Patient Newsletter – March 2013 Issue

D.D. Palmer

Here is a photograph of the discoverer of chiropractic, Dr. DD Palmer, of Davenport, Iowa demonstrating spinal adjusting. Dr. Palmer (called “DD”) accidentally discovered chiropractic when he restored the hearing of a man who had been deaf for 17 years. DD originally thought he had discovered a cure for deafness, but after patients with heart...

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The Importance Of Workplace Ergonomics

workplace ergonomics

What is Workplace Ergonomics? Workplace ergonomics is the practice of designing or redesigning the area in which a person works to the specific needs and job requirements of that person. It follows that, for an ergonomic workplace to be created, a proper assessment of the environment must first of all take place so that appropriate...

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The Facts on Sciatic Leg Pain

Understanding Leg Pain

Your sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in your body, and runs from the lower back, down through the buttock, and all the way into the lower leg, where it controls the muscles in that area. It also provides sensation to the thighs, legs, and the soles of the feet. When the sciatic...

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Overlooked Solutions for Neurological Disorders

neurological disorders relief

CASE STUDY: A nine-year-old male suffered with Tourette Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, depression, asthma, insomnia, and headaches. The asthma and upper respiratory infections were present since infancy; headaches began at age 6, followed by the onset of TS, ADHD, depression and insomnia at age 7, and neck pain for the last year. According to...

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Making Your Golden Years Golden

Aging Gracefully

People often talk about the importance of growing old gracefully, but that’s made a lot harder if you’re not also growing old healthily. In fact, if you are healthy, you could grow old disgracefully, and it would be a lot more fun. But seriously, we have an aging population. Today, there are far more older...

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Performance Enhancing Drugs: Parental Advice

Advice on Steriods

The risks of anabolic steroids are very well documented and has been highly publicized. They can have toxic effects on the liver and cardiovascular system, they can arrest normal growth (despite the appearance of promoting it), they can cause fertility problems, behavioral and psychiatric problems, and produce possibly permanent masculine characteristics in females and breast...

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