by admin | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Speaking as a parent myself, I can say that the term and diagnosis Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD for short, has become almost commonplace. I’m sure that like me, you know someone, most likely even close friend or immediate family, that was diagnosed with the condition and is currently medicated for it. In fact, in the United States, the rates of incidence for ADHD has increased from 7.8% of children in 2003, to 9.5% in 2007, and to 11.0% in 2011. That means that as of 2011, approximately 6.4 million children 4-17 years of age have been diagnosed with ADHD! So what’s this mean for you? For example, if my kid has ADHD, they just go to the doctor, get their medicine, and are fine, right? Well, fine as long as they take their medicine. Which they need to take for how long exactly? The rest of their life? Keep in mind that more than half of all young people with ADHD will continue to struggle with the condition well into their adulthood. But even beyond the medication, children with ADHD are more likely to have major injuries, hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, and/or emergency department admission than children without ADHD. You’re probably thinking something along the lines of “great, thanks for making me feel bad about my child/friend/relative with ADHD and how there’s nothing I can do.” But the truth is that there have been examples in the research of chiropractic care effectively working as an alternative form of treatment for children with ADHD. In some cases, the chiropractic worked so well that the child was actually taken...
by admin | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been in our office at least once, then you’ve heard us discuss posture; most likely in the context of this is where your posture is and this is where it needs to be. Most of us have poor posture; it’s just a reality at this point. Human beings as a whole have moved away from the activities that they were designed for; running, walking, hunting for food, etc., and we now live in a world where the large majority of us spend eight to twelve hours every day seated in an office, or in some form of abnormal position like a mechanic spending all day under the hood of a car. But what does this mean? We’ve all been told not to slouch, to stand up straight, etc., but why? From a chiropractic perspective, poor posture is one of the greatest contributors to spinal related musculoskeletal and visceral complaints that we see. When we move away from our normal posture we create stresses and strains in our nervous system. A study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics found that changes in our global postural components cause stresses and strains on our central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. These global postural components include our head, thorax, pelvis, and legs, and abnormal positioning of any of these in relation to the other can create a stress to your nervous system. So to sum that up, poor posture has a detrimental effect on both your peripheral and central nervous system. And yes, that’s central nervous system, you know the term that encompasses only two structures in your...
by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you’re a human being living in the United States, then there is about a 99.99999% chance that you’ve taken an over the counter(OTC) medication like Advil, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Aleve, Aspirin, etc. In fact, there is the same probability that there is a bottle of one of those brands sitting in your medicine cabinet right now. Regardless of how “natural” you feel you are, almost all of us have at one time or another taken one of these for a headache, fever……maybe even a hangover? The problem lies in the fact that because these medications are so readily available, without any prescription necessary to purchase, we all assume that they are completely safe. But is that necessarily the case? Most of the aforementioned medication brands fall into a category known as Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, or NSAIDs for short. Acetaminophen, which is found in Tylenol, is generally used for the same purpose as NSAIDs but does not fall into their category based on its mechanism of action. Both types have potentially dangerous side effects associated with their use that most people are not familiar with. For example, in 1999 the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine released the following statement: “It has been estimated conservatively that 16,500 NSAID-related deaths occur among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis every year in the United States. This figure is similar to the number of deaths from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDs) and considerably greater than the number of deaths from multiple myeloma, asthma, cervical cancer, or Hodgkin’s disease. If deaths from gastrointestinal toxic effects from NSAIDs were tabulated separately in the National Vital Statistics...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
We are officially open and serving the public! As you can read about on our site, our chapter’s goal is to provide non pharmacological type pain management to anyone who wants it, regardless of insurance or finances. In other words, drug free chiropractic care for all! Call us at 302-368-1300 to schedule an appointment, or email us at info@handsforlifeomega.org. We welcome any and all questions that you may...
by admin | Jun 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
What does a healthy nervous system mean for you? Hands For Life has 3 main areas of focus, and one of them is to help the financial hard-shipped population achieve an efficient nervous system. The reason a healthy nervous system is so important is because it’s what runs everything in your body. No cell or tissue goes un-touched by your nervous system. Without your nervous system, your heart wouldn’t know when or how to beat, your lungs wouldn’t be able to expand to allow you to breathe, and your muscles wouldn’t be able contract to help you lift your arm. When your nervous system is functioning correctly, then your body is able to perform all the things it needs to do. It also should be able to fight off any virus, bacteria, or disease. However, when the nervous system is compromised, or not working efficiently, then our body begins to break down. We believe everyone on planet earth should have their nervous system checked for interference or issues. If that was the case our world would be much better...
