Prince Crossing Chiropractic

01/21/2022

07/08/2021

My patients are tired of me telling them to drink more water...

04/04/2020

The take a walk part was highlighted and while that's a wonderful idea, especially since fresh air and vitamin D are essential to good health, I wanted to highlight the "to use health/safety services" part. Come on over!

03/27/2020

Social distancing isn't a problem in a 500 square foot waiting room!

03/26/2020

Chiropractic having a positive effect on the function of the immune system is not a new claim. It is, unfortunately, often exaggerated but there is a definable improvement. There is not a lot of evidence, but what we have all points to chiropractic being an important part of your routine to keep healthy:

Chiropractic Journal of Australia 1993 Sep;23(3):132-5

Brennan P, Graham M, Triano J, Hondras M. "Enhanced phagocytic cell respiratory bursts induced by spinal manipulation: Potential Role of Substance P." Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics 1991; (14)7:399-400.

Selano JL, Hightower BC, Pfleger B, Feeley-Collins K, Grostic JD. "The Effects of Specific Upper Cervical Adjustments on the CD4 Counts of HIV Positive Patients." The Chiropractic Research Journal; 3(1); 1994.

Pero R."Medical Researcher Excited By CBSRF Project Results." The Chiropractic Journal, August 1989; 32.

03/21/2020

I wanted to reassure everyone that I am an essential business. Not just in my own opinion but according to the governor. Also, I am sterilizing all touch surfaces like the bathroom and doorknobs multiple times a day and, as always, washing my hands and disinfecting the treatment tables with a hospital grade cleaner between every patient. Also I have always tried to book appointments with enough space so that I run on time. I do this because I value your time but right now it means social distancing is easy.

So you won't get in trouble for coming here, you won't catch corona while you are here, it will help you stay healthy, and I would very much appreciate you coming.

Thank you! Stay safe and healthy!

11/24/2019

More Americans use prescription opioids than smoke ci******es.
99% of the hydrocodone and 81% of the oxycodone in the world is consumed in the US.
80% of he**in addicts report the addiction began with prescription painkillers.
There is a better way, and the government will do nothing but screw it up more.

05/10/2019

"The worsening opioid epidemic creates unique opportunities and incentives for cooperation between mainstream medicine and chiropractors. The loosening of opioid prescribing standards among doctors in the 1990s has led to a tidal wave of narcotics abuse involving both legally prescribed and illicit street drugs. According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2016, 630,000 people died of drug overdose, with 350,000 of these deaths involving opioids. 1In 2016, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids like he**in and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 5 times higher than in 1999. Around 66 percent of the more than 63,600 drug overdose deaths in 2016 involved an opioid. On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. 2

Many addictions begin with the best of intentions; patients go to their primary care physician seeking treatment for a painful injury or degenerative back or joint problem. The physician writes a prescription for a month’s supply of an opioid with the intention of providing short-term pain relief while their injuries heal. At the end of the month, the patient requests a refill because, without the pills, the patient claims that the pain is too intense to work or sleep. The physician agrees to one refill but no more. By the time the second prescription runs out, the patient is addicted and asks for another refill. If the physician refuses, the patient simply goes to another doctor or to a “pill mill” that isn’t as scrupulous about dispensing opioids. The patient may even go to a street vendor for cheaper but more dangerous drugs like he**in. At some point, the patient either enters rehab treatment—voluntarily or involuntarily—or winds up in prison or dead from an overdose."

There is a better way! Ethical chiropractors and educated medical doctors can fix this problem, but how many of those are there?

11/30/2018

The medical model has failed for people in chronic pain. They don't know how to help and they're scared to recommend chiropractic because they either don't understand it or all of the chiropractors they know are shysters. There is a better way to deal with chronic musculo-skeletal pain.

The crackdown on analgesics continues to push nonmedical users toward deadlier alternatives.

05/24/2018

"Adjusted odd ratios at week 6 were also statistically significant in favor of usual medical care plus chiropractic care overall for perceived improvement (odds ratio = 0.18; 95% CI, 0.13-0.25) and self-reported pain medication use (odds ratio = 0.73; 95% CI, 0.54-0.97). No serious related adverse events were reported."

This means adding chiropractic to the usual medical care significantly improved outcomes.

01/16/2018

Interesting:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260883

J Altern Complement Med. 2017 Dec 20. doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0141. [Epub ahead of print]

10/28/2017

https://mises.org/library/your-government-approved-diet-may-kill-you #.WfSmlZ62tu8.facebook

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for? — F. A. Hayek

06/24/2017

http://www.runnersworld.com/strength-training/10-essential-strength-exercises-for-runners?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=paid

Do these exercises consistently, and you’ll run faster and stronger.

12/08/2016

"Much of the current opioid predicament stems from the explosion of prescription painkiller use in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Widespread painkiller use led to many Americans developing dependencies on the drugs."

There is a better way!

Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC…

05/05/2016

Conservatively, a quarter of a million people (possibly over 400,000) every year are dying from the care that they receive rather than the disease or injury for which they sought care.

Eat right, drink water, get good sleep,and get adjusted. Don't rely so much on drugs and hospitals.

Analysis Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US BMJ 2016; 353 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2139 (Published 03 May 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;353:i2139 Article Related content Metrics Responses Peer review Martin A Makary, professor1 , Michael Daniel, research fellow11Depar...

04/05/2016

"In 2013...more than 16,000 people in the United States died of an overdose related to opioid pain relievers.[9] The drugs killed more people than he**in and co***ne combined, more than su***de, and more than car crashes.[10]

The prevalence of pain remained undiminished during this period."

There is plenty to quote from this article, but unfortunately nothing about chiropractic. They ask some great questions but fail to provide any answers. That's because the traditional medical model is stymied.

Chiropractic can help.

An crisis in which a specialty society, a federal agency, a healthcare watchdog organization, drug makers, demanding patients, and well-meaning doctors in many specialties all played prominent roles.

03/08/2016

"More than half of all doctors in this country are saying, "I really feel that some aspect of my work as a doctor is making me feel burned out.""

"When we institute new software or when we have new bureaucratic regulations, I think somebody ought to ask what this does to the workforce. If one more doctor complains to me about Epic and other types of electronic recordkeeping and billing forms, it'll be one doctor too many. It takes a lot of energy. It makes people unhappy."

" It also seems to me that if you look at what's going on with respect to regulations and administrative or bureaucratic requirements, nobody is saying, "Hey, is this user-friendly? What's the burden that it's putting on the doctor?""

Unfortunately, Medscape and the AMA are far too liberal to see the solution.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/859300?nlid=101267_429&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_160308_mscpedit_fmed&uac=19571BV&spon=34&impID=1015651&faf=1

There's no easy solution for physician burnout, but before the epidemic completely decimates the medical profession, various potential fixes could make a difference and should be tried.