Collaboration: Doctor and patient working together There is, unfortunately, a lack of collaboration between doctor and patient which has led to the following exchange: Doctor – Please don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree and 20 years of experience. Patient – Please don’t confuse the 1-hour lecture you had on my condition with […]

Short Leg Syndrome (a fancy way of saying one leg is shorter than the other!) By now, you have all had the experience of me telling you that one leg is shorter than the other, as an indication of why you have lower back pain. In fact, many patients, when I do a leg length […]

What is a pulse oximeter? It is a small electronic device that measures the saturation of oxygen in the blood. Normal is 95% to 100-%. Under 92% is cause for concern and may require supplementary oxygen. You put your finger into the device (you won’t feel a thing!) and a few seconds later you have […]

Memorial Day, 2020….it’s been a while since I’ve posted to my site and looking back at previous posts brings home how much our world has changed. There are so many things that I would like to share with you based upon what I have learned over these past months, strategies that have helped me cope […]

The Invisible Health Condition Behind Everything From Heart Disease To Dementia The scary thing is, you can’t see it or feel it—but it might be hurting every part of your body It’s called chronic inflammation and, like Chiropractic, it’s not just about pain! Scan the obits and you’ll see the usual suspects listed as causes […]

One Minute per Day for a More Stable Lower Back! I am frequently asked for lower back exercises and, inevitably, patients do not do the exercises for several reasons: They take too long Patients are afraid of hurting themselves Patients are unsure of how to do the exercises My One Minute Exercises are certainly not […]

LABOR DAY 2019 Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer (despite the latest heat wave!) and back to work, back to school, which means BACK TO STRESS! (though for many of us, the stress never left!) For those of you old enough to remember, there was an aspirin commercial years ago with the tag line, […]

Happy Groundhog Day! Ok, how many of you are saying right now, “I love that movie!” How many of you are also saying that Life feels like “Groundhog Day,” where every day is the same, especially the same aches and pains that you wake up to, except that Cher is not singing “I Got You […]

Let’s Talk About Posture!   I know, I hear you, “yeah, yeah, sit up and stand up straight.” Poor posture leads to slow, long term damage to your body, WITHOUT PAIN, until that “it just happened” moment. The same happens with tooth decay, arthritis, diabetes, PINCHED NERVES. We all know what to do! Head up, […]

New Year’s 2018 Happy New Year! Maybe because I’m getting older (notice I said “older” not “old!”) but Life seems to pass by more quickly each year. Each year we become so busy with the mechanics of life that we forget how to live. Each year we sit down and try to make goals, plans, […]