ALLERGIES, ALLERGIES, ALLERGIES
Most everybody knows about allergies or have experienced them directly, but most do not understand exactly what allergies are. Allergies are defined as a hypersensitive response of the immune system to a normally harmless substance. These substances are referred to as...
ADRENALS, FATIGUE AND MUCH MORE
These tiny triangular shaped glands are located on top of the kidneys. Most of us recognize the association of the adrenal glands and the hormone adrenaline that is associated with the fight and flight reaction to stress. However, the adrenal glands do so much more...
Acid Reflux, Hiatal Hernia, Gerd
If you are reading this article ,you probably already recognize some of the symptoms of acid reflux: Heartburn– burning pain or discomfort located from the stomach, chest or into the throat. Sometimes this pain can be confused with pain associated with the heart. Sour...
Neck Pain
Your cervical spine connects your brain stem to your spinal cord. It is an area rich in blood vessels and other soft tissue, such as ligament and tendons. Neck pain is slightly less common than back pain, but no less important or treatable. Common causes of neck pain...
Leg Pain
The largest nerve in the human body may be responsible for one of the most common causes of leg pain. The sciatic nerve connects the spinal cord with the leg and foot muscles, and runs down both sides of the lumbar spine, through the buttock and back of the thigh, and...Back Pain
Eighty percent of Americans experience one form of back pain or another during the course of their lives. More men over the age of 45 are disabled by back pain than any other condition. It is the third most common reason for surgeries. Because of this, people...Chiropractors and Chiropractic Care: An Overview
Chiropractors diagnose and treat a broad range of physical conditions in patients with muscular, nervous, and skeletal problems, especially the spine. Chiropractors make use of conventional diagnostic tests, such as X-rays, MRIs, and lab work, as well as specific...
Cold/Low Level Laser
This is truly a high-tech advance therapy that has such widespread benefits to the human body. The primary effect of LLL is to expedite healing, reduction of pain and improve communication to damaged/dysfunctional nerves and fascia. To date, scientists have found that...
Digital Foot Analysis
We have a fully computerized device that can provide in a few seconds, a high definition color printout of most imbalances stemming from the feet/ankles. The feet/ankles are often times overlooked as a potential cause of reoccurring postural and musculoskeletal...
Acupuncture
This ancient form of healing has been around for approximately 3000 years and is often misunderstood. To date it has been found that acupuncture stimulation is known to cause changes in nervous system response and can trigger different biochemical changes in the...
Massage Therapy
Most everyone is familiar with massage therapy and there are many different types of massage techniques. We primarily use deep tissue/myofascial massage and very light lymphatic massage techniques. Deep tissue massage is designed to decrease adhesions and...
Infrasonic Sound (Chi Gong)
This is an interesting device that was initially developed in China. The sound waves occur below the normal level of human hearing and run approximately from 4-14 Hertz. Scientists have found a remarkable ability of these sound waves to speed up healing of damaged...
Ultrasound
Ultrasound therapy uses high pulsed sound waves that occur above the level of normal human detection. The sound waves at our office are purposefully pulsed to avoid excessive heating of the tissues. The ultrasound helps to kinetically push swelling/inflammation out of...
Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
Often we utilize interferential current (IFC) and sometimes other types of EMS. However, we find IFC is more comfortable, more effective and better tolerated by our patients. The purpose of IFC is to reduce inflammation, reduce pain and assist in normalizing muscle...
Osteoporosis and Osteopenia
Osteoporosis and osteopenia are gradual thinning and degeneration of bone tissue which have devastating effects on the spine, hips and other joints. It is estimated that 50% of women and 25% of men over the age of 50 will experience a fracture related to osteoporsis...
Headaches & Migraines
Chronic headaches and migraines afflict many Americans. The severity of pain can go from mild and intermittent to episodes of debilitating throbbing, unrelenting agony, as well as nausea. Relief comes from a variety of means, including over-the-counter medications and...
Sports Injuries
Though there is no such thing as a “safe” sport, highly competitive sports, such as football, weightlifting, gymnastics, and wrestling, pose particularly higher risks of injuries, especially among children. According to experts, as much as 20 percent of...
Arthritis
There are about 100 different types of arthritis. The most common form of arthritis is called osteoarthritis. This is considered the “wear and tear” type of arthritis and becomes more common as people age. It is estimated that 65-85% of people over age 65...
Functional Medicine & Nutrition
What is a Functional Medicine and Nutrition Appointment? These are separate, distinct treatments from the chiropractic treatments. These appointments focus on balancing body chemistry, analyzing organ reflexes, reviewing blood chemistries, salivary hormone profiles,...
Chiropractic Care
How we do Chiropractic We tailor our treatments/adjustments to the patient and their condition. Our treatments vary from very light/gentle low force to more forceful approaches. We have special training to handle extremity problems such as: ankle sprain/strain, foot...
Laboratory Testing
Dr. Reade utilizes various functional medicine laboratory tests to evaluate your current individual health status. This type of testing is extremely specific compared to most traditional lab testing, and some customized panels are not available elsewhere. Some of...TOXINS AND DETOXIFICATION
Most of us may not realize that we are bombarded daily by toxins from sources outside of our bodies. These toxins can come from our food, medications, water, water bottles, other plastic containers, air pollutants, from contact with our skin from lotions, makeup,...
INTRODUCTION TO COLD LEVEL LASER
What exactly is a laser? Laser is actually an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions Radiation. Basically, a laser is a strong, coherent, narrow beam of light. It is used in the field of medicine/surgery, in many different industries and commonly now...
CRANIOSACRAL , SOT AND MORE
What exactly is Craniosacral Therapy or Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT)? These two systems of healing are gentle methods that balance the bodies structural and neurological systems. This is done by correcting abnormal spinal, cranial membrane motion and restoring...
FIBROMYALGIA – CRITERIA AND STATISTICS
Most people have heard of fibromyalgia, but most patients and even other physicians do not understand this condition. For many years this was an unrecognized condition and most physicians simply thought this condition was completely psychosomatic. However, in 1990 The...
DEPRESSION—MORE THAN THE BLUES
Everyone has experienced times in which we feel sad, lonely, isolated and melancholy. However, “clinical” depression is much more intense and much longer lasting than our isolated times of sadness. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) it is estimated that...
FOOD SENSITIVITIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCE
We wish to make a distinction here between food allergies and food sensitivities/ food intolerances. The last newsletter addressed “true” food allergies which are caused by a protein produced by a certain white blood cell in your immune system called a plasma cell....