Originally published in the Elephant Journal. written by Dr. Meggie Smith. Your muscles turn off after an injury. It happened years ago. You are so over it. After the shock, the pain, the grief. You’ve healed. You’ve moved on. The pain is gone. But you still don’t go to the restaurant where you and your […]

A few weeks ago I woke up in enough pain that it challenged one of my longest and deepest held beliefs about healing, chiropractic and how my body works.  I had recently started rock climbing.  I was using my upper body and working harder than I had ever worked before. My shoulder was throbbing. There […]

I talked to a patient this week who recently injured himself. He asked me about getting an MRI. I told him the same thing I was told in my first radiology class. There is no connection between symptoms and findings on XRay, on CT, on MRI. Plenty of people have significant degeneration, disc herniations or […]

By Bridget Boland PRANAYAMA Deep breathing helps you “light up” the neural pathways in your brain, especially in the frontal lobe or “God brain.” It also allows you to access more information from your surroundings through your energy body or field. Simply focusing on taking long slow deep breaths works really well. Specific kinds of […]

with Ali Niederkorn Learn how you can use yoga postures at home and throughout your day to center, restore peace, and give rise to positive focus. Ali is a certified yoga instructor and co-founder of Prayer Yoga. She offers classes encouraging yoga as a form of prayer and meditation. She received her teacher certification through […]

Reconnecting to Your Body Many women come to Chiropractic First during their pregnancy. Chiropractic can help make labor and delivery easier, as well as relieve pain and help with fetal positioning. We also help women after they give birth. Chiropractic often helps with symptoms women didn’t know they could improve. These include decreased muscle strength, […]

  There are moments in life full of wonder and joy. There are moments in life full of stress and frustration. There are parts of our brains wired to find threats. There are parts of our brains wired to absorb love. This weekend I am leading an event to help you embrace that duality. I’m […]

The past few weeks I have been hard at work making guided meditations. Finally, I’ll have a little gift to give you when you refer your friends and family to the office! We will also be giving them away as thank yous for attending our upcoming workshops. So if you want a 5-7 minute guided […]

By Dr. Meggie Smith Did you know that your body reorganizes itself and the way your muscles work after an injury? Much like a detour due to road construction, when your body is injured or healing, it redirects your muscles to be used differently. You unconsciously avoid the muscles that are near the repair. And […]