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Vol. 15, No.6: "Viva La Vagus"
Understanding how the vagus nerve
plays a key role in protecting our
health is similar to winning the
jackpot in Las Vegas. The 10th cranial
nerve, also called the "wandering
nerve," starts in the brain and travels
through the chest to the lower
abdomen. It is the main nerve of
the parasympathetic
nervous system which
controls relaxation
and digestion.
Vol. 15, No.5: "Bi-Directional Healing"
The human body contains two brains - the one brain inside the skull and another inside the stomach called the abdominal brain. The abdominal brain is home to the microbiome, compromised of the 500 to 1000 bacterial species, of which the average ratio is 85% health-promoting and 15% disease-promoting organisms.
Vol. 15, No.4: "Healing the Body Electric"
One cannot overstate the importance of good liver function in the ability of the patient to resist disease. Weighing approximately 3.3 pounds, the liver is the largest body gland and houses millions of cells that filter and protect the body from toxins. It discards all unwanted substances before they enter the bloodstream and do damage.
Vol. 15, No.3: "Nature's Safety Valve"
Many people periodically suffer from mysterious health complaints from which no clear diagnosis can be made. The hidden cause of one such condition is a functional health challenge called the Ileocecal Valve Syndrome. The IC Valve, which looks like two lips, is located at the junction of the small and large intestine near the appendix.
Vol. 15, No.2: "Leg Cramp Solutions"
One of the most common symptoms people have are leg cramps or spasms. There are three major classifications of leg cramps: waking at night, post exercise, and those which occur while walking. This last instance may be a symptom of a potentially serious problem called Intermittent Claudication. Luckily, this is the least common cause of leg cramps.
Vol. 15, No.1: "Healing Mysteries of Bile"
Chiropractic Neurovascular Dynamics (NVD) places great emphasis on digestion. The gut is the place where the vital force resides, and the great processes of life – nutrition and elimination – take place in the abdomen. NVD focuses on the 2nd Unit of Digestion in the right upper abdomen, the most metabolically active area in the body, which houses the liver, gall bladder and head of the pancreas.
Vol. 14, No.12: "Food Energetics PART I "
Nutritional science is an increasingly important field as our society ages and baby boomers seek healing modalities to enhance their quality of life. Science knows the importance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for health as well as the vital role of vitamins and minerals. However, all the nutrients essential for health are still not known.
Vol. 14, No.11: "NVD"
In previous newsletters we have outlined the neurological basis of Neurovascular Dynamics. The human organism operates by reflexes or relays, meaning that our organs are networked and support each other in a holistic way. In fact, Gray's Anatomy, 29th edition, states that "the nervous system controls and co-ordinates all organs and structures of the human body."
Vol. 14, No.10: "Early Warning Signs"
Most of us visit our dentist on a regular basis or make an annual medical visit to have a checkup, but we are not aware that there is an innate body system that can also provide clues long before a health challenge manifests. That system is the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), previously described in the"Awakening the Healing Response" newsletter (Vol 14, No. 8). It is the automatic and unconscious organ system that remains silent in health and produces many alarm signals such as headaches, or back and joint pain, when something is awry internally..
Vol. 14, No.9: "The Gut-Bone Connection"
A decade ago few would believe that the human gastrointestinal (GI tract) system would have anything to do with the strength of our bones. Scientific knowledge has now demonstrated that there is indeed an important connection.
Vol. 14, No.8: "Awakening the Healing Response"
The ability to fight disease and maintain health is a natural power within all beings. It is so automatic and instinctive that it is called the Self Healing Response.
Vol. 14, No.7: "Pythagorean Healing"
The Pythagorean Academy began approximately 2500 years ago in greater Greece. It was a school dedicated to the development of the full human potential.
Vol. 14, No.6: "Healing From The Center"
Yoga therapy, now well-known in the West, is commonly associated with postures (asanas) and breathing techniques (pranayama), but there is another independent branch of yoga called Hand or Mudra Yoga. This unique branch sees the human body as a miniature of the larger universe.
Vol. 14, No.5: "Hand Yoga"
Yoga therapy, now well-known in the West, is commonly associated with postures (asanas) and breathing techniques (pranayama), but there is another independent branch of yoga called Hand or Mudra Yoga. This unique branch sees the human body as a miniature of the larger universe.
Vol. 14, No.4: "Hidden Causes of GERD"
GERD or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is a common health condition affecting 25% of the U.S. population. Highly acidic stomach juices should stay in the stomach in order to properly break down food but instead the hydrochloric acid and food moves backwards into the esophagus where they do not belong. The highly acidic irritation causes chest burning, choking, swallowing difficulties, hoarse throat and coughing. These acids can even erode the dental enamel and cause gum disease.
Vol. 14, No.3: "THE Microbiome Mania"
Hippocrates, father of medicine, taught some 2500 years ago that "all diseases begin in the gut." The worlds of medicine, immunology, microbiology and nutrition are confirming this finding concerning the popular topic of the microbiome.
Vol. 14, No.2: "The Magic of Sleep"
Sleep is an activity that all humans do automatically and is often underestimated in regards to its healing potential. In fact, restorative sleep is the foundation of physical and mental health. Lack of adequate nighttime rest has been associated with dementia, high blood pressure, increased blood sugar levels, depression, increased cancer risk and obesity.
Vol. 14, No.1: "Mystery of Persistent Back Pain"
Lower back pain has been a challenge for all professions. In fact, many years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that lower back pain is more prevalent than the common cold. Medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, physical therapy and many allied professions have tackled this epidemic malady with varying results. Of these, the chiropractic profession has had the best success record in dealing with this painful condition, although results can depend upon the pain’s cause and point of origin.
Vol. 13, No.1: "Emotional Healing & Psycho-Peristalsis"
Stress, whether physical, mental or nutritional, is now recognized as the cause of most illness, and its reaction takes place throughout the nervous system including the abdomen, as many people can attest.
Vol. 12, No.7: "The Great Mimic"
Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from periodic gastrointestinal complaints such as hiatal hernia, esophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcers, hemorrhoids, or constipation. In this brief article we will explain what we think is the common denominator for all these digestive maladies and why we call this factor "The Great Mimic."
Vol. 12, No.6: "Exhausted? It Might Be Adrenal Stress Disorder"
In nature, when an animal is attacked, it can respond with extraordinary feats of strength and endurance. This is accomplished with the mobilization of hormones – specifically, adrenalin. The same response also occurs in humans, but with a very significant difference. Once an emergency has ended, the animal will recover quickly from the galvanizing effects of adrenalin. Humans, however, live with such persistent stress that, all too frequently, we do not have adequate time to rest and re-set the nervous-hormonal system.
Vol. 12, No. 5: "Oh, My Aching Head!"
All of us experience feelings of sadness, unhappiness or frustration at times, and this is a normal part of human existence. However, when these feelings persist and start to interfere with our normal functioning, we begin to suffer from depression.
Vol. 12, No. 4: "Hidden Factors in Depression"
All of us experience feelings of sadness, unhappiness or frustration at times, and this is a normal part of human existence. However, when these feelings persist and start to interfere with our normal functioning, we begin to suffer from depression.
Vol. 12, No. 3: "Your Aching Sinuses"
There is a simple –
yet unseen – mechanism in the human body that regulates and restores our health. This “Great Harmonizer” is actually
wired in to the human nervous system and needs only to be properly stimulated
in order to maintain health.
Vol. 12, No. 2: "From
Stressed Out to Chilled Out"
There is a simple –
yet unseen – mechanism in the human body that regulates and restores our health. This “Great Harmonizer” is actually
wired in to the human nervous system and needs only to be properly stimulated
in order to maintain health.
Vol. 12, No. 1: "Surprising
Eyes"
Heredity can be either
blessed or blamed for many of our physical characteristics... from the inheritance of Mom’s curly hair to Dad’s bald head to,
unfortunately, Grandpa’s diabetes. In fact, just knowing about or having
observed a beloved relative suffer from a hereditary illness can create an
aura of ticking time bomb in our own lives.
Vol. 11, No. 1: "Natural
Immunity"
Human beings have always
searched for methods to preserve health in the face of aging, infection
and disease. One such route to health
has increasingly been the promotion of the body’s own self-protective
and self-healing mechanisms. These mechanisms, in turn,
are dependent upon the strength of the body’s “natural immunity,”
its inherent ability to defend itself against infection and degenerative
disease.
Vol. 10, No. 1: "Reflex Healing"
Chiropractic methods may seem, at
times, to be mysterious and have little obvious connection
with the object of a patient's complaint. While the "light touch" used at Friedman Chiropractic
may possibly appear superficial, it is actually a critical
tool for helping the body to regain health.
Vol. 9, No. 1: "Hara
and Healing"
There is an old Taoist
saying which advises: "When you are sick, do not seek
a cure. Find your center and you will be healed." "What is this Òcenter" of which
the ancients spoke and what is its importance to natural
healing?
Vol. 8, No. 3: "Water:
The Overlooked Nutrient"
We can live weeks without food, but no
more than a week without water. For health, we need a balance
of fluids for all of our cells to function properly. Our
bodies consists of from 50% to 80% water. These fluids are what
carry nutrients, waste products, and minerals to our
cells. The fluid in our bodies can be divided into two
main groups: There is fluid inside our cells (intracellular fluid)
and fluid outside our cells (extracellular fluid).
Vol. 8, No. 2: "Fibromyalgia"
Fibromyalgia is a condition that affects
over 8 million Americans, 80% of them female.People with this chronic
condition have symptoms of severe fatigue and multiple
sites of aches and pain in their muscles, ligaments and
tendons. Years ago, people with this condition were told they had
fibrositis, myalgia, rheumatism or were just plain hypochondriacs.
Vol. 8, No. 1: "Food
Allergies"
Many
medical experts predict that between 50%-60% of all Americans
have negative reactions to some foods. These
reactions are not restricted to the intestinal tract but can
also cause brain, immune system, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, respiratory
and skin symptoms...
Vol. 7, No. 2: "The
Law of Polarity"
Since
ancient times there have been many seekers of Nature's secret
laws of healing. One such
doctor was Randolph Stone, DO., DC., who explored the world
in hopes of determining the common denominator of all healing systems.
He concluded that there
is an unseen field of electro-magnetic energy that both runs and heals
the body. Dr.
Stone organized his discoveries into a method he called Polarity
Therapy ...
Vol.
7, No. 1:" Toxic
or Tired?"
Fatigue
is epidemic is our society. Common
causes of this malady can vary from life-style choices to dietary
indiscretions. Many people are aware that their exhaustion may come
from poor food and emotional pressures, but an often overlooked
factor is "auto-intoxication." Autotoxemia
is poisoning with toxic substances formed within the body.
Vol. 6, No. 1: "The
Importance of Posture"
There
is an old adage that states: "The shape you are in determines
the shape you are in." The implication is that
the way one's body looks reflects one's general health.
This idea goes back to the ancient Greeks who appreciated
an erect and poised body in athletics and the arts, particularly statuary.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, exhorted: "In all diseases,
look to the spine."
Vol. 5, No. 1: "The
Four Stages of Healing"
An
understanding of how the body-mind becomes ill can be helpful
in guiding us through the healing process. The
body becomes ill and gets well in an orderly manner whether the stressor
is nutritional, mechanical, or emotional. The
stages of disease in the order of progression are Acute, Sub-acute,
Chronic, and Degenerative. All stages are various degrees of a
condition called "inflammation." ...
Vol. 4, No. 1: "The
Healing Field"
Many
people wonder what is the mechanism in the human body that
co-ordinates our daily physiology and also heals illnesses
and injuries. A simple
finger cut, for example, goes through many stages of tissue
healing. How does the body know what type of connective tissue to
lay down and when the scar is ready to fall off? ...
Vol. 3, No. 6: "Understanding
Your Gut Feelings
Most
of us believe that important decisions are made via the
intellect or the reasoning part of the mind. Current
scientific research reveals this to be only partially true. It appears
that we think with our minds but experience our emotions
from another locale within the body: the stomach area. ...
Vol. 3, No. 5: "Retracing:
The Untold Story"
There
is a belief among many health practitioners working with
natural therapies that a person who is in the process of
getting well may undergo some sort of a "healing reaction"
in order to fully heal. The
"healing crisis," as it is known, occurs at a point when the body's
self-healing mechanism has begun to "retrace" its own history
of illness in order to completely heal and rid itself of the
accumulated residues of disease...
Vol. 3, No. 4: "May
the Force Be With You"
The
physicians of the ancient world believed that health comes
from a power within the human body which they called "Vis
Medicatrix Naturae" or the healing power of nature. The
Greek physician-philosopher Plato observed that every living thing
is activated by an "inherent vital principle" which both runs and
heals the body-mind complex...
Vol. 3, No. 3: "Change
Your Thinking...Change Your Life"
The
philosopher-psychologist Henry James observed almost a century
ago:
"The most profound discovery of my generation is that,
by changing one's thinking, one can change one's life."
Increasingly,
science is finding that, by engendering positive and uplifting
thoughts, we can not only improve the quality of our emotional
and spiritual lives, but we may be also able to influence the
quality of our physical health. ..
Vol. 3, No. 2: "Is
It Mind? Is It Body? Is It Body-Mind?"
Except
for a small number of physical complaints such as injuries
or acute infections, there is an increasing array of health
complaints being labeled as having a "stress-related" or
emotional component. By current
estimate, almost 90% of present health issues have
emotional stress as a partial cause of disease. How
can we, as health consumers, know if a disease derives from emotional
or physical causes or from a combination of both? To find the answer
to this question, it is helpful to look to the past. ...
Vol. 3, No. 1: "Fatigue
and Its Remedies"
At
various times throughout our lives, all of us will experience a sense
of tiredness or fatigue.Sometimes this feeling
will last a day or two but, for some people, it can persist
for months, years, or even a life-time. It is important to
understand that serious fatigue, that is, fatigue that is not attributable
to temporary over-exertion, is actually a symptom of some other
process going on within the body-mind unit. Prolonged
fatigue is not an illness in itself, but a manifestation of a health
imbalance. ...
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