You may be wondering what in the world this Latin phrase means. In short, it means “The effect will leave when the cause is removed.” In essence, this could be the motto of chiropractic. In medicine, however, the effect is looked at as the cause. When people get a migraine headache, they are given drugs to reduce the pain, or…
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Happy 124th Birthday to the Chiropractic Profession!
In September 1895, Daniel David Palmer, known by most as D.D. Palmer, gave what was considered the first chiropractic adjustment. The 18th of September has generally been accepted as the actual birthday of chiropractic by the profession itself. After the first adjustment, D.D. Palmer coined the term “chiropractic,” from which he combined the Greek words cheir (meaning ‘hand’) and praktos (meaning ‘done’),…
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Chiropractic & Osteophytes (aka Bone Spurs)
Osteophytes, otherwise known as bone spurs, are a very common condition, especially as people age. Most people believe that bone spurs are a part of life and that they come with the territory of getting older and things breaking down. But that is not necessarily the case. First off, let’s define what a bone spur is. From Wikipedia: Osteophytes, commonly…
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3 Steps to Getting Better Sleep
If you’re an American, chances are you’re not getting enough sleep. And if you’re a parent? Forget about it. Unfortunately, there are also some things we might be doing to make our sleep worse without even realizing it. Watch the video to learn 3 ways you can enjoy a more restful night of sleep.
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Fun Times at Sherman Lyceum
These photos are from Memorial Day weekend 2010, when I spoke at the Sherman College of Chiropractic Lyceum in Greenville, SC. When I was in school at Parker University, I started a blog called The Atlas of Life that gained some notoriety in the chiropractic profession. Three months after I graduated, I was asked to speak at the following year’s Lyceum…
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Much Safer & Far Cheaper
If it’s not a misalignment in your upper cervical spine, it’s a misalignment in your lower cervical spine. If it’s not that, it’s a misaligned 1st rib. This has been the case for my patients 100% of the time in my 10 year career. Since this is a fairly common problem for a chiropractor to see (and help with), does…
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More Ease, Less Discomfort
A pet peeve of mine is when patients tell me they saw their family doctor, or orthopedist, or whichever type of doctor they got done seeing, and they were told that they “can never exercise again”… or that they “have to give up the violin”… or that they “have to give up golf”… or that they can’t do whatever it…
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3 Ways to Prevent Chronic Pain from Shrinking Your Brain
In 2004, researchers from Northwestern University conducted a study in which they discovered that chronic back pain diminishes 5-11% of the gray matter in your brain per year—the equivalent of 10-20 years of normal aging. Last year, the CDC revealed that over 50 million Americans have chronic pain at any given time. As a whole, chronic pain costs $635 billion…
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Plugging Up a Leak with Duct Tape
If you tie a string around your finger and the tip becomes purple from a lack of circulation, would you cut off the purple part of your finger? Or would you simply untie the string? When you have pain and/or symptoms, your body is telling you that there is problem—aaaaannnd that it has been there for a while. Sciatica, migraines,…
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Meditation: Pressing the Pause Button in Real Life
Meditation has been a huge benefit to me and my mental health. I have had racing thoughts most of my life and meditation helps to slow them down to a manageable, normal pace. I liken meditation to the “start” button on the old Nintendo controllers of the 1980s. The power is on, the video game is clearly on the TV…
