An interesting article caught my eye today: DNA Repair and Chiropractic
We all know that keeping the body functioning at an optimal level by maintaining healthy nerve pathways is imperative. Well, here’s another reason to stay tuned up.
According to this Swedish study, “those patients who were under longer term chiropractic care had statistically significant higher antioxidant [...]
Do you take anti-inflammatory drugs?
Why?
Are you aware that they are not an analgesic (pain killer) as such? They are designed to reduce the inflammation process due to an injury or similar. Inflammation is swelling and redness, usually because the blood supply to an area has increased in an effort to deal with an irritant and [...]
Here in Australia, it’s national Chiropractic Care Week May 18-24.
The focus this year is on the theme “It’s not just back pain. It’s the Big Picture.”
Visit the website of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia [link here] to get more information.
Remember, poor spinal health can affect all areas of life.
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If you suffer from heartburn and/or gastric reflux, you know just how painful it is and how it makes you feel so bad! You’ll try just about anything. That’s why there is such a huge market for Alka-Seltzer and tums and quickeze and other over-the-counter antacids. Not to mention the prescription medications! They are all [...]
Pandemic? What’s a pandemic?
Pandemic: An epidemic (a sudden outbreak) that becomes very widespread and affects a whole region, a continent, or the world. As against an epidemic, which affects more than the expected number of cases of disease occurring in a community or region during a given period of time. A [...]
Two quick notes for today:
BetterSpines.com is officially two years old!
And, in Brazil recently, the Chiropractic profession won a ruling preventing them from harassment by physical therapists. The therapists were claiming that Chiropractic was a physiotherapy technique, not a profession in its own right! And that Chiropractors were illegally practicing physiotherapy. Funny isn’t it. The medical [...]
So there you are. Sudden pain to the front of the chest. Real pain. It comes and goes. What do you do?
You get yourself to the E.R., that’s what you do. No second guessing, no what-ifs, ands or buts. Go straight to the E.R. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $100.
They take blood, monitor [...]
Discusses the best sleeping positions and pillows for a good nights’ sleep.
We do know don’t we that we should NEVER EVER be a belly sleeper. Almost guaranteed to disrupt the normal curve of the cervical spine. Rather we should sleep on our side or back. The normal curve of the neck is towards the front. [...]
Discusses the college training of a Doctor of Chiropractic.
Chiropractic education, despite many misconceptions, is in fact comparable with that of medical doctors. As discussed previously in Yes, Chiropractors are real Doctors, the college and clinical hours required are astonishing to most people. The above video describes better than I could the rigorous requirements to become [...]
Watch this; ” Back Pain Urban” - it’s quick and good!
This is the fourth in the series addressing back care myths.
This is a popular myth: Do nothing. Go to bed until you feel better.
Surprisingly, this is a really bad idea. Too much rest can actually be detrimental to the healing process. Research has shown that [...]
