http://eastendchiro.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new patient came in to the office today after reading my blog.  Not having insurance, he was a bit concerned about how much it would cost to be treated in our clinic.  This is always a difficult question to answer because it depends on many factors, including the overall ... http://eastendchiro.com/most-entire-treatment-plans-cost-less-than-an-mri/ The word chiropractic comes from two words, “chiro” means hands and “practic” is from the same root word as our modern word “to practice.”  So, in short, a chiropractor primarily uses his or her hands as their main treatment “instruments.” While your primary care physician’s chief focus is on your biochemistry, ... http://eastendchiro.com/i-want-to-be-your-pcp-for-your-spine-and-joints/ I am a do-it-yourselfer.  I try to do EVERYTHING! I don't really think that's the worst trait in the world.  I think it's OK to be a sort of McGuyver.  I am learning, though, to sometimes just let a pro do it. My wife and I recently purchased a house here ... http://eastendchiro.com/a-message-to-do-it-yourselfers/ Seven Years Seven years.  That’s how long I lived with lower back pain. It started my senior year of high school in weightlifting class.  I was a pretty small dude and I wanted to bulk up some.  I worked very hard in that class and did bulk up a little bit, at ... http://eastendchiro.com/seven-years-why-i-became-a-chiropractor/ Chiropractic medicine has been around for just over 100 years.  For most of that time, there has been no "hard scientific evidence" of its efficacy.  Hard scientific evidence refers to university-based randomized controlled trials, the gold standard of determining the efficacy of any medical intervention.  Most chiropractors could give a ... http://eastendchiro.com/the-real-deal/ Many patients are surprised at the fact that it typically takes a series of treatments to get the results we are after.  Other potential patients never come in for the help they need because they've heard that "once you start going to a chiropractor, they just make you keep coming ... http://eastendchiro.com/if-i-could-i-would/ There is a health food store here in Nashville that I like to go to.  They sell some pretty "normal" things like organic meat and veggies and such.  They also sell all of the hard-core health foods like tofu, alfalfa sprouts, whole grains in bulk, every bean you can imagine.  ... http://eastendchiro.com/where-are-the-obese-hippies/ I had a patient come in for an evaluation.  She was dissatisfied with her current chiropractor, who persuaded her to pay close to $3000 up front for 80 visits, "a year's worth" of treatment in his office.  (That will be discussed in a whole new blog -- entitled "Why most ... http://eastendchiro.com/why-logan-college-of-chiropractic-is-a-great-school/ The most common question i get in my practice is "WHY"?  "Why do I get headaches"? "Why does my back hurt when I get up in the morning?"  "My fingers are numb.  Why?"  I do my best to explain biomechanically and chemically what's going on, but that rarely answers the ... http://eastendchiro.com/why-does-my-back-hurt-were-vicims-of-our-own-luxury-thats-why/ Excuse Busters Part 1 I get so many different reactions when I tell people I’m a chiropractor.  Some say “I love my chiropractor blah blah . . . , Some look at me like I have an extra arm growing out of the side of my head.  Some ask for my ... http://eastendchiro.com/excuse-busters-part-i/