health

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: Chiropractic’s Cradle

Posted by on June 25, 2012 at 7:19 am

Newton’s Cradle is a simple device that demonstrates the laws of momentum with a series of swing- ing spheres. The progression of many health problems can be described in a similar, sequential manner. A small slip, fall or bump nudges your spine out of alignment and produces stress in your Nerve System called a Subluxation. [...]

Chiropractic Weekly Sticky: Healing with the Brakes on…

Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 1:33 pm

Ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels when it comes to staying healthy? You eat right, exercise five days a week and try to get enough sleep – you’ve got the ‘pedal to the metal’ when it comes to staying fit, but something’s holding you back. Maybe it’s time to pay more attention to your [...]

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: “Paint’s Not Dry Yet”

Posted by on May 29, 2012 at 7:13 am

You’re a few weeks into your Chiropractic care and you’re starting to feel better. You want to get back to your routine as soon as possible. There’s a ton to do around the house, you’ve got a family to take care of and you can’t wait to get back to the gym. You have an [...]

Ventura Chiropractor: Jet Lag from the Holidays Can Have Lasting Effects on the Brain

Posted by on December 27, 2010 at 1:57 pm
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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 you arrive at your destination. A new study shows that this particular effect [...]

Exercise is Good For You, Says Ventura Chiropractor, But Maintaining a Healthy Weight Takes More

Posted by on August 4, 2010 at 9:16 pm

Here’s another blog on exercise, my favorite topic as a Ventura Chiropractor other than talking about the benefits of chiropractic treatment. And, if you’ve read my other blogs on exercise, you know I’m a big believe in “move it or lose it.” But, if you’ve read the entire content of most of my blogs, you [...]

Your Ventura Chiropractor Wants You to Know That Sometimes The Good Go Bad

Posted by on July 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm

As your Ventura Chiropractor, I have a confession to make: I’m a health nut, plain and simple. I believe that the human body is an amazing organic instrument that, just like a musical instrument, requires care and attention in order for it to “play” the way it was designed to. Some health practices are obvious: [...]

Your Ventura Chiropractor Wants You to Know That Where Your Health is Concerned, TV Ads About Food Can’t Be Trusted

Posted by on June 7, 2010 at 1:19 pm

First of all, if you are someone who reads my Ventura chiropractic blogs, then you know that as your Ventura Chiropractor I am a passionate advocate of living a healthy lifestyle that, as I’ve written so many times, includes a healthy diet, good hydration, plenty of exercise and, of course, regular chiropractic care!  In addition, [...]

Ventura Chiropractor: Don't Let Excess Weight Put Your Joints on Overload

Posted by on December 8, 2009 at 2:23 pm

It is no secret that carrying around excess body weight, especially as we age, can cause a number of health problems from heart and pulmonary diseases and diabetes to back and joint pain. Surplus poundage puts extra stress on organs, like the heart, and on joints in the low back, hips, and knees. Over half [...]