Ear infections

Hi Everyone,

I was out of town last week so I missed the weekly blog. But I'm back!

This week I have a small bit about chiropractic and ear infections. The explanation the treating chiropractor gives is a bit incomplete and over simplified. But I don't think many people really want to hear the complete details of what chiropractic may be doing to help ear infections. There may be an effect on the nervous system, and there are techniques that attempt to help the Eustachian tube drain better. Chiropractic care is probably not the best choice to help ear infections caused by a bacterial infection (but the treatment won't hurt either). In a case like this where antibiotics were not appearing to help, chiropractic may be a good choice. For more information, you can go to my website http://www.kellychiropractic.com/colic.html or ask your chiropractor.

Here is the link:
http://www.chiropracticresearch.org/search2.php?aid=1599

Enjoy

Brain fucntion and chiropractic, "I love my chiropractor" on Facebook

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a link to something that looks really interesting. I hope I can find the actual study at some point. There is not a lot of information given here to tell if the study was done well or not. But it is a place to start the search for the full publication of the study.

http://www.yourspine.com/Chiropractic/Chiropractic%20Improves%20Brain%20Function.aspx

If you are on Facebook, look at this. This site has a few bits of information from time to time. It is where I found the above link.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Love-My-Chiropractor/280983829878

Enjoy!

meditation and gymnastics

Hi Everyone,

I got these links from an old gymnastics coach of mine.
http://gymnastics.rocketkraft.com/video/x4b_UcU8lz0/2008-USA-Women-s-Olympic-Gymnastics-Team-The-Feather.html- It's fun to see these Olympians as girls with big dreams.

This is just in time to help us all relax before the weekend!
http://clearlakeflutes.rocketkraft.com/video/ETvFnLg0hXU/Native-American-Meditation-The-Northern-Lights.html -Native American music with nature pics.

Enjoy!

Depression and chiropractic

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

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!

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!

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!