“Dad’s role in child play key to later development,” Gottman says. Today’s fathers want to be more involved with their babies than their own fathers were, and their involvement can play a critical role in a child’s future. That’s the message delivered by John Gottman, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Washington, and
read more19th-century physiologist Claude Bernard postulated that sickness was not caused by bacteria, but rather by human beings’ internal environment. “The terrain is everything;” he wrote, “the germ is nothing.” The presence of bacteria, he maintained, is a symptom of an unhealthy environment. So the question becomes, how can we build our immunity so that we
read moreAlmost everyone knows the pain and suffering that accompanies a headache. Even the faintest headache can alter desires, mood, function, and quality of life. An estimated 47% of all people have at least one headache per year. 28 million Americans experience migraine headaches more than once a month. The numbers are staggering and the cause
read moreSugar may be sweet, but, as more and more research shows, it’s not so nice. It quickly turns into fat in our bodies, contributes to obesity, puts us at risk of type 2 diabetes, and plays a major role in the onset of other conditions ranging from insomnia to heart disease. On top of that,
read more“My son, if you would be wise, open first your eyes, your ears next, and last of all, your mouth, that your words may be words of wisdom.” This ancient Native American proverb says so much about the Native Americans and their ways. And more than instilling a person with wisdom, this practice of keeping
read moreJames Chestnut, DC Movement is life. 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
read moreA study published on December 12, 2016, in the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health showed that chiropractic care had a positive affect for the correction of Idiopathic Scoliosis. According to this study, Scoliosis is commonly defined as a lateral curvature of the spine greater than 10 degrees. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is estimated to
read moreWhen the senses and the brain aren’t in healthy communication Sensory processing disorder is a label given to those that have difficulty integrating all of the senses, processing them, and responding in a healthy way to them. Some kids have challenges sitting still, some kids struggle with coordination, some kids find school a place where
read moreA case study published in the Journal of Upper Cervical Chiropractic Research on June 20, 2013, reports on the results of a case series showing chiropractic helping patients with depression and anxiety. This case series was looking for follow up on previous surveys showing that chiropractic patients felt chiropractic care helped with their mental and
read moreBy Dr Heidi Skye, DC One thing I teach all my clients is that symptoms follow an arc. Like every process, there is a cycle to healing: a beginning, middle, and an end. In the beginning of the arc, when a child is first showing symptoms, most parents will ask a series of questions or
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