Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: On Saturday, December 12, from 9:00 am – 12 noon, it’s Kid’s Day at Thorburn Chiropractic & Wellness Center! We will be offering FREE Chiropractic exams for children from infant up to the age of 12. We request that parents accompanying their children to Kid’s Day bring a new, unwrapped toy
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: The bright orange color of pumpkin is a giveaway that it’s loaded with an important antioxidant, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant carotenoids converted to vitamin A in the body. In the conversion to vitamin A, beta carotene performs many important functions in overall health. Pumpkin is also an anti-inflammatory
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Digestion is the process of converting the food we eat into substances we can use on a cellular level. Did you know that over 70 percent of your immune system is in your digestive track? This makes healthy digestion a key element in your overall wellness. While the tendency is to
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Many people have their first experience with chiropractic care as the result of an accident. They come in seeking immediate pain relief as they have neck pain or back pain from being rear-ended in an auto accident; they have a sports-related injury, or they injured their back doing an everyday activity.
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Since we’re in the midst of Chiropractic Health Month, I thought I would take a moment to share about my journey and what led me to becoming a Chiropractor. For my entire life I have wanted to help people become healthier. I decided at the age of two to be a
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: In celebration of National Chiropractic Health Month, last week I explained how Chiropractic restores proper motion of the spinal bones which reduces nerve irritation, and how Chiropractors work on the other joints to restore normal movement. This week I thought I’d share about how Chiropractic can help with problems in specific
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: October is National Chiropractic Health Month — horaaaayyyyyy!!! So it’s time to reveal the truth about Chiropractic. It’s a scientific fact that your brain, spinal cord and nerves control every single thing about your body-breathing, blood flow, digestion, energy level, all organ functions. So, if the nervous system is healthy, you
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: It’s always gratifying to see a patient make progress in their quest for health and wholeness. This particular patient has had great success with a combination of chiropractic and nutritional treatments. Read on to see how M.A. has improved over the past few months of seeking treatment at Thorburn Chiropractic and
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: With 70% of the immune system located in your digestive tract, the majority of illnesses begin in the gut with an autoimmune reaction that may progresses into systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation can be linked to countless illnesses and even food allergies, environmental allergies, airborne allergies and more. The healthier your digestive
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Caring for your sinuses can contribute greatly to the elimination of airborne allergy symptoms. Sinuses are hollow pockets in the skull that are connected to the nasal passages. When allergies trigger swelling in the mucous membranes, the inflamed tissue can block off the sinuses. The sinuses can’t drain, trapping mucus and
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Many people with chronic headaches suffer from them for years. Whether you have migraine headaches, tension headaches, sinus headaches, or an undetermined form of headache, it is very possible that you are suffering from food allergy-induced inflammation. A headache is really a symptom of something else. It is obviously pain in
Greetings from Dr. Thorburn: Summer is ending, and we’re heading into fall. You’re sneezing and sniffling all day and into the night. What’s going on? Odds are you’re among the up to 30% of Americans who suffer from hay fever, or allergic rhinitis. Most cases of hay fever are caused by an allergy to fall
