Suffering from Heartburn?

by Dr. Brent Lipke DC

Oh, this heartburn is killing me!  Have you ever wondered why you get heartburn now when you eat things like tomatoes or peppers but you didn’t get it before ?  Do you think the tomatoes changed, or did you ?

Heartburn is caused, not by too much acid, but by acid in the wrong place.  A muscle at the top of the stomach keeps the acid from splashing up into the esophagus which it is not protected by mucous.

 When a spinal misalignment in the mid-back occurs, it can choke the nerve supplying this muscle, allowing acid to reverse up the esophagus.  Instead of using medications to decrease the acid in your stomach, chiropractic removes pressure from this nerve, restoring function to this muscle, keeping the acid down where it belongs.

 To learn more about how a safe, gentle and scientific, Chiropractic adjustment could TRANSFORM your health contact your chiropractor.  If you are interested in a complimentary consultation, CALL at The Family Chiropractic Centre, 519-837-1234. 

I’m Dr. Brent Lipke, educating you to help you educate others !

How to Avoid Ear Infections in Your Child

By Dr. Brent Lipke DC

 Every parent at one time or another has had the heart-aching task of dealing with a child in agony from an ear infection.

Traditionally antibiotics have been given to remedy this.  Yet, research in the Lancet Medical Journal suggests that 88% of children never need antibiotics, and in those that receive them the risk of reocurrence is high.

Chiropractic care, on the other hand has been found to be both safe and effective at decreasing pressure on the nerve supplying the Eustachian tube, which drains the middle ear to the back of the throat.

To learn more about how a safe, gentle and scientific, Chiropractic adjustment could TRANSFORM your health contact your chiropractor.  If you are interested in a complimentary consultation, CALL  the Family Chiropractic Centre, 519-837-1234. 

 I’m Dr. Brent Lipke, educating you to help you educate others !

How to reduce Asthma Attacks

by  Dr. Brent Lipke  DC

When an asthmatic “attack” happens the person struggles for every breath, literally gasping and wheezing for life.

Attacks are usually triggered by allergies or stress. “Puffers” containing strong steroids are usually given to decrease inflammation but can also cause severe side effects such as tremors, abnormal heart rhythm, and bronchitis.

For over 100 years, people suffering from asthma and bronchitis have sung the praises of chiropractic care.  Research has shown that chiropractic care; decreases medication used, decreases incidence of attacks and increases lung volume, by ensuring that the lungs receive uninterrupted nerve flow from the brain.

To learn more about how a safe, gentle and scientific, Chiropractic adjustment could TRANSFORM your health contact your chiropractor. 

If you are interested in a complimentary consultation, CALL  The Family Chiropractic Centre in Guelph, 519-837-1234. 

I’m Dr. Brent Lipke, educating you to help you educate others !

Stiff, Sore Neck and Headaches? Time to Sit up and Read

The Importance of Good Posture by Dr. Dan Vitale

 

Maintaining proper posture not only allows your joints to move freely through their ranges of motion, it also allows your organs to work more efficiently. For example, your bowels will function better, your heart pumps your blood correctly and your lungs fill with air properly.

 

The importance of good posture can not be overemphasized.

 

Poor posture is often caused by muscle imbalances. Some muscles are too tight and become shortened. This will cause other muscles to become permanently elongated and weakened. When this happens in the spine area it pulls your vertebrae out of alignment.

The chiropractors, here at Family Chiropractic Centre will know this is happening in your spine and with your focus on improving your posture and your adjustments we can help balance out the weak and shortened muscles and assist those muscles which have elongated (stretched).

How important is good posture

These effects are often experienced by people who work all day in front of a computer. 

The rounded shoulders (shortened check muscles and continually elongated mid-back muscles) and forward drawn head position (tightness in the back of the neck and lengthening of the muscles in the front of the neck) lead to all shorts of pain patterns, discomfort, tightness and often headaches.

Once we have stabilized your spine through your adjustments you will be taught to use the cervical traction unit to assist you in restoring the proper balance to your neck muscles thereby restoring the proper curve (the “arc of life”) to your neck.

 

This will assist in keeping your “information highway” (flow of information from your brain to the rest of your cells, tissues and organs) working at its peak.

 

If you are suffering from a tight, sore neck or experience headaches often, give us a call at 519-837-1234 and set up an assessment appointment to determine how we can help you feel better.

 

In our next post we will share some tips on how to improve your posture.

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