Posted tagged ‘spine’
August 22, 2011
[originally published in KCN, November 2011]
Every once in a while a health care study comes out that makes you stop and say…
“Now why didn’t someone think of doing that earlier?”
Well, such a study recently hit the pages of the prestigious medical journal Spine. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, chronic, healthy living, low back pain, maintenance care, whole body health
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, maintenance care, spinal manipulation, spine
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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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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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August 30, 2010
[originally published in KCN, September 2010 / cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
“Crowbars and chiropractic.” Two words that have sort of an odd relationship at first glance. But as a chiropractor, I contend it is because of crowbars, new clientele seek me out. Let me explain.
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Categories: low back pain, occupational injury, subluxation
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, biomechanics, chiropractic, chiropractor, crowbar, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, leverage, lifting, low back pain, lower back pain, moment arm, safe lifting, spine, spine physics
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July 1, 2010
[originally published in KCN, July 2002/ cartoon provided by TomLamarCartoon.com]
It’s pretty much common knowledge that chiropractic is effective for various forms of low back pain, neck discomfort, and headaches. We see these conditions all the time. The literature supports what we do, and we are fairly adept at explaining how it all works. But there are some conditions that chiropractic treatment ends up benefiting without our even setting out to do so — and explaining these, well, often leaves us speechless. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, whole body health
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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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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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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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Categories: children, low back pain
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[originally published in KCN, June 2002]
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