Chiropractic Arts Center of Austin, P.C. Blog

What Is Chiropractic? Chiropractic is the art, science, and philosophy of detecting and correcting subluxations that are interfering with your nervous system and your ability to heal properly. Chiropractic Is the largest, drug-less healing art in the world. People often think of it as care for back pain, neck pain, and headaches, but it is…

Why Diet Matters In Covid-19 Dr. Arnold R. Eiser, MD wrote an Op-Ed published in MedPage Today January 30, 2021, where he discusses the notion that diet has a significant effect on COVID-19 lethality. He questions that the degree to which a person’s diet is inflammatory may determine if it is a lethal disorder. When…

Are Chiropractic Adjustments Addicting? Have you ever heard that once you go to a chiropractor, you have to keep going, or that you can become addicted to adjustments? Well, it’s simply not true that you have to keep going once you have been adjusted. You cannot become addicted to chiropractic adjustments. And adjustments do not…

It’s The Little Things In Life As soon as you decide you want something to be different in your life, change has been set in motion. You just have to decide. What do you want? I mean, seriously, what do you want? And be careful what you ask for because you are likely to get…

Your Brain Isn’t Made For Thinking Excerpts from: Lisa Feldman Barrett, New York Times, November 24, 2020 Neuroscientists believe that the most important function of the brain is not thinking. Its most important function is running all the glands, organs and cells to keep you alive and healthy. Most of this processing is unconscious. Your…

Radiation Safety Summary Of The Current Research On Radiation Safety People often ask about the safety use of X-rays (Radiographs) to assess spinal distortions. New assessments of the data indicate that X-rays taken today in Chiropractic and medical practices are not only extremely safe, but amazingly enough, actually appear to have beneficial effects (hormesis). The…