Take Vit D and Avoid the flu shot

Hello,

Yet another benefit to taking Vit D in the winter months. Please check out this website for more information.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller27.html

Colling Chiropractic sells high quality, high absorbency Vit D which also contains vital Vit K2. This is an inexpensive way to optimize your immune system.

Functional Abdominal Training

One of the key roles for the abdominal muscles is stabilizing the spine. How many of us have heard of a myriad of ways to do crunches? All of which are lying on our backs? You can do a sit-up all the way to your bent knees, you can crunch part way up and to the side or you can lift your legs and knees up and so on...

While this does strengthen your core it is not very functional. This does not help teach your abdominal muscles to contract when they are needed the most. In fact, it trains the muscles in an artificial setting. Throughout the day we are standing, walking, reaching and bending. These are the most common positions where spine injuries occur so these are the positions where we need to train our abdominal muscles to work.

Functional abdominal training would involve training the muscles in standing positions that first fully lengthen the muscles then contract the muscles in all three planes of motion. This concept is key. The muscles should be taught to contract in the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes.

Colling Chiropractic has functional assessment, treatment and training methods to help people of all levels of activity.

Once your training has been enhanced to include functional training you will be on your way to optimal functional health.

Kevin Colling, DC

Vit D and Breast Cancer

Increased intake of vitamin D from the diet and from sunlight may reduce the risk for breast cancer by over 20 per cent, says a new study. “This study suggests that vitamin D is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer regardless of [estrogen-receptor (ER) positive and progesterone-receptor (PR)] status of the tumor,” wrote lead author Kristina Blackmore from Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.

Dr. Colling offers you two vitamin D products. Our Vitamin D Synergy contains 2000 IU’s of vitamin D while our Vitamin D Supreme contains 5000 IU’s of vitamin D.

Source: Vitamin D From Dietary Intake and Sunlight Exposure and the Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Defined Breast Cancer.

Maybe now your broccoli will seem more appetizing.
Sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli, is found to have anticarcinogenic properties due to its ability to induce expression of phase II detoxification genes.

To learn more about sulforaphane, its role in breast cancer contact Dr. Colling about DFH’s newest product OncoSGS.

Little Benefit to Knee Surgery for osteoarthritis

A recent article in the Sept 11th, Los Angeles Times, from the associated press reported that, "Arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis - performed hundreds of thousand of times a year - does not reduce joint pain or improve knee function, according to new research released Wednesday[Sept 10,2008]"

This is a case where a treatment is applied to a symptom instead of to the cause of the symptom. Although surgery may help by removing cartilage fragments, it does nothing to prevent the same damage from happening in the future.

For all types of knee pain it is imperative to find out what is causing the pain and to treat the cause as well as treat the symptom. Some people have restrictions of movement in their foot, some have restrictions in their hip, or thoracic spine. These restrictions whether they are caused by muscle, joints or ligaments can all lead to knee pain. In fact, something as seemingly trivial as a big toe that doesn't bend enough can easily cause knee pain and knee degeneration.

Proper evaluation and management of the knee should rule out internal derangement such as ligament tears and should find the limiting factors in motion from the ground up and the top down in order to come up with the best results.

Chiropractic manipulation, kinesiotaping, leukotaping, Graston Therapy and three plane stretching are all services provided by Colling Chiropracitc that can help knee pain. The key is where, when and how to apply them.


Kevin Colling, DC

Sports injury - knee pain

Vital Health and Wellness Health Fair

Change of Season Health Fair

Acupuncture demonstrations
Seated and Thai massage demonstrations
Gait analysis
Blood pressure and glucose testing
Screening laboratory testing
abbreviated nutritional assessments
Discounted new patient visits
Raffle to win free consultations

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Functional Biomechanics

In this blog I would like to explore functional biomechanics. I'd like to credit the Gray Institute for enlightening me with a whole new way to look at human mechanics. I'd like to especially thank Dr. Nick Studholme for his support and mentoring over the years.