The Basler Blog

Oct 01
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Posture

By | Benefits of Chiropractic, Ear Infections

Posture

The word posture plays a huge role in our day to day lives.  A seemingly small thing that adds up over time.  For some we assume proper posture is sticking the chest out and holding our head up straight.  This definitely plays a role, yet there are more important factors that directly affect this.  When referring to posture we are talking about our spine.  Our spine encases and protects our most important component of our body, our nerve system.  When looking at someone from the front they should have no curves in their body (spinal curvatures that is).  When viewing somebody from the side though, there should be three spinal curvatures.  We have to remember that gravity effects us our entire life (kind of an important thing), and hose spinal curvatures serve to act as giant shock absorber’s as we go through life.posture

What plagues our overall posture?  The most notorious factor that can wreak havoc on our everyday posture is sitting.  Sitting distorts and imposes improper weight upon our spine which has a direct correlation on how our body functions.  This is due to the fact that when our nerve system has improper curvatures our entire body works differently.  Think of it this way, telephone poles are usually straight so that they can send messages back and forth without disturbance.  When a telephone line is down, there is no communication to be delivered.  A downed power line is similar to that of a subluxation.  A subluxation is when a spinal bone moves and applies direct pressure upon a nerve thus disturbing the flow of communication from your brain to your body.  Improper posture creates dysfunction within the entire body because your communication is inhibited.  Poor posture over time can create such disturbances as subluxations.  

Subluxations are re-occurring downed power lines that disrupts your entire body.  Improper posture over time can maintain and support these subluxations in a negative way.  This occurs by your body giving you signs and symptoms to let you know that something is WRONG.  Specific chiropractic adjustments will and do help correct posture by removing the interference (subluxation), thus allowing your body to maintain proper function.  

 

Sep 23
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The Fight Of Metabolism

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

The constant fight of maintaining or decreasing our metabolism is a huge factor for many.  We can all understand and rationalize that as we gain in age that things begin to slow down, and one of those is our metabolism.  Individuals that are in their middle-ages or not even out of high school yet should not have to suffer with fluctuating metabolism problems.  Realizing that our current trend in society to a more sedentary lifestyle with fast food for three meals a day does play a role in this.  Diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices are all variables to consider when talking about metabolism.  The fight of metabolism that we are going to address here is centered on our hormones and specifically our nerve system control.  Addressing the changes your body makes in metabolism without a clear and connected nerve system.metabolism

Ask about three people you know if they or somebody they know has a problem with their thyroid gland.  Most likely you will come out with 100% participation of someone suffering with thyroid dysfunction.  Metabolism is directly proportional to how your thyroid gland is functioning and receiving clear communication from your nerve system.  If there is stress placed on the body via some sort of physical, chemical, or emotional stress then your body will slow down its overall function.  Stress placed on the nerve system will slow digestion, metabolism, hormones, and cellular function (among other things).  Your entire physiology will drastically change when your nerve system is not optimally functioning.  

Chiropractic recognizes that your entire body needs to function at its optimal potential.  By removing stress placed on your nerve system, you are able to function the way you are supposed to.  A disturbance in the nerve that regulates and controls your thyroid gland is directly correlated with metabolism.  Now, just to clarify we are not saying we are going to change your weight and instantly lose fifty pounds.  Chiropractic care will remove the disturbance placed on your nerve system which will allow your body to begin to heal.  Allowing proper connection from nerve to gland and gland to nerve is essential for any component of the body.

Sep 10
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Pediatric Chiropractic Care

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

Why is pediatric chiropractic care important?  The simplest reason being is that they have a nerve system as well!  To expand this approach on pediatric chiropractic care we dive into a quick snapshot of chiropractic.  Chiropractic is a noninvasive form of health care that seeks to keep individuals healthy without medication, surgery etc.  Every human experience we encounter has to be processed via our nerve system.  Any incoming data from the environment has to be perceived via your nerve system and any outgoing data has to be organized via your nerve system.  Pressure upon a nerve (pinched nerve) is called a subluxation.  A subluxation limits the potential of your body by causing a disconnection from your brain to your vital organs, cells, tissues, glands, everything.  Chiropractic removes the pressure from the nerve so your body is able to stay connected and function at your optimal potential.

pediatric chiropractic care

Now that we have a quick understanding of chiropractic, let’s head to our main topic of pediatric chiropractic care.  Pediatric chiropractic care is vitally important due to the fact that an infant’s spine will double in size in their first two years of life!  The spine serves to protect the most important system in the body, the nerve system.  What are most infants doing during their first years of life?  They are sitting, crawling, walking, climbing, and most likely falling down in some sort of fashion.  These are just some of the possible physical stressors that can cause a subluxation in an infant.  As they continue to grow their spine begins to take shape and develop the three curvatures that sustain life.  Pediatric chiropractic care allows early detection of possible subluxation’s that limit our child’s potential.

Realize that a subluxation is not something you can just spot that stands out like a “Stop” sign along the road.  Subluxations are deep and nasty things that sometimes take years to fully manifest.  Possible signs and symptoms can be delayed milestones, difficult or painful latching, frequent spitting up, colic, etc.  Pediatric chiropractic care limits the interference in the nerve system so our children can grow to their maximum potential.

Aug 13
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Healthy Spine Care

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

Healthy Spine Care

Spine care is usually a topic that appears for individuals only when they begin to suffer from some sort of neck or lower back pain.  Ultimately, we need to realize that taking care of our body begins with a healthy spine.  Your spine is the structure that supports and protects your central nerve system.  Everything you do in life is directly correlated with how your nerve system functions.  For instance, as we continue to grow older you will notice some of the elderly population with rounded backs, walking around looking at the ground.  How did this posture distortion start?  This process is due to improper spine care.  The brain sends its messages to all parts of the body through the spine.  The spine needs to be free and clear of obstacles in it’s way to ensure you are functioning at your optimal potential.  When a nerve becomes irritated, due to improper posture of your spine, your body begins to fight.  Improper muscle tension will develop, dysfunction to your vital organs, cells, tissues, and glands will begin.  This is the first stage and when you should recognize that something is wrong.  Your body will give you the signs and symptoms to notice dysfunction, it is your responsibility to act!

Spine care is essential to maintain a healthy functioning body.  A subluxation is what chiropractors find and adjust if necessary.  A subluxation is when a spinal bone moves out of alignment and wreaks havoc on your nerve system.  The reason being is that your spine is the information highway from your body to your brain and visa versa.  Proper spine care is making sure your spine is clear and free of subluxations, which in turn ensures keeping the communication open.

Measuring ones health can be categorized into posture.  It’s the ripple effect, improper posture leads to dysfunction in the nerve system; and the nerve system regulates and controls ALL!  Proper spine care is not a fad or a trend nor is your health.  Get checked for possible subluxations that are affecting your health.

Check out the “Text Neck” posture.

Aug 10
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More Than Just Back And Neck Pain

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

More Than Just Back And Neck Pain

Back and neck pain are typically synonymous with anything chiropractic.  This thought process is very self-limiting and restricts why individuals actually come to the chiropractor.  Back and neck pain are issues to be concerned about, it is the underlying issue that needs to be focused on.  Your nerve system is your master controller of your entire body, when you have a bad experience in life such as back and neck pain you have to “blame” your nerves.  Superficially along your muscles you will feel tension, fatigue, and often knots in your muscles.  This is not normal to feel this way for extended periods of time!  This chronic fatigue and tension that you “feel” in your muscles has to start from somewhere, and more importantly has to have a reason.  If the tension and fatigue goes on for a prolonged period of time you will eventually develop back and neck pain.

All of this discomfort is produced from your nerve system.  Let’s use a common example such as sitting down and on the computer for extended periods of the day.  Sitting down and compromising “normal” curvatures of the spine by forward head position adds up over time.  Having an improper posture for extended periods of the day creates misalignment in the spine.  Misalignment creates nerve dysfunction.  Nerve dysfunction is called a subluxation, which results in improper communication between your brain and the rest of your body.  Surrounding muscles can become tight, sensitive, tense, or may even spasm.  Soft tissue will tend to swell resulting in inflammation which causes damage to your body.  Then, just then after this goes on for some time you finally have back and neck pain.  Subluxation’s are silent in nature and go on for years just like cavities in your teeth!  That is why regular chiropractic check-ups are essential for your overall health!

Health is simple, you need to listen to your body and do what it tells you!  Do not let pain be a determining factor if you are healthy or not!  Have your nerve checked before the back and neck pain set in!

 

Jun 23
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Walk In Chiropractic

By | Benefits of Chiropractic

Walk In Chiropractic

Who’s a “walk in” chiropractic?  It’s not a who, but a what!  At Carlson Chiropractic Offices we are able to allow people to call unexpectedly and provide walk in chiropractic care.  Now, we should establish some ground rules first.  The reason we have this option available is because everyone is living life, and sometimes your nerves do some crazy things.  You never know when to expect the unexpected.  There are certain office procedures that are required, new paperwork, consultation, neurological assessment,  and X-ray images to access the integrity of the spinal column.  All of these procedures are required and performed for individuals who have scheduled an appointment beforehand.  The number one reason why we provide walk in chiropractic is because you can never be too “busy” to provide health care for families.

Walk in chiropractic is more of a saying than an event these days.  Most individuals will Google something and call a chiropractic office and schedule a new appointment the same day and that is considered walk in chiropractic.  Guess what?  That works!  Now, if it just so happens that we do have a walk in, during a time in our schedule that is not ideal what happens?  IF we are not able to give you the time that you need and deserve, we happen to know a lot of other chiropractors that are willing to help.  There really is not a lot you can say about walk in chiropractic.  Our goal and our intention is to provide specific chiropractic care for everyone that gives us the opportunity.  Opportunity is always available here at Carlson Chiropractic Offices.  We are in the office and helping others Monday – Saturday in the Kalispell, MT community.

May 19
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The Known Tunnel Of Carpal Tunnel

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

The Known Tunnel Of Carpal Tunnel

Carpal tunnel we think is going to occur in most everyone who has some sort of desk job where typing is happening at an accelerated rate.  Carpal tunnel syndrome can be very debilitating and leads most to have some sort of surgery.  The surgery that is performed usually consists of some sort of “cutting” that releases pressure from a nerve!?  This has to be an amazing concept here.  Chiropractic accesses nerve dysfunction and then removes pressure (stress) from the nerve by performing specific adjustments.  What seems to be the difference between carpal tunnel surgery and seeing a chiropractor.  Well that’s a HUGE list!  Let’s see what our surgery is going to do.  You will have some ligament removed/cut to “remove” pressure off of the median nerve.  Then scar tissue will develop and this process will more than likely have to be repeated.  If your aim is to remove the symptoms than this is your proper choice.

Chiropractic and carpal tunnel seeks to go after the cause of your dysfunction.  “A study published in the British Medical Journal the Lancet found evidence of cervical neuritis (nerve irritation) in over 70% of all carpal tunnel syndrome patients.”  It is very safe to say that you have to look to the spine first when addressing carpal tunnel and any diagnosis for that matter.  Restoring proper communication to the wrist begins with addressing the spine.  Having a surgery to the wrist is one thing, kind of like putting a bandage on things.  Having specific chiropractic adjustments to the cervical region and wrist is the optimal road to choose in order to allow your body to heal.  Allow your nerve system to be connected from top down will enable your signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel to diminish by addressing the causative factors.  Have your nerves checked.

 

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 14
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The Quick “Fix” Of A Disc Bulge

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

The Quick “Fix” Of A Disc Bulge

This entire premise of a quick “fix” for a disc bulge is very condescending.  Disc bulge, disc herniation, disc out place, disc fixated, whatever or however you try to spin it, more than likely will have the same outcome.  One of the quick fixes currently available is to have a lumbar fusion.  Lumbar fusion will result in joining the lumbar vertebrae above and below the disc bulge.  So, the areas above and below the lumbar fusion will be working over-time to compensate for the fusion.  One could have a discectomy, which would completely remove the disc all together.  One could replace the disc bulge with an artificial disc, just like a hip replacement.  One can administer cortisone shots to their body, which will turn you into a super-hero for a short while, but possibly make things worse for you in the long run.

It seems like there are lots of options for the quick “fix” when it comes to the disc bulge.  Chiropractic is not a quick “fix.”  Chiropractic isn’t trying to cure your disc bulge, instead it is allowing your body to heal.  Healing does take time, and does allow your body to become stronger.  If you have suffered an injury to your disc, Chiropractic is not going to make it worse.  We cannot blow a balloon up, pop it, and then blow it back up again and pop it again.  The damage is already done.  Specific chiropractic care that is rendered to your area of nerve dysfunction is important to maintain your injury to make sure you are able to function!  A subluxation (nerve dysfunction, pinched nerve, or whatever you want to call it) is when the vertebra misaligns on the disc.  If a subluxation is persistent and chronic for a prolonged period of time, the disc will become vulnerable to injury.  Abnormal weight bearing on the disc leads to injury.  If you don’t get the subluxation checked, and adjusted if necessary, you could end up with a disc bulge.  Guess what?  The subluxation will still be there making things worse.  Have your nerves checked.

 

 

Mar 31
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My Kids Chiropractor

By | ADHD, Benefits of Chiropractic

My Kids Chiropractor

Kids don’t need a chiropractor, hopefully no one ever said.  They do not seem to express neck and back pain like adults do, so I guess no chiropractor.  Low back and neck pain are the least of our concerns when dealing with our children.  As a parent your top priority is that your child stays healthy and develops accordingly.  “My kids chiropractor can help my child with normal development?”  Yes!  You see, your kid’s chiropractor does not need to give them shots, a round of antibiotics, or some artificial tubes just to make you “think” they are getting stronger.  Your kid’s chiropractor is the only one who specializes in removing misalignment’s in the spine that have a direct affect on your child’s nerve system function.  If we want our children to remain healthy and develop accordingly, proper nerve system function is required.

“My kid’s chiropractor helps my kids with their immune system.”  Remember, a proper nerve system has a direct affect on every other system in the body.  If your kid starts missing fewer sick days at school, has improved concentration and mood, prevents improper spinal curvatures, oh, and decreased pain, that’s a good thing!  The greatest medicine that we can teach our children to use, is NOT to use it and to instead, rely directly on their body.  As more kids are diagnosed with sensory processing disorders, ADHD, autism, and asthma, we neglect the true principal that has withstood the test of time: the body when given a chance can HEAL on it’s own.  My kids chiropractor can give your kid a fighting chance, with results.  The life energy of our body flows from the brain, down the spinal cord, throughout the nerves, and to every organ, cell, tissue, and gland.  Misalignment’s in the spine cause disturbance, which then wreak havoc on the nerve system.  Keep the nerve system clear of interference and have your kids checked for misalignments.    “My kids chiropractor can help your kids!”  

Great and interesting reading material focused on kids chiropractic: Click Me.