http://eastendchiro.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ Good analogies are hard to come by, especially when you’re trying to compare very complex things, like the human body, to inanimate objects.  For years, chiropractors have used analogies, some good, some bad, some just plain ugly, to describe chiropractic.  For example:  “The Garden Hose” analogy goes a little something like ... http://eastendchiro.com/spinal-re-conditioning-is-like-an-old-baseball-glove/ Welcome to our new website!!  It is still very much under construction, but will become more complete in the next few days.  Our new site will not only have great information about our office and staff, but will also enable new patients to download and complete their new patient paperwork ... http://eastendchiro.com/hello-world/