Recently I was discussing a health issue with a patient who told me that her GP had said – “It’s just your age, my dear, and you will have to learn to live with it!”  The lady believed what she had been told!  We have heard this phrase mentioned many times by other patients and friends who on being told this go on believing it to be true.  Fortunately, this is rarely the case – that is is just age!  Weren’t both sides of the body born at the same time??  Why wasn’t the other side of the body hurting from old age as well?  It is more often and more likely to be the nervous system responding to interference.    It seems ridiculous to assume that “it is just old age” when both sides of the body are the same age!!!!

At Chiropractic Life we have many elderly patients who have discovered they “don’t have to learn to live with it” and if you or someone you love have been told to learn to live with it we urge you to consider getting the opinion of your Chiropractor!

Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with one of the Doctors of Chiropractic  to find out if your nervous system may be causing your pain.   Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you.  You’ll be glad you did!

Chiropractic Life, 88 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DL  -  Phone 01273 208188

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Is this where the obesity gene comes from? What are we teaching our children?

“I believe most people understand that epidemic obesity is overwhelmingly accounted for by too many calories in, too few calories out. But in many quarters, there is surprising resistance to that notion” ~ David Katz MD

The forces conspiring to impose the global health threat of obesity upon us will be difficult to change but they are unmysterious. Conditions of modern living account for, and demystify, obesity. The explanations are…everywhere. So, too, are the opportunities to do something about it!

Time to consider Lifestyle Changes – this is the only thing that will save people from modern diseases -  Eating Well, Moving Well and Thinking Well!

Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with one of the Doctors of Chiropractic  to begin along the path to true health and wellness.   Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you.  You’ll be glad you did!

Chiropractic Life, 88 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DL  -  Phone 01273 208188

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Eat, Move and Think Well - Your Best Defense!

During this past week our clinic received an email offering us flu vaccinations for our staff.   This email said – “getting a flu vaccination is the best way to protect yourself from flu”. I wonder how many other businesses received this email and believe what it says.  Thankfully, we know that getting the flu vaccination is not the best way to protect yourself from flu or any other illness or disease, for that matter!  Having a strong and healthy immune system is THE VERY BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLU AND ANY OTHER ILLNESS OR DISEASE.  The way to a healthy immune system is to EAT WELL, MOVE WELL AND THINK WELL and without these things as part of our lifestyle we will have a compromised immune system.  Your Chiropractic care is contained within the “move well” part of the equation, as spinal fitness is essential to the function of the nervous system which controls and co-ordinates virtually every cell, tissue, muscle, gland and organ in your entire body.    Remember the words of Socrates – “if you would have health, look FIRST to the spine”.  It seems most people have not been told this one vital piece of information.

Do your research and choose to Eat Well, Move Well and Think Well. This is your best defense.

Dr Richard McMinn has five children all born at home and these children have never been to a medical doctor.  Their combined ages is one hundred and thirty years.  They have had Chiropractic Care since the day they were born.

Chiropractic Life – Voted Most Loved Chiropractic Clinic in the Whole of the United Kingdom by BestOf!

Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with one of the Doctors of Chiropractic  to find out how your nervous system may be the key to getting well and keeping well! Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you.  You’ll be glad you did!

Chiropractic Life, 88 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DL  -  Phone 01273 208188

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Your Child’s Posture is vitally important as the spine does not become fully ossified until their early twenties– as the twig is bent, so grows the tree!

According to an international study, daily backpack carrying is a frequent cause of discomfort for school children.

• 79.1% of children felt that their back packs were too heavy
• 65.7% felt fatigued by carrying heavy backpacks
• 46.1% reported back pain as a result of carrying back packs

Many fashionable school bags do not provide for even weight distribution across the back and are often carried too low, adding extra pressure to your child’s developing spine. There are established connections between mid back (thoracic) pain in adolescents from postural changes associated with backpack use.  The mid to  lumbar (lower) regions of the spine can experience deteriorating posture as a person becomes fatigued from carrying loads, such as backpacks. It can take less than twenty minutes of carrying a load for this fatigue to set in and with many children walking long distances to and from school, it is especially important to ensure school bags are correctly fitted and are not too heavy.  Studies have discovered that children often carry up to a third of their body weight in their back packs.

Spinal issues during adolescence can impact on the correct development of your child’s spine as they grow into an adult.  Awareness of these issues can help to prevent problems before they start.  Heavy packs can cause your child to lean forward to compensate, quickly developing forward head posture as evidenced in this photo.  In addition to this, daily use of computers may compound the problem.

• Backpacks should be no heavier than 10% of a child’s weight
• They should be no wider than the student’s chest
• Choose a backpack with broad padded straps and a waist strap
• Don’t wear the pack any lower than the hollow of the child’s back
• Heavy items should be placed close to the bottom of the pack.

Posture affects our health!  A good posture allows freer breathing, and as a result reduces fatigue.  Proper posture also helps keep muscles, ligaments, bones and internal organs in their natural position thus reducing wear and tear of joints, and relieving stress, improving health and enhancing your appearance.

Good posture can also increase self-confidence, with one study revealing that people adopting good posture not only display greater confidence but have a stronger belief in their own abilities than those with poor posture.

Our Chiropractors are experienced professionals.  If you are concerned about your child’s posture or health in general, Take Advantage of our Complimentary  Consultation Today! Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

Chiropractic Life, 88 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DL  -  Phone 01273 208188

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Posture Perfect Damon!

It appears I have introduced you to Damon’s Delicious Dhal without introducing you to the man himself!  Damon is Dr McMinn’s second son (age28) and you can see by the pics – fantastically fit.  Damon has had regular Chiropractic Care since the day he was born and has never been to a doctor!  Yesterday Richard accompanied him to Cross Fit Hove to watch him do his workout and was most impressed to discover the training is extremely comprehensive and covers the key areas of fitness.

This is what Miles has to say about his Cross Fit Gym – CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program that is designed to elicit as broad an adaptational physical response as possible. CrossFit is not a specialized fitness program but rather it focuses on competency in each of the ten recognized fitness domains; cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy. Our athletes are trained to successfully perform multiple, diverse and randomized physical challenges.

It is important to have your spine checked by your chiropractor before undergoing any extreme or strenuous exercises.  Undetected problems could put your health at risk.  Spinal health and fitness can help to prevent debilitating episodes of back pain.

CALL NOW to schedule your Consultation and Examination!

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The following article has been reprinted with kind permission from The Chiropractic Journal – A Publication of The World Chiropractic Alliance. Using Chiropractic for Sports Performance and Injury Prevention.    Chiropractic is at the core of the philosophy of health care in MilanLab. With a chiropractor as the head of the medical staff, the goal of care is to optimize the mental, physical, and bio‑chemical factors (Triune of Life) that are vital to player performance.

Chiropractic For Sports Performance and Enhancement and Injury Prevention

Third‑millenium chiropractic: A tour of the Milan Lab

by Carl Lundgren, DC and Yannick Pauli, DC

In world soccer, A.C. Milan is a legend. Founded in 1899, A.C. Milan has long been among the world’s most successful soccer clubs. In its more than 100 years of existence, it has packed its trophy room with 16 Italian League Championships, 5 Italian League Cups, 4 League Supercups, 6 UEFA Champion League Cups, 3 Intercontinental Cups, 2 Winners’ Cups and 3 European Supercups. It is truly a step above your average team.

But for the chiropractor, A.C Milan’s peculiarity does not reside only in its impressive list of wins.

What sets it apart is the amazing vision brought about and implemented by Jean‑Pierre Meersseman, DC, an internationally known chiropractor and practitioner of applied kinesiology.

Dr. Meersseman is the long‑time Medical Director of A.C Milan and has created a revolutionary model of health care management, injury prevention and performance enhancement. This model is based on the philosophy, science and art of chiropractic and has brought to the players of the team a tremendous competitive edge.

Meersseman’s clinical experience in chiropractic and applied kinesiology has allowed him to evaluate the function and performance abilities of the players in a way that was never possible with the previously applied medical models. Still, Dr. Meersseman realized that this purely empirical approach was not sufficient. The whole process had to become more scientific, reproducible and documented. So, with the help of Daniele Tognaccini, A.C Milan athletic coach, and Bruno Demichelis, a sport psychologist with a rare and refined understanding of chiropractic, Meersseman created the MilanLab.

Located in Milanello, the MilanLab is a high‑tech scientific research centre designed to optimise the players’ psycho‑social conditions, help them achieve and maintain top‑level athletic performance, help the medical staff predict injury and give the coach valuable support on each individual player’s performance capabilities.

creation of MilanLab, like most innovations, caused a few waves. “Since our model is deeply rooted in the philosophy, art and science of chiropractic, the medical staff was quite closed to the idea when I first arrived,” recalls Meersseman. “So I had to fire the medical doctors who did not want to come onboard.”

Today, Meersseman ‑‑ whom everyone at A.C. Milan calls Professore, the Professor ‑‑ heads a medical staff of about 40 people, including medical doctors, physical therapists, athletic trainers, psychologists, nutritionist and two other full‑time chiropractors.

The results of MilanLab are impressive. Since the implementation of the project in 2002, the incidence of non‑traumatic injuries has dropped by 92%. “Before we implemented our holistically‑based chiropractic approach, we had so many injuries we needed about 35 players in the team. Today, we only require 22,” commented Meersseman. “There was a time when non‑traumatic injuries lead to the use about 7 injections per week. Last year, 4 injections were made for the entire year.”

This reduction in the rate of injury has brought a tremendous competitive edge to the players and dramatic savings to the Club. At this level, players cost millions of dollars, and injuries can be a tremendous economic burden to the club.

The core of  MilanLab is a computerized system that is capable of evaluating the player’s condition and fitness, based on objective data, numbers and metrics. Every two weeks, data is collected from the mental, biochemical and structural domains through a series of testing circuits consisting of various pieces of scientific equipment. Among those are a quarter‑million‑dollar biomechanical analysis lab and various machines to evaluate neurological functions that range from electrovideonystagmography to neurofeedback. All the data are integrated into intelligent software programs and displayed on a highly‑user friendly graphic interface.

Each player then has a personal record created from the data, which can be used to design individual and specific preparation programs that range from physical training, to diet, and to mental optimisation.

The system is also designed to alert the medical staff to psycho‑physical indicators that may signal a risk situation. The staff can then design a plan to correct anomalous values and prevent injuries.

MilanLab is also equipped with an in‑house MRI machine, a high‑tech fitness centre, rehabilitative swimming pools, relaxation centre.

Chiropractic is at the core of the philosophy of health care in MilanLab. With a chiropractor as the head of the medical staff, the goal of care is to optimize the mental, physical, and bio‑chemical factors (Triune of Life) that are vital to player performance.

“Players are seen every day by the chiropractor,” Meersseman explains. “This allows us to prevent numerous injuries, while maximising the player’s performance. We apply chiropractic in a subluxation‑centered, wellness‑oriented perspective. We especially place a strong emphasis on the upper cervical area and applied kinesiology allows us integrate the biochemical and mental aspect of the triangle of health, as well as to respond to the specific needs of sports chiropractic.”

Having the privilege to visit MilanLab is an eye‑opening experience. Never before has the potential of chiropractic been so apparent. The integration of traditional chiropractic principles with high‑tech scientific technologies allows Meersseman and his team to bring the best of chiropractic to the best soccer players in the world.

(Dr. Carl Lundgren practises Network Spinal Analysis — NSA — in Lima, Peru. He is the director of “Lundgren Life Centres”, two centres combining NSA with wellness education for the purpose of enhancing human experience. He can be contacted at: drcarl@speedy.com.pe Dr. Yannick Pauli practises Network Spinal Analysis in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is the director of the “Centre Wellness NeuroFit,” a clinic offering wellness chiropractic care, healthy lifestyle coaching and a specialty program in chiropractic neurology for children suffering from autism spectrum disorders. He can be contacted at: ypauli@neurofit.ch.)

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Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with Dr Glenn Fredericksen Doctor of Chiropractic to find out how your nervous system may be the key to getting you well and keeping you well!  Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you.  You’ll be glad you did!

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The Miracle of Honey

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
–Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

Honey has been used for healing and as a health food for thousands of years and it has occupied a prominent place in traditional medicines throughout world history  The ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans applied honey to wounds and used it for diseases of the gut. During the ancient Olympics, athletes ate honey and dried figs, to enhance their performance.

In more recent times, Sir Archibald McIndoe (plastic surgeon) used honey for treating the burns sustained by pilots during the Battle of Britain and honey has been used to treat infected surgical wounds and ulcers as it is very viscous, thus enabling it to absorb water from surrounding inflamed tissue. A study in West Africa showed that skin grafting and amputation were avoided when local application of honey was applied to wounds which healed where conventional treatment had failed to achieve this. Honey contains a variety of vitamins and minerals which depends on the type of flower pollen which was gathered during the making process.

Some time ago my father had a cancerous growth removed from his head and after several months it had not healed.  On returning home I was horrified to see the state of the wound and my advice to my parents was to remove the covering and cover with honey but this advice was not well received by my father, however, I obtained some honey from a local hive which was unheated and unpasteurised and applied it to the wound.  It was like a miracle and the wound began to heal immediately – the same wound which had been increasingly getting worse over the preceding months while he continued to have it dressed at outpatients!  The hospital were not too pleased with what I had done – probably because we had the solution and they didn’t!!!

On another occasion I recommended my brother take Manuka honey (from New Zealand) for the problem he had with heliobacter pylori (which is the most common cause of duodenal and stomach ulcers).  Again, this seemed to work like a miracle.

During one particular Christmas in New Zealand we found a baby bird (with no feathers) which had fallen out of it’s nest during a storm.  We could not get any local information on what to feed it so decided on honey and chewed almonds!  The baby bird grew and thrived, so again honey to the rescue.

The anti-cough properties of honey (and lemon) are well known for its capacity to dilute bronchial secretions and has probably been used for milennia.

Phytonutrients found both in honey and propolis (or ‘bee glue’, which is found in raw honey) have been shown to possess cancer-preventing and anti-tumor properties.

Unprocessed, uncontaminated honey is a healthy, easily digested, natural and energy rich food which contains carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, enzymes and vitamins and has been used as medicine by our forefathers for thousands of years – it has my vote a one of life’s perfect health foods.

Your Chiropractor at Chiropractic Life is not just interested in your “back” because he/she is a Lifestyle Health and Wellness Consultant and will pay attention to your whole of body  health – eating well, moving well and thinking well.

Visit our clinic for a personal consultation with one of the Doctors of Chiropractic  to find out how your nervous system may be the key to getting you well.  Chiropractic Life is passionately committed to your success and provides specialized care for many health problems not commonly associated with the spine.

CALL NOW to schedule your free (no obligation) consultation to see if we can help you.  You’ll be glad you did!

Chiropractic Life, 88 Portland Road, Hove BN3 5DL  -  Phone 01273 208188

Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton

Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton

Dr Glenn Fredericksen – Chiropractor Brighton