5 Essentials
7 Strategies to Get and Stay Healthy During Cold Weather
People oftentimes incur more illnesses during the winter months. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu, common colds, respiratory illnesses, and viruses occur most often during the winter. You can’t completely eliminate your risk for illness, but you can incorporate these 7 strategies to minimize your chances of calling in […]
3 Steps to Wellness Through Chiropractic
Today I want to talk to you about how we can restore the cervical curve to help maximize the health and function of your brain and your nervous system. Many people put a strain on the spine that can actually change the alignment due to lifestyle stresses: emotionally, physically, and chemically. This is a condition […]
Goal Setting Not Working? Create a Healthy Process Instead
To create positive change in your health, or any area of your life, focus on problem solving strategies rather than obsessing over specific goals. We have all set goals that we have met and goals that have failed. I would like to introduce a concept that will help improve success and avoid the pitfalls of […]
Five Healthy Tips for Holiday Joy
Happiness is a strong indicator of overall well-being. Poor holiday traditions like excessive shopping and overeating can stress the body emotionally as well as physically. Feelings of holiday sadness, loneliness or even depression can develop as a result. The holiday season is a time for joy, love, and togetherness. Research continues to demonstrate that a positive, […]
Screen Time – How Too Much is Negatively Impacting Your Health
Gravity is constantly pressing down on your body, causing you to “slouch” or flex forward. So many of the habits that we have are “flexor dominant” further reinforcing poor posture habits. Flexor dominant posture habits include: “screen time” – looking down at your smartphone, lpad, or computer looking down while reading looking down while doing […]
Will You Do Whatever It Takes to Feel Better?
From the first time you or any patient walked into this office and throughout your care, one of the most important questions is what is your commitment to better health? My goal for you will always be a 10 out of 10 for lifetime family wellness. I know you may be thinking, “Ok Dr. […]
How Emotional Stress Can Increase Your Odds of Back Pain
People have no problem understanding how a physical stress, such as falling, lifting, or repeated motions, can cause damage to the spine and nervous system. On the other hand, chemical and emotional stresses may be a little more difficult to understand. The muscles and glands of the body are highly impacted by chemical factors. So […]
Why You Can’t Be Healthy Without a Healthy Spine
I would like to share with you a study describing the importance of proper posture and a healthy spine. This was a study published in the reputable Medical Journal of SPINE in 2005 and was done by a team of all Medical Doctors headed up by Dr. Steven Glassman. They measured posture in 752 subjects from […]
Proactive Health Care and the Road to Recovery
Today I want to talk to you about a very important principle when it comes to your health. Many people have been taught that they should base their health on how they look or how they feel. This is called reactive care. This is what medicine is based upon. You go to the doctor when […]
The Anti-Aging Benefits of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
One of the most widely publicized anti-aging hormones is human growth hormone (HGH). HGH is renowned for its ability to stimulate muscle development and bone growth, and fuel immune activity while switching your body into a potent fat burning machine. HGH is known to provide us with many other benefits as well, such as: Enhancing […]
