Spinal Wellness Center of Ithaca

12/10/2025

We just received another great review on Google:

12/02/2025

Open air schools were part of a broader health movement in Europe during the early 20th century. At the time, tuberculosis was a major public health concern, and fresh air and sunlight were believed to be powerful remedies. Educators and doctors collaborated to design schools where children could learn outdoors, often in forests or specially built open-air classrooms.

The idea wasn’t just medical, it was social. Reformers argued that children in crowded, industrial cities needed exposure to nature for both physical and mental well-being. These schools emphasized exercise, nutrition, and rest alongside traditional lessons, blending education with health care. They became especially popular in Germany, the Netherlands, and later spread to other parts of Europe.

By the 1950s, open air schools had become symbols of progressive education. In places like the Netherlands, they reflected a belief that learning should nurture the whole child, not just the mind. While modern medicine eventually reduced the urgency of such schools, their legacy lives on in today’s emphasis on outdoor learning, school gardens, and holistic approaches to education.

12/01/2025

Allowing the toes to spread in alignment changes the mechanics of the entire spine. Correction can happen much more fully. Your footwear has an enormous effect on your body, either positive or negative.

11/23/2025

Heel pain?

11/18/2025

11/18/2025

If a doctor has told you that plaque in arteries is irreversible, then you need to watch this video. Food and Heart disease go hand in hand, but if you want ...

11/17/2025

Someone came in today with Belenka boots. Super nice.