Types of abdominal issues described by patients when consulting our office were: Tight Muscles, Kidney Stone and/or Infection, Hemorrhoids. Between February 2002 and August 2004, 4 people who suffer from the above kinds of abdominal issues completed the initial 6-8 week period of care in our office. Of these 4 people, 2 (50%) reported a 70-100% improvement and 2 (50%) reported no change in their abdominal complaint within 8 weeks of their first upper cervical adjustment.