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New Year’s Resolution Got You Down?
We are just three weeks into the new year and I find myself wondering how many of us have sustained our new year’s resolutions, even for this short time? A study from the University of Scranton showed that 92% of people do not keep their New Year’s Resolution. “That means that only 8% of people…
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Chiropractic and Reduced Labor Pains
Rather than being wholly excited about the upcoming birth of their little one, many pregnant women develop anxiety over the act of giving birth. What if there were a way to help decrease not only the pains of labor, but the duration of labor? Regular chiropractic adjustments throughout the pregnancy have been found to not…
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Diet & ADHD
More children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with ADHD than ever before — 10.4 million in 2010 — a 66 percent increase since the year 2000! * The majority of these millions of children will be prescribed mood altering drugs by default, some of them as young as four years old. With growing concerns…
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The Paleo Challenge
I frequently see clients who ask, “What can I do to help myself lose weight?” My response, “Go paleo.” Or they may ask, “What can I do to help with my digestive system?” Go paleo. Help with food allergies? Go paleo. Help improve my mood and have more energy? Go paleo. The paleolithic diet, abbreviated…
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Acupuncture Testimonial
“I had spent almost two years with Achilles tendon and calf pain, which prevented me from doing many things I loved. It was a constant nagging pain that I had resigned myself to having to live with… then I met Dr. Melinda. She told me about acupuncture treatments and her belief that she could improve my situation. After…
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Chiropractic and ADHD
Not many people realize that chiropractic can be very beneficial for kids. Whoa! Did she just put kids and chiropractic in the same sentence?! I absolutely did. Kids need chiropractic for many reasons, but the focus of this post is kids with ADHD and other learning and behavioral impairments. Doctors of chiropractic are trained to…
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Acupuncture & Weight Loss
I have had a number of people come to me and ask if acupuncture can help with weight loss. I ask them if they remember the saying for smartphone applications, “There’s an app for that” – just like with apps, there’s an acupuncture point for that. So yes, weight loss is one of a wide…
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Kinesio Tape Working for Local Marathon Runner
A patient presented having suffered chronic knee pain for several years, having to wear braces on both of her knees in order to run. After applying Kinesio Tape at Trusted Care Chiropractic in Atchison, she was able to run Warrior Dash and a marathon the following weekend without braces AND without pain. She just recently completed…