Thomas Forest, D.C. graduated from Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa in 1974. He has used the Blair Upper Cervical technique since 1977. He is certified as an instructor in both the Primary and Advanced Blair Method. Dr. Forest has taught seminars at Palmer College, Palmer-West, Life College, Life-West, Sherman College, and clinic locations in Seattle and Los Angeles. Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa now has the Blair Seminar series offered as an elective in the Palmer undergraduate curriculum. Dr. Forest has  completed over seventy-five Blair Seminars at the Palmer campus in Iowa. To date, he has given well over ninty-five seminars nationwide. Dr. Forest practices in Pleasanton, California and is also licensed in Washington and Iowa. Dr. Forest is Currently Director of theTechnique and Instruction Committee for the Blair Chiropractic Society. He trains and certifies Doctors for competency and utilization of the Blair technique. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Blair Society since 1985.

Check the Upper Cervical Evolution website for details and for more information about the amazing Upper Cervical documentary DVD that premiered at the seminar. This exciting, informative, professional  DVD is available for preview and purchase at: http://www.thepowerofuppercervical.com. Every Upper Cervical doctor, student and patient should see it and own one! What is taught at the Full Blair Seminar Series?   The Primary Seminar consists of Dr. Blair's innovative concepts on malformation, atlas motion, taking and reading articular x-rays, and same side C-1 Blair spinal adjustments. The Intermediate Seminar will teach the C-2 and below subluxation detection and correction. Taking and reading stereoscopic/3-dimensional x-rays allow you to actually see the joint displacement. The Advanced Seminar will review previous seminar material and show you how to detect how the segment actually displaces off both joints thus creating double misalignments in the cervical spine. Also covered is Dr. Blair's efficacious side-opposite adjustments for those patients that have anatomy that makes same side adjusting impossible. Sign up for the Winter series in Davenport: Primary: December 10th and 11th, 2011 Intermediate: January 7th and 8th, 2012 Advanced: February 4th and 5th, 2012 Make Plans to Join us to Fine Tune your technique! Are you making plans to attend the Spring Series at Palmer Davenport? Here are the dates: April 13-14, 2012 for the Primary April 28-29th, 2012  for the Intermediate June 2-3rd, 2012 for the Advanced We hope to see you there!   Another great website to check out is UpperCervicalCare.com. There is an amazing educational video that is also on this website. It also has a directory for upper cervical chiropractors with individual web     pages for clinic information. Every upper cervical doctor and patient needs to view this video; it is new! All of our new patients are loaned a copy of this DVD to view and return it to the office. It also plays in our reception room. It answers every question a patient or new upper cervical chiropractor could ask.    The Blair Convention was October 28th and 29th, 2011 in Las Vegas. Next year it will be in Chicago-Join us there!  For information on all  Blair Seminars held anywhere in the U.S. and further information about the Blair technique, and for a directory of Blair Chiropractors go to: www.blairchiropractic.com For additional information about Upper Cervical Chiropractic and a directory of Upper Cervical Chiropractors go to: www.upcspine.com Another great website for information on Upper Cervical Chiropractic go to: www.uppercervicalillustrations.com Dr. Forest was interviewed by a Palmer student. A video of that interview is at: dcstudentnews.com. Another technical interview with Dr. Forest is online in text at: 'The Atlas of Life Upper Cervical Chiropractic Revealed.' The article is titled "Respected Upper Cervical Teacher, an interview with Dr. Tom Forest." Check out the Palmer College, Davenport  "Beacon." Dr. Forest has written articles in 2009 in Feb., Mar., and April and has continued in 2010 and 2011.         An Article about Manual Medicine wirtten by an M.D.  Patient Satisfaction Study

Dr. Blair found through observation that vertebra are not formed symmetrically. Dr. Blair discovered that anterior or posterior movement of atlas was more clinically significant than laterality; therefore torque plays a major role in correcting C-1 subluxations. Dr. Blair developed an ingenious way of imaging the atlanto-occipital articulations known as oblique condyle protractoviews. Dr. Blair surmised that, "if subluxations do occur, they occur at the articulations." By x-raying the joint surfaces you can see that joints on the right side of the body may not be formed exactly like joints on the left side of the spine. Give yourself these tools that complete an Upper Cervical education. Attend a Blair Seminar Series.