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Acute and Chronic Disorders || Allergy Profiles || Applied Kinesiology || Ayruvedic Therapy - Shirodhara || Colon Hydrotherapy || Craniopathy || Detox Program || Diagnostic Laboratory || Endocrine Profile || Female Hormone Profile || Gentle, Low Force Adjustments || Hair Analysis || Massage || Men's Hormone Profile || Mind Body Connection || Nutritional Therapy || Orthotics || Pain Management || Rain Drop/Tension Release Therapy || Sacro-Occipital Technique: (S.O.T.) || Stool Profiles || Tension Release Therapy || Woman's Health || Yoga
Disorders other than back pain respond favorably to chiropractic and and nutritional therapy. Examples include extremity pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fatigue, colds and flu, sinus congestion, immune and autoimmune disorders, fibromylagia, environmental sensitivities, indigestion, irritable bowel syndrome, weight problems, headaches and emotional stress.
Blood tests measuring lgG and lgE antibodies are accurate methods of measuring food sensitivities and airborne allergies.
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, you may be experiencing symptoms caused by food or environmental allergies:
Do you occasionally suffer from digestive problems, such as gas, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation?
Do your eyes sometimes feel itchy or watery?
Do you often experience fatigue, hyperactivity, or difficulty in concentrating?
Are you prone to mood swings, food cravings, or anxiety?
Do you often feel depressed?
Do your muscles and joints sometimes ache?
Have you suffered recurrent ear infections or other chronic infections?
Have you ever noticed the appearance of hives or rashes?
Do you get headaches or migraines?
Do you suffer from recurrent asthma, bronchitis, or sinus problems?
Do you sometimes experience a set of "mysterious" symptoms that seem to "come and go" on their own?
Muscles are what hold bones in proper alignment. Applied Kinesiology is used to determine weak muscles contributing to ongoing spinal mis-alignments. Techniques are employed to strengthen these muscles allowing your adjustments to hold better. Kinetic testing provides immediate feedback as to the effectiveness of the treatment and is useful in provocative testing for compatibility of nutritional supplements.
Ayruvedic Therapy - Shirodhara
As a very relaxing therapy, Shirodhara is the process of running a fine stream of warm oil sesame oil on the middle of the forehead for ten to thirty minutes. By stimulating the 'Marma', a vital energy point, on the middle of forehead with the oil stream a chemical message is released in the brain that allows the body to go into deep relaxation. Classically, it was used to reduce stress and pain in the head, face, neck, and shoulders. On a more subtle level, energies that travel around the spine are freed which helps to calm and clear the mind. In Tibetan Ayurveda shirodhara is called "psycho - spiritual massage'. It can be considered a sacred experience that enables the client to be more in touch with their inner being.
Our lifestyles often do not support healthy digestion, and elimination. Colon hydrotherapy is a gentle internal bath that helps tone, hydrate and cleanse the colon of waste. Colon hydrotherapy is more thorough than an enema, and reaches to the farthest end of the colon. This is accomplished by a series of instilling the colon with filtered, temperature controlled, pressure controlled water. A colon hydrotherapy session lasts 40-45 minutes of actual cleansing. We use a closed system that is private and sanitary. A healthy clean colon is essential to a healthy body. Essential oil & abdominal massage will be offered to assist in the process of cleansing and relaxing. We are here to provide you with a pleasant health promoting cleanse in a relaxing atmosphere and give you our undivided attention! Craniopathy
All chemical and hormones necessary for life and health are made normally by the body and prescribed by the brain in the most exacting manner. Due to its importance the brain and spinal cord are protected by bone, the spine and cranium. Cranial corrections enhance the healing of many musculo-skeleto and internal complaints.
A personalized program involving life style, diet, cleansing, and homeopathics.
Diagnostic
Laboratory
Complete Wellness Panels - Blood chemistries, complete blood counts, thyroid,
lipid and cholesterol panels, and urinalyses are used to determine your health
status. These panels are also used to determine what nutritional supplements and
diet will optimize your health.
Endocrine
Profile
Adrenal Stress Profiles, DHEA and Melatonin Profiles are used to
determine endocrine imbalances. Many of these tests are now performed by
salivary samples.
Female
Hormone Profile
If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you may want to
ask your healthcare practitioner about the Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory's
Female Hormone Profile.
Have you tried to conceive for a year without success?
Have you skipped periods or missed three periods without becoming pregnant?
Do you experience irritability, bloating, headaches, breast swelling, or mood swings in the week prior to menstration?
Have you experience menopause, the cessation of menstruation, and are now worried about osteoporosis or heart disease?
Are you presently going through menopause and experiencing the common symptoms of hot flashes, irregular menstrual cylces, or depression?
Do you feel generally disinterested in sex?
Is your menstrual cycle erratic from month to month?
Gentle,
Low Force Adjustments
You are assured safe and effective care by the use of gentle manual and low
force activator techniques.
Hair
Analysis
Hair sample testing determines toxic metal exposure and mineral imbalances.
Massage
Therapeutic 1 hour and 15 minute muscle massage by a licensed massage
therapist.
The principle oils used include: thyme (thymus vulgaris), oregano (Origanum compactum), wintergreen/birch (Gaultheria procumbens, Betula alleghanienses), Cyprus (Cupressus sempervirens), peppermint (Mentha piperita), basil (Ocimum basilicum), and marjoram (Origanum majorana).
Rain Drop/Tension Release Therapy - The Essential oils are dispensed like little drops of rain above the back and massaged along the vertebrae and back muscles. Then heat is added, to assist the penetration of the oils deep into the tissues. Although the entire process takes about 45 minutes to complete, the oils will continue to work in the body for up to one week following treatment. Some healing properties are anti-viral anti-fungal and de-stressing.
Traditional Thai Massage - A combination of acupressure, deep tissue and passive yoga stretches.
Men's
Hormone Profile
If you answer "yes" to one or more of these questions, you may have a
testosterone imbalance. Ask your healthcare provider about how the Male Hormone
Profile might be helpful for you.
Are you over age 35?
Do you have low sex drive or erectile dysfunction?
Do you suffer from depression?
Do you often feel weak and tired?
Have you noticed a loss of body hair on your legs, arms, or face?
Is your skin tone getting progressively lighter?
Have you noticed the appearance of fine wrinkles in your skin?
Have you put on weight in recent years?
Do you notice a loss in muscle tone?
Is there a history of prostate or testicular cancer in your family?
Are you infertile?
Do you often feel irritable?
Have you noticed a decrease in the size of your prostate or testes compared to when you were younger?
Do you have trouble with spatial perception or learning?
Mind
Body Connection
Awareness of how the mind contributes to your overall health is part of our
wellness philosophy.
Nutritional
Therapy
We use nutritional therapy, cranials, and detox programs to assist the
body in regaining homeostasis (balance). Evaluation using Applied
Kinesiology and Laboratory Panels and Profiles will assist in determining
whether modifications should be made in your fitness program and what
nutritional supplements will optimize your performance.
Supports, shoe orthotics, and rehab equipment are available.
Pain
Management (non-needle ?)
Many painful conditions such as headaches, back pain and neck pain can be
treated effectively through chiropractic care without using drugs or surgery.
Sacro-Occipital
Technique: (S.O.T.)
This is a system of removing the cause of nerve malfunction using minimum force
to restore and maintain health. S.O.T. employs the use of wedge shaped blocks to
allow the body to seek its correct alignment and balance. There are many
combinations of block positions used, and these are determined by tests that
precede each adjustment. S.O.T. recognizes the importance of body language in
the form of neurological tests, weak muscles, tender areas and other signs and
indicators to determine the type adjustment needed. As the body responds and
heals, stress areas around the body are eliminated and natural tolerance levels
are reinstated.
Stool
Profiles
Stool samples are tested for parasites, candida, occult blood and digestive
efficiency.
Ten essential oils are dripped on the spine and then gently massaged in. A warm, moist pack is placed on the back. Benefits include antiviral, antibacterial, and de-stressing. See massage (above) for more description.
Woman's
Health
Nutritional therapy for women's issues, for example, premenstrual syndrome,
menopause, and other menstrual imbalances. Pelvic and gynecological exams, pap
smears, nutritional therapy for women's issues, for example, premenstrual
syndrome, menopause, and other menstrual imbalances.
If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you may want to
ask your health care provider about the Comprehensive Menopause Profile.
Can't sleep when you need to, exhausted when you need to be alert?
Do you have joint pain that won't go away?
Feeling weak all the time?
Can't lose that extra weight?
Concerned about low libido?
Anxious or depressed?
Having mood swings you can't explain?
Have you noticed increased facial hair?
Been under a lot of stress for a long time?
Recently embarrassed by incontinence?
Have any family members suffered from osteoporosis or heart disease?
Is there a family history of breast cancer?
Yoga
Starting after Labor Day classes will be on Monday evenings from 7:00 - 8:00
p.m. at the National Fitness Center, 2524 Crosby,
Klamath Falls, OR 97601.
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