It is possible! Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis to affect the spine. Arthritis can occur anywhere along the spine, but is more frequent in the lower back and neck. Osteoarthritis doesn't just form overnight. Spinal degeneration is typically caused from misalignments, traumas, and/or typical everyday wear and...
Welcome to the September Challenge! What is this challenge you may ask? Throughout the month of September we're asking patients to join us in a Healthy Eating Challenge. From Monday through Friday we have created a guideline to challenge yourself to eat well, incorporate healthy ingredients, and test your creativity....
Holding an atlas correction may be pretty easy for some patients, but for others it may be quite frustrating. Not every single musculoskeletal system is built the same. We all have different genetics, muscle tone, and ligament strength, as well as trauma or injury we may experience in our lifetime....
About 37 years ago, I was conceived. My parents left their home in Vietnam for the United States and they were faced with a serious decision on whether or not to keep me. During this time, my family had been living in Burma for a year after escaping Vietnam. There...
Welcome, 2021! I am sure we are all happy that 2020 is now behind us. Yet with all the craziness, there were some good things to come out of it, wouldn’t you say? We were truly all in this together, and I think kindness did prevail through it all. Another...
For the last several months, many businesses have had their employees work from home. However, not everyone has an ergonomic workstation at home which can affect their spinal health. Along with routine Upper Cervical Chiropractic, here are some tips to help optimize your posture and improve your comfort when working...
The mind is a complex, intelligent entity within us. It is the set of thinking faculties including both cognitive aspects such as consciousness, imagination, perception, thinking, judgement, language and memory, and non-cognitive aspects such as emotion. The past four months have been tough on the world that we used to...
This is Audrey. She was born 11 weeks too soon in May of 2016. She weighed just a little over 2 pounds and spent 104 days in the NICU. At birth, she was diagnosed with infant torticollis (wry neck) and had many bradycardias which caused her heart rate to drop...
When this vertebra is misaligned, or subluxated, it can inhibit healing messages from the brain from getting to the body, thus creating pain and inflammation. We correct this misalignment by meticulously analyzing a series of upper cervical x-rays to deliver the most accurate adjustment for great results! This small bone...
Being in alignment and stretching go hand in hand in improving the function of the body. Atlas alignment strengthens the nervous system, and when this is functioning properly, your body will begin to heal and restore the joints and tissues. Your degree of flexibility and mobility is determined more by...
