Book One: captivating true story After a foolish joke from our ski instructor, I was abandoned on a backcountry ski piste with a concussion of the brain and partial amnesia. Part of myself had deserted me. Needing to find myself I left Patrick, my companion I had wanted to spend my whole life with. Then, an almost 14-year-long search and survival in a kind of second childhood. My strength was my faith in Gods guidance. This path searching for help to recover my strength made me travel to ParisFrance, Hamburg and southwest Germany, then NiceFrance, VeronaItaly, and finally Los Angeles. It lead me to the TMJ miracle. TMJ? Two keys of life and regeneration from head-to-toe, giving a better flow of cerebrospinal fluid for my extremely sensitive senses, coordination, concentration and memory. Oh my memory TMJ miracle meant my complete recovery thanks to the right repositioning of the condyle and disc of the TMJwith orthopedics. A 120-year-old taboo subject hidden from people. Over 60 million people concerned in America A failure of the healthcare system worldwide, expressed Dr. Uppgaard in Taking Control of TMJ. Book Two: Tell us about your positive energy. Debilitated globetrotter, Zoe, at age 35 begins almost 14 years of searching for reasons about her state. A captivating story leading to a never-before-told testimony about two misunderstood, extraordinary joints, and often misdiagnosed disorders associated with them: our TMJ. David Alpan D.D.S., M.S.D., Orthodontist and TMJ therapist, Founder of Aesthetic OrthodonticsLos Angeles, Beverly Hills, California; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (1) Rene and Milton Glass, Co-Presidents and Founders of the Jaw Joints and Allied Musculo- Skeletal DisordersFoundation Inc., (JJAMD, Inc.)Massachusetts, USA (2) John E. Upledger D.O., O.M.M., Cranio-sacral Therapy, Founder of The Upledger Institute Inc.Florida, USA (3) Robert O. Uppgaard D.D.S. (see Foreword), TMJ specialist and author of Taking Control of TMJ (New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 1999)Minnesota, USA (4) Dr. Harold Eymer, TMJ/CMD specialist, Dental Highcare Center HamburgGermany (5) Dr. Melita Mucha, InternistSchwarzenbek, Germany Prof. Dr. Norbert O. Schmedtmann, Dentist, TMI specialist, DentalPark Klinik, Ebstorf, Germany (6) Prof. Dr. Claus H. Siemsen, specialist in Orthopedics, Orthopedic Surgeon, Manual Therapist, and OsteopathBuxtehude, Germany (7) Ellen Stber, Physical Therapist for cranio and TMJHamburg, Germany (8) Dr. Erika Winter, Markus KlinikBad Driburg, Germany Bernard Autet D.O., M.R.O. (F), Osteopath specialized in Posturology, Founder of LInstitut ToulousainToulouse, France (9) Dr. Michel Franchi, TMJ specialistArles, France Christian Richard, Physical Therapist and D.O. (Maidstone GB)Montpellier, France Dr. Amelie Troussel Daragon, BiologistMarseille, France Dr. Michel Cardonnet, TMJ specialist, and Dr. Antoni Patti, Orthodondist, CISCO