Innovative Health Blog

Small Pains Can Lead to Big Problems

Why Toughing It Out Can Do More Harm Than Good: Advice From A Local Chiropractor What is Pain? Let’s start at the beginning. Pain is your body’s way of alerting you that something may be wrong.    It’s like your body is saying, “Hey, pay attention, something’s going on here.”  It is an inherent mechanism meant…

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Organic Foods, Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen

For those who read this column on a regular basis, this month’s topic is not new. But it is important. In fact, so many of my patients at Innovative Health Clinic are asking questions about the effect of chemicals on their overall health, that I thought it important to cover this topic once again. Today’s…

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Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (and why humans do)

Dr. Kevin Ritzenthaler, DC, DCBCN “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” is the title of a highly acclaimed book by Stanford Neurologist Dr. Robert Sapolsky. In it, he distinguishes between the “real” stresses of life encountered by wild animals and the psychological stresses experienced by humans. He goes on to demonstrate the devastating effect of chronic…

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Headaches Are Not Due to an Aspirin Deficiency

Triggers Remedies and Drug-Free Headache Relief Dr. Colleen Boling, DC More than 14 million Americans suffer from chronic headaches. We’re not talking about the occasional headache, but the kind of headaches that you get day, after day, after day. And for many, the first thing that they do is to pop a few aspirin, or…

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A Natural Approach to Colic and Acid Reflux in Infants

It’s 10 p.m. and your baby has been crying non-stop for an hour. You changed his diaper, offered him milk, sang to him, held him, put him in his swing, and even tried a car ride – but nothing is working. This has been going on for over a week. You’re sleep deprived. You feel…

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