Leg pain and the Piriformis Syndrome Slipped disks, pinched nerves and misaligned vertebra or twisted pelvis are commonly associated with leg pain. The one cause that is often overlooked is the Piriformis Syndrome. Often, when a patient presents themselves to a doctor with this kind of leg pain the examination is limited to the lumbar spine. Big mistake! The pelvis is frequently involved either directly or indirectly as a complicating factor in leg pain conditions; and this includes the piriformis…
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Chiropractic Angels On the anniversary of the Tetrault’s 10th year in the Philippines, noted by Mabuhay Chiropractic Clinics opening the doors of its 6th branch at the Mall Of Asia (MOA) on Nov 1st, one of our chiropractic angels dropped by to give us a cheer and encouragement. That was Belle! That made me think about the fact that we have several chiropractic angels like Belle. There are our longstanding CAs like Bernalin, Judy, Gemma and coming behind is Wheng. Also…
Harvard anti-aging study says 150 years now A recent release on anti aging refers to the Harvard Anti-Aging Study on longevity claims that people can live until they are 150 years of age. Earlier claims at longevity stopped at 120 but since there are people in recent history that have lived beyond this, the boundary is being pushed further. Yes, there are lots of people talking about longevity, but mostly they are selling or promoting one product or the other. Chiropractic as…
Guard and Guide Yourself to Health Starting the blog with this famous quote we can begin to understand the title itself: “My problems are the result of doing too many of the WRONG things and not enough of the RIGHT things.” GUARD your health by avoiding all the wrong things and GUIDE your health by doing all the right things.” Last week we discussed re-framing how we view symptoms and that not all symptoms are necessarily bad and not having any symptoms does…
Boost Your Immune System with Chiropractic It is a common but false belief to say that you are healthy just because you have no symptoms. Actually being healthy and symptom free are not the same thing; and alternatively, just because you have symptoms, it doesn’t mean you are sick. Someone suddenly experiences a heart attack! It’s the first time they have that symptom but were they healthy while they still had so symptoms? Same is true for Diabetes type 2; it doesn’t…
Gadget Apps and Posture Co-morbidities A recent sampling of a group of young people in their twenties confirmed what I feared could happen and it is happening. Posture problems are getting worse and affecting an even larger percentage of the population, especially the children. What’s behind it? What could be having such a broad-based negative influence on so many people? If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
Metabolic Syndrome Stage 2 Vs Stage 3 This is session 3 of 3 that we are writing on a series introducing a health focus concept revolving around the term or state of the body’s metabolic status otherwise referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MSy). There are 5 stages to MSy and we will contrast Stage 2 and 3 this week to conclude the series. We advise you to read the previous blogs on Stage 0 Vs Stage 5 and Stage 1…
Metabolic Syndrome Stage 1 Vs Stage 4 This is session 2 of 3 that we are writing on a series introducing a health focus concept revolving around the state of the body’s metabolic status otherwise referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MSy). There are 5 stages to MSy and we will contrast Stage 1 and 4 this week, then Stage 2 and 3 next week. Stage 1 – Metabolic Syndrome (Health profile is 8 – 9 out of 10) This state…
Metabolic Syndrome: Stage Zero Vs Stage Five These next few weeks we are writing on a series introducing a health focus concept revolving around the term or state of the body’s metabolic status otherwise referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MSy). There are 5 stages to MSy and we will contrast Stage 0 and 5 this week; Stage 1 and 4 next week and Stage 2 and 3 the following week. Stage Zero Metabolic Syndrome (Health profile is 10 out of…
Centenarians The National Respect for Centenarians Day is set on September 25 of every year. Effective July 2016, under Republic Act 10868, all Filipinos who reach 100 years of age will receive a P100,000 cash gift and a letter of felicitation from the President of the Philippines, whether they are residing in the Philippines or abroad. They will also be awarded with a plaque of recognition and additional cash gift from their respective city or municipal governments. Why is this an…