General Health

Greater Community through Chiropractic

Since chiropractic adjustments enhance the individual to increase the life expression of the body and mind, a community effect is generated from every adjustment. This is an important fact given the concern we all have about our children’s choices in life. The emotional state in which a child lives has an enormous impact on the quality of their decisions in their everyday lives. If the nervous system is given the benefit of optimal function, then we can rest assured that our children’s mental and emotional acuity will be more readily available for them to make safe, wise decisions, since the nervous system facilitates all their mental and emotional processes.… Read the rest!

Resolution of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Following Chiropractic Care

The Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research published a case study on June 11, 2018, showing chiropractic facilitating the resolution of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The study begins by reports that ADHD is one of the most common psychological disorders in children. The study also notes that ADHD cannot be diagnosed in an adult because the diagnostic reference book used to classify metal illnesses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5), which states that ADHD must be diagnosed before the age of 12 for it to be considered a true state of the disorder.… Read the rest!

Resolution of Severe Migraines Following Chiropractic Care

The Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research published a case study on May 7, 2018, documenting the resolution of severe hemiplegic migraines after chiropractic care. Hemiplegic migraine is a rare and severe form of migraine headache.

The American Migraine Foundation describes the condition as, “Hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine where people experience weakness on one side of their body (hemiplegia) in addition to the migraine headache attack.… Read the rest!

The Nervous System

The human brain is remarkable. In comparison to other animals, the brain is seven times bigger than it should be for the size of the body. During evolution, it enlarged in a rather short amount of time allowing humans to surpass other primates.

Researchers now have insight into the human advantage and ways to optimize the brain. We will explore these findings as well as the intricate functions of the nervous system.… Read the rest!

Can We Talk About Symptoms?

Most of us were raised following what has been called “the medical model” – if I feel good I’m healthy and if I feel bad I’m sick. A simplification, but you get the idea.

If there is anything that modern science has shown us it’s that such a statement is completely false.

So what is the key to health? If we could put health into a formula, it might look something like this:

Health = wholeness + function + time.… Read the rest!

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Most of us were raised following what has been called “the medical model” – if I feel good I’m healthy and if I feel bad I’m sick. A simplification, but you get the idea.

If there is anything that modern science has shown us it’s that such a statement is completely false.

So what is the key to health? If we could put health into a formula, it might look something like this:

Health = wholeness + function + time.… Read the rest!