George W Kukurin DC DACAN
Dr. George Kukurin holds a license to practice chiropractic medicine in the states of Arizona, Pennsylvania and California. He is also licensed to practice acupuncture by the state of Arizona. Dr. Kukurin is a Diplomat with the American Chiropractic Academy of Neurology (DACAN). To attain this prestigious status he was required to attend an approved three year post-graduate program in neurology, which is the study of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. He completed his post-graduate neurology training through the Parker College in Dallas Texas. Upon completion of this training, Dr. Kukurin had to pass a two-day long rigorous board examination. He scored in the upper 5% of his class on these examinations, obtaining a 100% perfect score on the clinical portion of the testing. To maintain elite status with the Board of Chiropractic Neurologists; Diplomat Neurologists, like Dr. Kukurin, must keep their knowledge and skills of neurology updated by attending a minimum of 30 hours of post-graduate training in neurology every year from an approved and accredited neurology program.
Dr. Kukurin has also received post-graduate education from a number of leading medical schools including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, UNICO and the Russian People’s Friendship University in Moscow.
He has a keen interest in diseases of the nervous system, like peripheral neuropathy, movement disorders, spinal stenosis and headaches. He is a former faculty member of the Post-Graduate Neurology Department of Parker College. He has published several textbooks including “Integrative Neurology: Hope and Help for People Suffering From Neuropathy” that contains over 300 scientific references for the treatment of neuropathy through the use of Integrative Neurology and Alternative Medicine techniques like acupuncture, laser therapy, herbal and nutritional medicines. The techniques for treating the nervous system that Dr. Kukurin has pioneered have been chosen for inclusion at scientific conferences held at Johns Hopkins Medical School and through the Peripheral Nerve Society, an international organization devoted to the scientific study of diseases of the nerves, like neuropathy.
Some of the treatment techniques he developed have been published in peer reviewed medical journals and are indexed in the National Library of Medicine. The results patients have obtained using his treatment approaches have appeared on FOX and ABC affiliate newscasts. He has been practicing as a chiropractic neurologist for over 20 years. Dr. Kukurin sees patients at Kukurin Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Nutrition Network offices located both in Phoenix Arizona and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kukurin has also received post-graduate education from a number of leading medical schools including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, UNICO and the Russian People’s Friendship University in Moscow.
He has a keen interest in diseases of the nervous system, like peripheral neuropathy, movement disorders, spinal stenosis and headaches. He is a former faculty member of the Post-Graduate Neurology Department of Parker College. He has published several textbooks including “Integrative Neurology: Hope and Help for People Suffering From Neuropathy” that contains over 300 scientific references for the treatment of neuropathy through the use of Integrative Neurology and Alternative Medicine techniques like acupuncture, laser therapy, herbal and nutritional medicines. The techniques for treating the nervous system that Dr. Kukurin has pioneered have been chosen for inclusion at scientific conferences held at Johns Hopkins Medical School and through the Peripheral Nerve Society, an international organization devoted to the scientific study of diseases of the nerves, like neuropathy.
Some of the treatment techniques he developed have been published in peer reviewed medical journals and are indexed in the National Library of Medicine. The results patients have obtained using his treatment approaches have appeared on FOX and ABC affiliate newscasts. He has been practicing as a chiropractic neurologist for over 20 years. Dr. Kukurin sees patients at Kukurin Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Nutrition Network offices located both in Phoenix Arizona and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Hometown: Avondale, AZ United States
Occupation: Chiropractic Neurologist
Interests: alternative neuropathy treatments, acupuncture, neurology, pain management, Parkinson’s Disease
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"Lighting-up" the spinal cord for pain relief
Commonly whenever surgery does not work out and nerve fibres are damaged, a spinal cord stimulator is proposed to patients for pain relief. These types of stimulators are actually similar to the pacer makers used to keep the heart in tempo. However rather than attaching the device to your heart, ...
Pharmacognosy and Nerve Pain
Pharmocognosy is the study of the pharmacology of natural substances. Most synthetic prescription drugs are synthetic reformulations of natural occurring compounds. To understand how medications work and provide possible alternatives to them, we need a quick lesson of two chemicals within the ner...
Neurodulation for Pain Control
The nervous system entails the brain, spinal cord and all the wire-like peripheral nerves. For proper bodily function, information about the state of almost every body part is transmitted by way of the peripheral nerves through the spinal cord to the brain for appraisal and processing. Once proce...
Sciatica: What to do about it?
Many people with back, hip oR leg pain think they have sciatica. Although in common, use the term sciatica is actually old and out dated. Sciatica refers to back pain that radiates down the buttocks hip and leg. It can include numbness tingling and other sensations. In severe cases weakness of th...
Interstitial Cystitis: Urologist or an Integrative Neurolgist?
Integrative neurology combines the knowledge of medical neurology (the study of the brain and nerves) with complimentary techniques like acupuncture, chiropractic and herbal therapies. It doesn't seem to make sense, going to a neurologist for a bladder problem. These conditions are normally treat...
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