1 in 2 Patients: Wrong Medication in Surgery

1 in 2 Patients Have a Medicine Error in Surgical Procedures Yep you read that right.  I was enjoying a cup of coffee on Saturday morning watching the CBS news Morning Show and this article came up in the health topics for the week.  If you read the article the...

Pain Injections Show Short Term Improvement

A new article from The Annals of Internal Medicine showing the efficacy of epidural injections to treat pain and radiculopathy.  In case you don’t know, radiculopathy is arm or leg pain, numbness, tingling.  Sometimes called sciatica too. The good news is the...

Why I Get Adjusted Once a Week

I was reading a great blog article from one of my peers this morning.  He had a great quote that said, “Patients aren’t living to get adjusted, they get adjusted so they can live.” Sure, I’m friends with my chiropractor, but we have a lot more...

Do I Need All These Supplements?

Nobody would argue the point that the American diet is high in fat, sugar, and calories.  It is no wonder all these fad diets have been popping up over the years, in fact, fad diets are turning into a billion dollar industry.  You see them on commercials at night, you...

Chiropractic Focuses on the Cause of Your Condition

Chiropractic works different than the medical model for treating your back and neck pain.  If you have back pain and go into the emergency room tonight you will most likely be given a pain medication and a muscle relaxer.  The ER physician will advise you to follow up...

Chiropractic and Stroke-Hot Topic Answer

About every five years the conversation resurfaces about chiropractic adjustments and strokes.  There have been many anti-chiropractor folks out there that have pushed this topic a lot.  The typical signs of a pending stroke are neck pain and headache.  These...