Remembering Dr. Carl Ferreri

In each of our lives, there are a few individuals who have the power and influence to change our direction. Dr. Carl A. Ferreri was one such person for me. He changed my life.

I first met Dr. Ferreri when I attended one of his seminars. There was something very warm about this man. He reminded me of a big teddy bear. As I sat through the seminar, I began to realize that this big teddy bear had a wealth of knowledge. At the seminar, Dr. Ferreri asked for a volunteer to demonstrate his protocol, neural organization technique. I volunteered. I had been suffering with pain on my left side for about a year and had already been to six different doctors who did not help the pain. After his demonstration, I was amazed to find that I was 80 percent better.

Dr. Ferreri's methods were very different, and I knew I wanted to make an appointment to continue treatment. I saw Dr. Ferreri for a few treatments for my pain, and he found and treated me for learning disabilities as well. Growing up, I never liked reading and had difficulty remembering what I had read. Because I had exceptional auditory skills, I always did well in school, at least up to the graduate level.

I was in my first year of chiropractic school and found that the course load was too much for my brain to juggle, and did not do as well as I had hoped. Right after Dr. Ferreri treated me, I found out that, coincidently, the school was moving far away, but they were obligated to allow me to finish my education before they moved. There were times that I had more then twice a semester load, but thanks to Dr. Ferreri's treatment for learning disabilities, I sailed through the program. I completed four trimesters worth of work in only two, studied out of school with Dr. Ferreri and graduated with a high B average.

There were other benefits from Dr. Ferreri's treatment. Before seeing him, I did not know my left from my right and had a very poor sense of direction. I was living in New York City, and I will not tell you how many times I found myself in Brooklyn because I took the train in the wrong direction. After the treatment with Dr. Ferreri's technique, I was able to navigate in all travels with a newfound keen sense of direction.

In the beginning of my studies, I went to Dr. Ferreri's office after school to watch him work on patients. I remember sitting in his treatment room, being fascinated but not having a clue as to what he was doing. I witnessed miraculous results with patients with all kinds of chronic and unusual conditions. I knew that I had to learn his protocol, and was blessed to study with Dr. Ferreri for years.

When Dr. Ferreri went to school and shortly after, he studied chiropractic, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, nutrition, sacral-occipital technique and applied kinesiology. Through his studies, Dr. Ferreri observed that the body's primal survival systems of feeding, fight/flight, reproduction and the immune system were organized. He discovered that when the neurology of these primal survival systems became disorganized, it led to problems in the body's structure and function, contributing to a broad spectrum of health-related problems.

Through his research, he developed specific protocols to create harmony and to help reprogram the body's organization and function. Dr. Ferreri took health care to a higher level. Today, doctors around the world treat patients with chronic and unusual conditions using Dr. Ferreri's technique.

Dr. Ferreri once relayed to me that everything that has ever happened to us is stored someplace in our memory banks. Nothing is ever forgotten, yet most, if not all of these events are not in active memory, but are stored in various memory banks for future use or experience. We are usually totally unaware of their existence.

I hope that I am always able to bring up all the wonderful memories that I had being a student of Dr. Carl A. Ferreri. To my teacher, my inspiration, my friend, I thank you. I will miss you. I love you. Farewell.