No one really knows, but if you could consider your life as a journey – there would be many different kinds you could take. A day trip is a short burst of fun that doesn’t require much planning and pacing of energy, time and resources. An all-out, full-length safari of a vacation is an epic
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The Importance of the Vagus Nerve The vagus nerve is the tenth cranial nerve, and has the most extensive distribution out of all of the cranial nerves. Named for its tendency to wander, the vagus nerve acts like a central switchboard, sending out nerve impulses to and from the brain and most of the organs
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Express Delivery: Not Every Delivery is a Marathon Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine, Issue 35 Dr Jacqueline Tsiapalis, DC, FICPA Not every labor is a marathon; some take only a few hours. But are these so-called precipitous births really abnormal, or are they more common than we think? Soon after I began assembling a bed
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Your Inner Wisdom: Trusting the Process for Natural Birthing It is sometimes called “our inner knowing,” “the gut feeling,” or “the wisdom within.” Whatever its name, the experience is universal. It is a feeling, a word, an image that stands out bolder than the regular stream of conscious thought and it makes a slightly deeper
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Love Your Heart This February Happy February, kids! This month is all about love, and what better way to celebrate than by showing some love to one of the most important parts of your body—your heart! Your heart is AMAZING, and it works hard every single day to keep you alive and full of energy.
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Research Shows Chiropractic May Reduce Deaths from High Blood Pressure Research reported in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research reveals that chiropractic may play an important role in helping reduce deaths in patients with high blood pressure. The Research Association of Hypertension Mortality Rates with Geographic Concentrations of Chiropractors and Medical Doctors in the U.S.
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Movement is Life and Chiropractic Delivers This may sound a bit strange at first, but if you think about it for a moment, the truth of this statement begins to become more and more apparent. Without movement you could not sustain life: blood cells that don’t move cannot transport oxygen, lungs that don’t move can’t
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Variety in Movement Republished from 2013 For many years now, I have been running. And for the past year our daughter has been competitively swimming. This summer, we decided to stretch and push ourselves in something new. So, I’ve been swimming and my daughter has been running. And add in biking and we’re training for
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The Power That Heals the Body Almost everyone has an inner knowledge that mental and emotional “stresses” can cause illness in the body. However, the question has always been how and why? To understand the inner workings behind stress-induced symptoms, we need to understand and learn about the way the body responds and adapts to
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Keep Calm and Carry On this Holiday Season – 5 Reasons to Visit Your Chiropractor With the holiday season upon us, more people than ever are facing the stresses that often come with this time of year. While you may be running around shopping, cooking and preparing to travel, it is important that you are
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