Techniques
Traditional, classical chiropractic approaches are used, with a focus on the upper cervical spine, as well as Bio Cranial Therapy and activator methods. I am certified in both Neuro Emotional Technique, an amazing modality which uncovers and releases any underlying emotional components which may be affecting the body, and NAET allergy elimination. I also offer Koren Specific Technique, a breakthrough approach to patient care. There is no twisting, turning, "popping" or "cracking" of joints; instead you receive gentle, yet powerful and specific corrections to your spine and structural system. Last, but certainly not least, I am a certified Attunement practitioner, a form of non-touch energy work which offers a balancing and revitalizing element to human lives.
WELLNESS CARE AND PAIN RELIEF
By far the majority of people who come to my office, or any doctor’s office for that matter, are in some form of acute pain requiring immediate assistance and attention. In this respect, chiropractic excels and justifies why it’s been around for more than a hundred years. In my own practice, I’ve seen a wide variety of ailments corrected. These include pains in all parts of the spinal column, shoulders, legs, arms and feet, numbness and tingling, sciatica, headaches, PMS, infertility, sore throat, digestive and intestinal complaints, snoring, dizziness, mental illness, emotional disturbance, fatigue, and so much more. I can recall a woman whose lawn had just been mowed, telling me that after a chiropractic treatment she was able to smell the fresh-cut grass for the first time in twenty years! It’s not so surprising since chiropractic addresses the nervous system so specifically and it is the nervous system that supplies life force to every cell of the body. By the removal of interference to the life force (Innate Intelligence), the body can be brought back into balance and health.
However, it is very important to note that the real benefit and magic of chiropractic is its ability to maintain this balance in the midst of all the stressors each one of us is faced with in our day-to-day living. In the world, we’re constantly moving, bending, stretching, and lifting at the physical level of things; we’re beset by a vast amount of chemicals, pollutants and electromagnetic radiation, all of which tax our bodies; and most everyone experiences a whirlwind of mental and emotional activity, much of which can be quite impacting on our bodies too. In fact, because the emotional level tends to dictate what will happen at the physical level, this is where the greatest source of stress comes from. Now, most people understand that in order for an automobile to run well over a long period of time, it requires regular maintenance in the form of oil changes and tune-ups, etc. Unfortunately, most people take better care of their cars than they do their own bodies! But just like cars, our bodies get “banged-up” in the above-mentioned ways and also require care on a regular basis. This is where chiropractic can play such a vital and useful role in the protection of our health and well-being. In oriental medicine for example, there’s an understanding that the body contains vortexes of energy called chakras which play a role in the transmission of life force. But it’s only when these vortexes are spinning properly and in unison that health is known. In other words, health is not simply a matter of being pain-free, it’s a matter of our life force being turned on, of operating on “all cylinders”, of the chakra vortexes spinning properly, of experiencing balance and harmony in body, mind and spirit. The chiropractic approaches utilized in our office allows all of this to happen and it’s my recommendation that people take the time, at least once per month, to nurture and care for their bodies in this way. This will not only help to keep the body pain-free, but provide an increase of life force and well-being to be known; in other words, quality of life that makes our time on this planet worth living!
Chiropractic It’s said that what is true and real can never die despite the fiercest of opposition and such has been the history of chiropractic. Maligned, misunderstood, condemned and attacked for more than one hundred years, chiropractic (like Frodo!) still lives and in fact, has emerged at the forefront of the new holistic revolution in health care. It’s important to note however, that the basic premise of chiropractic has lost a bit of its original juice in terms of a pervasive belief that it is a healing approach for neuromusculoskeletal problems such as neck and back pain more-or-less exclusively. This is merely the corner that many modern-day chiropractors have been backed into through medical opposition and a lack of understanding themselves.
In actual fact, Chiropractic, as it was brought forth in 1895, had to do with the Oneness of Spirit and Matter. There is an Innate Intelligence or Life-Force within each human being, an aspect of Universal Intelligence which intelligently creates and governs the entire Universe consisting of who-knows-how-many billions of galaxies. It’s well-documented that soft little mushrooms can break through a concrete sidewalk as this inner Force urges them upwards. This same power is within each one of us! And its nature is that it is constantly giving of itself to physical matter, providing order, perfect function and healing when necessary. A very small example of this is how when you cut yourself, healing just naturally happens, even if you do nothing about it. If the Power is present, the body will heal from anything.
And speaking of the human body, did you know that it is performing thousands of magical activities in any given moment, again, without any effort on the part of your conscious mind. Blood cells are being created, food is being digested and assimilated (the peanut butter sandwich you ate yesterday might be brain cells today!), hormones are being secreted, ad infinitum. It’s well known for instance, that your heart cells are replaced every 90 days. Three months from now you will have a brand new heart! And virtually the entire body is regenerated every seven years. So for those who are 70 years old, you’ve already had ten bodies!
Well, the obvious question then becomes “If there’s this unstoppable Power within us and there’s a physical body capable of miraculously and continuously recreating itself, then why do we get sick at all?” Good question and thank you for asking! The answer is that the new cells are produced in the midst of interference between Spirit and Matter (Innate Intelligence and the Body) and even though they’re new, they’re coming in on a dis-eased vibration. D.D. Palmer, the founder of Chiropractic, said, way back in 1895, that this interference could take place on any or all of three levels. First, the physical level due to injury, accident and trauma; secondly, the chemical level meaning poor diet, malnutrition, pollution and poisoning from toxins and drugs; and thirdly, the level he called auto-suggestion which in modern terminology we would call emotional trauma and negative subconscious patterns.
The reason why Chiropractic has held its position at the vanguard of alternative healing is that it has the capability of addressing all three levels of interference by means of a variety of approaches. As a San Diego Chiropractor, I’m very pleased to offer a healing service that takes into account the wholeness and totality of the human being so that Spirit and Matter may in fact be One in all of our lives and all of our living.
