Archive for March 2010
March 26, 2010
[originally published in KCN, April 2010]
Every chiropractor who has been in practice for some time has had a population of patients that did not respond as he would have expected. Oh sure, many of them got relief from the chiropractic care provided, but it only lasted for a few hours — a day, tops. And mind you, we’re not talking about the first few visits, but, rather, a well-established pattern. Or the patient did well with the adjustments, only to have the back misalign again from a trivial event. It’s been my experience that not every patient 
falls into the typical “restore-motion-to-stuck-spinal-joint-and-watch-patient-get-better” category. Sometimes we chiropractors need to acknowledge that not every case of mechanical back pain is due to spinal joints being” stuck” or “locked” — instead, sometimes it’s just the opposite: the joints are too loose.
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March 19, 2010
[originally published in KCN, August 2001 / cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
Do you believe in chiropractic?
I don’t.
Oftentimes I’ll encounter a new patient who will cut me short of my explanation on chiropractic by interjecting, “Don’t worry Doc. No need to explain. I believe in chiropractic.”
Believe in chiropractic? The idea of having to believe in chiropractic just doesn’t sit right with me. Nobody ever talks about believing in medicine. Chiropractic is not a belief system that you have to subscribe to or take stock in for it to work, nor is it akin to the rank and file of the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, or Leprechaun. No, chiropractic works just fine on its own, ruby slippers or not. I don’t believe in chiropractic, I know in it.
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Categories: chiropractic 101, germs, healthy living
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, believe, childbed fever, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, germ theory, germs, hand washing, Healing Words, health, healthy living, Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, immune system, Jules Eisenbud, Kingston, Kitsap, Larry Dossey, Louis Pasteur, puerperal fever, TomLamarCartoon
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March 12, 2010
[originally published in KCN, October 2001]
One thing I’ve come to learn about Northwest weather is that it definitely is not predictable. And turning to the T.V. weathermen for guidance is, well, not predictable. But for some, tracking the weather patterns can be quite predictable. As a matter of fact it comes naturally, whether they like it or not. No Hi-Tech weather equipment. No degree in meteorology. Just one or more arthritic joints is all that is needed for the perfect weather station.
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Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, arthritic pain, arthritis, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, chronic, chronic pain, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, osteoarthritis, pain, rheumatoid arthritis, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex, weather
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March 5, 2010
[originally published in KCN, July 2001]
Hiccups. Who hasn’t had them? And who hasn’t heard of at least a dozen ways to cure them? Perhaps you are accustomed to the popular home remedies of sudden fright, holding the breath, breathing into a paper bag, inducing sneezing with pepper, or drinking water with baking soda from the wrong side of the cup while the ears are covered tightly. Or if you are well versed in the various medical treatments available, you’ll know that amongst the accepted procedures there are an assortment of medications, the inhalation of ether through the nose, the popular digital rectal massage, tongue traction, uvula stroking, and surgical excision of the phrenic nerve (which isn’t always a wise idea as this procedure literally paralyzes the diaphragm). Well, I’ve got a new one to add to your list, and it’s one that a New York woman will be forever grateful for: chiropractic.
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