News of 3rd party reviews on chiropractic always make me a little nervous. Honestly, in my 15 years inside the profession I don’t recall a disastrous review of literature regarding chiropractic. But I also don’t recall ones that are over the top praising my amazing profession (if I don’t say so myself). The problem for [...]
I was recently watching the Today show while passing time on a treadmill. An interview with an MD about vitamines and their effectiveness came on. It was irritating. While clearly there are outrageous claims made by suppliment makers and sales, it should not be used as a reason to not take ANY supplements. The reality [...]
Prior to chiropractic school I’d never heard of or thought about colic. Much less had I had a child who suffered with it. Or should I say, I’d never been a parent who suffered with a child who had colic. Now that I’m long since through school, in practice for 12 years, and the father [...]
Subluxations are linked to a wide variety of physical health issues. Put simply, if you have a subluxation you have an area in your spine in which the spinal bones (vertebrae) are not moving correctly due to misalignment or previous injury. The problem then becomes irritation or pressure the subluxtion puts on the nerves or [...]
We were all told as children to sit up straight right? As annoying as it was, it was good advice. Postural changes from bad habits can cause health problems. Forward head posture is one of the leading causes of pain in the neck and shoulders. Chronic pain syndromes like headaches, TMJ, fibromyalgia and arthritis can [...]
Cancer is complicated. The U.S. has poured millions into research for treatment since the early 70′s. As I understand it there are only two or three types of cancer that have better survivability rates today than three decades ago. As a chiropractor, I often hear about alternative therapies that may help someone with cancer. It [...]
Muscle and soft tissue injuries are notoriously hard to treat and assess. As a result, patients are often frustrated and left with many lingering problems after injuries. Often times chronic pain syndromes are the result of incomplete care. It is frustrating for all health care practitioners involved. Most of my fibromyalgia patients can recall THAT [...]
For the past 7 years I’ve been a board member for Virginia Society of Chiropractors (VSC). Recently we merged with the Virginia Chiropractic Association (VCA). This was a very good thing for chiropractic in Virginia. The VSC served its purpose starting in the early 90’s, to protect chiropractic in Virginia as a separate and distinct [...]
In the first post of this series I made mention of the term “universal intelligence” and how it has been misapplied in chiropractic. Partly due to the authors choice of words and people have made too much of it over the years. Meaning, it became an easy term to use as a synonym for God [...]
For those of you who are familiar with new age thinking, you will be familiar with the emphasis on positive thinking. Clearly it is better to think positively and focus on the good. In other-words, a thankful attitude is better than negative thinking. But, with new age spiritualities, there is the belief that we shape [...]
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