Health Care 100

How many of us know someone who has been affected by a brain injury or a disease like Autism, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's, or Dementia? Or how many of us wish we could just focus better, improve our brain power, and protect ourselves from neurodegenerative diseases? Science has long proclaimed that the human body could not regenerate nerves once they are lost or damaged. But, luckily for us Innate Intelligence finds a way to prove us wrong. Doctors of Chiropractic have … [Read more...] about Neuroplasticity and Nerve Regeneration

Everything in your life that you consciously do, or your body does for you unconsciously, requires nerve supply. Everything! Your body uses nerve supply to send communication signals back and forth between the brain, cells, tissues, organs and muscles. Cells and Tissues Healthy cellular function requires healthy nerve supply. Unhealthy nerve supply can cause your cells to function less than optimally effecting your health immediately and over time. In bone marrow stem cells, … [Read more...] about Life Takes Nerve

A report by the American Physiological Society has confirmed and clarified the importance of the nervous system in regulating the immune system. The report entitled Neural Control of the Immune System states “Neural reflexes support homeostasis by modulating the function of organ systems. Recent advances in neuroscience and immunology have revealed that neural reflexes also regulate the immune system.”1 This important research validates what many chiropractic patients have been experiencing … [Read more...] about Immune System Science Simplified

The Opioid epidemic is one of the most damaging health crises of our era. According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control, between July 2016 and September 2017, the locations under study (across 45 states) had a 30 percent increase in Opioid-related fatalities. 1 Even overall life expectancy is now in decline, in part from the spike in deaths caused by Opioids, according to a staggering report by NPR in December.2 You probably know someone that has been affected by … [Read more...] about Opioid Crisis: Explosion and Solutions

There is a lot of confusion about cholesterol right now. For years, the media has pointed fingers at high cholesterol for being the main cause of heart disease. This has created an era of low fat, low cholesterol diets, which has allowed the processed carbohydrate and sugar industries to boom. If America is decreasing the amount of cholesterol in their diet and distributing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, why is heart disease still the leading cause of death in the United States?¹ It's time … [Read more...] about Lowering Cholesterol Confusion

The Interference Principle brings a very important perspective to health, sickness and disease that should be applied to the health care and lifestyle of you and your loved ones. The Interference Principle is different than the Germ Theory, for example, which simply states that germs cause disease and if we kill the bad germs we will become healthy. We now know that this theory is severely flawed. In fact, our attempt to wipe out "germs" has created an assault on our immune systems infecting … [Read more...] about The Interference Principle

“I desired to know why one person was ailing and his associate, eating at the same table, working in the same shop, at the same bench was not. Why? What difference was there in these two persons that caused one to have various diseases, while his partner escaped?” asked DD Palmer. This important timeless question is as relevant today as it was over a century ago when Dr. Palmer's quest for answers became the foundation of the Chiropractic industry, celebrating its birthday this week on … [Read more...] about An Important Timeless Question

Neurotoxins are everywhere. Yet, what exactly is a neurotoxin? Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a neurotoxin as "a poisonous substance that acts on the nervous system and disrupts the normal function of nerve cells." The 7 neurotoxins listed below are only a few of the many chemicals we all encounter on a daily basis that can be detrimental to the health of our brain and nervous system. They should be avoided as much as possible. Glyphosate aka Roundup (Herbicide) Herbicide is found in … [Read more...] about What’s Harming Your Brain?

Pregnancy is a time of constant and exciting change in a woman’s physiology and overall life as her body prepares for the athletic event of birth. It is important for expecting moms to assemble a birth team to help guide them through these changes and optimize their experience. In addition to choosing their birth provider, doula, lactation consultant and birth preparation classes, many women are realizing the importance of prenatal chiropractic care. Prenatal chiropractic care addresses the … [Read more...] about Prenatal Chiropractic Care