Turkey, The Brain Changer Need some help getting some of that holiday cheer for Thanksgiving? Well Don’t skip on the turkey and the carbs, and all the other foods. It’s well known (even Time magazine is in the know) that turkey contains amino acids, L-Tryptophan, which gets converted into serotonin […]
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Concussion Management: Healing The Brain to heal the pain This article should by no means be used as a basis to diagnose or treat an individual following a concussion. Please collaborate with a healthcare provider, certified trainer, and/or teacher in developing an appropriate care plan. In 2014, Concussions or Traumatic […]
Are Backpacks Giving Your Child Back Problems? This month is back to school month! That means it’s time for parents and students to stuff their their new school supplies and books into their backpacks. Each year it seems as if students are weight down more and more with books, papers, […]
Optimal Chiropractic’s role with the brain Your brain is one of the most powerful tools that you have available and is one of three structures (the brainstem and the spinal cord) that make up your central nervous system. At Optimal Chiropractic we focus on the upper neck complex, an area […]
On January 24, my wife and I challenged ourselves to be committed to eating at least one salad a day for the next 21 days. For some this seems like an impossible feat and for others a walk in the park, but for us it was just right. Through a […]
Source Image: USA Today You Can’t Have a Head Injury Without a Neck Injury Yesterday the Rams put up a good fight against the New England Patriots, but in the end the Patriots prevailed. Football has always been a hard hit sport not intended for the muscularly challenged individuals; and […]
Happy Heart month! Happy Heart month! February isn’t just the month of love and hearts because of Valentine’s day, but it is officially the American Heart Month. For good reason we should think of our heart, not just because Disney or Roxette says so, but because the vitality of our […]
How To Fly Healthy And Happy During The Holidays 6 Travel Tips to Healthy Flying Not only ’tis the season to be jolly, but also the season for packing into airports. So often we become overwhelmed with packing and navigating through the air terminal that we forget to take care […]
Source image 1 and 2 As Thanksgiving Day approaches and followed by Every-Man-For-Themselves day AKA “Black Friday” following afterward, don’t forget to be thankful. Being thankful and having an attitude of thanks does not only strengthen relationships and is seen as socially awesome, but also “It does a body good!”. Physiologically […]
WHAT IS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive breakdown of the brain where memory and thinking skills decline; eventually the simplest tasks of daily living become impossible. This degradation occurs when the nerve cells within the brain begin to “malfunction” as a result of an accumulation of various protein […]