Chiropractor

Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care for Headaches in Overland Park

13 Oct
by Dr. Andrea, posted in Acupuncture   |  Comments Off on Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care for Headaches in Overland Park

One of the most common reasons people seek Acupuncture and Chiropractic care for headaches in Overland Park is for headaches. Chiropractic care, acupuncture, and nutritional counseling can get you back on the road to a pain free life!

When you have a headache, your eyes hurt, your forehead pounds, your neck is sore and tight, and your scalp feels as if it’s being slowly removed.  Lights bother you and noise sets your teeth on edge. Then there are your children, the house, dinner, your spouse, and the daily demands of life.  You would like to stop the world and get off!

Headaches have been sold to the public as a disease to be “treated”.  Millions of dollars in advertising are spent annually on the benefits of drugs for headaches.  We’ve bought into this carefully contrived thinking.  Let’s look at this from a different perspective.  The word headache simply means ache in the head.  It’s not a disease.  It’s a pain – a symptom.  I’m not making light of the symptom: it can be severe and debilitating.

Most people are so busy treating their pain they forget that pain has a reason for being.  A headache is your body “talking” back to you and you need to interpret that language.  It’s a signal to let you know that your body’s having a difficult time handling something and the vast majority of headaches are found at the base of the head, in the region of the temples or over the eyes.

There are several different types of headaches and several different causes for each type of headache.  Chiropractors have found that many headaches signify a distortion of some of the vertebrae of the neck area affecting the function of the nervous system.  When this happens certain muscles are called into play to protect the nervous system from damage resulting in tension.

Some headaches are not caused by subluxations.  They can be caused by wrong diet, poor nutrition, toxins, hormonal changes, or a disease process.

No headaches should be taken lightly.  Something is not right.  At Stephens Chiropractic and Wellness we will provide a comprehensive examination to help determine the reason for your headaches. Stephens Chiropractic and Wellness will get you back to living a healthy life with chiropractic care, acupuncture, or nutritional counseling.

ASPARTAME

25 Apr
by Dr. Andrea, posted in Blog, Health Tips   |  Comments Off on ASPARTAME

ARE YOU POISONING YOUR KIDS?

How many of you have felt uneasy about the amount of diet soft drinks your children are consuming each day?

As a chiropractor, I am very concerned with the increasing use of artificial sweeteners especially in children.  The most widely used of these is aspartame – marketed as NutraSweet, Equal or Spoonful.

At a recent World Environmental Conference, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that there was an increasing epidemic of multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus caused by unknown toxin.  It was soon discovered that the toxin in question was aspartame.

When the temperature of aspartame exceeds 30C, the wood alcohol (methanol) in aspartame converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which causes metabolic acidosis.

If you think this is not a problem – think again.  Body temperature hovers around 37C – perfect conditions for aspartame to be converted to formaldehyde.  This affects the retina of the eye which is not a pleasant side effect.

Formaldehyde is in the same drug class as cyanide and arsenic which are deadly poisons.  It is also used to embalm corpses and as a preservative in vaccines.  It has no business being in your child.

Aspartame changes the brain’s chemistry and has been responsible for many neurological problems such as seizures, manic depression, rage and violence.  This methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis, so people were being diagnosed with MS in error.

In the case of systemic lupus, it is becoming rampant especially in Diet Coke & Diet Pepsi drinkers.  It is triggered by aspartame.  With continued use, it can be life threatening.  When kids get off aspartame those with systemic lupus usually become asymptomatic, but the disease cannot be reversed.

Those diagnosed with MS, when in reality the disease is methanol toxicity, have noticed most of their symptoms disappear.

If you are suffering from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting pains, numbness in the legs, cramping, dizziness, headaches, joint pains, depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision or memory loss you may be suffering from aspartame disease.

This product is being promoted as a weight-loss sweetener.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Aspartame actually makes one crave carbohydrates.  Dr. Roberts, a diabetic specialist and a world expert on aspartame poisoning, stated at an American Congressional hearing that the average weight loss was nine kilograms in people who stopped taking this chemical.  Dr. Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, said that it stimulates the brain causing brain damage of various degrees.

Why has this chemical not been taken off the market?  The manufacturer funds the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association, the American Congress and the Conference of the American College of Physicians.  Need I say more?

For safe and sweet alternatives to aspartame, you can try: fructose, stevia, barley malt, brown rice syrup, honey, dark molasses and demerara sugar.  These are all available at your local health food store.  Let’s take care of ourselves!!

  • Ask Dr. Andrea

    Ask Dr. Andrea