What’s The Dish on Fish…Oil?
What are Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs), and why are they important?
Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids constitute the two families of EFA’s. EFA’s are considered “essential” because they are needed throughout the human life cycle, cannot be manufactured in the human body, and therefore they must be obtained through our diet on a daily basis for [...]
Are Minerals more important than Vitamins?
By Dr Gary Douglas
The first thing that I would like to point out is that our need for minerals is as essential as out need for oxygen. The body can tolerate a deficiency of vitamins for a longer period of time than a deficiency of minerals.
Like oxygen and water. Minerals are inorganic substances, they are elements, [...]
The Bax 3000 helps with teething pain
I wanted to share a very interesting clinical outcome that happened yesterday. I am treating a girl (about a year and a half old) with food allergies and some neurological symptoms. Usually she is very good for the treatment, mostly sits still and allows me to treat her. However, last night she was very unsettled [...]
Therapies Not Neck-and-Neck
Between 10-15% of people suffer from neck pain, which is most commonly seen in middle-aged individuals and women. Chiropractors often provide a form of manual therapy called “mobilization,” in addition to cervical adjustments, intended to increase neck flexibility and reduce pain.
In a recent study from the Netherlands, 183 patients with neck pain lasting at least [...]
Pinched Nerve…Ouch!
The term “pinched nerve” is somewhat of a catch-all phrase that is commonly used to describe the pain associated with a variety of conditions from subluxations, to tunnel syndromes to the referred pain from trigger points.
Most of the time, what is called a pinched nerve is actually an irritated, or inflamed nerve where the nerve [...]
Lower Back Pain…You Got It…We Fix It
Eighty percent of people suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office, outnumbered only by upper-respiratory infections. In fact, it is estimated that low back pain affects more than half of the adult population each year and more than [...]
Why is Vitamin D so important?
1. Because studies have clearly shown that the population has become severely deficient in Vitamin D over the last 20 years. This is due to the widespread misconception that the sun’s rays are harmful, damaging and should be avoided.
♦ Vitamin D is made from sun exposure to the skin. Things like fabric, glass and sun [...]
Chiropractor Wrist & Arm Pain Relief, Allentown Pennsylvania
Mario visited Allentown Chiropractor Dr. Herman Suffering with intense wrist pain & arm pain with numbness is his hand and fingers now in only 1.5 months he is pain free.
Allentown Chiropractor performs an advanced Treatment for Sciatica
Allentown Chiropractor Dr. Eric Herman shows how he uses advanced techniques to very quickly treat severe back and leg pain know as Sciatica.