Archive for the ‘chiropractic’ Category

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Reveals Recent Study on Failed Back Surgeries

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

As your Grand Rapids Chiropractor I feel that it is my obligation to pass along the results of a recent study regarding failed back surgeries: Did you know that complicated spine surgeries that involve fusing two or more vertebrae are actually on the rise? You may find it surprising, or ...

Chiropractor in Grand Rapids: “Sweat” or “Glow,” Exercise Means Health

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

As a Grand Rapids chiropractor I have to say that there isn’t much difference between the skeletal structure of men and women, with the exception that the female pelvis is wider to allow for childbirth, and the forehead bones of the male protrude more and the overall frame is frequently ...

Santa Clara Chiropractor: Chiropractic and a Immune Boost

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Santa Clara Chiropractor weekly health alert: An article appearing February 7, 2011, on the online news site “All Voices” describes in a clear manner the way chiropractic helps the immune system to function properly. The article’s author, Debbie Nicholson, begins her article by ...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Explains How You Can Avoid Holiday Exercise Inertia

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Here I go again talking about exercise, one of my favorite subjects as your Grand Rapids chiropractor when it comes to an essential part of good health that no one can do for you but you. In my past blogs I’ve talked about simple ways that you can add exercise ...

Chiropractor Muskego: Study Links Pesticides to Parkinson’s

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Feb 1117 Muskego Chiropractor weekly Health alert: Researchers have recently found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to develop Parkinsons’ disease. The two pesticides, paraquat and rotenone, have not approved for house and garden use. “Rotenone directly inhibits the function of ...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor: Can Zinc Help a Common Cold?

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Feb 1117 Grand Rapids Chiropractor weekly health alert: A review of the medical research on zinc shows that when it is taken within one day of the first symptoms, it can cut down the time you have a cold by about 24 hours.  It also greatly reduces the severity ...

Chiropractor in Santa Clara: Do Women Really “Glow”?

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

As a Santa Clara chiropractor I have to say that there isn’t much difference between the skeletal structure of men and women, with the exception that the female pelvis is wider to allow for childbirth, and the forehead bones of the male protrude more and the overall frame ...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor: Jet Lag from a Holidays Can Have Lasting Effects on a Brain

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Dec 1027 A timely study for those of you traveling!The holiday season brings lots of travel — visiting family and friends, taking vacations. If you have ever traveled and experienced jet lag, you know that you can feel that you are just not quite fully functioning (particularly when traveling east) when ...

Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor says Exercise this Time of Day is Better

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Jan 114 A new study suggests that exercising in the morning, before eating, can significantly lessen the ill effects of a poor holiday diet. Researchers recruited healthy, active young men and fed them a bad diet for six weeks. A group of them that exercised before breakfast gained ...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor: Tomatoes and Vascular Disease

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Jan 1115 Tomatoes, the most widely produced fruit in the world, contain a nutrient which could prevent the onset of vascular diseases. The compound, 9-oxo-octadecadienoic, was found to have anti-dyslipidemic affects. Dyslipidemia is a condition caused by an abnormal amount of lipids in the blood ...