Age Related Risks and Benefits of Spay/Neuter in Dogs
Like most surgical interventions, spay and neuter, or collectively “castration”, has both benefits and risks associated with it. The procedure is most often performed prior to puberty, around 6 months […]
The Cytokine Storm
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome – coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is often compared to two other serious viruses we have seen in the past, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV, […]
Lookin’ at Interleukin
COVID-19 is nearing its first birthday and a question many chiropractors and students are undoubtedly asking themselves is something along the lines of, “What can I do to help?” Unfortunately, […]
Introspection and the Art of the Self Portrait
I hope these words don’t find home with you twenty years too late like they did with me. Keep them now. Find your own way of connecting. Love and take […]
Concussions: A chiropractic opportunity
Concussions occur much more often than we think. In 2014, the CDC reported approximately 2.53 million traumatic brain injury (TBI) related visits to the emergency department; 812,000 were pediatric cases. […]
The Real Vitalistic Life
Vitalism. The emphasis on the non-physical, non-chemical aspect of the human experience. It seems as if vitalism is one of those terms with multiple definitions and general descriptions. What exactly […]
As the World Burns: On Rehabilitating the Chiropractic Profession Before It’s Too Late
When I was in University, I went on a delirious late-night rant about climate change one night in which I made a number of dramatic and outlandish claims about overpopulation […]
How Are You Standing?
The afferent information collected by your feet is critical to the overall balance and motion of your body. Without this important information making its way unimpeded to your brain due […]
Neurogenesis and Exercising Your Brain
Everyone knows movement is good for our bodies, and everyone will agree that exercise throughout our lives is beneficial for our physical health. What about the health of our nervous […]
The crisis of mental health
There is no doubt that research in chiropractic has exploded over the last decade, from technique-specific benefits such as chiropractic biophysics and upper-cervical-specific techniques, to the science of subluxation itself. […]
