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From Stroke Victim to Healer

Photography by Lisa K. Miller

There are some harsh realities in life that can have profound Dr. Maness. So Dr. Maness has taken up the cause of helping
effects on our lives, our careers and our futures. Dr. Dennis his patients learn how to take control and get back what they
Maness is living proof of this fact. When he suffered a severe thought they had lost forever.
stroke at a young age it not only turned his life around, but his Many psychological challenges can be traced to particular ar-
career focus as well. “When I had a stroke doctors told me eas of the brain, after a diagnostic assessment of the problems.
I would never talk normal again and I’d never work another Dr. Maness creates protocols and exercises to assist and bring
day. This went on for about a year and a half. I hardly knew these areas back to a correct symmetry. An even more exciting
my own name. I felt like I was living in a bubble. I could see fact is that in a few short visits, after an initial adjustment has
things around me, but didn’t recognize anything. Nothing would been made, Dr. Maness can teach his patients to manage these
register.” Then something strange happened to Dr. Maness. areas on their own in the comfort of their own homes with only
despite the dismal diagnoses he received from his physicians, occasional visits to BrainTek ™.
he accidentally stumbled upon a a ray of hope. A random song What are these adjustments and how do they work? Adjust-
being played on his car radio while on a road trip with his Mom ments are made through the creation of signals that are em-
produced an unusual effect, Dr. Maness started to remember. bedded into sound recordings and played through the ears.
There were no specific memories, but just bits and pieces that Because the symbols are embedded in music, the experience
started to come back to him. This was even stranger when you is non intrusive, painless and quite enjoyable. The second part
consider that the music played to this process is provid-
was from the 40’s and 50’s, so it ing tools to his patients so
wasn’t anything that was familiar. they learn how to breath
Dr. Maness took this music and properly, how to feel with
put it on a continuous loop taking their brain, how to recog-
time every day listening to it. As nize a stressor and control it
he begin to regain memory and before it has the opportunity
speech, he began to study the to manifest. This is followed
elements of the recording to find by exercises which teach
that particular piece of music his subject how to relax or
had a six second interlude as stimulate various areas of San Diego Woman
the active ingredient. Through the brain to enhance en-
further studies into how the ergy, or reduce stress.
sound affected his cognitive Dr. Maness often works with
behavior, Dr. Maness identified patients who are recom- 13
18 different active elements to mended by physicians.
sound. Some elements were What he does is not in
directional; some would blend to place of traditional medical
create additional behaviors such treatment, but instead as
as vibration, wave, dominant and an adjunct to it. Based on
subdominant. Before long his the information the physi-
brain began to heal, his memo- cian provides, Dr. Maness
ries came back, and he stepped through the haze that had been will design a specific protocol to improve the patient’s condition.
his life for the previous 18 months. Potential patients, however, do not need a doctor’s referral to
Dr. Maness knew that if this type of treatment could work for receive treatment at BrainTek ™ Institute, and many will visit Dr.
someone in such a severe state, then the main concept could Maness after hearing about his many successes.
certainly be focused toward those with brain injuries, and simply Dr. Maness’ successes’ are well documented with patients
those who complained of changes in memory recall. Thus be- who are more than happy to step forward and tell their stories.
gan his quest to better understand how sending signals to vari- Previous sufferers of depression and PTSD find their lives can
ous sections of the brain, by using music to mask these sounds, return to normal, autistic children have learned the tools to con-
could produce amazing results. trol outbursts, adults and children have improved their cognitive
We all suffer occasional lapses of memory and wonder if it is abilities to improve productivity and grades. Victims of strokes
old age sneaking up on us, just a failing memory, or increased and brain trauma accidents regain the use of their previously
stress, which is at the core of many cognitive issues. We often paralyzed limbs, sufferers of severe insomnia can finally find the
chalk it up to one of these factors and just accept the changes rest they require, severely depressed patients find a way out
that we assume are natural. Dr. Maness, of the BrainTek ™ of often life altering depressions. You can visit his website at
Institute in Sorrento Valley, has been helping individuals to www.braintekinstitute.com or www.braintek.org to view some of
overcome major head trauma, depression, PTSD, insomnia these amazing stories.
and various cognitive issues for over 19 years. “Everyone
has a brain, but few know how to manage their brain; Every-
one breathes, but few know how to breath properly,” states
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