For the hundreds of thousands of individuals[1] who suffer from concussion (also called traumatic brain injury) per year, a common question is what the long term effects are from such an injury. Understanding this could not only impact treatment options and patient education, but when this arises in a legal
Recently, and article published in the BioMEd Central Research Notes, July 24, 2017, found that Chiropractic care, specifically Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation, was a safe and significantly effective treatment method for cervicogenic (from the neck) headache. This is a very common form of headache pain, and from a chiropractic perspective, very
Very often when someone has Low Back Pain, they don’t often consider that their feet, and more specifically their abnormal foot biomechanics, may be playing a role in their Low Back Pain. Dr. Garreth MacDonald, Eugene Chiropractor, has been using a scan device from Footmaxx to analyse patient’s foot biomechanics
We have been hearing lots of news recently about something called CTE, concussions and brain injury in NFL players. These findings are consistent with boxers having sustained repeated blows to the head. The long-term neurodegenerative consequence of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rTBI) was originally termed “punch drunk syndrome” in
Diaphragm Breathing What is the Diaphragm? The diaphragm is a large, thin, dome-shaped muscle that divides the thoracic (chest) cavity from the abdominal (belly) cavity. As the diaphragm contracts and moves down, the lungs are able to expand and fill with air. Breathing with your diaphragm along with
Nutrients APRIL 2, 2020; VOL. 12; NO. 4 William B. Grant, Henry Lahore, Sharon L. McDonnell, Carole A. Baggerly, Christine B. French, Jennifer L. Aliano, Harjit P. Bhattoa. This study cites 157 references. BACKGROUND: Neither UVB from the sun or supplemental vitamin D3 are the active form of vitamin D;