Spinal X-rays are a well-established diagnostic tool that allows your Chiropractor to fully understand what is going on with your body’s alignment and structure and help you get the best results. As your healthcare providers, we are tasked with ensuring what we do is...
Pain relief - Articles
Menstrual Cycle – Breaking the Fear, Shyness and Discomfort
We have all heard different euphemisms for a woman’s menstrual period: Period. Menstruation. Aunty Flow. The Red Tide. Riding the crimson wave. The Red Scare. Girl Flu. Shark Week. The Red Baron. Code red. Bloody Mary. The blob. Lady business. Checking into the Red...
Misconceptions About Pain
There’s not a soul on this planet that hasn’t experienced pain at some point. Now pain may come in many different forms. It can be dull, sharp, burning, aching, etc. It can have many different causes. For example, not all pain is caused by physical damage....
Perspective
Each person has a unique way of seeing the world, and groups of people can have similar outlooks on life and how it works. When was the last time you looked at the world from a different perspective? Looking at Things Differently Most of society sees life and health...
Insight and Embracing Discomfort
Before you even feel the searing pain of touching a hot stove, your nervous system sets off a reflex that causes you to withdraw your arm and hand in an instant. This amazing reflex all takes place before the pain signal even gets to the brain! It's great for defence...
Paracetamol – Widely-used and Poorly Understood
Paracetamol (or acetaminophen) is one of the most widely-used drugs in the world. A study of 20,000 Spanish children showed that more than 87% of them had taken paracetamol in the previous year and in the first year of life only 48% of babies had not been given the...
2016 in review and what’s to come in 2017
2016 was a busy year for us here at Peak Chiropractic Centre. Here's a review of what we did and a look into what 2017 will hold for you. January Yvonne started with us as the new front desk angel. It’s hard to believe that she has only been with us for a year, she’s...
Are you a Patient or a Practice Member?
At Peak Chiropractic we don’t ever use the word “Patient”, we much prefer the term “Practice Member”. Here is a little explanation why… The word Patient comes from the latin for sufferer or victim. We find that patients just accept or allow what happens to them...
Vitalistic Chiropractor or Mechanistic Chiropractor, whats the difference?
Although there are over 200 different Chiropractic techniques, doctors of Chiropractic all fall into one of two general categories when it comes to the philosophy that they practice under. Chiropractors are either mechanistic or vitalistic in approach. You will...
Chiropractic – Effective Care for Pain
The most positive research on Chiropractic care is on it's effectiveness for relief of back pain. This stems from various causes, including accidents, sports injuries, and muscle strains. Other common complaints that Chiropractors see daily include pain in the...