Ultrasound and Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic ultrasound

Ultrasound isn’t only used to see babies! It can greatly increase effectiveness of chiropractic treatments and speed up recovery time from injuries. . . . → Read More: Ultrasound and Chiropractic Care

Meditation

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How can meditation help you? A quick primer on meditation. . . . → Read More: Meditation

Trigger Point Therapy

When muscle tissue has been injured or damaged, movement may be uncomfortable. Muscles may even be sensitive to touch or pressure. As the tissue works to heal itself, inflammation that occurs in the neuromuscular junction (the area of tissue where nerves and muscle fibers meet) can make the muscle sensitive and irritable. The muscle fibers . . . → Read More: Trigger Point Therapy

Good Health Begins With Good Nutrition

Five Factors of Health

If you live in Santa Barbara, you may have seen me around town (Whole Foods, Santa Barbara and New Frontiers in Buellton to name a couple of places) talking about my five factors of health. If you haven’t seen me speak, let me tell you more.

Healthy Veggies

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New Headache Research

It was  reported in October of 2010 that 1 in 6 or 16.54% or approximately 45 million Americans get headaches yearly, with many people suffering  daily. While the statistical numbers vary based upon your source of  information, it can be agreed upon that headaches are very common and  shared with Americans at an epidemic rate.

Taking into  account that . . . → Read More: New Headache Research

Stress

Though the outside world may think Santa Barbara is a holistic wellness paradise, those of us who live here know that stress still happens. We all know stress is bad for us and some doctors say that stress is related in up to 60% of most physical illnesses. Stress can endanger all aspects of wellness. . . . → Read More: Stress

Back Pain

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Back pain is one of the leading causes of sick leave in almost every country in the world, second only to the common cold. It is also one of the biggest complaints that chiropractors, doctors, and other wellness experts hear. . . . → Read More: Back Pain

Breathing

Santa Barbara’s air quality is usually quite a treat for the active person in all of us. But it’s sometimes taken for granted. Breathing is important to health. How important? Very! We can go for days without food or water, but only minutes without oxygen.

Breathing is very important to singers.

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Spring into Springtime

Now that it’s spring in Santa Barbara, the weather is warming up and leaves are turning green. Many people will spend more time outside gardening, playing, and other activities. The area around here is fun and it’s hard not to keep active. But even with our mild Santa Barbara winters, we tend to be less . . . → Read More: Spring into Springtime

Migraines and Chiropractic Care

Clinical Trial Shows Chiropractic Helps Migraines

A clinical trial reported in Medical-News.net  on May 22, 2005 showed that 72% of migraine sufferers experienced either ‘substantial’ or ‘noticeable’ improvement after a period of chiropractic care.  The study was a randomized clinical trial completed over a 20 year period.  Dr. Peter Tuchin, was . . . → Read More: Migraines and Chiropractic Care