What is A Subluxation?
In chiropractic, vertebral subluxation is a set of signs and symptoms of the spinal column.
A lesion or dysfunction in a joint or motion segment in which alignment, movement integrity and/or physiological function are altered, although contact between joint surfaces rem…
Anonymous
A woman was waiting at the airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shop,
Bought a bag of cookies & found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book, but happened to see,
That the man beside her, as bold as could be…
Explanations of joint pathology, the reasons why it may have developed and what can be done about it can become complex and difficult to understand. In particular information relating to the structure and function of biological systems is continually mounting. Much of the time we tell patients tha…
When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating those alternate pathways -- often far from the damaged site.
Th…
There is a small area in the brain specifically dedicated to determining what other people are thinking. More than empathy and more than pattern recognition, the right temporoparietal junction is a tiny area responsible for processing a lot cues really fast.
Mind reading (and mind control) have l…
Barrett L. Dorko, P.T.
Origin: The source from which anything arises; the first stage of existence.
Cause: A thing that exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result.
I’ll often ask patients who’ve been to other therapists before landing on my treatment table what their …
The spread of technological instruments has simplified our lives, allowing us to easily accomplish many complex actions; thus, people are used to interacting with technological instruments and controlling them with simple movements. For instance, in our daily lives, we frequently press a button to s…
Recently the New South Wales Chiropractic Association Australia branch president, Joe Ierano was asked this question, here is his response:
“I have been asked this question with some passionate positions that we are not yet mainstream.
Andrew MacNamara, CEO for Chiropractic Australian As…
Like all health professionals we get stuck in our opinions as to the cause of dysfunction and what best approach to take when treating. Most experienced practitioners understand that things change over time and we learn that not all our patients appear to respond equally to the same stimulus or tre…
Ditch the Equipment
Many people these days want to swing around a kettle ball, slam a medicine ball and flip tyres for a workout, yet they often can’t do 10 push ups to save themselves. If you cannot control your own body weight, what makes you thin you should ass extra external load?
Take a loo…
Medical research is producing such a barrage of information that some doctors would need to read 900 different journals a year to stay up to date, a study finds. The analysis by Queensland academics has borne out many doctors' suspicions: that research is now published in so many different jour…
Physical Exercise for a Better Brain
Most of us that physical exercise is good for our general health, but did you know that physical exercise is also good for you brain? If you think you’re going to get smarter sitting in front of your computer or watching the television, think again. Here s…
Friends of Science in Medicine- a recently formed group that includes more than 400 prominent scientists, doctors, academics and consumer advocates from Australia and overseas- wrote to the vice chancellors of Australian universities last month. Thy outlined their concerns about what they called the…
Should Lack Of Exercise Be Considered A Medical Condition?
"You've got a bad case of deconditioning," the doctor says. Actually, it would be the rare doctor who would say that to anyone. And though it might sound like something to do with hair, in fact, deconditioning is a familiar and …
One of the most common questions that a chiropractor is likely to be asked is, "What's that cracking sound?" Typically, you'd have no trouble explaining the mechanism of cavitation and its relevance to an adjustment. Often this line of questioning is followed by a secondary probe such as, "But doesn…
Scoliosis is a condition that chiropractors are often called upon to identify and then manage. While there is significant awareness of scoliosis in the general population, it is not accompanied by much understanding of the underlying mechanisms that bring about spinal curvature. As such, there has…
Have you ever gotten in trouble for asking questions? Or felt stupid for challenging a certain theory because you didn’t think it was right? If you have you should know that it is actually in our human nature to question what we are taught. If we didn’t, we would never discover anything new. In fact…
While on the topic of exercise and gardening, after physical activity lots of people often feel obliged to reward themselves with a sweet treat, but what if you want to loose weight? Artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame (Equal), Sucralose (Splenda), Maltitol, Saccharin (Sweet ‘N Low) are readily…
This member of the Zingiberaceae family originated in Southeast Asia. Ginger grows best in tropical and sub tropical areas, which have good rainfall with hot and humid conditions during the summer season. It can be found in the wild in many islands of the Caribbean, where it flourishes spo…
More than 2000 years ago, Hippocrates told his patients, “Walking is the best medicine.” In the 18th century Thomas Jefferson pronounced, “Walking is the best possible exercise.”
A century later English historian George Macaulay Trevelyan referred to his own two legs as his doctors. When …
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