July 16, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
Even though I’m a chiropractor in San Diego that promotes alternative medicine, like it or not, some health crises require medication. The question is, just how safe are your prescription pills? Your physician prescribes them and they are FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved. But are they safe? Studies show that you may not be as safe as you would like to be! No drugs – not even aspirin is 100% safe. Whether you realize it or not, whenever you take a drug, you are weighing the potential benefits against the possibility that the medicine can hurt you.
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June 29, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
How many times have you heard doctors tell you that there is nothing we can do? They tell you that you’ve got arthritis and that there is no cure. If you haven’t heard it yourself, I bet you know a family member or friend who has. Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is one of the oldest and most common types of arthritis around. It is characterized by the breakdown of the joint’s cartilage. This is the part of the joint that cushions the ends of bones. It causes the bones to rub against each other. This causes pain and loss of movement. It most commonly affects middle-aged and older people. Osteoarthritis can range from very mild to very severe. It affects hands and weight-bearing joints such as the knees, hips, feet and the back.
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June 12, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
Ever wonder why our healthcare system in the United States is in such shambles? Ever wonder why with all the amazing technology we have, and all the “breakthrough discoveries” you keep hearing about every night on the news, we are still a nation of chronic illness, pain and disease? Ever wonder why you keep suffering with aches, pains, and various illnesses and doctors never seem to help? Well the answer may shock you.
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June 8, 2010 | Posted by Dirk Kanc
The actual research on osteoporosis runs contrary to everything you’re being told on television commercials. Dairy products and other animal proteins do not necessarily build strong hones. In fact, they can perhaps make your bones weaker. Make just one change in your eating behavior this month, and you could stop osteoporosis in its tracks, and possibly even overturn it!
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June 7, 2010 | Posted by Dirk Kanc
If you’ve finally decided to shed that extra weight you put on over the last year and you want to do it as quickly as possible, then reading this may be the most important thing you do. It may even save your life from unnecessary pain and suffering.
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June 7, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
Fibromyalgia can be a painful condition for many people who have it. Fibromyalgia can rob you of strength and motivation. In severe cases it can strip you of the will to live. A San Diego chiropractor has developed a step-by-step guide on how to eliminate the pain from fibromyalgia. This is regardless of which therapy was tried before as many treatments for fibromyalgia simply do not work.
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June 6, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
Many people have heard that there’s nothing that can be done about arthritis. And if they haven’t heard it for themselves, they usually have heard of it on someone else. Osteoarthritis is also referred to as degenerative joint disease. It is very old and common types of arthritis. Osteoarthritis is characterized by breakdown of the cartilage tissue in the joint. Anatomically, this is the part of the joint that functions to cushion the ends of bones. This causes the bones to rub against each other, causing pain and loss of movement. The age that is affects most is middle-aged people and older people. Osteoarthritis has its ranges. It can range from very mild to very severe in nature. Osteoarthritis affects locations like the hands and weight-bearing joints such as the knees, hips, feet and the back.
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May 30, 2010 | Posted by Dirk Kanc
There are certain things you can do in a day that can change your life. If you have children, reading this may be the most important thing you do. Two thirds of children in the United States suffer from middle ear infections. This middle ear infection is also known as otitis media. The infections usually follows a viral respiratory infection. The first symptoms are red and swollen eardrums. Then comes pain and fussiness in infants and toddlers. Sometimes fluid accumulates can in the middle ear. It can accumulate behind the eardrum where it can stay for weeks or even months. This may impair hearing.
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May 28, 2010 | Posted by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC
Imagine that you were told you that the fountain of youth was discovered and all you have to do is put up forty bucks and you can have a jar of it to swallow. I’m sure you wouldn’t fall for that obvious line of baloney but you hear time and time again. And many believing people do fall for this sort of stuff. Many people act like goldfish. Not that they have fins and swim around in a fish tank or something like that, but because goldfish have an attention span of a measly three seconds. That’s right, only a measly 3 little seconds!
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May 26, 2010 | Posted by Fellisha Virgieniare
Experiencing lower back and hip pain is very common. At least four out of five persons will have it sometime throughout their life. Many people often have more problems than others and several aspects are controllable, while others are not. Learning more about lower back pain is the first tip towards being pain free.
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