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May 21, 2010
[originally published in KCN, May 2002/ cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
Chiropractors are back doctors. Right?
Well, while it is true that we place our hands on backs every day, calling us back doctors really misses the mark. As a matter of fact, calling chiropractors “back doctors” makes about as much sense as calling medical doctors “stomach doctors.”
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Categories: chiropractic 101, healthy living, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, back doctor, blood, chiropractic, chiropractic subluxation, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, nerve, nervous system, pain, spine, stomach doctor, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex, veterbral subluxation complex
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August 14, 2009
[originally published in KCN, February 2000]
Today it is becoming more and more accepted by the health care community and public at large that chiropractors are great back doctors. I would agree. The scientific literature certainly supports our primary method of treatment for back pain, and more insurance companies are covering our services for it. Considering our history of long uphill battles to gain “acceptance” as a viable health care profession, it is understandable that we might be drawn to settle into this “comfortable chair” of being labeled as back pain specialists. But to do so would really be undermining the true potential that the art, science, and philosophy of chiropractic has to offer. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chiropractic history, colic, headache, healthy living, low back pain, sciatica, subluxation, visceral conditions, whole body health
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March 27, 2009
[originally published in KCN, April 2009]
I recently posed the following question to my patients: Suppose, for a moment, that you had to catch a cold. Now, obviously, no one in their right mind really sets out to do such a thing, but, for the sake of argument, let’s just say that your goal was to actually catch a cold. How would you go about doing it? (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, germs, healthy living, maintenance care, nutrition, smoking, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, alcohol, Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, diet, Dr. Thomas Lamar, drinking, exercise, germ theory, germs, health, immune system, immunity, junk food, Kingston, Kitsap, Louis Pasteur, nerve, nervous system, neuroimunology, sleep, smoking, stress, sugar
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November 25, 2008
[originally published in KCN, October 1997]
Subluxation (Sub•lux•a•tion). It’s what we chiropractors treat. We have been trained to detect them and are the most qualified at treating them. So just what is a subluxation — besides just another $25 word that we doctors came up with?
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