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A Chiropractor’s Rx for Self-Care

Chiropractor Self Care BooksI love reading!  I am definitely a bibliophile.  And here in Santa Cruz, we have great local bookstores that are so much fun to hang out at, especially when they serve food and drinks to have while reading our books.

We can also buy really good books online.  In addition to Amazon.com, I recently learned from a patient about another site that can be even less expensive: Abebooks.com.  I recommend you check it out.  They have new and used books at a very low cost.  So now for a very low price you can get a great education in self-care.

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Choosing a Good Chiropractic Pillow in Santa Cruz

Chiropractor recommended pillow in Santa CruzLet’s talk about pillows — the ones you use for sleeping. Each of us has our own special preferences about our pillows — what works for one person doesn’t help another.

Some patients have asked me about which pillow I recommend as a chiropractor.

I’m going to pass on some information I received from several patients who recently told me about a pillow they love!  They say they have never slept better and their neck and shoulder pain is gone.

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The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen – Book Review

Fighting Cancer in Santa CruzThe Cancer-Fighting Kitchen by Rebecca Katz is a book that is a toolbox full of great ideas designed to help you create a diet of cancer fighting foods with a minimum of stress in the kitchen for whoever is cooking. It gives you tips and tricks to address issues that commonly come up during cancer treatment. It has chapters on:

  • Strategies for Thriving during Treatment
  • Nourishing Cancer-Fighting Soups and Broths
  • Protein Building Foods
  • Tonics and Elixirs

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The New Aspirin Alternative, Systemic Oral Enzymes Book Review

The New Aspirin AlternativeThe new Aspirin Alternative—Systemic Oral Enzymes, Written by Michael W. Loes, MD, MD (H), is a book that I highly recommend for people with inflammation, arthritis, soft-tissue and sports injuries. This interesting, easy to read book details a natural way to overcome chronic pain, reduce inflammation and enhance healing using systemic oral enzymes. It details the mechanics of how and why systemic oral enzymes work to reduce inflammation and the pain associated with inflammation.

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How Body-Mass Index Can Affect Osteoarthritis

According to the article “Knee Osteoarthritis: Biomechanical Risks” by Deborah Pate, DDC DACBR. 12% of the US population, ages 25-75 years old has symptoms of Osteoarthritis (OA). Do you fall into that category? Pate states that there are three major risk factors associated with the development of OA in the knees:

1. Body-mass index (BMI)
2. Trauma
3. Heredity

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