Question
As a truck driver I drove on a broken seat. My posture was held awkward which prevented the seat from moving under me while driving. After ten months of leaning to the right, across the arm rest. People around me started to notice that I could no longer hold myself square while standing outside the truck. My shoulder was up by my ear and I was rotated to the right at the torso. This was the position I drove in. I used to lean to the right with my head tilted left to keep my eyes level. I have since rid myself of the truck and its faulty seat. I cannot however convince the nuerologist of the cause for this. A second opinion ordered an MRI. I have no nerve damage, a perfect spine and a good brain. The mri said I have severe torticollis. This condition changes to lateralcollis when I'm in a standing position. my trapazoid on the left is constanly in spasm. I have no neck pain but cannot turn my head past where the right mirror was on the truck.
 My question is..If I needed to prove that this is not idiopathic, what type of tests need to be done? and what other medical evidence should I be looking for?

thank you , Jeff

Answer
Jeff,
That would be tough to prove and I will tell you why.  The medical profession has put things in place so that they run everything in healthcare and that everything health related works to their advantage.  Under my criteria, I would probably be able to easily find a problem and correct that problem, simple right? The problem is that since what I do has nothing to do with Medicine it is simply not recognized by medical doctors.  And if it is not recognized by medical doctors then how could I prove to them that what I have found is valid and indeed a problem if they will not agree to it.
If you are looking for workers compensation it would be difficult to prove unless you had an MD in your corner.
I would be happy to help you by evaluating you and potentially correcting the cause of your problem so that you could get well, but I do not know how far we would get with making a case out of it.  Although, if I did find a problem in your nervous system, causing other problems, I would not be against proving it to someone.
Just because their tests come up negative, does not mean there is nothing wrong with you, it simply means that they are unable to find anything wrong, although I may be able to find something wrong.  I see it every day in practice, someone who was told there was nothing wrong with them by a Medical Doctor and then we find the problem and correct it only to find the person's health improving, Go Figure.

Yours in Best Health,
Dr Robert Arnone