In my conversations with Paul, a businessman, it appears that his daily stress is at the root cause of his hypertension. Of course in today’s world doctors already have him on maintenance high blood medication but Paul was surprised to know that he could actually get off that maintenance drug routine. It’s true! People can fix the lifestyle related causes of their hypertension, but with just the right approach and best done gradually over a couple months. If you liked this post,…
Christian is a typical socially active teenager. In today’s world that means he is now a “screenager” who spends an average of 6 – 7 hours per day looking or interacting with a technological gadget with a screen: a TV, a computer, a tablet, a cell phone, a video game. Of growing concern is the newer social media habits of leaving their gadgets turned on during the night and repeatedly having their sleep interrupted by incoming messages, tweets, etc. Sleep…
Spinal Hygiene is Chiropractic’s contribution to Public Health! Spinal Hygiene is more important than Oral Hygiene but not as well understood and not yet established in public health. Posture Screening Campaign we call: Tindig Diretso! Pinoy Mabuhay Chiropractic did thousands of spinal screenings on school children in Makati City and Bacoor Cavite, Philippines. These screenings tested advanced protocols designed to serve as Pre-Scoliosis screenings and to serve as a model for public and private schools in the Philippines to follow. If you liked…
Mary’s hands hurt and some times more than others, depending on how much she does things with her hands. She is wondering what type of arthritis she has. Arthritis is a word with two parts: Arthro meaning joint and ‘itis’ that is used to describe the process of inflammation in some part of the body. So arthritis is an inflammation of the joint, any joint and it can be caused by a number of things. Three most common types of arthritis…
The dangers of obesity are a greater health risk today than smoking. How to smartly normalize your weight without dieting is a matter of making right choices and it’s all about energy maintenance and energy balance. Start by correct guidance on food choices and then guidance on energy management. It’s basic arithmetic – too much energy consumed means you gain weight while equal energy consumed to energy expended means your weight stays the same. To lose weight you have to consume less…
Martha has been complaining that her wrists hurt and that her hands were often numb. The orthopedic surgeon diagnosed a Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and prescribed wrist surgery. CTS is perhaps one of the more common misdiagnosed arm conditions. The symptoms are very similar to Wrist Tendonitis and differential diagnosis is not too difficult. Certainly patients frequently misdiagnose their own problem and unfortunately so do their doctors, perhaps this happens because testing for tendonitis requires familiarity with soft tissue conditions, not very well taught in…
This June of 2013 there was a national campaign for headache awareness so Public TV set up an interview with docMIKE to discuss the topic from a non-drug approach to managing headaches. The interview took place at the Mabuhay Chiropractic Clinic in Forbes Park, Makati and the segment was aired on TV June 24, 2013. Interview in English: Interview in Tagalog: Yours in Health, docMIKE If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
Once a person has consulted with a chiropractor and underwent a course of care that has taken them out of pain, the common question people have is: “When will I know if or when I need to return to the chiropractor?” That is an excellent question and the choices depend on your personal philosophy of life and health. If you only seek out chiropractic care for emergency drug-free pain relief and have no interest what-so-ever in prevention, then the answer…
The 7th APCDF Annual Assembly was held in Manila on January 10th , 2014, at the Diamond Hotel, Roxas Blvd. Manila. The weekend events included the APCDF Council meeting and Assembly with representatives from throughout the Asian Pacific region. Special guest was Dr. Richard Brown, Secretary-General of the European Chiropractic Union who outlined the successful history of the European Federation and how vitally important the regional federations are to the development of chiropractic in areas where the profession is small in size, as…
Mary is approaching her mid 40’s and is concerned about early menopause and its related osteoporosis so she fully expects that her MD will put her on hormone replacement therapy. That’s what conventional thinking tells us right? When a woman gets above 45 she will suffer osteoporosis from menopause. What if that is not true? What if osteoporosis has mostly nothing to do with the lowered estrogen levels that causes menopause? Long-term studies show that women who were athletic as teenage girls…