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Jun 05
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Text Neck Leading To Children Headaches

By | ADHD, Asthma, Benefits of Chiropractic

Text Neck Leading To Children Headaches

Children headaches are becoming more and more common.  A variable that we have to consider is the wonderful aspect of cellular devices.  Everyone and their mother seems to have a cell phone now and for some we cannot live without.  “Text Neck” is just a term that we like to use when people are on their phones for prolonged periods of time, with their neck looking down at their cell phone.  Usually when on the phone our neck is compromised.  You will see children with their heads hunched over and their eyes basically just glued to their phone.  Yet, this seems like just a small trivial thing throughout the day.  Repetitive motion over and over again eventually adds up.  Text neck can lead to children headaches.  Our children’s headaches our most likely caused by spinal stress.  This spinal stress is brought on by repetitive motion that compromises the cervical (neck) nerve roots, which then leads to the muscles being contracted for a prolonged period of time.  Pressure on nerves lead to signs and symptoms in our bodies which leads to our children’s headaches.

Text neck is just one small variable in the grand scheme of things.  Our children’s overall posture is the thing to watch out for.  Think about the over-bearing back-packs that our children are using.  This is also very common and leads to the same context that text neck brings about with it.  Improper spinal stress can wreak havoc on your children.  Children headaches are steadily climbing and chiropractic along with proper posture can eliminate the symptoms (or just get rid of their phones).   Specific chiropractic for your child is safe and effective.  Improper posture leads to dysfunction in the nerve system.  Chiropractors check the nerve system for dysfunction and perform adjustments if necessary.  The earlier your child is checked for nerve dysfunction the greater the opportunity for optimal neurological development.  Keep an eye out for the Text Neck!

May 29
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Chiropractic Can Reduce Blood Pressure

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

Chiropractic Can Reduce Blood Pressure

So…chiropractic can reduce blood pressure?  No joke, no surgery, no medication.  Okay, quick re-cap on what chiropractors actually do.  Chiropractors access and check your nerve system for possible subluxations (nerve dysfunction/stress) and provide specific adjustments to make sure your nerve system stays connected and free of dysfunction.  High blood pressure is an issue in our society, most likely brought on by our poor lifestyle choices (fast food, improper medication, etc).  There are some who live a healthy life and are still plagued with high blood pressure.  Finding ways to reduce blood pressure can be over-burdensome and we have been raised to think that we have to TAKE something externally to influence our body!  Yes, taking medication has many alterations on our body.  Even when we take something “natural,” we don’t know if our body requires it.  A healthy foundation begins with regular exercise, a normal diet, and of course making sure your nerve system is connected to process all incoming and outgoing information.  (“Normal” diet in context is what you think healthy is for you.)

A 2007 study in the Journal of Human Hypertension looked at a group of patients with high blood pressure. Half received an adjustment of their atlas, and the other half received a sham adjustment.  The decrease in blood pressure was so drastic in the patients who received real adjustments that the researchers wrote that it “is similar to that seen by giving two different anti-hypertensive agents simultaneously.”  If your master control system (nerve system) is connected and free of dysfunction, then your body will adapt and heal itself, thus to reduce blood pressure.   Nothing is taken externally for this. The only variable that is needed is time.  It takes time for your body to develop signs and symptoms and become aware of them, and it takes time to heal.

For some who live a healthy life, stress is the variable that increases the blood pressure.  Japanese researchers in 2011 gave chiropractic adjustments to 12 men and examined PET scan images and blood chemistry to examine the effect that chiropractic has on the autonomic nervous system.  After receiving a chiropractic neck adjustment, patients had altered brain activity in the parts of the brain responsible for pain processing and stress reactions. They also had significantly reduced cortisol levels, indicating decreased stress.  Reduce your blood pressure and allow your overall body to heal the way it is intended.

  1. Bakris G, Dickholtz M Sr, Meyer PM, Kravitz G, Avery E, Miller M, Brown J, Woodfield C, Bell B. Atlas vertebra realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study. Journal of Human Hypertension 2007;21(5):347-52.
  2. Ogura, Takeshi and Manabu Tashiro, Mehedi,Shoichi Watanuki, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Keiichiro Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Itoh, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kazuhiko Yanai. Cerebral metabolic changes in men after chiropractic spinal manipulation for neck pain. Alternative Therapies. 2011;17(6):12-17.Strunk RG, Hawk C. Effects of chiropractic care on dizziness, neck pain, and balance: a single-group, pre-experimental, feasibility study. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 2009;8(4):156–164.

 

May 01
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My Pinched Sciatic Nerve

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

My Pinched Sciatic Nerve

Ah, the joy of having a pinched sciatic nerve.  Sounds pretty easy to accomplish and seems like everyone has had a pinched sciatic nerve at one time or another in their life.  The fact is, that the word sciatica is basically a catch-all term for radiating nerve pressure.  Similar to when we get congested and have a runny nose, we might say we have the flu.  Your nerve system is your master control system.  Every cell, tissue, organ, and gland is regulated and controlled by your nerve system.  Your pinched sciatic nerve that is causing you “pain,” is and should be the least of your concerns.  Think about all of your bodily functions controlled and regulate by your pinched nerve.  The function is the aspect we are trying to maintain here.

Your pinched sciatic nerve is in your body continually getting worse without you knowing about it.  Pinched nerves (subluxation’s) are what chiropractors find and correct.  No other health discipline does this.  If you restore proper function to the nerve by removing pressure off of it, then your functionality is back and the “pinching” stops.  The sensation that comes with your pinched sciatic nerve is obvious, yet does not appear right away.  It could be years before the sensation of pain finally appears for some individuals.  So, to differentiate the two variables pain vs function of a nerve even more…  A subluxation causing irritation to a nerve results in loss of normal function in your body.  Nerve fibers are designed to only transmit 10% of sensations of pain.  The other 90% of the nerve is designed for function.  Safe to say that your function in life is the one going to be experiencing the loss.  Have your nerves checked for possible subluxation’s affecting your overall quality of life.

Apr 27
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Ear Infections And Chiropractic Care

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic, Ear Infections

Ear Infections And Chiropractic Care

Ear infections and chiropractic care go together like peanut butter and jelly.  We are trying to be as simple and to the point as we can possibly be here.  Ear infections begin by disturbances in your E-tubes (Eustachian tubes) not properly working.  Then, as a consequence, fluid will begin to build up in the tubes, which then results in pain and discomfort.  If something is not working correctly in the body, who do you blame first?  The nerve system!  Ear infections and chiropractic care are well versed due to the dysfunction that the E-tube plays.  Specific chiropractic adjustments restore proper function to the E-tube, thus allowing the tubes to work correctly.  Ear infections and chiropractic care will allow your child to heal and overcome by restoring proper function.  This, in turn, will limit the duration of the “infection,” and decrease the susceptibility of them occurring in the future.

Chronic and re-occurring ear infections are not NORMAL!  Your child’s body is not healing and overcoming if ear infections keep occurring.  Ear infections and chiropractic care allow continual proper functionality for the long-run.  When your child’s E-tube is not draining correctly, there will be a buildup of fluid that can be virus related.  So, if the fluid is virus related, antibiotics are going to do what?  Well, there are adverse reactions from antibiotics as well.  Sometimes ear infections are not even infections!  What about tubes in the ears?  Tubes in the ears are not allowing your child to heal and overcome.  Just simply give your child a chance to adapt and overcome with chiropractic adjustments.  Ear infections paired with chiropractic care involves no such surgery, cutting, or medication.  Specific adjustments allow your child to function at optimal potential.

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Apr 24
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Chiropractic Is Natural Healing

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

Chiropractic Is Natural Healing

Natural healing comes in the form of doing what is best for your body.  Natural healing is always within normal limits.  Chiropractic is natural healing.  No medication, no surgery, no outside substance is required for natural healing.  So, in our society we apply and use band-aids for multiple reasons and for unknown reasons.  These band-aids come in the form of medications, removal of needed structures (surgery), and substances that are just not necessary for what they say they do.  Just imagine if I cut myself.  The band-aid is not providing some miracle cure,  my body is just healing itself.  Unfortunately for most, your body just needs TIME to heal (something we do not have the patience for).  How does my body heal to it’s utmost potential?  With a healthy functioning nerve system of course.

This is not made up stuff.  We as a society have a pre-conceived notion that we need to take something for our body to heal.  When I sustain the cut, my brain sends messages to release proteins in my blood stream to form a scab.  The scab protects the area from exposure while your brain is continually sending messages throughout your entire body to regenerate millions of cells that are damaged.  Your brain is sending messages via NERVES to areas of dysfunction.  Nothing is required of this process, no protein-enzyme blueberry smoothie, no drugs, no cutting of any kind.  Your nerve system is your master system.  If nerve dysfunction is present than you cannot heal to your utmost potential.  A chiropractic adjustment does not give or take anything away from your body, nor does it give you anything.  It removes STRESS on the nerve system, which in turn allows your body to stay connected!  Natural healing takes time.  A connected nerve system allows proper healing.

Apr 20
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Hyperactivity In Children – A Chiropractic Thought

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

Hyperactivity In Children – A Chiropractic Thought

How do I know if my child needs chiropractic care?  Do hyperactivity and chiropractic share a missing link?  Hyperactivity in children is a growing concern for many, and is usually just “taken care of” with some sort of drug.  The possibility of having a disconnected nerve system does not respond well to drugs, you will have accomplished behavioral changes that are not within your child’s normal parameters.  One early sign that a nerve system is out of balance is, and can be, hyperactivity.  There is no drug that is required to suppress or have mind altering developmental disorders.  A clear and connected nerve system will allow your child’s activity to be suppressed naturally.  Just think, if your body’s master control system was not clearly connected to everything your body does, you would be a little upset.  I dare say your body might even “accelerate” it’s overall functionality just to make sure you are in deed functioning!

Hyperactivity in children is a growing concern due to the alternatives that are available.  A nerve system that is young and still developing has multiple windows of opportunity.  Chiropractic is a safe and effective way to help hyperactivity.  Food additives, brain injuries, gene pool, and environmental factors are all valid variables.  If you have done the research you almost there!  If you would like to learn another way, chiropractic is the answer!  Treating hyperactivity with stimulants is a cookie-cutter formula.  Chiropractic sees that every spine is different.  When a nerve system is disconnected, people have different ways of showing this.  One possible way is hyperactivity.  To allow your child to have a clear and functioning nerve system means to allow your child to be healthy.  We check your child for possible nerve system dysfunction and adjust them if necessary.  Healthy nerves = Healthy life!

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Mar 25
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Healthy Child Development

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

Healthy Child Development

Healthy child development sounds like something that should be on the back of a label reading follow the instructions or else.  Child development is different for everyone and everybody.  There are “norms” set in place/certain percentiles that we trust and base our child’s development on.  You have to realize that just because your child might be in a lower percentile today, it does not mean you need to seek medical intervention.  Remember, what should healthy child development look like?  Healthy child development should consist of: eating, play, wake time, sleeping, and potty time.  Pretty simple.  If your child is not following those protocols or is having trouble with them, then there is a problem with development.  If there is a problem with your child’s development, you need to look only to the primary cause.  The nerve system.

Healthy child development can and will be halted with nerve system dysfunction.  You see a subluxation (what chiropractor’s find and correct) are nasty things.  Subluxation’s can begin right after birth, emergency C-section, forceps, vacuum, breached position, all of those and many more probably leading to a subluxation.  Healthy child development requires proper functioning of organs (and much more).  Just imagine if your child keeps having stomach ache after stomach ache or any repetitive sign and symptom for that matter.  Now, we realize that diet is a huge component of development.  If the child is not responding favorably to certain foods then why is the immune system targeting specific foods and not others?  Why is the nerve system weakened in certain areas and not others?  You must first look to the cause of why their development is halted due to the sign and symptoms.  Signs and symptoms are a direct result of nerve dysfunction.  For healthy child development have your child’s nerve system checked.

Mar 19
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Why Just Pain Management

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

Why Just Pain Management

Why do some of us just focus specifically and solely on pain management?  In a recent article that I read on the World Wide Web (that was seemed strictly opinion based), stated that, “Acute back pain, which is more common than chronic pain, lasts no more than six weeks and typically gets better on its own.”  Unless you see a chiropractor and have a chiropractic evaluation done on your nerve system, nothing is getting better.  In actuality, if you do nothing to help your current condition, 6 weeks of you “waiting to get better,” is actually you learning to live with it.  We will touch on this subject more.  Living with the sensation of pain is what we learn to do and we think that when the pain is gone we are in the clear.  Far from the truth.

Nerve dysfunction can and does exist without pain.  Nerve dysfunction, you have to realize, IS brought on by subluxations.  Chiropractors find and adjust subluxations to restore proper nerve function.  Subluxations are deep and nasty things that fester and grow for prolonged periods of time until you eventually might feel a sensation of pain.  Proper pain management is recognizing that once the pain is gone you still have work to do!  Proper pain management is understanding that your body thinks very little of pain and wants to be a healthy functioning unit.

Healthy pain management begins by recognizing what your body is actually experiencing and why.  When you begin to lose your ability to function correctly, that is when the actual pain shows up.  However, most just wait for the sensation to appear.  The sensation, just like the article states, does disappear.  REMEMBER it is just a sensation though and the underlying cause is still not taken care of.  Subluxations as stated in the previous paragraph, have deep roots.  Go after the correct cause and allow your body to function to its fullest potential. Have your nerves checked for subluxations and utilize PROPER pain management.

Mar 02
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The Webster Technique For Pregnancy

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

The Webster Technique For Pregnancy

The Webster technique is safe, non-invasive and effective at generating results.  As with all chiropractic techniques, the words safe, non-invasive and effective should always be in the title.  When people think about the Webster technique they assume breech position.  Rightfully so and much more.  According to the ICPA:  “The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and diversified adjustment. The goal of the adjustment is to reduce the effects of sacral subluxation/ SI joint dysfunction.  In so doing neuro-biomechanical function in the pelvis is improved.”  As with any pregnancy, the amount of distortion and discomfort due to subluxations is focused around the pelvic region.  Having regular check-ups by your chiropractor will alleviate the amount of stress that your body is undergoing.  This, in turn, will reduce muscle, ligament, and tendon tension.  

Going through your pregnancy with optimal fetal positioning is very ideal.  Utilizing regular chiropractic check-ups allows your body to function at its optimal potential.  Why is it beneficial to visit your chiropractor for regular check-ups during pregnancy? Misalignment’s of the sacrum creates tightening and torsion of the pelvic muscles and ligaments. Due to increase of hormones, weight gain, and postural adaptions, pregnant mothers have a higher chance of sacral subluxations and neuro-biomechanical imbalance than others.  If stress takes over the pregnancy and your body does not overcome and adapt by itself, mal-positioning of the fetus can occur.  C-section is typically what results when the mal-positioning occurs.  When successful, the Webster Technique avoids the costs and/or risks of external cephalic version, cesarean section, or vaginal trial of breech. In view of these findings, the Webster Technique deserves serious consideration in the health care management of expectant mothers exhibiting adverse fetal presentation (Pistolese 2002).  Our education at Palmer College of Chiropractic included the foundation and assessment of utilizing the Webster Technique.   Pre-natal chiropractic care sets the foundation for a healthy and vibrant life.

 

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Pistolese,  Richard A. “The Webster Technique: A chiropractic technique with obstetric implications “ Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics – July 2002 (Vol. 25, Issue 6, Pages E1-E9)