Archive for April 2010
April 30, 2010
[originally published in KCN, April 2010] On January 12, 2010, the world reached out to the people of Haiti following their catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake that reduced the entire capital city of Port-au-Prince to rubble and ruin. Unfortunately much of the relief aid was slow to arrive due to damaged transportation facilities and chaos. But that [...]
Categories: relief/disaster efforts
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, disaster efforts, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Earthquake, Haiti, Haitian, health, humanitarian aid, Kingston, Kitsap, Port-au-Prince, relief efforts, Rennie Statler DC, rescue, stress
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April 23, 2010
[originally published in KCN, Febuary 2002] If the mere mention of “Growing Pains” reminds you of the popular 80’s Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron sitcom, then you probably weren’t one of the select 10-20% that were tagged with this misleading medical diagnosis when you were a child. Misleading in that, from a physical sense, it [...]
Categories: children, low back pain
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, childhood pains, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, growing pains, healing, health, kids and chiropractic, Kingston, Kitsap, leg pain, low back pain, lower back pain, pain at night, pediatric, sacroiiac joint, spinal adjustment, spine, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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April 16, 2010
[originally published in KCN, January 2002] It may come as a surprise, but after authoring some 46 Spinal Column articles over the past 5 years, I have yet to dedicate one to the condition that we chiropractors most often see — low back pain. Sure, I’ve made reference to it many times, but I’ve never [...]
Categories: adjustment, low back pain
Tags: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, AHCPR, Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractor, clinical guidelines, Danish Institute for Health Technology Assessment, disability, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Kingston, Kitsap, low back pain, lower back pain, lumbago, Manga Report, medical costs, Ontario Ministry of Health, practice guidelines, RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, time loss, treatment guidelines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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April 9, 2010
[originally published in KCN, December 2001] It may come as a surprise to some, but we chiropractors aren’t just for spines — some of us are pretty adept at treating other joints of the body as well. In chiropractic college, we were taught how to adjust every joint of the human frame — every joint. I [...]
Categories: adjustment, carpal tunnel syndrome, extremities
Tags: AC joint, adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, ankle, bursistis, C.C.E.P., calcaneus, carpal bones, carpal tunnel, Certified Chiropractic Extremities Practitioner, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, clavicle, cuboid, Dr. Thomas Lamar, ear bones, elbow, extremities, femur, fibula, foot, golfers elbow, hand, health, hip, jaw, Kevin Hearon, Kingston, Kitsap, knee, radius, rib cage, rotator cuff, runners knee, shoulder, sprains and strains, talus, tendonitis, tennis elbow, tibia, TMJ, trochanteric bursitis, ulna, wrist
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April 2, 2010
[originally published in KCN, September 2001 / cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com] Diversified, Gonstead, Cox Flexion Distraction, Activator, Thompson, Sacro Occipital Technique, NIMMO Receptor Tonus, Applied Kinesiology, Logan Basic, Cranial, Pierce-Stillwagon, Pettibon, Directional Non-Force, Toftness, Chiropractic Spinal Biophysics, Toggle Recoil, Neuro Emotional Technique — the list goes on, and on, and on, easily surpassing the 100 mark. To [...]
Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chiropractic history
Tags: Activator, adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractic history, Chiropractic Spinal Biophysics, chiropractic technique, chiropractor, Cox Flexion Distraction, Cranial, D.D. Palmer, Directional Non-Force, Diversified, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Drop Table, Gonstead, health, Kingston, Kitsap, Logan Basic, NET, Neuro Emotional Technique, NIMMO Receptor Tonus, Pettibon, Pierce-Stillwagon, Sacral Occipital Technique, Sacro Occipital Technique, SOT, spinal adjustment, Thompson, Toftness, Toggle Recoil
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