Hi Everyone,
It's been another crazy week. Have had trouble getting to the blog this week, but finally, here it is.
There have been some ideas about chiropractic care stimulating the release of neurotransmitters (NTS) (i.e. serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and many others) in the brain and throughout the body. I'd say that the research is not strong (yet), and in the beginning stages on that topic. It seems to me that serotonin is the starting point for this research. But I hope we get to see some well done large studies on that topic in the future. If someone could link serotonin release with chiropractic care, I hope the next questions asked would be about that connection and if there could be an effect on depression, weight issues, and many other health issues that involve NTS.
So the next thing I would naturally search for in the above line of thought is studies on depression. Here are a couple of studies on Chiropractic and Depression.
http://www.chiropracticresearch.org/search2.php?aid=1137 -I'd call this a pilot study.
http://www.chiropracticresearch.org/search2.php?aid=1137 -case study
http://www.jvsr.com/abstracts/index.asp?id=350- the same case study from above.
Enjoy,
Dr. Gwen
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Jack LaLanne on chiropractic
Hi Everyone,
Here is a link sent to me from a friend of mine, thanks Dr. Christina!
"Feel better and live longer with Chiropractic - Jack LaLanne FOX NEWS - Jack LaLanne is an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, celebrity, lecturer, and motivational speaker who has been referred to as "the godfather of fitness." He has published fitness books as well as hosting a long-running fitness television show between 1951 and 1985. LaLanne gained worldwide renown for his success as a bodybuilder, as well as his prodigious feats of strength. He continue to rely upon chiropractic adjustments to keep himself healthy and active. He is 94 year old."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYWfRDD5H8
Enjoy!
Here is a link sent to me from a friend of mine, thanks Dr. Christina!
"Feel better and live longer with Chiropractic - Jack LaLanne FOX NEWS - Jack LaLanne is an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, celebrity, lecturer, and motivational speaker who has been referred to as "the godfather of fitness." He has published fitness books as well as hosting a long-running fitness television show between 1951 and 1985. LaLanne gained worldwide renown for his success as a bodybuilder, as well as his prodigious feats of strength. He continue to rely upon chiropractic adjustments to keep himself healthy and active. He is 94 year old."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYWfRDD5H8
Enjoy!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Vaccinations, martial arts
Hi Everyone,
This as an addition to my last blog. Here is some vaccination information from the FDA website.
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/default.htm
A friend on Face Book posted a clip of some impressively fast martial arts. I like martial arts myself (Kung Fu, and Tai Chi), and couldn't resist posting this link here for other athletes and martial artists that will like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURo8RoxrrM
Enjoy!
This as an addition to my last blog. Here is some vaccination information from the FDA website.
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/default.htm
A friend on Face Book posted a clip of some impressively fast martial arts. I like martial arts myself (Kung Fu, and Tai Chi), and couldn't resist posting this link here for other athletes and martial artists that will like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JURo8RoxrrM
Enjoy!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Vaccinations
Hi Everyone,
I am often asked by patients to give them my opinion about vaccinations. As a chiropractor vaccinations and medications are legally out of my scope of practice. To my patients' annoyance, I can't comment, so I won't comment here either. Since I am only presenting one side of the debate, however, I will ask that you remember that there are very good reasons to get vaccinated. I would make sure you do your homework. Hopefully this will help.
It is relatively easy to find information on why to get vaccinated. One of the easiest ways to get information in favor of vaccinations is to talk to your medical doctor (MD). You could also probably find some good information on the CDC (Center of Disease Control), FDA (Food and Drug Administration), or NIH (National Institute of Health) websites. For those of you looking for the other side of the coin, I hope this will help.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/04/10/wakefield-interview.aspx -The video is really long (several 10 min. sections), but worth watching. You can also get the transcript to read. Also note that the MMR vaccine that they are harping on here is from one company. Not all companies have the same problems with their vaccines.
Enjoy!
I am often asked by patients to give them my opinion about vaccinations. As a chiropractor vaccinations and medications are legally out of my scope of practice. To my patients' annoyance, I can't comment, so I won't comment here either. Since I am only presenting one side of the debate, however, I will ask that you remember that there are very good reasons to get vaccinated. I would make sure you do your homework. Hopefully this will help.
It is relatively easy to find information on why to get vaccinated. One of the easiest ways to get information in favor of vaccinations is to talk to your medical doctor (MD). You could also probably find some good information on the CDC (Center of Disease Control), FDA (Food and Drug Administration), or NIH (National Institute of Health) websites. For those of you looking for the other side of the coin, I hope this will help.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/04/10/wakefield-interview.aspx -The video is really long (several 10 min. sections), but worth watching. You can also get the transcript to read. Also note that the MMR vaccine that they are harping on here is from one company. Not all companies have the same problems with their vaccines.
Enjoy!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Low back pain, Yoga, pregnancy, chiropractic, running, movement times
This morning I found a few studies. There is quite a mix of topics. They all came up with a search of back pain and chiropractic.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792123/?tool=pmcentrez –yoga and low back pain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647084/?tool=pmcentrez- Pregnancy and chiropractic
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=20580 –low back pain and chiropractic RCT
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=18965 –Chiropractic and movement time improvements. I had previously put a link to an article about this study. Here is the link to the actual abstract, I bumped into it today.
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=20113 – Chiropractic, running, and hip extension…Dr. Gwen wonders what would happen if they tested long distance runners where a small improvement in hip movement would be more significant.
Enjoy!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792123/?tool=pmcentrez –yoga and low back pain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647084/?tool=pmcentrez- Pregnancy and chiropractic
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=20580 –low back pain and chiropractic RCT
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=18965 –Chiropractic and movement time improvements. I had previously put a link to an article about this study. Here is the link to the actual abstract, I bumped into it today.
http://www.chiroindex.org/?search_page=articles&action=&articleId=20113 – Chiropractic, running, and hip extension…Dr. Gwen wonders what would happen if they tested long distance runners where a small improvement in hip movement would be more significant.
Enjoy!
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