletal system comprises attaching at least one weight externally to the patient’s body with at least one removable external weight holder.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising weighting the patient’s skeletal system with the final weight daily for a predetermined period of time.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein determining areas of abnormal condition of the patient’s skeletal system comprises measuring the first image to determine skeletal misalignment.
27. The method of claim 24, wherein adjusting the weighting comprises adjusting one or more of the position and the amount of the weight.
28. The method of claim 24, wherein obtaining a first image and obtaining further images comprises obtaining X-ray images.
29. A system for weighting of a patient’s skeletal system, comprising:
a plurality of weights;
a headpiece having first and second walls stitched together with stitching along a bottom side and the length of a first and second end to form a cavity, and pocket stitching between the bottom side and a top side to divide the cavity into a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and shaped to hold at least one weight;
a first adjustable strap having one end attached by the stitching to the first end of the headpiece, and a second end attached by the stitching in the second end of the headpiece;
a second adjustable strap having a first end attached by the pocket stitching to the top side of the headpiece adjacent the first end of the headpiece, and a second end attached by the pocket stitching to the top side of the headpiece adjacent to the second end; and
a third adjustable strap having a first end attached by the pocket stitching that forms a pair of front pockets at the top side of the headpiece and configured to loop around the second adjustable strap and attach to itself.
30. The system of claim 29, further comprising padding attached to an exterior surface of the second wall to bear against a patient’s head.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-66. (canceled)
67. A method of monitoring display of content on a computer comprising:
producing monitoring information regarding display of the content on the computer by changing a state of the computer and monitoring a response of the computer; and
evaluating the monitoring information to determine whether the content is displayed or at least partially hidden.
68. A method as defined in claim 67, wherein evaluating the monitoring information to determine whether the content is displayed or at least partially hidden comprises evaluating the monitoring information to determine whether the content is displayed, fully hidden, or partially hidden.
69. A method as defined in claim 67, wherein changing a state of the computer comprises invalidating at least a portion of a monitored image.
70. A method as defined in claim 69, wherein invalidating at least a portion of a monitored image comprises invalidating the at least a portion of the monitored image on a section-by-section basis.
71. A method as defined in claim 70, wherein each of the sections is a pixel.
72. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein invalidating at least a portion of the monitored image comprises invalidating multiple portions of the monitored image.
73. A method as defined in claim 72, wherein the multiple portions comprise the corners of the image.
74. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein if none of the corners are redrawn, the image is identified as hidden.
75. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein if none of the corners are redrawn, the image is identified as fully hidden.
76. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein if all of the corners are redrawn, the image is identified as unobstructed.
77. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein if at least one of the corners is redrawn, the image is identified as partially hidden.
78. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein the multiple portions further comprise at least one of a center portion of the image or an edge portion of the image.
79. A system in a computer networked environment for generating monitoring information about a display of content, comprising:
a content provider site that stores a content file, wherein the content file is associated with at least one monitoring instruction to cause generation of monitoring information about the display of content associated with the content file; and
a content display site to receive the content file from the content provider site and to display the content associated with the content file, wherein the content display site executes the at least one monitoring instruction when the content file is accessed to detect and store data indicative of time periods when at least a portion of the content file was unobstructed, hidden or partially hidden.