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The Ratio That Matters When It Comes to Chronic Disease
In recent years, patients have been told to increase consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fats in their diet. Unlike other types of fats, the human body cannot manufacture these fats on their own and need to be consumed in the diet. In other words, they are considered "essential."

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NBCE Issues Testing Update; NUHS Master Program Goes Online; ACC Journal Gets Scopus Status; ChiroTouch Partners With Waud Capital.
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Taboo at the Root of Sickness
The medicine we practice and use is a reflection of our consciousness. If we identify ourselves as our physical body and its thoughts and emotions we are invested into the common dream of our society.
The Massage Therapist for You
Massage therapy is a great service to offer in your chiropractic clinic. However, finding a massage therapist who is knowledgeable about soft-tissue pain and injury treatment, and is also a good team player who understands how the health care system works, can be a serious challenge.
$14 Million Puts SMT in the Spotlight
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $14 million grant to the University of Minnesota and University of Washington to study the benefits of spinal manipulation for back pain vs. standard medical care (including prescription medication).
Relief for Hurricane Harvey Evacuees: A Project in Austin, Texas
Working mainly with African American families displaced by Hurricane Harvey's devastation of Beaumont and Port Arthur, organizers seek to create a personal, comforting  range of services.
Raise Your Hand (If You Can)
When a patient presents with pain in the shoulder and humeral flexion that is limited and/or painful beyond 90 degrees, I ask them to raise their hand in the air as if they are asking a teacher a question.
More Solutions for TL Fixations & Nerve Irritation
I thought I was finished with this series on the thoracolumbar junction and its nerves, but then I discovered a few more significant solutions.

Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Acupuncture
U.S. attorneys general representing nearly 40 states / territories have taken an important step in combating the opioid epidemic, highlighting nondrug pain management options – and increasing insurance policies toward and coverage of acupuncture and other conservative treatment options.
Phone Etiquette Tips: Set Your Acupuncture Practice Apart
Have you ever called a business and been placed on hold only to wait for what seemed like forever, listening to a terrible recorded message the whole time?
The Secret to Treating Chronic Pain With Electroacupuncture
Electroacupuncture is an amazing tool to treat chronic pain, however the lack of education in this modality makes it an under-potentiated system. I struggled for years trying to get results with electroacupuncture (EAC) by following the available literature.
An Algorithm for Lower Back Pain: Treating the Simple and Complicated Issues
I recently took a call from a local practitioner looking for advice on treating a patient with stubborn low back pain. In the few minutes we spoke, I went through my mental list of all the different angles for treatment to see what stone was yet unturned.
What Would You Name the "New" Chiropractic?
Change the name of chiropractic? Dr. Michael Reuben, thinks so, in the headline article he wrote for DC (August 2017). His premise boils down to "rebranding," and the public and professional perception improvements that would result.
Oregon Medicaid Study Could Set National Precedent
A three-year, $5.7 million study approved by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will compare outcomes in low back patients with access to expanded nonconventional options (including chiropractic care) as provided in the Oregon Medicaid program, with outcomes in patients receiving conventional LBP treatments / services as provided in California's Medicaid program.
Opioid Awareness: It's Time We Do Our Part
Recently, we decided enough was enough. We were tired of watching the opioid epidemic unfold while standing on the sidelines, knowing full well that as chiropractors, we could play a pivotal role in the solution.
Help Prevent Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
The recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of those nuisance conditions that can play havoc with quality of life, and this particular infection is much more common than most people realize.
Climate Change: An Asian Medicine Perspective
Climate change describes a pervasive and multi-component process of interactions between human activity and environmental shifts.
We Get Letters: The NCCAOM Called Out
The article by the NCCAOM board on "the issue of student loan debt" is utterly laughable. Debt isn't mentioned a single time in the entire article, and instead places the problem squarely at the feet of those practicing.
Shoulder Rehab: Start With the Scapula
The scapula is an incredible display of elegance and movement within the biomechanics of human motion. It's evolved for mobility and stability in the scapulo-thoracic region, giving us the ability to do things that are uniquely human, such as throwing with accuracy.
U.S. Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Nondrug Pain Relief
Attorneys general representing nearly 40 U.S. states / territories have taken an important step in combating the opioid epidemic, highlighting nondrug pain management options – and increasing insurance policies toward and coverage of chiropractic and other conservative treatment options.
Documenting Intuition
Intuition can be defined as the ability to understand something immediately without the need for conscious reasoning. This is a great definition because of the words "understand ... without ... conscious reasoning." Intuition is a subconscious process.
Choose the Right Practice Location (It's Never Too Late)
Selecting the right location for your chiropractic clinic can be a time consuming and overwhelming task, but it is one of the most important decisions any doctor of chiropractic can make, whether you're starting a new practice, moving to a new location or coming to grips with the fact that you may not be in the right location.
The Need for Replenishment: Restore Before Illness Strikes
Some call it stepping off the merry-go-round, others a personal retreat. It's the time you give yourself to let go of life structures and allow your deeper truths, the fatigue, visions, creativity, and insufficiently nourished places, to come forward to be felt and healed.
Returning to the State of Balance: Diagnostic Tools for Insomnia
The condition of insomnia is a common clinical encounter and one in which I have addressed previously. Due to receiving a large amount of positive feedback on this article, I will continue to address some deeper issues which are related to the condition of insomnia and its role in the overall health and vitality of patients and clinicians alike.
Exercises for Foot Pain: A Four-Phase Program
We all know if your feet hurt, you probably don't function well, and we all know many patients complain of foot pain at one time or another. What are the exercise strategies we can use to help improve the function of our patients' feet?
Collaborative Education: A Solution for Chiropractic Utilization Woes?
A primary spine care symposium attended by DCs from 35 states Sept. 9-10, 2017 on Long Island included an intriguing multidisciplinary panel discussion with doctors representing chiropractic, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and vascular neurology.
Stem Cell Therapies in Chiropractic: How & Why
There is a tremendous buzz about stem cell therapies among the general public and yes, in the chiropractic community.
How Your Patients Rate You
Back in the "old" days, before rating websites such as Yelp existed, the best way to find a good restaurant was to ask a friend for recommendations.
Acupuncture for Substance Abuse: Maine Pilot Project
Newly passed legislation in Maine requires the state to seek authorization from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a unique pilot project to test the viability of auricular acupuncture in the treatment of substance abuse disorders.
You're Not a Marketer
I didn't realize it until it happened to me, but the following is quite common in the chiropractic industry.
Piriformis Issues: 4 Techniques
Lower back or buttock pain with radiation into the posterior leg is an extremely common presentation. When sciatica is present, at our clinic we always consider the possibility of a "double crush," addressing both the lumbosacral component and the piriformis.

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CranioSacrally Speaking

By John Upledger, DO, OMM

John E. Upledger is president and medical director of The Upledger Institute in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The Institute is recognized worldwide for its groundbreaking continuing education programs, clinical research and therapeutic services. Dr. Upledger's development of CranioSacral Therapy in particular has earned him an international reputation. He has served on the Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council for the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C.

Previous Articles

Farewell: Keep Sharing the Love
  November, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 11)
Light-Touch Therapy Eases Pregnancy and Delivery of Twins
  October, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 10)
How a Child's Drawing May Enhance Hands-on Comprehension
  September, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 09)
Massage Today Reader Discovers "Anything’s Possible"
  August, 2009 (Vol. 9, Issue 08)
Dialoging With the Nonconscious Mind
  July, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 07)
The Therapeutic Value of Listening
  June, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 06)
Overcoming the CST Language Barrier
  May, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 05)
Unwinding Meridians to Reverse Anemia
  April, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 04)
CranioSacral Therapy for a Multitude of Health Problems
  March, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 03)
It's Music to My Hands
  February, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 02)
How to Make Word-of-Mouth Marketing Work for You
  January, 2009 (Vol. 09, Issue 01)
Six Ways to Ease the Pain of an Economic Still Point
  December, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 12)
The Pressurestat Model Explains the Craniosacral Rhythm
  November, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 11)
The Iterative Process: A CranioSacral Approach to Health and the Human Body
  October, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 10)
Straight Talk on Scoliosis
  September, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 09)
Is a Miserly Money Mantra Shortchanging Your Practice?
  August, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 08)
Working in Concert With Nature
  July, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 07)
Releasing Emotions Trapped in the Tissues
  June, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 06)
The Controversy of Cranial Bone Movement
  May, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 05)
Palpating the Craniosacral Rhythm
  April, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 04)
Easing Migraine Pain
  March, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 03)
Derailing an Accident’s Effects
  February, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 02)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cell Patterns
  January, 2008 (Vol. 08, Issue 01)
Tales From the Cranial Frontier
  December, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 12)
When a Child Wants to Move But Can’t
  November, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 11)
The Hungry Brain
  October, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 10)
Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction
  September, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 09)
How the CranioSacral Therapy Paradigm Applies to Other Modalities … and Life
  August, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 08)
Autism Spectrum Disorder: How CranioSacral Therapy Can Help
  July, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 07)
Strong Enough for Parents, Gentle Enough for Their Kids
  June, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 06)
A Touching Experience in Ireland
  May, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 05)
Why Incorporate CranioSacral Therapy Into an Existing Manual Therapy Practice?
  April, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 04)
Helping the Brain Drain: How CranioSacral Therapy Aids ADD/ADHD
  March, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 03)
Scoliosis and CranioSacral Therapy
  February, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 02)
The Gift of Therapeutic Presence
  January, 2007 (Vol. 07, Issue 01)
It’s a Family Affair
  December, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 12)
Chronic Pain and CranioSacral Therapy, Part 2
  November, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 11)
Chronic Pain and CranioSacral Therapy, Part 1
  October, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 10)
Understanding the “E” Word in Bodywork
  September, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 09)
Easing Seizures
  August, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 08)
Truth: The Golden Thread, Part Two
  July, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 07)
Truth: The Golden Thread, Part One
  June, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 06)
When the Inner Physician Speaks, I Listen
  May, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 05)
For Better Client Outcomes, Just Add Water
  April, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 04)
Understanding the Contraindications
  March, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 03)
Exploring the Therapeutic Value of CranioSacral Therapy
  February, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 02)
The Potential Impact of Orthodontia on Whole-Body Health
  January, 2006 (Vol. 06, Issue 01)
No More Earaches
  December, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 12)
Taming Osteoporosis
  November, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 11)
Quantum Physics and CranioSacral Therapy
  October, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 10)
Cellular Conversations
  September, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 09)
The Natural Effects of Melatonin
  August, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 08)
A Natural Approach to Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
  July, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 07)
Changing Hearts and Minds for 20 Years
  June, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 06)
Centering the Session With Intention
  April, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 04)
Massage Therapists Take Center Stage at Beyond the Dura 2005
  March, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 03)
An Obscure Side-Effect of Obesity
  February, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 02)
The Will to Persevere
  January, 2005 (Vol. 05, Issue 01)
Performing the Initial CranioSacral Evaluation
  December, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 12)
The Still Point
  November, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 11)
The Significance Detector
  October, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 10)
Direction of Energy
  September, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 09)
A Look Inside the Craniosacral System and How CST Helps
  August, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 08)
Toxic Brain Injury (Encephalopathy)
  July, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 07)
Cholesterol: Friend of Foe?
  June, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 06)
CranioSacral Therapy: Who Shall Do It?
  May, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 05)
21-Year-Old Looks Forward to Pain-Free Adulthood
  April, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 04)
Connective Tissue Leads to the Core of Good Health
  March, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 03)
Addressing the Skeptics, Part II
  February, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 02)
Addressing the Skeptics, Part I
  January, 2004 (Vol. 04, Issue 01)
CranioSacral Therapy Alters Brain Functioning: A Clinical Overview
  December, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 12)
CranioSacral Therapy and Scientific Research, Part II
  November, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 11)
CranioSacral Therapy and Scientific Research, Part I
  October, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 10)
Releasing the Energy Cyst
  August, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 08)
To Breathe Again
  July, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 07)
Applications of CranioSacral Therapy in Newborns and Infants, Part II
  June, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 06)
Applications of CranioSacral Therapy in Newborns and Infants, Part I
  May, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 05)
Cell Talk
  April, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 04)
The Practical Pitfalls of Research
  March, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 03)
CranioSacral Therapy and the AIDS Patient
  February, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 02)
The Facilitated Segment
  January, 2003 (Vol. 03, Issue 01)
Living in the Laboratory
  December, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 12)
My Dolphin Mentor
  November, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 11)
CranioSacral Therapy vs. Cranial Osteopathy: Differences Divide
  October, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 10)
Life, Stress and Health
  September, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 09)
TMJ: Primary Problem, or Tip of the Iceberg?
  August, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 08)
The Big Picture on Milk Intolerance
  July, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 07)
Mighty Joe Defies the Odds
  June, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 06)
Intention and Touch
  May, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 05)
The Consciousness of Organ Transplants
  April, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 04)
The Expanding Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Health and Disease
  March, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 03)
CranioSacral Dissection Sheds New Light on Effects of Palpation
  February, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 02)
Nothing Is Impossible
  January, 2002 (Vol. 02, Issue 01)
Consciousness and Its Therapeutic Applications
  December, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 12)
The Role of CranioSacral Therapy in Addressing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  November, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 11)
Who's the Smartest of Them All?
  October, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 10)
Magnets: A Cause for Pause
  September, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 09)
Craniosacral Therapy and Attention Deficit Disorder
  August, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 08)
Health Care as a State of Self-Defense
  July, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 07)
When the Immune System Attacks, Ask Why
  June, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 06)
The Privilege of Being a Witness
  May, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 05)
An Eclectic and Integrative Approach to Treatment
  March, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 03)
The Magic of Intentioned Touch and Blending
  January, 2001 (Vol. 01, Issue 01)
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