As the holiday stress is upon us, one good daily practice is to cultivate an attitude of gratitude to stay focused on the good parts of the holiday season! Here are some great suggestions for developing a gratitude practice from my good friend, neuropsychologist Dr. Jennifer Medina, who specializes in mindfulness and cognitive assessment. Gratitude Practice Gratitude is […]
Low back pain. If you don’t have it, someone you know does. What can you do to help? Here are the top five things I tell my patients about low back pain and how to decrease it. Blame your boss In a longitudinal study on the causes of back pain, the Boeing company found the […]
No matter where Ann injures herself, the pain always goes to the top of her neck. Last week she came to get adjusted after she had minor surgery on her thigh. I spent most of her adjustment working on her upper neck and the base of her skull. She’s not alone in that experience. There […]
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Poking my cat with a paperclip. To decrease pain. There is this neurological concept called Two Point Discrimination. It refers to being able to distinguish if the sensation you feel is coming from one point poking your skin, or if it’s two points that feel like one. Here I am practicing Two Point Discrimination with […]
Wednesday April 12th from 7 to 10 at Chiropractic First 1609 Chicago Ave, Evanston Please join us for an informal event open to all chiropractors Celebrate our community and each other! We so rarely get a chance to know the other chiropractors in our area. Please join me on the 12th to get to […]
“Um… can I talk to you in private for a minute?” A patient asks me as she gestures toward the exam room. “Of course, what’s going on?” I ask as I close the door behind us. This scenario happens a few times a week. But recently the conversation has been taking an unexpected turn. The […]
“We turn their problems into a crime.” -Dr Beth Richie at International Women’s Day “It’s my knee that is the culprit.” -patient at Chiropractic First As I listened to Dr. Richie speak, I was struck by how much the American response to race, gender and criminal justice mirrors our response to pain, disease and health […]
Which one of the squares in the video above looks darker? A or B? Your brain uses past information it has about shadows and light to make this decision. It sees that B is in the shadow of the green cylinder. It combines that with historical information about your experience of shadows. And concludes that A is […]
Originally published in the Elephant Journal. written by Dr. Meggie Smith. He told me my body was painfully flawed. He told me that a body like mine would lead to a life of sickness and pain. But I didn’t believe him. He showed me the X-Rays. And pointed to the spots that did not look […]
