A 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 moreA health care study was performed where two hundred pediatricians and two hundred chiropractors were randomly selected and surveyed to determine what, if any, differences were to be found in the health status of their respective children as raised under the different health care models. What did the study reveal? Significant differences as well as
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 moreJeanne Ohm, DC The effects, frequency and overt damage of birth trauma is perhaps the easiest way to understand why all children need to be checked for spinal misalignments and cranial distortions. Routine labor procedures such as inducing labor, pain medications, and restrictive maternal positions lead to further complications and the resultant use of forceful
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 more“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 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 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 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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