How Does This Happen?
The obvious causes of arm or leg pain include slips, jerks, jolts, and accidents. Less obvious are causes like, problems with circulation, arthritis, problems stemming from the spine, fractures, infections, and less commonly still, tumors.
What Can I do To Help Myself?
Usually ice is advisable. A classic home therapy involves the anagram R.I.C.E.
R [...]
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SYMPTOMS
o Dragging fatigue that gets worse as the day goes on
o Exhaustion at the end of the day
o Irritability, nervousness, and anxiety
o Depression, apathy
o Impaired memory and concentration (this is also known as “fibrofog”)
o Dizziness
o Headaches (often called migraines when they are sufficiently intense)
o Insomnia (difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or [...]
How do people become accident-prone? Is it just misfortune or, could there be a reason why certain people suffer accident after accident, through no apparent fault of their own?
Mild brain injuries from even low speed accidents are extremely common and often go undiagnosed by doctors. The brain is an especially fragile organ and when it’s [...]
Chiropractic and medicine are completely different. Medicine supposes there is something wrong with you. Their focus is to find out what’s wrong and either chop it out surgically, or cover the problem with drugs.
The chiropractor assumes there is a lot more right with you, than wrong. He knows the body can heal itself, and works [...]
Lie #1 If there is no damage to the car, that means the occupant(s) are fine.
This is simply not true. Science has shown that vehicular damage is not a good indicator of whether or not there are injuries. No damage to the vehicle often means all of the force in the collision was concentrated on [...]
The bartender of a high-end tavern next to my chiropractic clinic was talking to a small crowd of people gathered on the sidewalk. I walked past them on my way home and he called out saying, “you are an amazing person.” He then told everyone how he had just seen a man “crawl on his [...]
Sports Injury
How Does This Happen?
Athletes are incredibly committed to their sport and want to keep playing, even when they’re injured and should rest. Although some injuries can be stabilized or resolved by sports activities, the majority cannot.
What Can I do To Help Myself?
Your pain is a warning sign that you probably should rest. Other self-care [...]
If you train with people who are as good as you are, you will progress slowly. If you train with people who are slower or weaker than you, you will become slower and weaker. If you can put your ego aside and train with people who you know are fitter than you are, you will [...]
We’ve all heard the saying “no pain-no gain”, especially when it comes to personal training and exercise programs. What if you discovered that you could substantially improve your athletic abilities with one simple step that could eliminate pain, improve your performance, and make your training a breeze? Millions of today’s recreational and professional athletes, who [...]
Life flows through you from above, down, inside and out. Naturally and abundantly your body works constantly to renew you and heal you. Much like water that flows down a mountain, your nervous system flows energy to provide for life itself. As long as there is no interference with this flow of life force, you [...]
I was involved in an accident that caused lifelong injuries. If I had known more about whiplash, I would have sought proper care from a qualified doctor right away. Unfortunately, no one told me that whiplash symptoms could come on slowly, weeks and months after an accident. The forces generated during accidents are great and [...]
How many days have you lost to lower back pain? How many activities have you missed out on? Isn’t it time you find out what you can do about it? What if you could live your life with a strong and healthy back? What if you felt so well, you finally lost the nagging fear [...]
Since the moment of your conception, you were a miracle! Two tiny cells created the blueprint for who you are today. Your body’s “Inborn Intelligence” differentiated these cells into highly specialized heart, lung, and eye cells helping you to become a unique human being in the world.
This process was perfectly timed and orchestrated by your [...]
Whether it’s collagen injections, colostrums pills or Viagra, the search for the secret to youthful looks and an active life appears to be a lifelong one for baby boomers.
Certainly some of these powerful potions, pills and lotions are effective in reducing the outward appearance of aging, but what about the inward appearance? What’s [...]
There are a lot of ugly models, but how can it be? Ugly, and still a model. It takes a lot more than a pretty face to be a model. Mostly it’s about a transference of feelings and it’s done through posture and movement. The best models see chiropractors to work on their posture and look [...]