Three weeks ago after finishing up my shower in the morning, I bent forward to squeegee the water off the walls. All of a sudden my back seized up. Now the odd thing was that being bent forward was not the problem. It was when I tried to straighten up that it grabbed me. […]
This seemingly simple little question is almost always answered wrong. Just how much should you do anything? For me, this came into sharp awareness recently while working with my sweetie Ellen while her back was seized up for a week. Essential to recovering from a seized up back is movement. Movement hurts so her natural […]
My sweetheart, Ellen, has been in the hospital after suffering a seemingly small fall in the bedroom. Since then, she has been unable to put any weight on her leg, rendering her unable to even transfer into her wheelchair. X-rays and CT scans have shown nothing to cause all this weakness and pain. The emergency […]
Many years ago a friend and fellow Chiropractor, Dr. Fisher, showed me a new healing technique he had learned called Gau sha. He had been using it on several of his difficult patients and was getting excellent results. The technique seemed very simple and I wondered if maybe I was missing something. How could […]
The topic around the house this last week or so has been on suffering. This has been a favorite topic intermittently over the last 25 years or so, but this time it was different. This time, on her own, Ellen made the profound realization that all the suffering in her life has come from her […]
I have been noticing a lot of patients experiencing tingling or numbness down one or both arms lately. For even longer, significant numbers of folks are showing their neck sliding forward. This pattern is important because it creates degeneration of the lower neck vertebra and lots of discomfort and loss of function over time. Although […]
Pain in the muscles and joints is the most common type of pain. Everyone experiences it at some time. Although unpleasant, it is a very necessary part of the survival mechanisms built into our bodies. Without pain we would not know when our body is being injured. Pain is the signal that tells us to […]
One of the takeaways from the weekend I spent recently learning about the latest information for managing the hormone systems of the body is the importance of getting rid of the inflammation in our system. Excess inflammation drives all sorts of disease states in the body, including imbalances in our hormone systems. We have […]
More and more of my patients are reporting excellent results using CBDs for pain relief. Several have even reported being able to stop using their medical pain relief drugs, which is what I was hoping for. Prescription pain relief drugs are the number one form of opiate drug abuse in America with over 2.1 million […]
We are actually getting winter rain this year. Along with the much-needed water, I am also seeing a sharp rise in the number of patients getting in fender benders. The wet slippery roads are making driving a little less safe right now. This puts you at risk for injuries that are not the usual type […]