Loan Chiropractic

How to avoid slipping on snow and ice this winter Use what ice fishermen use! "Peel and stick" sandpaper can be put on the bottom of your winter boots or rubbers (if the boot or shoe bottom is warm, clean and dry) and slip no more! Local hardware stores carry the anti-slip sandpaper, usually to be used on stair treads. There is no reason to avoid using it on your boots. You can experiment on your own using one strip or several, and when they wear out, re-apply. We never real...ly know what's under the fluffy dusting of snow or even wet leaves. TRY IT! Take off the boots before walking on a nice polished floor. It's okay to glance down to see where you are walking, but try to look straight ahead 15 feet as well. It's easier to avoid falling if you are upright and balanced. Also, leave the texting for a time when you are not moving! Another way to avoid falls is to get regular chiropractic adjustments. For more information about the natural health benefits of chiropractic, call us today.

Chiropractic and Vision Regained There are many well-documented cases of chiropractic care helping improve patients' sight. A recent case study reports that an 18-year-old woman, undergoing chiropractic care of her neck, regained vision in her left eye. At age 14, she suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery to prevent further injury from the stroke. Immediately following surgery she reported blurry vision and a loss of side vision in her left eye. The vision in her ey...e slowly diminished over the following four years, becoming completely blind. She suffered from migraines and seizures as well. She then made her first visit to a chiropractic office complaining of mid-back, neck and low back pain, along with shoulder pain and numbness and tingling in both arms and into her left leg and foot. After several adjustments to her neck, the patient experienced 'sparkles' in her left eye and gradually regained her eyesight. Her migraines, seizures and pain were also greatly reduced. The patient in this case regained her vision after only a few chiropractic adjustments. While most causes of blindness may not be helped by chiropractic care, it is important that a good chiropractic examination should be done before risky procedures, such as surgery, are performed.

Mental Illness and Chiropractic Chiropractic adjustments have a strong influence on mental health and this was well established by the 1930s, in the early days of the profession. Legal briefs were presented to the North Dakota legislature by Judge A. W. Ponath in 1935, documenting that 27 out of 44 (61%) of mentally ill patients in asylums were able to go home and resume their former responsibilities after receiving chiropractic care. The judge noted that most of these people... had been declared incurable by medical authorities and would have been doomed to spend the rest of their lives in an asylum. More recent research has shown that brain function can be affected negatively by lack of proper motion in the spine. Our spine has multitudes of receptors that send feedback to the brain every second, helping our body to adapt to whatever is changing in our environment or in our lives, from helping to keep our balance on uneven ground to having the immune system fight off new germs. We cannot be as healthy and vital as we should be, if there is interference with the signals linking the body and brain. It is important to get your spine checked to see how close you are to living up to your potential! Call our office today for an appointment.

Seasonal Allergies and Chiropractic I used to have terrible seasonal allergies. In the late spring, I would go through 250 tissues a day, had sneezing fits, sneezing 120 times in a row, along with terribly itchy eyes. These symptoms started about five years after having a whiplash car accident. (Any pains from the accident were gone within 2 to 3 weeks.) The drugs I took to relieve these symptoms caused side effects fatigue, nosebleeds, etc. Even though my runny nose could... be stopped, when the medicine wore off, the symptoms would return. I never suspected that my allergies could be connected to my spine, so I endured these symptoms for over 20 years. It was only after I started getting frequent chiropractic adjustments, I went through spring in a normal fashion, and could enjoy the outdoors symptom free. It is now 19 years later, and I realize that having a nervous system that has less interference is responsible for eliminating my allergies. Our spinal nerves are connected to our immune system and mechanical interference with the joints of our spine can affect how well our nerves work. This includes normal immunity. Our bodies should not respond to pollen and dust with an overreaction, but around 30% of the population has difficulty with allergies. I wonder how many of these allergic people would be helped by chiropractic adjustments. We have technology to check the performance of your spinal nerves, something that every allergic person should have performed. For more information about the natural health benefits of chiropractic adjustments, call us today. See more

Drugs are not the problem! Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet are not really the problem! Over 70% of medical doctors have routinely prescribed these opioid drugs for chronic joint or back pain, due to deliberate misinformation by drug companies as to how addictive these drugs are. Several states are suing these drug companies for over-promoting their painkilling but dangerous and addicting medications. Our own legislators now call addiction our #1 Health Crisis. I don't beli...eve that the drugs themselves are the problem as much as the mindset that health comes from outside of the body, as in pills, or injections, or too many body parts! One just has to look at any TV station to see how much money goes into advertising drugs. The side effects more often include death! What is your first action when you have a headache or knee pain? Do you look for a pill? By contrast, the chiropractic mindset is to enhance the body's own healing powers, which are truly amazing! Chiropractors focus on the nervous system, the mechanical workings of the spine and the necessity of clear communication between body and brain to allow the body to heal itself. Several recent studies show that less opioids are used in areas that have more chiropractors! For more information about the natural health benefits of chiropractic adjustments, call us today. See more