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Ventura Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: Clean Garbage Cans Don’t Attract Flies

Published on October 17, 2012 By Dr. Steven Alff

Ever notice that flies like to congregate around dirty, neglected garbage cans? You don’t usually see them swarming near clean ones. The same can be said for germs, bugs and viruses. Germs are like flies… they’re opportunistic. Give them a dirty place to settle and they’ll multiply. Provide a weak host and they’ll take advantage. [...]

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: Healing on a Spare Donut

Published on August 20, 2012 By Dr. Steven Alff

  In case you get a flat, the temporary “donut” in your trunk is meant to get you off the road and to the nearest service station for proper repair ASAP. Manufacturer’s instructions warn you to take it slow and easy when driving on them – those tiny tires aren’t designed to withstand the load [...]

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: Real Doctor in the Mirror

Published on July 16, 2012 By Dr. Steven Alff

The specialists say you have allergies, asthma, sleep apnea, depression, chronic fatigue, GERD and fibromyalgia. They say you’ll be on a dozen different medications for the rest of your life. But what does the doctor looking back at you in the mirror say? The doctor in the mirror says you have an innate wisdom inside, [...]

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: Chiropractic’s Cradle

Published on June 25, 2012 By Dr. Steven Alff

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. [...]

Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: “Order in Your Court”

Published on May 29, 2012 By Dr. Steven Alff

There’s an honorable judge seated at the bench of your existence – watching, listening and ruling on every aspect of your health and performance with one purpose in mind… to main- tain order. How far reaching is it’s influence in the court of your Life? It presided over your prenatal growth from one cell to [...]

Ventura Chiropractor Offers Thanksgiving Thoughts

Published on November 22, 2010 By admin

As your Ventura chiropractor, over the years I have blogged often about the adverse effects of obesity on the musculoskeletal system. Because excess weight can cause misalignment of the spine, tilting of the pelvis, unhealthy gait patterns, and wear and tear on the joints, it has been my experience that preventative and relief measures, such [...]

Ventura Chiropractor Suggests Ways You Can Avoid Holiday Exercise Inertia

Published on November 14, 2010 By admin

Here I go again talking about exercise, one of my favorite subjects as your Ventura 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 to your daily routine without altering [...]

Ventura Chiropractor Announces National Chiropractic Health Month Puts Emphasis On Obesity Prevention!

Published on October 11, 2010 By Dr. Steven Alff

After blogging for most of the year about the benefits of exercise and the national need for obesity prevention, as your Ventura Chiropractor I am pleased and gratified to inform you that this month obesity prevention is being “officially emphasized” by that National Chiropractic Association. Since 2004, October has been National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM), [...]

A Family That Plays Together…

Published on April 23, 2010 By Dr. Steven Alff

As a chiropractor I am always interested in new studies that emphasize the importance of maintaining a healthy body weight and getting regular exercise. In addition to regular chiropractic care, I recommend a nutritious diet and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle whether my patients are children, adults, and seniors. There are enormous health [...]

Chiropractic Ventura: Balanced Choices Are Keys to Good Health and Longevity

Published on July 14, 2009 By admin

Chiropractic Ventura is concerned about your overall wellness. Here is important information about good health and longevity: Recently I found an article on sciencedaily.com regarding a study done on aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and the benefits of caffeine in reversing memory loss. The article lead with the angle that “Coffee [...]