Posts By: chirolane

Here are Dr. Lane’s top five foods for lowering blood pressure1. Asparagus: This vegetable is the number one choice for lowering blood pressure because it is rich in potassium. Although many other foods are high in potassium – bananas, citrus fruits, dried apricots, fish, whole-grain, legumes – asparagus is also a natural diuretic, which gives… Read more »

Cut Your Chance of a Second Heart Attack In Half As the epidemic of heart disease continues to kill and disable thousands upon thousands of people, it would only seem reasonable that most cardiologists would be up on what one could do to prevent a second heart attack. The literature aimed at heart disease states… Read more »

Women’s Urinary Symptoms May Mask CancerPrimary care physicians are more likely to view the first symptoms associated with urinary and kidney cancers in women — as opposed to men — to mild conditions, such as bacterial infections, according to a new study conducted in the United Kingdom.Researchers found that women with urinary tract cancers were… Read more »

Let’s Get Rid of Belly FatShape matters. If yours resembles a snowman or snow-woman (you know, three circles on top of each other), you’re ready for the four-step, bulging-belly makeover. Your goal: guys — a waist 35 inches or smaller; gals — 32.5 or smaller. Your reward: a flatter stomach, stronger heart feeling great!We want… Read more »

Are You Heading For a Heart Attack?  Six Tests You Better Make Sure Your Doctor Orders! There have been more than 20 studies showing the efficacy of the CRP test. More than half of these have shown that high CRP levels predict a 100% increased risk of heart attack. This is much more important the… Read more »

ARE YOU LISTENING? When you think of serious public health issues, thoughts of obesity, childhood diabetes or even antibiotic resistant bacteria may come to mind. But one significant public health issue facing the medical field today is patient safety.   One of the culprits? Ineffective communication.    Studies show that we only retain somewhere between… Read more »

Sleeping Position and Shoulder Pain The Study:   Association between the side of unilateral shoulder pain and preferred sleeping position: a cross-sectional study of 83 Danish patients.    The Facts: a. The study looked at patients with shoulder pain on one side. b. The authors wished to determine two things: if the shoulder the patient slept on was related… Read more »

Have you ever heard of Graston Technique?  This is an awesome soft tissue (that is everything in your body that is not a bone or an organ) technique that helps you get rid of aches and pains in your body!It is very popular with Olympic athletes and has helped our teams to perform at their… Read more »

Did you know that this blog can be translated into any of 50 languages?  Look at the right-side panel to find the translator and click on the article, in a few minutes read the post in the language of your choice! via Blogger http://chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com/2013/06/read-this-blog-in-50-different-languages.html

Among the many differences you will experience at Chiropractic Lane is our philosophy that motion is the only answer to restoring the patient to a healthy condition. To understand what this means to us, it is important to understand what motion means to your body. Let’s get some common mistaken ideas about the body cleared up: 1)… Read more »