October 17, 2012
Ever notice that flies like to congregate around dirty, neglected garbage cans? You don’t usually see them swarming near clean ones. The same can be said for germs, bugs and viruses. Germs are like flies… they’re opportunistic. Give them a dirty place to settle and they’ll multiply. Provide a weak host and they’ll take advantage. [...]
Tags: Chiropractors Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Chiropractic, healing, health
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August 20, 2012
In case you get a flat, the temporary “donut” in your trunk is meant to get you off the road and to the nearest service station for proper repair ASAP. Manufacturer’s instructions warn you to take it slow and easy when driving on them – those tiny tires aren’t designed to withstand the load [...]
Tags: chiropractor in Grand Rapids MI, Grand Rapids Chiropractic care, healing, health
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August 13, 2012
Number 27 – Dropping 420 lbs on your head at the Olympics. Can you imagine gold medalist weight lifter Matthias Steiner’s next Chiropractic visit… ‘hey doc, my neck’s sore and I’ve been getting these bad headaches. Think it could be my pillow?” The father of Chiropractic, D.D. Palmer recognized 3 ‘T’s as being the major [...]
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August 6, 2012
… do you have to eat it for the rest of your Life? The answer is obviously no, unless your parents still have an iron grip on your diet. No one can force you to do something that’s good for your health and your Life if you don’t want to. If you don’t want to [...]
Tags: chiropractic care, Chiropractors Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Chiropractor, spine
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July 31, 2012
If your hand was taped in one position for years, and someone cut the tape off and tried to move it, what do you think would happen? Your hand would snap back to the position it was stuck in for all that time. But with repetition – normal movement and alignment can be restored. The [...]
Tags: chiropractic care, Chiropractors Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Chiropractor, subluxation
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July 16, 2012
The specialists say you have allergies, asthma, sleep apnea, depression, chronic fatigue, GERD and fibromyalgia. They say you’ll be on a dozen different medications for the rest of your life. But what does the doctor looking back at you in the mirror say? The doctor in the mirror says you have an innate wisdom inside, [...]
Tags: Chiropractors Grand Rapids, Dr. Douglas McKenzie, health, the doctor within
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June 25, 2012
Newton’s Cradle is a simple device that demonstrates the laws of momentum with a series of swing- ing spheres. The progression of many health problems can be described in a similar, sequential manner. A small slip, fall or bump nudges your spine out of alignment and produces stress in your Nerve System called a Subluxation. [...]
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June 18, 2012
If you were the unfortunate recipient of a nasty cut, you know what it’s like to get stitches. With a little local anesthetic and some skilled suturing, your cut looks much cleaner. After a few days when the stitches come out, you barely notice there was even a wound. So did the stitches do the [...]
Tags: adjustments, Grand Rapids Chiropractic, Grand Rapids chiropractors, headache, ic, sciatica
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June 11, 2012
Ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels when it comes to staying healthy? You eat right, exercise five days a week and try to get enough sleep – you’ve got the ‘pedal to the metal’ when it comes to staying fit, but something’s holding you back. Maybe it’s time to pay more attention to your [...]
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May 29, 2012
If you are of a certain age then you most assuredly recall either your grandparents or parents starting off most days with a ham/bacon/egg breakfast loaded with saturated fats, triglycerides and cholesterol. Since the federal government (via the USDA and their vile “Food Pyramid”) indicted these components as factors for heart disease, most Americans now [...]
Tags: Chiropractors Grand Rapids, diet, Dr. Douglas McKenzie, Grand Rapids chiropractors, Obesity
Posted in nutrition, obesity