“I’ve heard that Chiropractors treat spinal subluxations. What does that mean?” Chiropractic was originally founded with the basic idea that a person’s body is designed to heal itself if things are functioning properly. Problems can result in that capacity to heal (from physical, mental, or chemical causes originally described by Palmer. Palmer said that spinal […]
How The Spine ‘Feeds’ The Brain
Spinal movement is a strong driver of input into an area of the brain called the cerebellum. I know, it sounds complicated! We’ll keep it simple and look at why the spine is so important to our nervous system in this post. The spine is a primary driver of cerebellar and amazingly all brain function. […]
Your Neck’s Major Impact On Balance, Movement, and Brain Function
A study published in Experimental Brain Research looked at the neck’s influence on brain’s balance and knowing where we are in space. Researchers found that neck movement had a major impact on our brain’s ability to maintain these systems (the vestibular system). This is very important for people with losses of neck motion, neck pain, […]
Why Do So Many People Get Concussions?
Concussions Are Much More Common Than You Think… From Sports, Falls, Car Accidents, and More Our brains are especially susceptible to injury because of so many factors including it’s soft composition, it’s extreme wiring complexity, the hard skull in which it’s enclosed, the skull’s position on the relatively long and less stable neck, and our […]
Warning About Spinal Injections
Did you know that research finds that treatments like spinal epidural steroid injections can dramatically increase your risk of a spinal fracture? These injections are very commonly used by pain management and other doctors to help people with spinal pain. Each epidural steroid injection increased risk of a spinal fractures by 21% according to a […]
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