About $10,950 carries one veteran through this phase — every gift is measured in lives, not just dollars.
- Participants
- 20 (10 CCJ + 10 Brain)
- Design
- Two-lane feasibility
- Care period
- 90 days
- Structure
- 3-mo prep + 3-mo execution
- Imaging
- Full suite, baseline + 90-day
- Total ask
- $2,050,070
Phase 2 does two powerful things at once. It builds and tests the entire operational apparatus of the full national trial, and it runs the first direct, side-by-side comparison between structural care and brain-focused care. Twenty veterans take part — ten receiving craniocervical correction and ten receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy paired with photobiomodulation. Every one of them moves through the complete diagnostic battery: advanced MRI, SPECT, qEEG, and cone beam CT.
This is the phase that transforms a promising approach into a fully operational research program. Its preparation is deliberately front-loaded, so that when Phase 2 ends the data can be published immediately and the full trial can begin enrolling veterans without a single day of setup delay. The dedicated treatment and imaging equipment purchased here does not disappear when the study ends — it becomes permanent capacity to care for veterans for years to come.
What it proves
That the full study machine runs: simultaneous enrollment across two clinics, the complete imaging battery (MRI, SPECT, qEEG, CBCT), and the data acquisition system, all operating together — plus the first comparative signal across the craniocervical and brain intervention lanes.
Your support here coversThe full research and clinical team, direct care across both treatment lanes, the complete imaging suite, comprehensive assessments for each veteran, dedicated equipment that becomes lasting capacity, the data acquisition system, participant travel, and the analysis and publication of the first comparative results.
Last updated August 15, 2026