My name is Dr. Rory Turner, and my chiropractic journey began at the age of 8 when my identical twin brother caught the handlebar of a BMX racer through his helmet and was thrown to the ground. My father, Dr. Roger Turner, did what any chiropractor would do; rushed to him, thoroughly examined him, and then adjusted his neck right there on the track. Despite not having neck pain, my brother still had a bruise on his left forehead that would eventually go away. However, my brother came home from school the next day and asked my father “Dad, what is wrong with me? I can’t read or do math or write properly. Am I going to die?”

Feeling helpless, and filled with purpose, the next weekend my father went to New York to learn Neural Organization Therapy (N.O.T.) from late Dr. Carl Ferrari. My father learned the methods of adjusting the plates of the skull. Within 10 days my brother was back to normal.

 

Necessity spawned a search for answers, answers that lead my father to start treating other patients with head injuries; concussions, ADD/ADHD, and learning difficulties. The results of this treatment have been tremendous.

From the training he took back in New York, my father was able to develop a much more extensive protocol for adjusting the skull and started to attract a wider variety of patients. For instance, one mother asked him if he could help her Autistic child. His response was “ you never know how much you can help, but we do know there is always something we can do to help.”

 

Soon word spread, and chiropractors from all over the world would bring their special needs children to us for help. They were amazed at the results and wanted us to teach them the technique. In 2003, Cranial Adjusting Turner Style (C.A.T.S) was created. Now, there are over 1000 C.A.T.S. Chiropractors worldwide get the same amazing results with head injuries, concussions, headaches, special needs children, ADD/ADHD, learning difficulties, failure to latch babies, dementias, poor memory, personality disorders, Trigeminal neuralgia, Bells Palsy, Parkinson’s, Post-concussion syndrome, MS and CP.

 

So how do I fit into this picture?

My twin brother and I developed very strong drawing skills by the age of 19 and were commissioned to illustrate a technical manual for my father’s work. We spent hours every night, for almost a year, sketching out my fathers’ hands, miming an adjustment on a plastic skull model. Here, I developed a keen interest in my father’s work and was fortunate to learn from him while learning the technique through drawing.

Fast forward to 2014, I graduated from my father’s Alma mater Canadian Memorial College of Chiropractic (CMCC), and officially completed levels I and II of C.A.T.S. cranial adjusting. I ventured into the health care world on my own, armed, with confidence and the knowledge of what is possible. I have seen my own brother regain full health after a head injury, and have witnessed firsthand in my father’s office the remarkable changes that adjusting the plates of the skull can have on those who are in need.

 

Over the past couple of years, I finally have had the chance to be the one who gets to help other people. I have seen some interesting cases, some bizarre cases, and there is always a common theme in the office that my father had right so many years ago, there is always some we can do to help.