1/22/2018 1 Comment Flu Fighters - NaturalAs soon as you start feeling run down or have other flu-like symptoms, such as headache, body aches, chills and fever, take these herbs and vitamin products that support immune function and fight virus and feel like yourself again.
Oscillococcinum works naturally with your body to reduce the duration and severity of flu-like symptoms. Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic product. Homeopathy is a system of medicine established in the 19th century by a German physician named Samuel Hahnemann. Its basic principles are that "like treats like" and "potentiation through dilution." For example, in homeopathy, influenza would be treated with an extreme dilution of a substance that normally causes influenza when taken in high doses. Sambucol, a black elderberry extract, appears to short-circuit flu symptoms, a new study shows. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans and can be used by adults and children from 4 years old. Sambucol was developed by a world renowned scientist who recognized the potential of the antioxidants present in the Black Elderberry. The unique preparation method for the standardized Black Elderberry Extract used in Sambucol preserves and maximizes the naturally occurring health benefits of the berry. Sambucol has been laboratory tested and the benefits published in international clinical trials. Sambucol has been used by millions of people worldwide. Emergen-C Immune Plus® System Support with Vitamin D
Antioxidants - Vitamin C, zinc, and manganese are essential nutrients for maintaining a healthy antioxidant response. Larch arabinogalactan Arabinogalactan is a starch-like chemical that is found in many plants, but it is found in highest concentrations in Larch trees. It is used for infections, including the common cold, flu, H1N1(swine) flu, ear infections in children, and HIV/AIDS. Beta glucans are sugars that are found in the cell walls of bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, lichens, and plants, such as oats and barley. They are sometimes used as medicine. Beta glucans are used for high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
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11/1/2017 0 Comments Just BreatheNewborn had trouble breastfeeding. One gentle chiro adjustment and she could turn her head to the breast just fine! #breastfeeding #newborn
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American productivity is the envy of the world. But there are limits. What are the real costs of pushing employees to produce more and more, without regular employee health maintenance? (Not early detection, but REAL HEALTH PROMOTION? It make sense FISCALLY for a corporation to maintain optimum productivity of their workers. To do that a corporation needs to:
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Chiropractic keys to worker health maintenance
* If there is interference in the phone system, the call won’t go through. If there is interference in the nervous system, the BRAIN cannot talk to the BODY. The brain is the body's control system. If its control system is deficient, the body is not going to function optimally. **Chiropractic adjustments remove irritation in the nervous system. Many chiropractic patients report increased ability to concentrate after being adjusted. 1/17/2017 2 Comments Chiropractic for Foot HealthAs with the rest of the skeletal system, the joints of the feet can become stuck in an abnormal position. This changes the biomechanics of the foot, causing pain. My patients frequently report a dramatic decrease in foot pain after just a few adjustments. The good news is foot joints usually stabilize very quickly and don't need a lot of chiropractic care. Even one or two visits can make a dramatic difference. In the past, I have adjusted a patient's feet only if they complained of foot pain. But I noticed last year that patients who received a foot adjustment needed fewer knee, hip and spinal adjustments! A light bulb went on. Of course! The feet are the foundation for everything above! So now I check every patient's feet, on every visit. Chiropractic is not what people usually turn to for foot pain...but perhaps they should! When people think about foot health, they normally look to good shoes with strong arch support. But really this is like wearing a back brace all the time; it weakens the arches of the feet causing them to fall even further than before. Just as any other muscles needs exercise, so do the foot muscles. Arch weakness can lead to hammer toes, plantar fascitis, heel spurs, achilles tendonitis and other foot pain. Women often cram their feet into shoes forcing the toes together. This weakens the muscles that spread the toes, eventually causing the large and/or small toes to turn inward causing bunions. To address foot strength, I often recommend yoga sandals along with chiropractic care. Schedule your first visit or a complimentary consultation online. Yoga Sandals for Foot StrengthA number of years ago, a 76 year old female patient taught me about yoga sandals. Her hammer toes were completely resolved simply by walking in them regularly. I was amazed and after doing some research I learned that yoga sandals spread your toes and as you walk in them you strengthen the muscles of your feet including the arches. I don't sell yoga sandals, but I have been recommending them for several years to my patients. My patients report that they love yoga sandals and find them comfortable. Best of all, yoga sandals along with chiropractic care dramatically reduces foot pain by keeping the feet strong. They come in women's and men's sizes and are quite stable to walk in. I can even run after my dog while wearing them! For about $35 per pair, I consider them a great investment in the health of your feet. Below: A patient testimonial describing how wearing yoga sandals a few times per week for 1 to 1.5 years cured a bunion. 8/23/2016 1 Comment Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - Chiropractic and other Promising New Approaches Chiropractic and ASD
Although there is no known cause for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) some researchers have discovered that the atlas, or top vertebra of the neck, is often slipped laterally in children with ASD (1). Because of its proximity to the brain-stem, removing any interference at that level will lower the overall stress in a child's nervous system. For all children, but especially for those with ASD, a gentle, safe chiropractic method is paramount. Activator Chiropractic is the most safe, gentle and effective chiropractic technique. Underlying Cause of ASD? Much of the latest research associated with ASD points to this waterfall effect: Problem-Eating Behaviors --> Poor Nutrition --> Abnormal Gut Bacteria (dysbiosis) --> Leaky Gut Syndrome --> Food sensitivities --> Altered brain function caused by a.) Inflammation (Immune reaction to sensitivities/allergies) b.) Brain sensitive chemicals produced by "bad" bacteria (2) New Treatment Shows Positive Results The onset of autism is often accompanied by GI complaints and preceded by antibiotic use. Both of these indicate an abnormal gut microbiome (bacteria populating gut). In a recent study 13 children with autism were analyzed and compared with nine children without the disease. The children with autism were found to have similar bacterial populations. Two of the children with autism underwent Fecal Microbiota Transplant Therapy, where their gut was implanted with bacteria from a healthy person. Both children showed improvement in their autistic symptoms. Five children with autism who received daily probiotics Bacteroidetes and Clostridia for several weeks, also showed improvement in symptoms. (3) Reduce Toxin Exposure Research showns that sensitivities to environmental toxins, food additives and certain foods is associated with ASD. Avoiding toxins is a good idea for all of us, but critical for those with sensitive systems such as those with ASD. Easier said that done as we live in a soup of chemical irritants such as car exhaust, pesticides, fertilizers and cleaners. But it is possible to reduce the toxic load by using natural products around the house, avoiding processed foods and eating whole organic foods. (4) Simple Detoxification: To support the liver's detoxification pathways, drink lots of water, especially lemon water and eat cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, rutabaga, turnips, bok choy, and Chinese cabbage, arugula, horse radish, radish, wasabi, and watercress. Avoid Inflammatory Foods The greatest source of inflammation in all people, regardless of their sensitivity is spikes in blood sugar - either low blood sugar or high blood sugar. Avoid sugary foods including fruit juices. Whole fruits are OK because they are slightly slower to digest. Food allergies and food sensitivities also cause inflammation. To identify food allergies and sensitivities, a blood test or elimination diet are both helpful. The two most common food sensitivities are dairy and wheat. So those are the first to experiment with eliminating. But it's important to make sure the child is getting enough calcium, either through supplementation or eating lots of green leafy vegetables.(4) Digestive Enzymes Digestive enzymes are produced in the gut and increase the speed of breakdown of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Taking additional digestive enzymes that break down gluten and dairy may decrease inflammation and increase nutrient absorption.(4) Supplementation Because many children with ASD have poor nutrition due to problem-eating behaviors, supplementation with these specific nutrients has been shown to be helpful: Omega-3 fatty acids, multivitamins, vitamin D3, vitamin B-complex and magnesium (4). Probiotics Children who received a supplement of the bacteria Bacteroidetes and Clostridia showed an improvement in autism symptoms.(3) The phylum Bacteroidetes are widely distributed in the environment, including in soil, sediments, and sea water, as well as in the guts and on the skin of animals. Clostridia are also widely found in soil. So supplementation of these probiotics is unnecessary if the child is allowed to play in the dirt and have a pet! Antibiotics kill beneficial gut bacteria, so restoring the microbiome is best done by increasing the foods that bacteria need to grown - fiber. Then allow the child to be exposed to the earth and animals. Melatonin An estimated 50% to 80% of children with autism spectrum disorders suffer from sleep difficulties (5). Several studies have found that people with autism have lower levels of melatonin than those without autism (6). An review of 18 studies of people with autism (mostly children between the ages of 2- 18) found that melatonin supplementation (in doses ranging from 0.75 mg to 25 mg daily) significantly improved the time it took to fall asleep and sleep duration, and, in some individuals, also improved daytime behavior (6). Overcoming Problem-Eating Parents must first arm themselves with information then find strategies that assure their child is getting adequate nutrition. Research shows that specific methods are helpful including a sequential oral sensory approach or an applied behavior-analytic approach.(7) By managing nutrition and sensitivities parents are the first line of defense in the effort to reduce the symptoms of autism. (8) (1) Austism: A chirorpactic perspective, Jennings J., Clinical Chiropractic, March 2006 (2) Gut Bacteria May Play a Role in Autism, Scientific American: 2014 (3) Fecal microbiota transplantation: past, present and future, Aroniadis O., Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, January 2013 (4) Autism Spectrum Disorder — Research Suggests Good Nutrition May Manage Symptoms, Privett D., Today’s Dietitian, January 2013 (5) Melatonin for Sleep in Children with Autism: A Controlled Trial Examining Dose, Tolerability, and Outcomes, Malow J., Autism Dev Disord, 2013 (6) Melatonin in autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Rossignol, Dev Med Child Neurol, 2011 (7) A comparison of a modified sequential oral sensory approach to an applied behavior-analytic approach in the treatment of food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders, Peterson K., Applied Behavioral Analysis, 23 July 2016, . (8) Effects of Behavioral Skills Training on Parental Treatment of Children's Food Selectivity, Seiverling L., J Appl Behav Anal., 2012 Spring 8/19/2016 1 Comment ​Chiropractic Saves MoneyJournal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapy, May 2007; 30(4): 263–269, Richard L. Sarnat, MD, James Winterstein, DC, Jerrilyn A. Cambron, DC, PhD This study analyzed clinical and cost utilization data for an integrative medicine association whose primary care physicians were exclusively doctors of chiropractic. Clinical and cost utilization based on 70,274 member-months over a 7-year period demonstrated decreases of 60.2% in-hospital admissions, 59.0% less hospital days, 62.0% less outpatient surgeries and procedures, and 85% less pharmaceutical costs when compared with conventional medicine performance for the same HMO product in the same geography and time frame. 7/19/2016 0 Comments Chiropractic Lowers Blood PressureThe above headline comes from a March 16, 2007 article on WebMD. The article is based on a study done at the Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center and published in the March 2, 2007 issue of the Journal of Human Hypertension. In this study, 50 patients with hypertension were divided into two groups of 25 each. One group of 25 received a specific light force chiropractic adjustment (administered by a chiropractor) to the Atlas vertebrae (uppermost bone in the neck). The other group of 25 received a similar procedure but with no adjustment being given. Researchers called this procedure the "sham adjustment". Since the type of adjustment given was very light force, the patients involved in this study did not know if they were receiving the real or sham adjustments. The results were surprising to even the medical researchers conducting the study. After 8 weeks of care the 25 people in the group receiving the real chiropractic adjustments all showed a significant reduction in blood pressure compared to the group that received the sham adjustment. Those patients who got the real adjustment showed an average of 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average of 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number) over those who got the fake or sham adjustment. In his interview with WebMD, study leader George Bakris, MD commented, "This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination. And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems." |
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