[originally published in KCN, January 2001]
Ever wonder what’s in my medicine cabinet? One LARGE bottle.
It’s something I know that the pharmaceutical companies would love to capture and call their own. Let me share the label with you…. (more…)
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The New Wonder Drug
December 4, 2009Steer Clear of Neck Braces
November 27, 2009[originally published in KCN, December 2009]
Ever so often I will spot someone wearing a brace around their neck. To be clear, I’m not talking about the rigid neck braces that EMT’s and paramedics employ to stabilize a suspected neck injury when they arrive on an accident scene. I’m talking about the soft, usually white, neck-supporting collars that are worn by people who are suffering from neck pain. These devices are often prescribed by well-meaning doctors, or are purchased by patients themselves at local pharmacies as a form of self-care for neckache. And while they look official, the irony is that they don’t do a bit of good. In fact, according to most research, they actually do more harm than good!
Seed or Soil?
November 20, 2009[originally published in KCN, December 2000]
With the Holiday Season upon us comes its not so welcomed compadre: the “Cold and Flu Season.” And with news reporters telling us that our nation’s drug companies are running a little low on the Traditional Flu Shots that we have come to expect, many are being forced to abandon these “shots” of artificial “immunity” for, perhaps, as some new studies are suggesting, something that will ultimately benefit them more in the long run: bolstering their body’s immunity, naturally.
Louis Pasteur reminds us that “the microbe is nothing” and that “the soil is everything.” In other words, if germs (microbes) were seeds, in order for them to grow and “germinate” into viable disease states, they would need fertile soil in which to do so. The question we need to pose to ourselves is “What is the condition of our ‘soil’?” Are you a “Disease Gardener’s Paradise”, or are you actively doing things to make your “soil” an inhospitable residence for “seeds?”
Go to Jail for Chiropractic!
November 13, 2009[originally published in KCN, November 2000]
I got a call a few months ago at the office from an official-sounding woman proclaiming that she had a warrant for my arrest! I was to be thrown in jail! Visions of being dragged down to our overcrowded hoosegow filled my head. A moment of fear set in. Who would treat my patients? Who would take care of my family?
Before I could figure out how I’d post bail, the woman’s voice softened and I quickly learned that the “arrest” was actually part of a creative fund raising effort to help fight muscular dystrophy. Apparently I had been charged with “having a big heart.” What a relief!
As we embark upon the Thanksgiving Holiday Season, I can honestly say that I am thankful that I wasn’t actually arrested. More importantly, however, I am thankful for my chiropractic predecessors who were.
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Let the Games Continue!
November 6, 2009[originally published in KCN, October 2000]
The flame may be out in Sydney, but our society’s fire for sports will never be doused. There’s nothing like the Olympics, however, to bring out our patriotic competitiveness. It’s great to watch our dedicated athletes who have invested their lives in perfecting their sport obtain Olympic status. It’s inspiring to see them push the human-envelope of performance and break records. It gives us a sense of pride. And because they reside in the same country as us, there is a certain part of us that shares in their glory. This feeling goes deeper for us chiropractors, however, because we know that numerous Olympic athletes owe much of their successes, and sometimes continued ability to compete, to chiropractic care.
A Grizzly Adjustment
November 2, 2009
Listen to Interview with the “Bear Chiropractor!”
[originally published in KCN, September 2000]
Now I’ve heard that neck pain can be a bear —but can a bear have neck pain? Apparently so. Just ask Fred. Fred, by the way, is a long-time resident of Montana’s Grizzly Discovery Center — that’s right, Fred is a grizzly bear.
Dr. Gale Ford, veterinarian and executive director of the center, told Dynamic Chiropractic (one of our popular trade publications) that Fred’s neck was most likely injured rough housing with one or more of his playmates. Much to Fred’s frustration, Dr. Ford’s initial treatment, which consisted mainly of antibiotics, offered no relief for his aching neck. Not giving up on her 700 pound, hairy patient, Dr. Ford did what she considered to be the next “logical” step — she called a chiropractor.
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Cause and Effect
October 23, 2009[originally published in KCN, August 2000]
“Well Mrs. Jones, I believe I may have found the source of your back pain. From your examination and history, I was able to identify several areas in your spine suffering from the Vertebral Subluxation Complex. This is a condition in which some of the movable bones in your spine (vertebrae) lose their normal motion and position and become fixated or ‘stuck.’ The loss of motion and position of these bones can pinch or irritate the delicate nerve roots that exit between them, causing pain, muscle spasms, inflammation, and faulty nerve transmissions to the rest of your body. In addition, this loss of motion eventually deprives the joints and surrounding tissues of vital nourishment. Consequently, the degenerative effects of arthritis begin to set in.
“The good news is that I can help. (more…)
Chiropractic: a lifetime sentence?
October 16, 2009[originally published in KCN, July 2000]
“You know, once you start, you have to go for the rest of your life.”
That’s the buzz on the “playground of life” — and one of the many aspects of chiropractic that has been misrepresented by the uninformed. But then again, this is the “playground” we’re talking about — a setting in which we are all too easily attracted to hearse and rumors to formulate our opinions.
“Is it really true?” you wonder. The questions multiply. “If you do go, will you get addicted? Is chiropractic a lifetime sentence?”
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