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Dr. Heaton Asks...
Why is a "slipped disc" unlikely?
Separating each spinal vertebra is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can't actually "slip." However, a disc can bulge, tear, herniate, thin and collapse. But it can't slip.
Is a muscle spasm a cause or an effect?
With the knee-jerk use of muscle relaxers, you'd think it was a cause. But it's an effect. Chiropractors know that bones don't move unless muscles move them. And muscles don't contract unless commanded by the nervous system. That's why your nervous system is the focus of our Decatur chiropractic practice.
Children's Health Issues Articles
Each month, Dr. Larry Heaton publishes a new article related to childrens health. Here are some links to the current article and to previous months' articles.
- Month
- Article
- May 2012
- Let Kids Heal Themselves?
- April 2012
- Don't Take My Tonsils!
- March 2012
- Obesity Epidemic
- February 2012
- Wear Your Helmet!
- January 2012
- Infant Mortality
- December 2011
- The Risks of Being Born
- November 2011
- Self Esteem = Success
- October 2011
- Bedtime Story Benefits
- September 2011
- Pox Party!
- August 2011
- Being Born Is Hard!
- July 2011
- Antibiotics? Again?
- June 2011
- Lice and Ringworm
- May 2011
- Living With Asthma?
- April 2011
- Car Seat Catastrophe
- March 2011
- Fear of Fevers
- February 2011
- Ritalin Risks
- January 2011
- Growing Pains
- December 2010
- Autism-Mercury Connection
- November 2010
- Chiropractic and Bedwetting
- October 2010
- Backpacks 101
- September 2010
- How Bones Grow
- August 2010
- Colic? Try Chiropractic!
- July 2010
- "My Baby Won't Nurse"