Exercise, Sleep, and Brain Function
There is no doubt that when you exercise you get a rush and an instant release of endorphins. Endorphins reduce your pain perception, triggering a positive feeling and making you […]
‘Subluxation’ in chiropractic research: The Great Semantic Debate
Most people within the chiropractic profession are aware of a divide that exists among us between those who are mechanists seeking to expand evidence-based practice and those who are vitalists […]
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 […]
Perspective: Bridging the gap with clinic experience
As a first year student, clinic can sometimes seem like a beast, waiting in the shadows for attack. You know it’s there, you know it gets closer every day, and […]
Behind the Scenes: Making HERstory
Written by Ashley Gonzales and Nikki Kielkowicz What would it look like to take one day to support and inspire women in their unique struggles as business owners, mothers, community […]
Perspective: Take ownership of your knowledge of technique
Technique is something chiropractors can take ownership of. It is their identity within the profession. Whether they adhere to a single technique or use more than one, it is a […]
LifeLines rap: ‘Get Checked’
“Get Checked” Original lyrics by Ashley Gonzales Background song: “Get Low” by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Brrr dum dum dum, dum da da da da dum Brrr […]
The Body as a Whole
Even before I knew what vitalism and mechanism were, I felt that the body worked as a whole, especially once I started to work in health care. I would see […]
Perspective: Imaging offers window into the body
Diagnostic imaging is our window inside the body, a fascinating and extremely powerful one. Since the advent of X-ray imaging in 1895, the ability for health professionals to assess the […]
CBCT
– Tyler Evans, DC., DCCJP., and Jeff Scholten, DC., FCCJP – Most chiropractors are aware that the first x-ray image was created by Wilhelm Röntgen in Germany in 1895, and […]
