David was telling me that as a senior he is realizing how much of what he suffers at this age is really the result of his poor attitude toward taking care of himself when he was younger. Ah, the benefits of wisdom as we get older! These are moments when lolo’s (grandpa’s) stories help us reflect on how well are we taking care of ourselves today and hopefully with the future in mind. Truth is we often easily discard our health by…
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Masakit ang Balikat! Paul hurt his shoulder while lifting heavy luggage during one of his business trips. Like most men, Paul thought the problem was just a minor thing. You know the expression: “Maybe it will go away.” So months later the shoulder hurt everyday with various activities. Shoulder pain is a common complaint expressed to the Doctor of Chiropractic during a spinal evaluation. Actually there are three categories of shoulder pains: Joint problems Peripheral soft tissue injuries General discomfort or tension…
There are well understood benefits of getting a massage on a regular or irregular basis. However, we also hear of times when people experience pain and disability following a massage. What happened? As a chiropractor I see this often enough to be disturbed even though I can mostly fix the damages. Rarely do we hear of an adverse reaction to a massage when the therapist sticks to muscle manipulation only. Swedish massage uses effleurage (light touch), medium pressure motions over the muscles and…
Anna is a child who typically loves to put things in her mouth, then rub her eyes, so it’s no surprise that she woke up one morning with her little eyes all crusted up from an eye infection. This could also be conjunctivitis, a highly contagious infection, so it needs to be addressed right away. Instead of rushing her off to the pediatrician who could prescribe an antibioti5c, Mary her mother remembered what her CHIROPRACTOR told her of a natural solution about washing or lavaging the…
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Forget about Diets! It’s all about Energy Management.
Posted on 05/11/2013
Mary was determined to lose the weight she kept for years after having her two children. In fact she was desperate and underwent a well-known Doctor’s Diet that was based on blood type and told people not to exercise while on the diet. She did lose weight but along the way she was losing her hair and when she finally stopped the diet she started to regain some of her weight. She also started to have other miscellaneous body pains, so…
Immunization is regarded in certain circles as the sacred practice of “medicine at its best” while in other circles immunization is viewed as toxic to children and people in general; highly over rated as a preventative tool that only supports Big Pharma’s agenda for profit. Well that’s a pretty wide range to consider: Prophet or profit? Preventative or pernicious? You will need to decide this for your own family so please do plenty of research with the following in mind, everything…
Paul suffers from lower back pain and the doctors said he had a slipped disc. The lower back, the lumbar region of the spine, is the most common area where intervertebral discs will “slip” or more accurately bulge, herniate or rupture. Symptoms of lower back pain are present, with or without leg pain or numbness. Sounds serious? When the topic of spinal surgery is mentioned it becomes serious indeed. Complicated? Well it could be but fortunately there are spinal experts available to evaluate and…
P – personal and individual planning & execution E – effort is required to “normalize” weight and keep it off R – reasonable, achievable goals are required S – self-discipline is at the center of lifestyle transformation O – optimal health is achievable in most cases N – natural choices are always better A – addictions need to be overcome L – lifetime pursuit (not a quick fix) Warning… Taking any drug for symptomatic or maintenance reasons is NOT healthcare but just disease…
Mary suffers from sinusitis since her college years. Sinus pressure, sinus headaches, allergic rhinitis describe pain conditions caused by an abnormal increase in sinus fluids and the resulting increased pressure it produces in the sinus cavities of the skull and subsequent post nasal drip. The fluids can become inflamed and produce refered headaches or become infected and the inflammation with accompanying pressure may also cause a headache and/or spread the infection in the throat and lungs. Mary was prescribed antihistamine medications and analgesics for…
Thomas Leonard, the father of Life Coaching, noted these Top 10 Signs identifying if … You’re An Adrenaline Addict. You and your body feel pressure to perform or produce. You arrive at appointments just in the nick of time or late. You over-promise results. You procrastinate and then rush to deliver. You are impatient. You speak quickly and can’t slow yourself down without lots of effort. You don’t maintain a healthy reserve of time, money and space for yourself. You…