First of all, why adjust a joint? My principle answer is that we are mobilizing a joint that isn’t moving correctly. This lack of movement could be from a variety of reasons however often occurs from tight muscles limiting the joint movement (or in a chicken or the egg situation, could a “stuck” joint cause…
A pesticide named glyphosate has recently been reclassified as “probable carcinogen” by the World Health Organization (WHO). A very common pesticide called glyphosate (commerically called RoundUp) was classified as a likely carcinogen March 2015. A company called Monsanto makes a pesticide with this ingredient and is in full damage control to try to agrue this…
Aside from the fairly recent name change of Aspartame to Amino Sweet (I guess they needed new branding for some reason!) we have a new sweetener headed for our food The newest one is called: Allulose with a trademark name of “Dolcia Prima”. It also appears to have the name of Psicose. I haven’t…
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Mayo Clinic acknowledges statins can cause muscle pain. And interestingly, one cohort study showed HALF of the people had some degree of muscle pain termed broadly as Statin Associated Muscle Syndrome (SAMS). So why to other studies show 1-5% of the statin group with muscle issues? In part this will depend on the degree of signs/symptoms. …
This is exciting news which helps to show how far chiropractic has come. Harvard acknowledges chiropractic can help decrease pain. Gone are the days when MDs (medical doctors) and DCs (doctors of chiropractic) can’t work together. Chiropractic education has drastically changed and increased to rival MD graduate school and includes far more treatment options than adjusting. DCs are now trained…
If this isn’t proof that we vote with our dollar, I don’t know what is! Two recent stories have caught my eye that show companies have to pay attention to consumer trends/demands. 1. Nestle is eliminating artificial ingredients from products such as Butterfinger. Yes, it will still be junk food and unhealthy, however they are…
I teach at a local community college and we have a snow day so how do I spend it? Food documentaries of course! This post is a quick review of a documentary called Ingredients. I found this to be a great documentary that is informative while staying away from many hot-button issues that can divide…
Here is a pretty good main-stream article regarding the idea that nutrition can have on autoimmune and inflammatory conditions: Is the AutoImmune Paleo Diet Legit? The idea is that what we eat can direct our body to generate inflammatory signals or anti-inflammatory signals. You may have heard of the anti-inflammatory diet or Zone diet which have…
Here is an article released by the National Institute of Health which gives the astounding stat that an estimated 100 million people in the US live with chronic pain. We have roughly 300 million people in the US so we are talking about 1/3 of the population?! Degree of disability associated with the pain is going to…
It is exciting to see the CDC interested in nutrition as a way to truly prevent chronic disease. Here is an article (2014) that defines “Power House Fruits and Vegetables” (PFV). I find it interesting that they DO NOT include bananas, apples, corn, and potatoes since those are the fruits and vegetables I see most often…
This is upsetting. It appears that congress has made it possible to have government sponsored school lunches less healthy. Instead of working on the problems they give up. Yes, there are MANY challenges to changing the way someone eats. At schools this includes: The ability of the staff to cook fresh food Having the kitchen…
It can be a little depressing to go from sugar soda, to diet, and now to neither however it seems that is the way even mainstream medical centers are going. I haven’t been a fan of artificial sweeteners for quite a while and now it seems that idea is gaining support. Cleveland Clinic is one…
MRI used in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is usually one of those difficult diagnoses to both give and receive as a patient. Most of the diagnosis comes from subjective symptoms with very little objective measurements. There are some assessment forms but it would be nice to have something more diagnostic. There may…
Here is a great article pointing out some considerations that need to be talked about before a patient undergoes a procedure for a type of low back pain called facet syndrome. A facet is a joint in the low back that can cause non-radiating low back pain and it often is a part of spinal osteoarthritis. One type…
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