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Do you remember what your most recent SHA (spinal health assessment) score is? What do you want your SHA score to be? A score of 90 or above means that your spinal health is good. It means that you are in homeostasis and you are able to adapt to the stressors you place your nerve […]

Some governmental organizations are pressuring the FDA to approve drugs faster, but researchers at Yale found that nearly a third of all drugs approved between 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues after they were made widely available to patients.1   A good question then is: If you are having symptoms or pain, should medication

  I frequently get asked the question, should I continue to take cholesterol lowering drugs, known as Statins?   My first answer is to ask your Medical Doctor. It is not in the scope of Chiropractic to prescribe or “anti-prescribe” any medications. However, you and I can quickly do a search of what the literature

Painkillers such as aspirin, Aleve and Advil don’t help most people with back pain, a new review finds. The researchers estimated that only one in six people gained a benefit from taking these nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Meanwhile, previous research has suggested that another common painkiller, Tylenol (acetaminophen), isn’t very useful either, the study authors

  If you don’t exercise regularly you will have movement deficiency syndrome. But what is so wrong with that?   “Because it is well established that aerobic exercise conditioning can alter autonomic balance (increasing parasympathetic tone and decreasing sympathetic activity), a prudently designed exercise program could prove to be an effective and nonpharmacological antiarrhythmic intervention.”1

  “A study led by researchers at Columbia University provides the first evidence in humans that a structured exercise training program increases neurogenesis (the birth and development of new nerve cells) in a memory hub of the brain.   The area, a subregion of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus, is one of only two

 Should a Chiropractic adjustment hurt is one of the most common questions asked of me from new people in my office. Truthfully, sometimes a chiropractic adjustment can hurt. However, just because it hurts it does not mean it hurts you.   In other words, occasionally a chiropractic adjustment can cause some temporary pain or discomfort.

The question of whether or not your chiropractor should prescribe drugs may seem like a legitimate question to some. After all, you probably see your chiropractor more frequently than your MD. You probably have a better trusting relationship with your chiropractor than your MD. Wouldn’t it be easier to have “one-stop-shopping?”   For several years

I apologize in advance for the length of this article. Reading it to the end will help you determine if you are healthy or not. Just because you feel good it does not mean you are healthy. There are several different things that will determine your state of health. This article is to help you

Do you hate New Year’s Resolutions? I do too. But in 2016 I celebrated my 50th birthday. My health is very important to me so I set some health and fitness goals so that I could measure and then preserve my health for decades to come.  I recorded a video about my Fit at Fifty