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Insights From Dr. Mike Spearman

Better Health Is Possible, Yes?

Better Health is Possible, Yes? There are a thousand things you can do to improve your health. Lots of little improvements amount to better health.

What is Med Pay?

I think we are all wincing from the increase in car insurance payments. There are various items you can sign up for when you buy

Pancreatic Enzymatic Insufficiency

This is a condition that one of the drug industry companies is advertising as a condition they can help you with. No doubt a percentage

Dizziness/Vertigo/Disoriented

I had a patient today aged 73 with ear complaints, vertigo, and other complaints. She was wary about getting adjusted as she has osteoporosis. For

TOC/ THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME

TOS is a common presentation in my office. It sounds somewhat ominous but usually this condition is easy to fix. What it feels like is

HOW IS YOUR THYROID DOING?

The thyroid is sometimes considered the key or most important endocrine gland. You balance the endocrine system as the thyroid affects the whole system, That

Diminishing Foot Pain

I get patients complaining of foot pain every week. While foot pain could be a side effect of the low back and hip, in my

Healing Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are veins at the very end of the digestive tract. When they are irritated they can be completely painful. You can see them with

Lactic Acid Yeast

First let me wish everyone a happy holiday. I will be out of town for two weeks starting 22 Dec and returning Jan 5, a

STANDARD PROCESS DINNER

Last night Standard Process put on a dinner at True Food Kitchen in Old Town Pasadena. It is an organic restaurant and I recommend it

THE JAW

I hear ads on the radio for fixing the jaw with a fancy mouthpiece based on a CT scan and blah, blah, blah. On occasion

PUT A PORSCHE IN YOUR GET UP AND GO

As we get older that sense of physical youth slowly fades. What happens is it literally becomes more difficult to push the body around and

Pernicious Anemia

We have all heard of anemia. There are several kinds. Iron poor nutrition or the inability to adsorb the iron in food to make red

GAS AND BLOATING

These are common symptoms that patients complain of. More often than not gas is easily handled. Bloating tends to be more involved, but not always.

SUBLUXATION COMPLEX

The “subluxation complex” is a very specialized term to begin with. It is peculiar to the chiropractic profession. Chiropractors do almost all of the bone

STUCK JOINTS AND HEALTH

“But Dr. Spearman, stuck joints are not healthy.” Precisely, Watson! Much of the travail that people experience is because it is not routine in our

THE ANTI FAST FOOD NATION DIET

I occasionally eat fast food and, perhaps, so do you. Cheers! There is a lot of contrary data about diet out there. There are many