Here are 9 great things Chiropractic Adjustments do for the body…
#9: Chiropractic Alleviates Pain - Chiropractors addresses the underlying cause of pain disorders, headaches, low back pain and sports injuries by treating the cause, not covering the symptoms. Quite often, those painful conditions are linked to dysfunctional areas in the spine or extremities where movement is restricted or bones are misaligned. Chiropractors adjust those areas increasing motion and reducing pain. At our office we also combine physical therapy techniques and massage to increase blood flow, reduce painful muscle spasms and adhesions to enhance the process and speed recovery.
#8: Chiropractic Boosts Productivity – Since chiropractic care keeps you healthier, you will also find that your efficiency at work increases, also. For instance, chiropractic care rids LBP associated with sitting hour after hour in ergonomically incorrect chairs. “Sitting causes the pelvis to rotate backwards and causes a reduction in the lumbar lordosis, chunk-phi angle, and knee angle” notes researchers. Treatment also causes “an increase in muscle effort and disk pressure” (JMPT 1999; 22:594-609). In relating LBP can lead to work absence and higher medical costs: the focus of a study published earlier this year. In a review of 250 employees receiving workers compensation for low back pain– 72 of whom had no physically therapeutic care — patients receiving spinal adjustments experienced greater reductions in pain and disability.
#7: Chiropractic Improves Cognitive Function – Mapping of brain activity before and after chiropractic adjustments of the spine and the neck reveals that chiropractic care stimulates cognitive function. In a study involving 500 adult volunteers, researchers used cutting edge technology to create maps of functioning in the cortical portions of the brain before and after chiropractic adjustments of the cervical spine. Researchers found that “cervical adjustments activate specific neurological pathways” in the brain, potentially stimulating cognitive function (JMPT1997;20:529). Chiropractic adjustments also enhance response mechanisms in the brain, according to researchers in New Zealand who conducted a study involving 30 volunteers: all with evidence of cervical spinal joint dysfunction. Instead of cortical mapping the researchers used reaction time to various stimulation as a gauge. “Multiple sites of cervical spinal joint dysfunction were related to impaired cortical processing,” noted the researchers. This was demonstrated by “significantly less accurate response selection and a trend toward more variable performance of an anticipated response.” (JMPT 2005;28:502-7). After chiropractic adjustments, the volunteers demonstrated improved cortical processing and response selection. This is why so many patients say the feel lighter they think more clearly and even see better after an adjustment!
#6: Chiropractic Boosts Immunity and Prevents Other Conditions – Scientific research reveals that regularly scheduled chiropractic care may boost the body’s immune response. And a powerful immune system is a key component of chiropractics all-natural approach. One study involved 11 patients over a nine-month period. The pilot study provided preliminary information regarding chiropractic care and possible links to improved immune status. Chiropractic care also boosted other aspects of health and quality of life – as mentioned above (JVSR 2006 1-6). Another study in 1991 even found that chiropractic adjustments boost levels of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and monocytes — white blood cells associated with a healthy immune system (JMPT 1991; 7:399-408). Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, getting your Vitamin C and other supplements is important but nothing is more important then making sure your spine is in good working order it’s like driving a car that’s out of alignment you can put the best gas in the take but you will still go sideways down the road.
#5: Chiropractic Reduces Stress – Chiropractic care reduces stress by allowing the body to achieve a balance. In addition, chiropractic helps keep patients free of the impairments to regular exercise, which is key to reducing stress and preventing stress-related anxiety and depression. And, while chiropractors do not treat depression, preliminary research demonstrates that chiropractic adjustments may ease depressive symptoms by increasing endorphins. “It has been long speculated that chiropractic interventions may affect mental health problems,” note researchers. Investigators followed 15 adults who were both clinically depressed and had cervical spine subluxations. Before and after receiving an adjustment, the subjects completed a standard assessment for depression called the Beck Depression Inventory II. Results revealed a marked reduction in depression scores following treatment (JVSR 2005:1-4)
#4: Chiropractic Care Encourages Increased Physical Activity – New patients frequently find that chiropractic care jump starts them toward a more wellness oriented lifestyle, simply because they can move more and with less pain. For instance, many chiropractic patients report improved function and with that, an increased ability to stick to a regular exercise program.
#3: Chiropractic Reduces Dependency on Medications – Individuals who maintain regular chiropractic care are far less likely over use medication, which all have dangerous side effects. Even OTC pain medication may cause problems in the gastrointestinal system. In addition, long-term use of pain medication can actually worsen the very symptoms they was intended to reduce – a “rebound’ reaction. “Rebound” headaches are relatively new, and describe a long standing, “unnamed” and largely unrecognized condition caused by taking painkillers — daily or on a regular basis — from migraines or other headaches. Remember, these conditions are common, they are NOT normal!
#2: Chiropractic Improves Sleep Quality – Chiropractic patients often enjoy improved quality of life, including sleep quality. This is due to a reduction in pain and anxiety which often interferes with sleep patterns. Improved sleep enhances immunity and your ability to fight disease. Some exciting preliminary research links insomnia with vertebral subluxations. The study collected data on 221 patients being cared for by 15 different chiropractors. According to the findings, “one third of the 154 patients who completed the semi structured interview reported their sleep pattern was changed immediately after their chiropractic adjustment. All but one of these 52 patients reported improvement” in the 20 patients with insomnia, improved sleep was noted in the six days following the chiropractic adjustment. ”However, no consistent trends were noted in the days and weeks following care, so additional research is necessary before a firm link may be established” (JMPT 2005;28:179).
#1: Chiropractic Adds Life and Improves Structural Wellness - Regular chiropractic care instills patients with sense of ‘health-confidence” and self-confidence. Much can be said for first impressions. So whether it be in business or in our personal lives, your posture can speak for you before you ever utter a word. If you see someone standing upright, they carry an aire of confidence that bears watching and commands respect. Contrast that mental image with someone who is hunched over or slouches and you can see what I mean. Chiropractic patients learn to take charge of their own well-being, and in turn, increase their longevity by adding a heightened quality-of-life.
One of the best parts of our office is that we don’t do the 2 minute adjustment that many people have been so disappointed by. We have a full comprehensive approach. All of our visits encompass massage, physical therapy techniques, cold laser, time with the doctor and adjustment to the body as needed depending on your body. Peaceful music, dimly-lit rooms and serene atmosphere provide the much needed stress reduction at the end of a long day or that quick break in the middle of a day. Call us to today to get that much needed alignment and relaxation that your body needs to keep yourself at top performance.
All my best for amazing GREAT health,
Dr. Stephanie King
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As you lie on the table under crisp, fresh sheets, hushed music draws you into the moment. The smell of sweet aromatherapy fills the air and you hear the gentle sound of massage oil being warmed in your therapist’s hands. The pains of age, the throbbing from your overstressed muscles, the sheer need to be touched — all cry out for therapeutic hands to start their work. Once the session gets underway, the problems of the world fade into an oblivious 60 minutes of relief and all you can comprehend right now is not wanting it to end.
But what if that hour of massage did more for you than just take the pressures of the day away? What if that gentle, therapeutic massage helped you combat cancer? What if bodywork helped you recover from a strained hamstring in half the time? What if your sleep, digestion and mood all improved with massage and bodywork? What if these weren’t just “what ifs”?
Evidence is showing that the more massage you can allow yourself, the better you’ll feel. Here’s why.
Massage as a healing tool has been around for thousands of years in many cultures. Touching is a natural human reaction to pain and stress, and for conveying compassion and support. Think of the last time you bumped your head or had a sore calf. What did you do? Rubbed it, right? The same was true of our earliest ancestors. Healers throughout time and throughout the world have instinctually and independently developed a wide range of therapeutic techniques using touch. Many are still in use today, and with good reason. We now have scientific proof of the benefits of massage - benefits ranging from treating chronic diseases and injuries to alleviating the growing tensions of our modern lifestyles.
Having a massage does more than just relax your body and mind - there are specific physiological and psychological changes which occur, even more so when massage is utilized as a preventative, frequent therapy and not simply mere luxury. Massage not only feels good, but it can cure what ails you.
The Consequences of Stress Experts estimate that 80 percent to 90 percent of disease is stress-related. Massage and bodywork is there to combat that frightening number by helping us remember what it means to relax. The physical changes massage brings to your body can have a positive effect in many areas of your life. Besides increasing relaxation and decreasing anxiety, massage lowers your blood pressure, increases circulation, improves recovery from injury, helps you to sleep better and can increase your concentration. It reduces fatigue and gives you more energy to handle stressful situations.
Massage is a perfect elixir for good health, but it can also provide an integration of body and mind. By producing a meditative state or heightened awareness of living in the present moment, massage can provide emotional and spiritual balance, bringing with it true relaxation and peace.
Touch Research Institute (TRI) at the University of Miami, is known massage research. Together, they and other researchers have done outstanding work proving the value of massage. While their studies have shown we can benefit from massage even in small doses (15 minutes of chair massage or a half-hour table session), Hernandez-Reif says they know from their research that receiving bodywork 2-3 times a week is highly beneficial. And if we lived in a fantasy world, Hernandez-Reif has the answer. “I feel a daily massage is optimal.”
It’s undoubtedly a wonderful thing when your therapist begins unwinding those stress-tightened muscles, and your day’s troubles begin to fade away. But it’s the cherry on top to know this “medicine” only gets better with frequency.
What You Already Know: The Benefits of Massage In an age of technical and, at times, impersonal medicine, massage offers a drug-free, non-invasive and humanistic approach based on the body’s natural ability to heal itself. So what exactly are the benefits to receiving regular massage and/or bodywork treatments?
- Increases circulation, allowing the body to pump more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs.
- Stimulates the flow of lymph, the body’s natural defense system, against toxic invaders. For example, in breast cancer patients, massage has been shown to increase the cells that fight cancer.
- Increased circulation of blood and lymph systems improves the condition of the body’s largest organ - the skin.
- Relaxes and softens injured and overused muscles
- Reduces spasms and cramping
- Increases joint flexibility.
- Reduces recovery time, helps prepare for strenuous workouts and eliminates subsequent pains of the athlete at any level.
- Releases endorphins - the body’s natural painkiller - and is being used in chronic illness, injury and recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain.
- Reduces post-surgery adhesions and edema and can be used to reduce and realign scar tissue after healing has occurred.
- Improves range-of-motion and decreases discomfort for patients with low back pain.
- Relieves pain for migraine sufferers and decreases the need for medication.
- Provides exercise and stretching for atrophied muscles and reduces shortening of the muscles for those with restricted range of motion.
- Assists with shorter labor for expectant mothers, as well as less need for medication, less depression and anxiety, and shorter hospital stays.
For those of you looking to benefit from therapeutic massage look no further then our office. We have all the benefits right here in increments of 20, 30, 40, 60 and 90 minute to fit all of your needs and budget.
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Chiropractic during pregnancy is an important part of prenatal care. Unfortunately, not enough women know of the benefits of chiropractic care both for themselves and their unborn baby. A woman’s body undergoes an amazing amount of changes during pregnancy. As her baby grows her musculoskeletal system must adjust accordingly to accommodate the growing uterus and prepare for delivery. Chiropractic care helps her body to stay aligned as these changes occur and also helps to keep the nervous system functioning at its optimal level.
Many pregnant women experience low back pain, hip pain, and pubic symphysis. These discomforts are the result of the stresses put on the body by the rapid growth of the baby and the changes the body must undergo to accommodate those adjustments. As her belly gets bigger, the woman’s center of gravity changes. The growth is so quick that it is often difficult for the low back and pelvis to adjust to this change. This causes stress in those areas, resulting in misalignments which then causes pain and dysfunction. If a woman’s low back and pelvis was out of alignment before her pregnancy it is even harder for her back and pelvis to adjust. When the pelvis is subluxated (misaligned) it affects the uterus and the position of the growing baby.
The uterus is connected to the pelvis by ligaments: the broad ligament, the uterosacral ligaments, and the round ligaments. Like a hot air balloon tethered to the ground, these ligaments work to keep the uterus in the proper place in the pelvis and allow support as the uterus grows to accommodate the growing baby. If the pelvis is subluxated, these ligaments can become torqued. When the ligaments are affected, they directly affect the position of the uterus which can result in the baby not being in an optimal position. This type of situation may result in a breech baby or a transverse (sideways) baby.
The goal of the chiropractor is to correct the subluxations in the pelvis to help balance the uterus and allow the baby to get into a better position. Chiropractic adjustments for a pregnant woman are specific, gentle, and safe.
Besides increasing a pregnant woman’s comfort level, an aligned pelvis can result in a quicker, safer, and easier birth. When a baby is in breech or transverse position a cesarean section is almost always performed. Because they are so common many people forget that a c-section is a major abdominal surgery and can be risky. Helping the baby to get into a proper head-down position by balancing the pelvis and ligaments helps to avoid c-sections due to baby positioning. Other variations in baby position such as a tilted head or a “sunny side up” baby (face up during delivery) can also be caused by pelvic imbalance and may result in a more difficult, painful, and longer labor and delivery.
At our office besides Chiropractic care we also specialize in Prenatal and Postnatal Massage which offers many benefits as well to the Mom as well as the developing infant.
For more information, you can contact our office at 626-799-0557 or check out our Chiropractic and Massage Page at www.advancedhealthconcepts.info
1. Catechins found in blueberries activate fat-burning genes in abdominal fat cells to assist with weight loss, and belly fat loss in particular. According to research at Tufts University, regularly ingesting catechins increases abdominal fat loss by 77 percent and double total weight loss.
2. They contain a group of natural phytonutrients (plant nutrient) called proanthocyanidins which have a unique ability to protect both the watery and fatty parts of the brain against damage from some environmental toxins.
3. Blueberries are one of the richest sources of proanthocyanidins. These phytonutrients decrease free radicals levels that are linked to aging (yes wrinkling!) and disease.
4. In animal studies, those given an extract of blueberries had less motor skill decline and performed better on memory tests than animals not given the blueberries. Researchers conclude that compounds in blueberries may reverse some age-related memory loss and motor skill decline.
5. Blueberries are packed with vitamins C, E, riboflavin, niacin, and folate.
6. They are a rich source of the phytonutrients ellagic acid. Ellagic acid has proven anticancer and genetic-material-protection capabilities. It also encourages a healthy rate of apoptosis—how the body seeks out and destroys harmful or damaged cells, like cancer cells.
7. Because they contain plentiful amounts of the phytonutrient quercetin, they may reduce the likelihood and severity of allergies.
8. Blueberries contain minerals like iron, magnesium, manganese, and potassium.
9. Blueberries contain salicylic acid—the natural version of aspirin. Salicylic acid is known to thin the blood and reduce pain.
10. Blueberries are excellent anti-inflammatory agents. They increase the amounts of compounds called heat-shock proteins that decrease as people age. When heat shock proteins decrease the result is inflammation and damage, particularly in the brain. Research shows that by eating blueberries regularly, inflammation lessens.
11. They increase the production of feel-good dopamine. Dopamine is a natural neurotransmitter (brain messenger) that tends to be low in Parkinson’s.
12. They just taste great. Ok, this is no surprise but it’s a great reason to eat blueberries anyway.
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Chiropractic Health Care
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Low level lasers are a more effective process than other scar removal procedures for reducing pain and the unsightly appearance of both old and new scars. It may require several low level laser sessions to significantly reduce the appearance of scarring; nonetheless, it is a pain free procedure with a successful track record. It’s amazing how the same technology used to help heal acne can also substantially enhance the healing process when it comes to recovering from a burn. Low level laser therapy, or cold laser therapy, has beneficial healing properties for burn victims, reducing burn scars and aiding the healing process recover to the original skin. Although it has yet to be granted 501K market clearance for wound healing, low level laser therapy has shown through research to increase the healing rate of burn victims, reducing scars and improving recovery times.
Research shows that those treated with lower level laser therapy heal at a much faster rate, almost twice as much for the typical victim when compared to those treated by placebos. Research indicates that those treated with this revolutionary therapy heal at a remarkable rate and are able to reduce burn scars more effectively.
How it Works
The use of low level lasers in the treatment of burn wounds has been shown to reduce pain and inflammation, particularly in second and third degree burns. The main function of low lever lasers in burn treatments is the stimulation of tissues. This stimulation helps prevent infection and promotes healing. When skin is exposed to low level laser light, certain reactions are triggered within the cells of the tissue. These reactions can lead to reduced inflammation, increased lymphatic flow, circulation, cell metabolism, and reduced pain. All of these reactions as a result of cold laser therapy work in conjunction to rapidly speed up the healing process for burn wounds, especially when compared to conventional, non-LLLT burn treatments.
Improve Recovery
Burns can be some of the most traumatic injuries to recover from, often because of the scars that develop and the resulting social stigma. Low level laser therapy can substantially reduce these scars and can help return you to your previous appearance. Although scars may be lasting, they can substantially be healed and minimized with the enhancement of low level laser surgery.
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Low level lasers for scar reduction involve a noninvasive procedure that is done completely outside of the body. The goal of the laser procedure is to jump start the scarred cells on the cellular level (much like taking sunlight to plants).The lasers kick start a cell’s mitochondria organelles. The mitochondria organelles are light sensitive and are where a cell’s fuel is produced. In short, the laser’s light activates the cell’s healing process because once the mitochondria begins producing fuel (ATP), the body starts healing itself as it would naturally. Basically the low level laser serves as the mechanism to elicit the body’s natural healing process restoring normal healthy tissue to an area. The low level lasers increase a cell’s metabolism, improve blood flow to the region and overall circulation, as well as offer a painkiller and anti-inflammatory effect. It is the culmination of these results which promotes the body’s healing properties and helps reduce the appearance of both old and new scars.
The Benefits:
1. Drug Free: Since the procedure non-invasive and completely painless, it does not require antibiotics or other surgery related medications. Many people who suffer chronic pain from their scars regularly take painkillers as part of their daily regime to mask discomfort from pain, itching and swelling, however with low level laser treatment patients may find that they can stop taking them.
2. No Cell Damage: Since the lasers are at set to a low temperature, they are incapable of harming surrounding cells. High temperature lasers would damage skin cells, however low level lasers ignite a cell’s mitochondria organelles to begin healing as it would have done naturally.
3. Painless Procedure: It is precisely as a result of the two previously mentioned benefits that low level laser treatments are painless. Since the cold lasers do not cause cell damage or heat up the surrounding areas or require surgery, this laser procedure is 100% pain free.
4. Success Rate: Low level laser treatment studies have shown as high as an 80% reduction in pain associated with scars.
5. Natural Procedure: Cold level laser treatment is a completely natural process in that the lasers are the means of initializing a cell’s natural healing process rather than an instrument that directly causes the change. No intrusive surgery or medications are necessary with this laser treatment as it merely relies on the mitochondria organelles’ sensitivity to light.
Dr. Stephanie King owner of Advanced Health Concepts Alternative Health & Anti-Aging Center has been in practice for 13 years. Dr. King has been working with cold laser or low level laser technology for over 9 years and has not only been actively treating patients for scars, burns, pain, acne, bone injuries, muscle injuries, joint pain, and natural fat reduction(Zerona Laser), but she also has been training, teaching and instructing other doctors nationally. She has been recognized and thanked by Erchonia the largest manufacturer and teaching group for low level laser technology and is an expert in this field. For more information or a complimentary consultation on how cold laser (low level laser) can work for you call (626) 799-0557 or email skingdc@eathlink.net.
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Here are 9 great things Chiropractic Adjustments do for the body…
