Archive for the ‘extremities’ category
February 1, 2013
[originally published in KCN, September 2002 / cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
The crowd is tense. Excitement is in the air. The gate springs open, and out pops a wild bucking bronco with a cowboy clutched atop. As the bronco tries with all of its might to rid itself of this odd, restrictive force it senses on its back, the brave cowboy tries with equal might to hang on like glue — body being bumped, jerked, and whipped in every direction imaginable — all while trying to look “good” during this brawl between man and beast. As the second clock speeds along, the music from the PA system blares, the crowd cheers, and the announcer keeps it all going full throttle. In what seems like a blink of an eye to the fans — but more like days to the brave cowboy — the eight second buzzer sounds, signaling that his ride is over, and his score awaits. Hopefully the rescue cowboys will be along soon for an easy dismount. Of course, the other option is being bucked off, slammed to the ground, and possibly stepped on. Ahh yes, the rodeo is in town! And while it only comes once a year to Kitsap County, to the cowboys (and girls) this is just another day at the office. For while the fans that night will only see these cowboys perform once, chances are, their calendars are booked for two, three, maybe four, different rodeos that week. How do they do it — again, and again, and again? For many, the answer is chiropractic.
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Categories: animal, extremities, injury, low back pain, mid back pain, neck pain, occupational injury, sports, subluxation, TomLamarCartoon, whiplash
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractor, cowboys, Dr. Thomas Lamar, Ed Corley DC, Kingston, Kitsap, ProSport Chiropractic, rodeo
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June 4, 2010
[originally published in KCN, June 2002]
We have 12 pair of them. Two of the pairs “float.” They are essential for breathing and the protection of our heart, lungs, and other vital organs. God took one from Adam to create Eve. Restaurants serve them: short, spare, baby back, and prime. And some condoms are accentuated by them. Oh, did I mention, chiropractors adjust them. What am I talking about? I’m not “ribbing” you, I’m talking about our ribs.
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Categories: adjustment, chronic, extremities, mid back pain
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, back pain, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, costochondral, costotransverse, costovertebral, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, nervous system, pain, rib, rib cage, rib pain, sleep apnea, spinal adjustment, spine, sternochondral, sternum, subluxation, thoracic pain, thoracic spine
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May 28, 2010
[originally published in KCN, June 2010]
There I sat in the dental waiting room, flipping through a magazine as my toe kept time to the Muzak. Suddenly, the young dentist poked his head out from behind the door and called my name. He looked worried. And to tell you the truth, I began to feel the same way — because I wasn’t there to be seen. It was my wife’s turn in the chair, and I was only waiting.
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Categories: chronic, extremities, headache, neck pain, subluxation, whiplash
Tags: adjustment, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, chronic pain, CMD, Craniomandibular Disorder, dentist, healing, health, jaw, jaw pain, podcast, Temporomandibular Disorder, Temporomandibular Joint, TMD, TMJ, whiplash
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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 remember sitting in an auditorium at the chiropractic college I was about to attend, some ten years ago, watching a clinical demonstration . The chiropractor on stage was treating a patient, and we, as potential students got to observe. Towards the end of her demonstration, she announced that chiropractors were trained to adjust every joint in the body. She then asked if there were any requests for her to show us an adjustment of a particular joint. I sat there in disbelief. “Every joint?” I wondered. I racked my brain for a joint in the body that I was sure would stump her. I raised my hand. “What about the joints inside the ears, between the small ear bones?” I asked with a sense of smugness. Fellow chiropractor-to-be audience members glanced at me with a “I think you got her”-look. Well, within moments we were all greeted with a Auditory Ossicle “J” Maneuver. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I learned a lesson that day — every joint.
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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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December 15, 2009
DAY 3 — foot pain
Join us as we count down the days until Christmas with the American Chiropractic Association’s “12 Days of Health and Wellness.”
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Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, foot pain, health, holiday, Kingston, Kitsap, stress
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September 25, 2009
[originally published in KCN, November 2009]
Imagine, if you will, a Hollywoodesque, classic scene of a bygone era when a tantruming, unruly, obstinate toddler is grabbed by the wrist from his stern, fast-walking, nursemaid — who exemplifies the antithesis of Mary Poppins — and is briskly pulled along across the courtyard and up the steps of the manor. What you probably wouldn’t imagine though is what might happen next: the child shrieks out in pain and the arm that had been pulled by the nursemaid now hangs motionless. Too hard to imagine? Well, it must have happened often enough, because doctors ended up giving it a name: “nursemaid’s elbow.” (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, children, extremities, subluxation
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, children, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, elbow, elbow pain, extremity pain, health, kids, Kingston, Kitsap, nurse maid elbow, nursemaid elbow, nursemaid's elbow, pain, pulled elbow, radial head subluxation, slipped elbow, subluxation, toddler, toddler's elbow
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April 6, 2009
[originally published in KCN, October 1998]
It’s been tagged as the surgery of the decade. Its prevalence has nearly doubled in the past ten years. Its gained recognition as the most common peripheral nerve entrapment neuropathy in the United States. And more and more workers’ compensation claims are being filed for it.
I’m talking about a condition that is well known to many people — carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Categories: carpal tunnel syndrome, extremities
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, carpal tunnel, carpal tunnel syndrome, chiropractic, chiropractor, CTS, Dr. Thomas Lamar, extremities, health, Kingston, Kitsap, repetative stress injuries, RSI
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The crowd is tense. Excitement is in the air. The gate springs open, and out pops a wild bucking bronco with a cowboy clutched atop. As the bronco tries with all of its might to rid itself of this odd, restrictive force it senses on its back, the brave cowboy tries with equal might to hang on like glue — body being bumped, jerked, and whipped in every direction imaginable — all while trying to look “good” during this brawl between man and beast. As the second clock speeds along, the music from the PA system blares, the crowd cheers, and the announcer keeps it all going full throttle. In what seems like a blink of an eye to the fans — but more like days to the brave cowboy — the eight second buzzer sounds, signaling that his ride is over, and his score awaits. Hopefully the rescue cowboys will be along soon for an easy dismount. Of course, the other option is being bucked off, slammed to the ground, and possibly stepped on. Ahh yes, the rodeo is in town! And while it only comes once a year to Kitsap County, to the cowboys (and girls) this is just another day at the office. For while the fans that night will only see these cowboys perform once, chances are, their calendars are booked for two, three, maybe four, different rodeos that week. How do they do it — again, and again, and again? For many, the answer is chiropractic.
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