#27 – Dropping 420 lbs on your head at the Olympics. Can you imagine gold medalist weight lifter Matthias Steiner’s next Chiropractic visit… ‘hey doc, my neck’s sore and I’ve been getting these bad headaches. Think it could be my pillow?” The father of Chiropractic, D.D. Palmer recognized 3 ‘T’s as being the major cause of nerve interference (aka Subluxation):…
The answer has 2 parts: A subluxation is a misaligned vertebra that causes pressure on the nervous system. It affects the chemistry and degree of inflammation and muscular guarding in the area and its movement is restricted. A subluxation mechanically alters other parts of the spine. A compensation is a vertebral misalignment that results from a subluxation elsewhere. It…
What does it take to save a Life? Do you need to pull a helpless swimmer from the ocean or perform CPR on a drowning victim to qualify? Or can something as simple as sharing your Chiropractic story with others count too? If your story helps someone find a solution for their debilitating migraines…you just saved a Life. If your…
SO MUCH GETS OVER LOOKED WHEN LIFE IS LIVED AT A RAPID CLIP By Suchada Eickemeyer Last week I had the opportunity to attend a parenting conference with a breakout session in mindfulness. I expected deep breathing, but the first exercise was pretending to cut fingernails. Each person teamed up with a partner, determined who was the trimmer and who…
North America has evolved to a high tech, low touch health care system. In Canada and the U.S., we take more drugs and have more medical technology than anywhere else in the world. Yet most experts agree, our health is poor and declining. What are we missing? Most people in our country believe that being healthy and feeling good is…
It’s resolution time again! Like everyone, you’ve probably set goals to improve your lifestyle and get your health on track. The question is, are you hanging out with the right people to succeed? There’s a saying that goes ‘if you want to be happy, hang out with happy people.’ The same can be said for being HEALTHY. Ever notice the…
Fortune tellers read the life line in the palm of a client’s hand. Cardiologists interpret the blipping life lines of a patient’s EKG. But Chiropractors dedicate their work to the most important life line of them all… the spinal cord and its protective covering, the spine. The spine itself is an engineering marvel. Made up of articulating bones called vertebrae,…