Posted tagged ‘spinal adjustment’
January 31, 2011
Just as the dip stick tells us when it's time to add oil, so too the spinal check tells us when its time to adjust. Of course, in both cases we always have the option of forgoing these proactive checks and waiting for breakdown!
[originally published in KCN, February 2011]
If you are waiting for pain to dictate how often you should see your chiropractor —or whether or not to see one in the first place — you’re waiting too long. Because without a spinal check from a chiropractor, you simply don’t know if your spine needs to be adjusted — as there is no reliable way to truly know. Spinal misalignments often crop up and cause little to no pain. And while this might not seem like a big deal, it is when you realize that these off-kilter vertebrae are slowly sapping the health of the body by robbing its effectiveness to function correctly. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chronic, headache, healthy living, low back pain, maintenance care, mid back pain, neck pain, subluxation, whole body health
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, Chiropractic Philosophy, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, low back pain, lower back pain, neck pain, nerves, nervous system, pain, spinal adjustment, spinal check, spinal misalignment, spine, straw that breaks the camel's back, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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November 19, 2010
[originally published in KCN, December 2010]
“If you cut a piece of steak, put iodine and a bandage on it and even give it a shot of Penicillin… will the piece of steak heal itself?” That’s the question my Mississippi chiropractic colleague recently posed in an article of his. The answer, of course, is obvious enough for a child to answer. The answer is no.
And yet as obvious as this answer is, as a society we don’t take it to heart.
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Categories: chiropractic 101, healthy living, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, B. Reed Howie D.C., chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, Chiropractic Philosophy, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, healing, health, healthy living, Kingston, Kitsap, medications, nervous system, over the counter medication, prescription drugs, prescription medication, spinal adjustment, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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October 29, 2010
[originally published in KCN, November 2010]
Every day in the practice of medicine doctors prescribe their patients “off label” medications. And while some might confuse the term “off label” with “generic,” it really is quite different. In fact, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, as many as one-fifth of all drugs are prescribed off label.
Basically, what this means is that the doctor has found a use for the medication other than its “on label,” or intended, purpose. Examples of this include antiseizure medications to treat migraines, antidepressants to treat certain types of pain, and antianxiety medications to treat nausea. A classic example of off label drug use is that of Rogaine. Many are unaware that Rogaine is actually a blood pressure medication — a blood pressure medication that doctors (and their patients) soon found had an interesting side effect: hair growth in balding men.
As common as the practice of off label prescribing is in medicine, it’s my contention that something very similar is practiced in chiropractic. And while “off label chiropractic” isn’t actually a term… it should be. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, healthy living, podcast, subluxation, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, back pain, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractic manipulation, chiropractic manipulative therapy, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, low back pain, lower back pain, neck pain, nervous system, off label drug use, on label, pain, spinal adjustment, spinal manipulation, spine, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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September 24, 2010
[originally published in KCN, October 2010]
“My husband and I are having difficulty conceiving… can chiropractic help?”
This is a question that I hear in my office from time to time, and my answer, I’m happy to say, is that it’s very possible!
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Categories: adjustment, children, chiropractic 101, chronic, healthy living, infants, maintenance care, pregnancy, subluxation, visceral conditions, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, artificial insemination, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, conception, difficulty getting pregnant, Dr. Thomas Lamar, fertility, health, in vitro fertilization, infertility, Kingston, Kitsap, spinal adjustment, subluxation, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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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
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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 doesn’t hurt to grow. But then, why do children experience this reoccurring “vague leg pain”? — with pain so intense at times that it actually causes some to cry themselves to sleep.
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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 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 the average chiropractic patient, or non-patient for that matter, these names probably seem like some sort of cryptic chiropractic jargon. But to the chiropractor, these names parallel a walk down the tool aisle at Sears — these names represent chiropractic adjustive techniques.
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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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February 26, 2010
[originally published in KCN, March 2010]
Torticollis. While it might sound like a strange Italian dish, it’s not. Imagine waking up one morning with your ear pressed to your shoulder as if cradling a telephone receiver. The only problem is, there is no telephone to be found — only an unrelenting, painful neck spasm with absolutely no ability to bring your head back to any semblance of socially accepted posture. Most would agree, it’s a pretty disturbing situation to find yourself in. Thankfully, in most cases, the “fix” for torticollis can be as simple as a visit to your local chiropractor. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, children, infants, neck pain, subluxation, whiplash
Tags: acute torticollis, adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, aquired torticollis, Botox, cervical dystonia, cervical spine, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, congential torticollis, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, neck pain, spinal adjustment, subluxation, torticollis, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex, wry neck
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