by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 31, 2012 | Health Articles

When you are ready to start a new exercise regimen there are always plenty of new-fangled machines to help you get started and to make your exercise easier. The strange machines, contraptions and weird exercise routines promise to make your exercise easier and with faster results. To the person that loves a new gadget or...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 26, 2012 | Health Articles

If you have trouble getting quality sleep, rest assured you're not alone. “Rest assured” is probably a poor reference here… However, surveys into sleeping problems reveal that between forty and sixty percent of adults don’t feel that they sleep as well as they should or would like to. It is often down to stress in...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 24, 2012 | Health Articles

Scoliosis is a general term that is used to describe a progressive spinal curvature that can affect the entire skeletal system including the spine, ribs, and pelvis. Scoliosis is often divided into two categories: idiopathic and functional. Idiopathic scoliosis often involves changes in the development of spinal bones, where the normal development of a spinal...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 19, 2012 | Health Articles

Despite everything we know about the dire effects of smoking, a staggering 50 million Americans still indulge in the habit. There will be many different responses to the question of why these people took their first cigarette, but the reason for every cigarette beyond that first one is the same: addiction to nicotine. Nicotine is...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 17, 2012 | Health Articles

Patients often find that Chiropractic is more successful than medical care, for treating a wide range of conditions and diseases. According to nationwide surveys, results show the popularity of Chiropractic care is at an all-time high. Nearly 30% of the U.S. population, aged 18 and older, have used Chiropractic. 90% of Chiropractic patients felt their...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 12, 2012 | Health Articles

You wouldn’t go to a gas station and fill your tank with the wrong type of fuel, would you? Of course not, because you know what the consequences would be. You’d break down a half mile along the road. It’s pretty much the same with the human body, except for one thing: we are such...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 10, 2012 | Health Articles

Nowadays, Derise Rawls visits chiropractor Dr. Chris Beckwith on a regular basis for knee pain. She started seeing him after a tear in the cartilage of her knee had kept her in pain for two years. “I couldn’t walk my grandchildren outside. I couldn’t walk with my husband,” Derise said. She tried the usual avenue...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 5, 2012 | Health Articles

However you choose to ride around on two wheels: on-road, off-road, for fun or competitively - the bike you choose to do it has to be fit not just to those needs, but also to your body. You wouldn’t enter a Tour de France on a Big Wheel, and neither should you ignore the finer...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jul 3, 2012 | Health Articles

Every form of health care can contain some risk and the media often sensationalize those risks and create fear. But what are the real numbers? The following shows a comparison between spinal manipulation, spinal surgery, and anti-inflammatory drugs (non-steroidal). Your patients need to know these statistics. Cervical Spine Manipulation: Complication 2.09 per million Death .268...
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by Dr. Scott Van Dam | Jun 28, 2012 | Health Articles

Americans with developmental disabilities or autism will soon have a major new resource dedicated to providing a comprehensive array of services and support programs. On October 1, 2009, the Training, Education & Research Institute (TERI, Inc.) broke ground on the construction of the Charles R. Cono Center for Research & Life Planning. Located in North...
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