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You would think a chiropractor was responsible for these words, however, they were actually penned by an instructor and practitioner at Harvard medical school in the late 1800′s. This belief is dismissed today by the medical and pharmaceutical community, but it remains the core foundation of the practice of chiropractic. People want health that doesn’t involve going…
This is a very interesting comparison between two distinctly different approaches to health, the natural approach and the medical/allopathic approach. It comes from a study entitled A Comparative study of the Health Status of Children Raised Under the Health Care Models of Chiropractic and Allopathic Medicine. Truly Healthy Children: Chiropractic VS. Allopathic(Medical) Care for Kids…
“I am a Chiropractor working with the sciences of the universe by turning on the life in man through the art of the adjustment. I do not prescribe, treat or diagnose conditions. I use only my hands. I work with that ‘mysterious something’ which created my body from two cells. At a time prescribed aeons ago…
Did you know that the weight of a dime (2.2 grams) is enough weight to stop nerve flow conduction by 40-60%. Beginning in the 1970’s, Dr. Chung Ha Suh, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the Biomechanics Department of the University of Colorado began a series of studies showing that just 10mmHG pressure (about the same…
Emotions can have a powerful influence on our bodies and our overall health. Our thoughts and the chemical and physical reactions they produce (stress has been shown to release toxins in the body) can have tremendous effects on how we function. As chiropractors we tend to focus on how this affects the health of your…
There is not one simple, one-size-fits-all answer to a question about how frequently a person should have a chiropractic adjustment. Each person’s individual needs and overall health must be taken into account. That said, a reasonable short answer to this question is “whenever you have developed a subluxation (or spinal misalignment).” However, knowing when this…
Healthcare researchers and providers alike are growing increasingly concerned that American kids are suffering from back pain earlier in their lives and in larger numbers than ever before. And experts closest to the problem believe that overweight, improperly designed, and misused backpacks may be a big part of the reason why. Short-Term Injuries and Longer-Term…
Since it’s beginnings, chiropractic has been used to help keep American military personnel in fighting form. The Department of Defense was authorized to commission chiropractors in 1992 by President George H. W. Bush and in 1999 the Chiropractic Health Care Demonstration Program found that chiropractic care would offer significant benefits to the military. Specifically, the…
There has been a drastic rise in the number of parents giving their infants acid reflux medication in the past years. This is partly because doctors are diagnosing it more often and partly because it is so heavily advertised. One study that looked at the data for more than 1 million babies found that the…
Not many people think about their posture on a daily basis. Many of us are too busy to even consider it. But your posture is much more important than you think. Bad posture can turn into pain and sometimes even contribute to more serious conditions. For most people, bad posture begins when we start school…
There is a lot about chiropractic that is misunderstood or misconstrued and much of the false and inaccurate information out there is found right here on the internet. There is often a misconception of what chiropractors actually do and why they do it. Hopefully this infographic helps clear up some of the confusion. Dr. Jason…
One thing you will hear us say a lot in the office is, “pain is the last thing to come and the first thing to go.” This simply means that if you have a problem, pain is usually the last symptom to show up and once you begin treatment, the first symptom to disappear. One…
It doesn’t come as a surprise to anybody, especially parents, that earaches are the most common reason for visits to the pediatrician’s office. However, you may be surprised to find out that both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Family Physicians recommend “watchful waiting” or “wait and see” at the best approach…
There isn’t a complete definition of what colic actually is or even what causes it. To parents and scientists alike, it remains a mystery. Generally, it is described as “unexplained and uncontrolled crying in infants from 0 to 3 months of age, for more than 3 hours per day, more than 3 days per week,…