We tend to equate healthy diet with deprivation. This is not always the case. Imagine being able to reduce your pain as a direct result of eating delicious foods that you thought were forbidden. When patients come to see me in pain, they sometimes have trouble imagining being out of … Read more…
In general, chiropractors make the mistake of looking at the world through the prism of chiropractic and not from the point of view of their patients. If they could do so, chiropractors would realize that few patients actually have the interest to pursue long treatment plants. In short, chiropractors care … Read more…
As I look at my practice and the service I provide to my patients, I try to look at the experience from the patient’s point of view. I also try to look at other industries as inspiration for ideas I can apply to my practice. In the tech industry there … Read more…
I had an interesting experience some years ago. I developed low level pain on my right shoulder blade. Basically it was a slight misalignment of my rib head. The odd thing about it was that it never got bad enough that it reached my full level of consciousness. It did … Read more…
I realize I am a bit spoiled when it comes to having to put up with the aches and pains that are a part of regular life. To say nothing of the not-so-regular aches and pains that can come from auto accidents or any other traumatic injuries. For me, it … Read more…
My heart goes out to patients who come in due to auto accident injuries. I know full well that the injuries that occur in what appears to be even a low-speed accident can severely jar a patient’s body and result in severe pain. Without proper treatment, the risks become higher … Read more…
As the old joke goes, “a specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing”. The field of medicine is full of specialists. Not surprising when one considers the enormous complexity of the human body. The problem is that specializing in … Read more…
After practicing for almost 20 years as a chiropractor, I have definitely seen patterns that occur as I evaluate and treat patients. Some of them are bit difficult to explain. Why do knees tend to misalign laterally much more often than medially? Others are more obvious. The forward head posture … Read more…
I recently had a patient who came in for neck pain. When I asked her my usual follow-up question of what else she might have going on, she expressed significant concern about clicking in her knee during exercise. Her concerns were well-founded. Clicking in the knee, or any joint, may … Read more…