Posted tagged ‘spine’
February 19, 2010
[originally published in KCN, May 2001]
Ten percent dead? What? Now before you stop reading, hear me out. It’s interesting if you stop to think about it: dead or alive. Pretty much an all or none proposition. Right? Well, maybe not. What about instead of being completely alive, you were partially dead? What would that feel like? What might some of your symptoms be? While we all can understand the concept of being alive, and all have a firm grasp on the concept of being dead, the notion of being somewhere in between might be a new one for us.
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Categories: chiropractic 101, chronic, healthy living, maintenance care, subluxation, whole body health
Tags: achiness, Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, headache, headaches, health, Kingston, Kitsap, lack of energy, low back pain, lower back pain, nervous system, pain, spine, stiffness, subluxation, symptom, vertebral subluxation complex
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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!
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Categories: adjustment, arthritis, automobile injuries, chronic, neck pain, whiplash
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, auto accident, cervical brace, cervical orthosis, cervical soft collar, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, degenerative joint disease, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, motor vehicle accident, neck brace, neck collar, neck injury, neck orthosis, neck pain, neck sprain, neck strain, spinal adjustment, spine, whiplash
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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?”
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Categories: adjustment, children, germs, healthy living, nutrition, smoking, whole body health
Tags: adjustment, Anchor Chiropractic, antibodies, antibody levels, B cell lymphocytes, chiropractic, chiropractor, cold and flu, Dr. Thomas Lamar, flu shots, germs, health, immune system, immunity, Kingston, Kitsap, Louis Pasteur, middle ear infection, monocytes, nervous system, neuroimunology, polymorphonuclear neutophils, seed or soil, spinal adjusting, spinal adjustment, spine, subluxation, tonsillitis, vertebral 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
Tags: adjustment, alignment, Anchor Chiropractic, asthma, “hand treatments”, back pain, bed wetting, blood pressue, brain, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractic history, chiropractor, colic, constipation, D.D. Palmer, deafness, digestive problems, Dr. Thomas Lamar, epilepsy, Harvey Lillard, headaches, health, heart, heart disease, kidney disease, Kingston, Kitsap, lung disease, menstral cramps, nerve, nervous sytem, organ, sciatica, scientific research, skin conditions, somato-autonomic reflex, somato-visceral reflex, spinal adjustment, spinal manipulation, spinal subluxation, spine, stomach troubles, subluxation, thyroid conditions, ulcers, vertebra, vertebrae, vertebral subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex, visceral, Winsor autopsies
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June 5, 2009
[originally published in KCN, July 1999]
You could say it was business as usual at my office the other day. The day was playing out like most any other day. In other words, I was having a great day! Three patients were comfortably seated in the reception area enjoying their reading selections, while I was helping a patient reschedule her next appointment. And then it happened… Kerplunk! Everyone froze. What was that? The noise had come from my treatment room. A troubled look came over my face, for no one was in the treatment room. I slowly made my way towards the area from whence the sound had come as my patients waited, wide-eyed with anticipation. As I peered around the wall, I quickly spotted the noisy culprit. (more…)
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Categories: chiropractic 101, maintenance care, nutrition
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic tuneup, chiropractor, Dr. Thomas Lamar, eating right, exercise, health, health maintenance, healthy habits, healthy living, Kingston, Kitsap, nutrition, posture, proper posture, rest, sleep, spine, spine model
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May 8, 2009
[originally published in KCN, April 1999]
As a chiropractor, going to dinner parties and other social functions can often be an interesting experience. Invariably, one of the guests, upon learning of my degree, will announce for all in the room to hear, why he would never need my professional services, as he proceeds to make a public display of theatric proportion, “cracking” and “popping” every joint his spine has to offer — an auditory performance that would certainly make Orville Redenbacher green with envy. (more…)
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Categories: adjustment, chiropractic 101, subluxation
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, chiropractic, chiropractic adjustment, chiropractor, cracking your back, cracking your neck, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, hypermobile joints, hypermobility, Kingston, Kitsap, self adjustment, self manipulation, spinal adjusting, spinal adjustment, spine, subluxation, vertebral subluxation complex
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February 16, 2009
[originally published in KCN, March 1998]
Okay, so “Rusty Joints” may not be the correct scientific verbiage for the condition, however, it does paint a picture. What I’m referring to is the “Wear and Tear” Arthritis commonly called Osteoarthritis. If you haven’t heard of this term, that’s okay, because there’s a lot more that describe essentially the same thing. Osteoarthrosis, Degenerative Joint Disease, Degenerative Disc Disease, Degenerative Arthritis, Subluxation Degeneration, and Spondylosis are several that spring forth in my mind. But let’s not get hung up on what to call it, instead, let’s focus on 1) what it is, 2) who’s at risk, 3) effective ways to manage it, and 4) why a chiropractor is writing this article.
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Categories: arthritis, chiropractic 101, subluxation
Tags: Anchor Chiropractic, arthritis, chiropractic, chiropractor, degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, degenerative joint disease, Dr. Thomas Lamar, health, Kingston, Kitsap, osteoarthritis, spinal arthriits, spinal decay, spine, spondylosis, subluxation, subluxation degeneration
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[originally published in KCN, May 2001]
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