Southland Chiropractic Clinic

01/21/2026

From a Volcano to a Cure: The end of chemotherapy?

In what may be the most important medical discovery of our lifetime, Turkish microbiologists have found a "universal cancer killer" hiding in the boiling, acidic waters of Mount Ararat.

The "Search and Destroy" Mechanism: Nature’s Precision: These extremophile bacteria produce enzymes that can tell the difference between a healthy cell and a cancer cell. The Weak Spot: Cancer cells have a specific "shield" (phosphatidylserine) on their surface to hide from our immune system. These volcanic enzymes use that shield as a target, punching holes in the cancer cell's membrane until it ruptures and dies. Zero Collateral Damage: Unlike chemo, which attacks everything, these enzymes leave healthy cells completely untouched. No hair loss, no organ damage—just a targeted strike.

The Incredible Results:

100% Elimination: In lab tests, these compounds wiped out samples of breast, lung, brain, and leukemia cancers within just 48 hours.

Human Success: Terminal patients in human trials have seen dramatic tumor shrinkage, with some achieving complete remission with almost no side effects.

Unstoppable: Because the treatment attacks the physical structure of the cell, even "drug-resistant" cancers can't evolve to hide from it.

The Best Part? Because these enzymes can be mass-produced through fermentation, the cost could be under $100 per treatment. We are looking at a future where a cure for cancer isn't just possible—it’s affordable and accessible to everyone. 🌍🙌

01/15/2026

01/13/2026

Strong, Supported, and Pain-Free: Everyday Habits for Better Back Health

Dr Hakimian, D.C. • January 5, 2026

Maintaining back health is essential for overall mobility, comfort, and quality of life. The spine supports nearly every movement we make, yet it’s often overlooked until pain appears. Everyday habits—such as how we sit, stand, and sleep—can either protect or strain the back over time. Paying attention to posture, especially during long periods of sitting or screen use, helps reduce unnecessary pressure on the spine and surrounding muscles.

Regular movement is one of the most effective ways to keep the back strong and resilient. Gentle stretching, walking, swimming, and strength training all support the muscles that stabilize the spine, particularly the core and hips. Incorporating movement throughout the day, rather than remaining sedentary for long stretches, helps maintain flexibility and improves circulation to spinal tissues. Even small changes, like standing up every hour or doing brief mobility exercises, can make a meaningful difference.

Equally important is listening to your body and practicing preventative care. Using proper lifting techniques, maintaining a healthy weight, and managing stress—which often manifests as muscle tension—can help prevent chronic back issues. Rest and recovery also play a role; quality sleep on a supportive mattress allows the spine to realign and muscles to repair. By combining mindful habits, regular movement, and proactive care, maintaining back health becomes a sustainable part of everyday wellness rather than a reactive fix.
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12/18/2025

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The Benefits of Combining Chiropractic Care and Stretching

Is stretching part of your daily routine? If you receive chiropractic treatments, stretching could enhance the effectiveness of your treatment, increase your flexibility, and reduce your pain. The combination offers many benefits, including these important advantages:

Longer-Lasting Treatment Effects

Stretching could extend the positive effects of your chiropractic treatment. Spinal adjustments correct misalignments, or subluxations, in the vertebrae in your spine.

Misaligned vertebrae increase tension on back and neck muscles. Spinal manipulation treatments not only move your vertebrae back into their normal positions but also ease pressure on tight muscles, helping them relax.

Although your muscles may initially be looser after a visit to the chiropractor, stress or poor posture can cause them to tighten again. Tight muscles can pull your vertebrae out of alignment, causing a new subluxation. Regular stretching keeps muscles loose and flexible and prevents new subluxations.

Better Flexibility

Flexible joints and muscles are necessary for bending, reaching, turning your head at a stop sign, and even tying your shoes. Muscle strains and sprains due to flexibility issues can happen whether your play sports or reach deep inside the dishwasher to retrieve a dropped spoon.

Chiropractic treatments, like adjustments and massage therapy, improve range of motion and flexibility. Unfortunately, your daily activities can decrease flexibility and diminish your treatment gains. If your job involves sitting, muscles in your legs, neck, shoulders, and back may feel a little tight at the end of the day. Luckily, following a daily stretching routine will keep muscles and tissues flexible between treatments.

Less Pain

Treatments ease pain by realigning vertebrae and joints, relaxing tight muscles and tissues, and easing painful pressure on nerves. During your visit to the chiropractic office, your chiropractor may recommend stretches that improve flexibility while reducing pain.

If neck pain is a problem, the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association recommends stretching your neck muscles with head nods. Perform this stretch by lowering your chin toward your chest, then slowly raising your chin toward the ceiling.

Stretching offers proven pain-relief results. According to review published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology in 2025, stretching can ease pain by improving range of motion and decreasing muscle stiffness. The review noted that reducing muscle stiffness could also reduce pressure on nerves.

Improved Posture

Chiropractic treatments restore proper alignment to your spine, making it easier to maintain good posture. Daily stretches loosen and strengthen the muscles that support your bones and may prevent new posture issues. Strong muscles also help you avoid injuries that can occur due to posture-related muscle imbalances.

Reduced Stress

Tight, painful muscles in the neck, shoulders, and upper back are an uncomfortable reminder of a stressful day. Chiropractic treatments relax muscles and tissues and prompt your body to release endorphins and serotonin. The hormones ease pain, calm your mind, and improve your mood. Stretching also increases production of endorphins and can help you continue to enjoy the sense of calm you felt when you left the chiropractor's office.

If you don't stretch regularly, your muscles and tissues could tighten due to stress even if you recently visited the chiropractor. Stretching offers a simple way to maintain the stress-busting benefits of chiropractic treatment.

Increase Blood Flow

Your blood contains oxygen and nutrients that nourish your body and help it repair itself. Chiropractic treatments improve circulation, which may help reduce inflammation and improve nerve function. Stretching also improves circulation and can help you maximize the effects of your treatments.

Need to make an appointment with the chiropractor? During your visit, we'll show you helpful stretches that support your treatments. Contact our office to schedule your appointment.

Sources:

The National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association: The Top 5 Stretches for Neck Pain Relief, 8/19/2020

https://nucca.org/the-top-5-stretches-for-neck-pain-relief/

European Journal of Applied Physiology: The Effects of Chronic Stretch Training on Musculoskeletal Pain, 3/9/2025

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-025-05747-9

Harvard Health Publishing: The Importance of Stretching, 4/17/2024

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-importance-of-stretching

Mayo Clinic: Stretching: Focus on Flexibility, 11/18/2023

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/stretching/art-20047931

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Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief

Every day, more than 15% of people worldwide experience some type of headache, according to an analysis published in The Journal of Headache Pain in 2022. Some suffer from tension headaches after a stressful day at work, while others endure the pain of migraines or sinus headaches. If headaches frequently keep you from making the most of your day, chiropractic treatment can ease your pain.

The Connection Between the Spine and Headaches

Vertebrae in your neck and back form your spinal column. These small bones encase the spinal cord and are essential for back and neck flexibility and movement. Misalignments, or subluxations, of the vertebrae can trigger or worsen headaches. Subluxations press on tissues and nerves, causing or worsening muscle tension, irritation, and pain. Misalignments may also decrease blood flow to the head.

How Chiropractic Treatment Relieves Headache Pain

Chiropractic treatments correct subluxations, relieve pressure on nerves and blood vessels, reduce inflammation, and decrease muscle tension.

Chiropractors use several therapies to treat headache pain, including:

Spinal Manipulation. Your chiropractor may recommend spinal manipulation, or an adjustment, if you suffer from frequent headaches. During this treatment, your doctor realigns the vertebrae in your spine with quick, hands-on pressure or a handheld activator.
Soft Tissue Treatments. Massage and soft tissue mobilization loosen tight muscles and tissues in the head, neck, shoulders, and upper back.
Trigger Point Therapy. A knot in your neck, head, shoulder, or upper back muscles could be the reason your headaches won't go away. Pain isn't always felt at the source. For example, a knot in your upper back could cause pain that extends to your neck or head. Applying pressure to tight muscle fibers loosens the knots, relieving headache pain.
Exercise. Your chiropractor will teach you exercises that stretch and strengthen your neck, back, and shoulder muscles.

What Kind of Headaches Do Chiropractors Treat?

Chiropractors treat many kinds of headaches, including:

Tension. Tension headaches, the most common type of headache, can be caused by stress, poor posture, or tight muscles. The American Chiropractic Association notes that muscle tension in the neck is associated with the majority of primary headaches (tension, migraine, and cluster headaches). Also called "hatband" headaches, tension headaches cause pain and pressure in the forehead, temples, and back of the head.
Cervicogenic. Cervicogenic headaches start in the neck, but trigger pain in the temples, head, or behind the eyes. These headaches may occur due to poor posture, whiplash, or joint issues in the spine. Patients with cervicogenic headaches who received spinal manipulation therapy had fewer headaches after treatment, according to a research study published in BMC Research Notes in 2017
Sinus. Inflamed sinuses cause congestion, which may lead to pressure and pain in and around the cheeks, forehead, neck, eyes and base of the skull. Chiropractic treatments relieve neck pain, ease pressure, and may even help the sinuses drain.
Migraines. Migraine headaches cause intense pain that may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, stiff neck, and sensitivity to light, sounds, and odors. In a case series published in Global Advances in Medicine and Health in 2019, researchers noted that spinal manipulation and soft tissue therapy decreased migraine frequency and reduced migraine and neck pain. They attributed the improvements in migraine symptoms to the combination of neurological and chiropractic care the patients received.
Cluster. Cluster headaches affect one side of the head, causing severe pain around the eye. The headaches occur in groups, or clusters, and may last days or weeks. Spinal manipulation eases muscle tension caused by cluster headaches and could reduce pain.
Post Concussion. Chiropractic treatment also helps post-concussion headaches. Treatments relax tight muscles and correct subluxations that can occur as a result of falls, accidents, and blows to the head. In a case series published in the Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic in 2019, chiropractors noted the effectiveness of craniocervical junction adjustments in relieving concussion symptoms. The base of the skull meets the neck at the craniocervical junction. Concussion patients who received spinal manipulation in this area reported fewer headaches and saw improvements in neck pain, dizziness and concentration.

Do your headaches interfere with your life? Contact our office to schedule an appointment with the chiropractor.

Sources:

The Journal of Headache Pain: The Global Prevalence of Headache: An Update, with Analysis of the Influences of Methodological Factors on Prevalence Estimates, 4/12/2022

https://thejournalofheadacheandpain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10194-022-01402-2

American Chiropractic Association: Headaches

https://www.acatoday.org/patients/headaches-and-chiropractic/

BMC Research Notes: Chiropractic Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Cervicogenic Headaches: A Single-Blinded, Placebo, Randomized Controlled Trial, 7/24/2017

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5525198/

Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health: Integrating Chiropractic Care into the Treatment of Migraine Headaches in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Case Series, 3/28/2019

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2164956119835778

Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic: Chiropractic Management of the Craniocervical Junction in Post-Concussion Syndrome: A Case Series, 2/11/2019

https://journal.parker.edu/article/78066-chiropractic-management-of-the-craniocervical-junction-in-post-concussion-syndrome-a-case-series

11/08/2025

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11/04/2025

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Struggling with Chronic Fatigue? Chiropractic Care Can Help

If you're constantly exhausted no matter how much you sleep, you may have chronic fatigue syndrome. Although researchers haven't found a cure for the condition yet, your chiropractor offers treatments that may help you manage your symptoms and boost your energy level.

What Is Chronic Fatigue?

Severe fatigue that lasts six months or longer and doesn't improve with rest is called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). In addition to fatigue, symptoms of ME/CFS include:

Trouble Concentrating
Memory Issues
Sleep That Doesn't Leave You Feeling Rested
Headaches
Muscle and Joint Pain
Sore Throat
Tender Lymph Nodes

Symptoms can worsen after physical activity or tasks that require concentration. You may also notice that you feel worse when you sit or stand. Sitting or standing can trigger dizziness, lightheadness, or even fainting.

Although doctors don't know why people get ME/CFS, MedlinePlus notes that possible causes include genetics, infections, immune system issues, and stress (mental or physical).

Chiropractic care can help you manage your symptoms and feel less tired. Benefits of chiropractic care include:

Pain Relief

Nerves exit your spinal cord through openings between the small bones in your back and neck called vertebrae. Vertebrae can become misaligned due to falls, poor posture, and stress. Chiropractors call these misalignments "subluxations." Subluxations press on nerves and tissues, causing pain. Muscles and tissues can also become uncomfortably tight due to misaligned vertebrae.

Chiropractors correct subluxations by adjusting the vertebrae in your back and neck with spinal manipulation therapy. During this therapy, an activator or hands-on movements restore the normal alignment of your spine. Massage therapy, soft tissue mobilization, and trigger point therapy also help relax tight, painful muscles and tissues.

Reduced Pressure on the Brain

A research study published in Frontiers in Neurology in 2020 noted that people with ME/CFS may be more likely to have craniocervical obstructions, in addition to elevated pressure inside the skull. A craniocervical obstruction happens when the top two vertebrae in the neck move more than normal.

Craniocervical obstructions could increase pressure on the brainstem, decrease the flow of blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and make it harder for waste products to leave the brain, according to the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association. Adjusting the vertebrae in the neck with spinal manipulation may ease pressure on the brainstem and improve fluid flow, which might have a positive effect on ME/CFS symptoms.

Stronger Immune System

Your nerves play an important role in your immune system. Subluxations interfere with the signals that travel through the nerves and could affect the way your immune system works. Improving immune system functioning can be as simple as correcting subluxations with chiropractic treatment. As your immune system bcomes stronger, you may feel less tired and more energetic.

Less Stress

Stress is an unfortunate consequence of chronic fatigue. When nothing you try improves your symptoms, it's only natural to feel frustrated, anxious, and stressed. Unfortunately, stress and anxiety can interfere with sleep and cause fatigue. Chiropractic treatments help you relax by reducing muscle tension and flooding your body with hormones that help you feel calm.

Better Nutrition

Have you stopped making nutritious meals because you're so exhausted? You're not alone. Many people with ME/CFS struggle with meal preparation and nutrition. Good nutrition is particularly important if you have chronic fatigue. The foods you eat fuel your body, give you energy, and help your immune system function normally.

Your chiropractor can offer suggestions that will help you improve your nutrition. In a case report published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 2016, a 34-year-old woman saw improvements in chronic fatigue after following her chiropractor's nutritional recommendations. The woman lost 15 pounds and had more energy three months after making changes to her diet and lifestyle and taking supplements.

More Restful Sleep

Chiropractic care could improve the quality and duration of sleep. When your muscles no longer hurt and you feel calm and relaxed, it's much easier to get restful, restorative sleep.

Tired of living with chronic fatigue? Chiropractic treatments could improve your symptoms. Contact our office to schedule an appointment.

Sources:

Frontiers in Neurology: Signs of Intracranial Hypertension, Hypermobility, and Craniocervical Obstructions in Patients With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 8/27/2020

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.00828/full

National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association: How Do You Fight Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?, 06/01/2021

https://nucca.org/how-do-you-fight-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine: Chiropractic Management of a Patient With Chronic Fatigue: A Case Report, 10/18/2016

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5106444/

MedlinePlus: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 5/1/2024

https://medlineplus.gov/myalgicencephalomyelitischronicfatiguesyndrome.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: ME/CFS Basics

https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/index.html

11/04/2025

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When to Consider a Chiropractic Adjustment

Chiropractic adjustments realign the vertebrae in your spine and reduce stress on soft tissues and nerves. Adjustments offer a simple way to relieve pain and lower your risk of injury or illness. Wondering if you should schedule an adjustment? Give your chiropractor a call if you notice any of these issues:

An Aching Back or Neck

Whether your pain began recently, or you've resigned yourself to living with back or neck pain, a chiropractic adjustment, also called spinal manipulation, could ease your symptoms. Chiropractors perform adjustments by using their hands or handheld activators to realign vertebrae.

The vertebrae are a series of 33 small bones that extend from your neck to your lower back to form the spinal column. Vertebrae protect the spinal cord, help stabilize your body, and give your spine the flexibility it needs to twist and bend. Stress, poor posture, or injuries may cause one or more vertebrae to move out of alignment. Chiropractors call misaligned vertebrae "subluxations."

In addition to relieving pain, adjustments decrease inflammation, enhance circulation, and improve range of motion in the back and neck. The American Association of Family Physicians' 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline noted that spinal manipulation is one of the non-drug treatments that should be used initially for low back pain.

Chiropractic adjustments also ease neck pain. Patients with neck pain who received spinal manipulation therapy instead of sham (fake) therapy had less pain and better range of motion in their necks, according to researchers. Their analysis of several systematic reviews and meta-analyses appeared in Systematic Reviews in 2025.

Headaches

Tense muscles and subluxations press against nerves and blood vessels in the head and neck, increasing your risk for tension headaches and migraines. Adjustments relieve subluxations, loosen muscles, and reduce tension on nerves and soft tissues.

Adjustments may be even more helpful when they're combined with soft tissue manipulation, according to a research study published in Pain Therapy in 2024. During the study, some patients who had cervicogenic headaches (headaches caused by neck issues) received adjustments only, while others received adjustments and soft tissue mobilization therapy.

Soft tissue mobilization therapy involves using a small, handheld instrument to loosen tight tissues, improve movement, and boost blood flow. Patients who received the combination treatment saw greater improvements in headache pain intensity and disability, neck pain frequency and disability, and quality of life compared to patients who only received adjustments.

Poor Posture

Poor posture can lead to aches and pains throughout your entire body. If you spend hours in the same position, whether you drive a truck, work in a factory, or sit behind a computer, you may be more likely to develop a posture issue. Poor posture can be a factor in headaches, stiff shoulder muscles, heartburn, and back, neck, and hip pain. Posture issues can even affect your balance, increasing your risk for falls and other injuries.

Subluxations and tight muscles may restrict movement, making it difficult to correct your posture. Chiropractic treatments, including adjustments, massage, and soft tissue mobilization, ease muscle tension and restore alignment and balance to the body.

Injuries

Falls, accidents, and sports injuries can cause subluxations in your back and neck and damage soft tissues. Adjustments ease pain, speed healing by increasing blood flow, decrease inflammation, and improve flexibility and range of motion.

Stiff Joints

Although back and neck issues may be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about adjustments, the treatments can also be used to relieve pain and stiffness in any joint in the body. Adjustments may offer a simple solution if you have stiff hips, knees, or shoulders.

Insomnia

Does pain keep you up at night? Chiropractic care offers an effective, drug-free way to relieve pain and improve sleep. In addition to reducing pain, adjustments turn on your body's natural pain relief system. The treatments prompt your body to release serotonin and endorphins, hormones that dull pain.

Digestive Issues

Heartburn, gas, constipation, or diarrhea may occur if a subluxation presses on a nerve that serves the gastrointestinal system or poor posture increases pressure on your stomach. Adjustments correct the problem and could help you manage your digestive issues.

Do any of these complaints sound familiar? Chiropractic adjustments could ease your pain and discomfort. Contact our office to make an appointment with the chiropractor.

Sources:

Systematic Reviews: Efficacy and Safety of Spinal Manipulative Therapy in the Management of Acute Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 5/1/2025

https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-025-02855-7

PMC: Pain Therapy: An Additive Effect of Instrument-Assisted Spinal Manipulation in Cervicogenic Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11544115/

Pain and Therapy: An Additive Effect of Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization with Spinal Manipulation in Cervicogenic Headache: a Randomized Controlled Trial, 10/28/2024

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11544115/

American Association of Family Physicians: Clinical Practice Guideline: Low Back Pain, 04/2017

https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations/back-pain.html