SWFL Primary Cesarean Rate 1 in 5
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration publishes a resource guide called Florida Health Finder. The researchers tabulated the diagnostic codes and services performed for births at every Florida hospital from 2000-2014. Using this data for the first time we’ve been able to calculate both the VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) success rate and the primary […]
The Third Nervous System Part 2: Crying It Out and Your Baby’s Brain
Missed Part 1? Find that there: The Third Nervous System Imagine you’re hanging out by a riverbank with some co-gatherers a couple million years ago, looking for some fish, and you hear a low and menacing growl behind you. To your right the net-mender’s little baby has dropped her straw doll into the water and starts […]
Reviewing “Vaxxed”: Beyond the Wakefield Drama
I closed the office early because we had a 90 minute drive ahead of us. Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe is screening in Sarasota to our north, and this is the closest our region of Florida will come to seeing it. My wife and I loaded up our 5 month old son to meet her sister, who […]
Colicky Baby Starts Pooping
“Breastfed babies use all of their mom’s milk, so they don’t poop as much.” It’s one of the most well-intentioned myths I think we tell mothers. This was likely started to assure breastfeeding moms that they were on the right track, but it really doesn’t pass the common sense test. YES, breastmilk is as perfect as […]
What Are the Health Benefits of Meditation?
Here’s a great blog from our friends at Mindful Life Academy, a holistic wellness center in Bonita Springs focused on fitness, meditation and whole-life wellness coaching. We asked one of their owners, Cara Corr, to give us some insight on the major health benefits in meditation. According to the Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic, the definition of meditation […]
3 Principles for Whole Life Wellness
Resoundingly, one of the biggest comments I get from my patients that start chiropractic care with me is how differently they look at healthcare and their life once they start care. In today’s society of reactive medicine, we don’t realize how much power we have over our bodies and how much our everyday life impacts […]
All Your Health Solutions, Simply Put
Let’s start with a major premise. Every decision we make, every action we take, comes from a premise (whether you are aware of the premise or not). A premise is a basic idea on which we draw conclusions. With health, there are two basic premises: Vitalism and Mechanism. Vitalism is the theory that the origin […]
Everything you Should Know Before Attending a Chicken Pox Party
So, you’ve already decided that vaccines aren’t for you. You’ve opted for the proactive route and you’re boosting your child’s immune system with chiropractic care, supplements and probiotics. You avoid medicine and you try to be as holistic as possible. That means cooking even when it’s not convenient. Keeping your family safe and healthy is […]
Preparing for Pregnancy: Hormones are Hidden Heroes
Learning about natural childbirth is an important step in preparing for a healthy pregnancy and labor. Also, understanding ones parenting style and identity can bolster parental confidence. However, hormones are the powerful but hidden third component of pregnancy, labor and postpartum. During pregnancy the female body and baby are undergoing immense physiological changes. While the […]
Chiropractic Wellness Care for Children
Chiropractic is a healthcare profession that is very multifaceted, encompasses all ages by taking care of people of all ages, and can help regain, restore, and maintain optimal health throughout a lifetime. This applies to the neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient. Chiropractic care is unlimited in its approach to wellness, given the […]