Health & Wellness Blog
If you have ever had a baby you know the incredible strength and knowledge that the human body is capable of. The baby will receive everything it needs to grow and develop from its mother. If you are not replacing those essential nutrients with quality vitamins and minerals it can leave your own body lacking…
Activator-assisted manipulation shown to reduce inflammation Chiropractic manipulation has been recognized as a safe and effective approach for relieving neck and back pain. And, inflammation of the nerves and tissues within or next to the spine are almost always associated with neck and back pain. But what exactly is the relationship between pain, inflammation, and chiropractic manipulation? Award winning research studying…
Get more sunshine during the day Our body follows something known as circadian rhythms which are 24 hour cycles of being awake and sleeping. These cycles are connected with the light in our environment. In the morning, the sunrise and daylight triggers the hormone serotonin to be released to wake us up. At dusk, the…
hen it comes to low back pain and routine x-rays, less is more. Treatment plans for lower back pain no longer require routine x-ray imaging. A 2011 meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials of 1,804 patients with acute or sub-acute lower back pain and signs or symptoms of a specific underlying condition did not find…
Thirty years ago in May 1989, I returned to my hometown of Hartville to start my own chiropractic practice. My first office was located at 140 Grand Trunk in a lower-level space facing the parking lot of Schoner Chevrolet. In the beginning, I just hoped patients would show up. Thankfully they did. The people of…
We have thousands of genes within our body that play a variety of roles. One of these genes is known as MTHFR. It is responsible for creating an enzyme named methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. The job of this enzyme is to convert folic acid, a vitamin, in the foods we eat into methylfolate the form of folic…
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