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Body Works Clinic

Celebrating 30 years of helping people achieve healthy lifestyles. Chiropractic • Massage Therapy • Acupuncture • Nutrition

Open M, T, W, F 8:30am - 6:00pm

We specialize in helping patients achieve long term pain management and general wellness using an individual approach combining chiropractic care, acupuncture therapy, nutritional intervention, and massage therapy.

01/04/2026

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION AND THE LIES ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03842-0?utm_source=klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%28Friday%20Email%20-%20Chris%20Kresser%20General%20News%29%20Chris%27s%20Friday%20Favorites&utm_term=Nature%20Medicine&utm_content=Nature%20Medicine&_kx=ZpXBDTeEF9QJhwDqQXXrImrT_HpFsBz1ZlYMbsx_Vq0.my75y6

Getting healthy is obviously on a lot of people's minds this week. Hopefully not to fade away unnecessarily soon. And among these priorities is often trying to bring body weight and body composition in line with optimal metrics.

A couple of years ago I got into an argument with a colleague personal trainer. The topic was about pre-and post workout high-protein meals. He kept pushing highly processed protein breakfast bars on his clients, to maximize muscle gains from his prescribed exercise routines, and I had advised some of our common patients against that based on metabolic health research, steering them instead to try to meet those goals with a few high protein naturally occurring foods. His mantra was that regardless of the source the metabolic effect was going to be the same and that some of these designer foods were actually a better value. There was a fair amount of research already back then about the fallacy of that statement, and this most recent piece of research puts the last nail in the coffin of the flawed processed food theory.

What struck me about this piece of research is not necessarily the end result, which is in line with previous research, but the scale of the differential of weight loss/weight gain based on the food source. We're talking about DOUBLE the weight loss and weight gain by simply sticking with unprocessed foods. And you have to remember that everything else in micronutrient and calories were exactly the same between both groups.

Let me flesh this out in practical terms: for the same amount of calories, and the same amount of proteins versus carbohydrates, and unprocessed food has a vastly different metabolic effect on your weight. ..
https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2026/1/4/new-year-resolution-weight-and-real-food

12/23/2025

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE UPDATE:
Dr. Demel will be the out of the office from December 23 through the 30th. Massage therapy services will be available during that timeframe, please refer to the online schedule for details. Front desk staff will be present for a few hours every day to handle mail and return messages. We appreciate your patience and wish everyone a wonderful holiday season.

12/23/2025

B END N' SQUEAK
Trying to change patient’s ways of doing body mechanics feels like a long hard road, so I decided to enlist Milou’ s help and favorite squeaky toy to illustrate how to safely bend forward with a flat back

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SqsChsiKDTM

12/21/2025

TOPICAL TREATMENT FOR PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

It's a question that comes up frequently and I realized recently that I don't have a good written resource material to direct patients to and I find myself repeating the same thing over and over in the middle of a busy day. Unlike some of my colleagues, who tend to downplay their value in an overall treatment plan, I feel that topical's can have huge benefits to direct therapeutic activity to a local local area, and can overall minimize the patient's need for more toxic oral medications.

Understand that this is a generic list, and that you will probably need to figure out with your own individual healthcare provider which 1 of these may be the best, and understand that you may need different topical treatments at different times. Also understand that while mostly safe, a few of them do have some potential contraindication related to other medications and comorbidities that you should be aware of.

Topical treatments full in different broad categories matching their mode of action: counter irritant, vasodilators, anti-inflammatory, analgesics, and some of them crossover into more than one category.

COUNTER IRRITANTS: those agents tend to create a local receptor response that competes with pain receptors, thus tricking the body in perceiving sensation rather than pain. Menthol is probably the most common one. It's found as a base in the majority of topical treatments. It's usually quite safe, short acting and reversible. There's a huge variety of products available, and ultimately it boils down to preferring water-based versus oil-based, and how much of an overlying sent or not you want to have.

VASODILATORS: those agents tend to increase local blood flow by increasing vasodilation of smaller blood vessels. The main benefit is to improve circulation to a particular area,...
https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2025/10/28/topical-treatment-for-pain-and-inflammation

12/15/2025

VERTIGO FROM NECK OR EAR ? THE SWIVEL TEST

Dizziness and vertigo is one of those problems like fatigue that can make you cringe when it shows up in the office because there are so many possibilities as to what's causing it. Anything from cardiovascular to inner ear to medication to blood pressure to mild head injury etc. However when it comes to positional vertigo that is often triggered by change in position of the head and neck, the two main culprits are going to be the cervical spine in the inner ear and sometimes a combination of both. Most of the time the testing can be a little bit elusive because the testing itself will activate both the cervical spine and the inner ear at the same time. (For example Dixie Hall Pike test). The swivel test can be a useful add-on to other testing because it will hold the head stationary while deeply activating cervical rotation, thus eliminating stimulus to the inner year and vestibular system while deeply stimulating the cervical spine. All you need is a good old-fashioned swivel stool or chair and a good pair of steady hands to hold the head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvfClidWqg

12/14/2025

FIRST TRIMESTER LOW BACK PAIN: CAUGHT OFF GUARD ?

I have recently completed an online review of pregnancy related neuromuscular skeletal common issues. Quite a bit of it was just that, a review of things that I already knew and practiced for 3 decades, but there are always a couple new nuggets of information that are worth savoring.

The common thought about the 1st trimester of pregnancy from a neuromuscular skeletal standpoint is that is pretty routine because you have not started growing a lot of weight in the front of your lumbar spine and pelvis yet, and that most of the problems will start as your pregnancy advances. Nothing could be further from the truth and reality. Here are some facts that explain why some women are caught off guard and feeling quite silly about the amount of problems they are encountering before showing off a baby bump

The key hormone associated with softening of soft tissues and especially ligaments, called relaxin, actually peaks in the 1st trimester, and has a 2nd smaller peak in the 3rd trimester. This hormone creates a softening of the ligaments that are beneficial to prepare a wider pelvis during labor, but also indiscriminately affect all the thoracic lumbar and pelvis ligaments. During the 1st pregnancy, this means that practically you start developing a slightly hyper mobile pelvis and increased lumbar lordosis (anterior curve or sway back) very early on, sometimes even before you may know for sure that you're pregnant. Increased nonspecific lower back pain associated with hyperextension and facet syndrome is extremely common, as well as reactive discomfort in the gluteal and anterior hip area. Even the rib cage can feel like it's easily strained with normal activities. A whopping 25% of women will have a major fall...

https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2025/11/10/first-trimester-pregnancy-and-low-back-pain-caught-off-guard-

12/08/2025

TIPS ON ORAL WINTER HEALTH

A little bit off the chiropractic path but worth a mention because of the number of questions that are starting to come up. Integrative dentistry and oral health somehow has been bubbling up on several of my health podcasts, that I listen to during my daily commute. The oral cavity is unique in that it ties into our respiratory system, and in this matter very much connected to our immunity to airborne pathogens, as well as the beginning of our digestive tract, and in that matter very much connected to our overall digestive health.

While oral health is a year-round issue obviously, underlying problems tend to be accentuated during the winter months because our indoor air quality and dryness.

Before I dive into a few specifics, I obviously want to remind everyone that basic care when it comes to proper nutrition and basic oral cleaning should be your foundation. You do not want to be snacking on starchy or sugary foods and drinks, and you want to make sure you brush your teeth at least twice a day and floss appropriately.

Beyond that, there are a few practical approaches to chronic oral problems, which involve gum irritation, cold sores, poor breath etc.

As a backdrop: the oral cavity is its own very micro biome rich environment under optimal circumstances, very much like the rest of you digestive tract, although the optimal microbial distribution is somewhat different than the lower digestive tract. Some of the same factors that tend to suppress digestive micro biome tend to suppress oral micro biome: unbalanced diet with high process foods especially sugars, food preservatives; carbonated beverages which disrupt the oral pH; artificial sweeteners of any kind that tend to kill of good bacteria (all the sugar alcohols are major problem in that regard and often overlooked, especially in things like gum). Additional factors that are unique to the oral cavity include chronic mouth breathing, ...

https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2025/10/28/tips-on-winter-oral-health

12/01/2025

ORTHOTICS 2ND PAIR SPECIAL

Sole support orthotics is offering discounted rate on 2nd pair of appliances for patients with eligible valid cast on file within the last 3 years. The special runs December 1 through the 31st and the cost of an additional pair is $149( instead of $250). For more information about ordering and verifying that you may be eligible please visit www.bwclinic.com

11/29/2025

COLD AND NECK PAIN

I blogged about this more extensively a few years ago, but this polar vortex is worth at least a brief reminder of an overlooked fact: exposure to cold windy conditions can aggravate neck pain, especially for patients with underlying moderate degeneration and post traumatic scar tissue formation in the collagen of ligaments and muscle fascial layers.

Cold and wind exposure results in two phenomenons : vasoconstriction i.e. diminished blood flow to superficial tissues as the body tries to conserve energy for core organs, and protective posture of the neck and shoulders: hunched forward with trapezium muscles drawn up to your ears. Neither of which is helpful for chronic neck pain.

Remember to keep your cervical spine covered with an additional layer of warmth and insulation. A good neck gaiter, scarf, turtle neck or fully zipped up collar is all it takes.

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424 Mill Street West
Cannon Falls, MN
55009

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Monday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

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+15072632393

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http://bwclinic.com/, https://www.bwclinic.com/schedule-an-appointment

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