Holiday Back Pain

December 6, 2009

Avoid Back Pain & Injuries this Holiday Season

Over the weekend, I was flipping through the channels and came across the early morning show on CBS where they were talking about holidays and back pain. They reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 50,000 people every year sustain some sort of [...]

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Health and Retirement

November 29, 2009

Are we outliving our Spines?
At a breakfast meeting the other day, John Hall who is a financial planner at Waddell and Reed Inc., stood up and commented about the large number of American’s outliving their retirement. The average age is now 78 years old (which is up by 10 years from 20 years ago). When we [...]

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Yoga and Chiropractic

November 22, 2009

Is yoga safe and recommended to practice if you have back pain?
The other evening the entire office and myself, participated in an introduction to Yoga class at Cosmic Dog Yoga located on 2nd street (right behind our office). As a chiropractic and rehabilitation based office, the connection between the Yoga studio and our office is [...]

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Guidelines on Stretching

November 17, 2009

How often should you stretch and when is the best time to stretch?
As a Chiropractor in Livermore, I am often asked this question by my patients who are suffering with stiffness in their necks and backs. In many of these cases, these patients are ones who are super busy with hectic lives and don’t find [...]

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Children and Scoliosis

November 8, 2009

Beware of scoliosis developing in your child
The other day I had a patient bring in her 9 year old daughter to be examined for scoliosis. She told me that her pediatrician diagnosed her daughter with scoliosis but since it was minimal she didn’t think it was necessary to refer to a chiropractor.  My patient obviously [...]

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The cost of Good Health

October 25, 2009

What price would you pay to get healthy?
I often ask myself this question as a Doctor of Chiropractic where I have the honor of helping many patients get healthy every day and get out of pain. What I find mind baffling is that so many people don’t even think about their health and the value of [...]

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Boosting Immune System

October 18, 2009

How to keep healthy and avoid the flu and colds this season
It seems to me that people are more scared than ever this year after the hype of the swine flu that so many of my patients are telling me they are getting the flu vaccine.  Although it may seem to be the answer, the flu [...]

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Healthy Eating for Children

October 3, 2009

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
Being in the health business I have strong concerns about health issues within families. Owning a personal training facility I get a lot of parents and couples concerned about the health of their children. First of all, a healthy lifestyle should start the moment your child is conceived, good health habits really start [...]

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Antibiotics and Children

September 29, 2009

How necessary is Antibiotic prescriptions for your children?
Whether it’s Penicillin, Tetracycline or any other form of antibiotic, these drugs are given widely to young children who visit the doctor for the common cold. What many parents may not know and understand are the effects of these antibiotics on their children’s immune systems. With the “sniffle” [...]

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Chiropracitc and Mesothelioma

September 20, 2009

Chiropractic care for mesothelioma patients
Cancer patients may choose to visit a chiropractor as part of their treatment routine. According to the American Chiropractic Association, chiropractic doctors “have a deep respect for the human body’s ability to heal itself without the use of surgery or medication. These doctors devote careful attention to the biomechanics, structure and [...]

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