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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

THE DEGENERATED JOINT

The dentists have done a good job at getting us to do brushing, teeth cleaning and cavity filling. Numerous people neglect their teeth anyway. I

THE MIGHTY B VITAMINS

A few years ago I wrote an article which appeared in the “Latest” newsletter on the B vitamins and received popular public response in my

TWISTED BUTT SYNDROME

This article should more properly have been titled Abnormal Biomechanical Function Affecting the Pelvic Girdle, but who of you would have read it? The pelvic

APPLES DON’T SMELL

I am working on a patient who was in a traffic accident. She is almost completely better. However she came in this morning and she