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Chiropractors Don't Just Relieve Pain 

10/31/2012

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Every organ, tissue and cell has a nerve supply.  The brain sends messages out to every part of our bodies and also receives feedback from every part.  This allows the body to function properly in every aspect.  If there is an organism intruding on the body, messages are sent to the brain and the signals are sent to the white bloods cells to attack.  In order to stand, walk, balance, read, digest food, keep the heart beating, lungs breathing, we need the nervous system.   There is not a function that goes on in the body without the nervous system being involved.
We as Chiropractors know that by realigning the spine, we remove interferences that may speed up or slow down the messages that get through from the brain to the spinal cord, to all parts of the body and back again.  If there is a subluxation ( a misalignment of a vertebra from the one above and/or below) present, it can change the message as it passes from the spinal cord to the body.  This can change the organs, tissues and cells that are supplied by that nerve.  For instance, if the nerve that supplies the heart was interfered with due to a subluxation, your heart may not get the proper message to function properly.  Does that mean that you would have a heart attack from this misalignment?  Not necessarily, but if you have heart issues, you definitely want the nerve supply to your heart to be as clear and as close to one hundred percent function as possible.   And by all means, if you are having a heart attack, of course, you would go to the emergency room, not your chiropractor's office!  But it would also be a great idea to see your chiropractor after you recover from you heart attack.  Removing any interference would help in the healing process. 
And that's what Chiropractors are in the business of doing; assisting you in healing, enhancing the healing process with many different natural, non invasive techniques, and helping you stay healthy.  We empower our patients to live a healthier, happier, fulfilled life.


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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

10/25/2012

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Wikapedia's definition of Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is "an entrapment median neuropathy, causing paresthesia, pain, numbness, and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the wrist in the carpal tunnel. The pathophysiology is not completely understood but can be considered compression of the median nerve traveling through the carpal tunnel.[1]

In my experience, patients have symptoms of pain before they actually have numbness.  They can have pain in the wrist and/or forearm.  The numbness is one of the last stages, when the inflammation has encroached on the small space where the median nerve runs.
Carpal Tunnel can be treated with therapeutic massage, Acupuncture, ice and B6.  I start with deep tissue massage techniques and have the patient ice at home.  If this does not resolve the issue, the next step is acupuncture and B6.  So far, I have not had a patient that needed surgery.  There have even been some cases where the patient was scheduled for surgery and was able to cancel.  Every case is different, and not everyone can avoid surgery, but if it were me, my family or friends, I would try this before surgery.  If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.  I always offer a free consultation.

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Can Statin Drugs Increase Cardiovascular Disease?

10/15/2012

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Is Your Supplement Giving You Enough Nutrition?

10/1/2012

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More and more we hear that we  Americans eat plenty of food, but we are still starving.   In other words, we are overfed and undernourished.  We are not eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables, and the foods we do eat have been stripped of their nutritional value.  The same goes for our supplements.

The supplements available are abundant, diverse, and overwhelming, But they can also be nutritionally insufficient.  Where did the nutrients in your vitamin come from?   The best multivitamin nutrition is whole food supplements.  That means that whole foods are concentrated into a supplement so that all the nutrients from the food are intact, and are replacing the missing nutrients from our diets. 

Most multivitamins available are not from whole foods.  They are single vitamins in large amounts, not the entire food complex, and not from whole foods.  If you want the most effective multivitamin supplement,  look for a whole food supplement.  The one I use and recommend is Catalyn, by Standard Process.  For further information, feel free to contact me.  I always offer free consultations, and I am available for questions.
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