October 2011

St George Chiropractor

Yoga helps with back pain

“We found yoga classes more effective than a self-care book—but no more effective than stretching classes,” said study leader Karen J. Sherman, PhD, MPH, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute.  Dr. Sherman and her research colleagues looked at 228 adult subjects and studied them over 12 weeks.  The groups were divided into yoga, [...]

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Chiropractors treating dizziness & vertigo

Over the years, I have treated many people who had long histories of vertigo and dizziness.  After my treatment they had great relief.  There are several different causes for vertigo and certainly, a chiropractor can’t fix all of them.  But if your dizziness or vertigo has a mechanical component, there is a good chance that [...]

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Should Grandma take a multivitamin?

I read medical journals and research articles every day. I do it to stay on top of the latest research and I pass the relevant pearls of wisdom onto my chiropractic patients. Today I read an article that will definitely be passed on but with the ‘junk-science’ qualification. A study published in Arch Intern Med. [...]

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Widespread body pain after a whiplash? Really?

Absolutely! It is common to have widespread body pain after a whiplash. The condition is called Whiplash Associated Disorder. There is a growing body of evidence in medical journals to support this diagnosis. Many people think that only the neck can get injured in a car crash.  But science is proving otherwise.  The forces on [...]

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