This month, I wanted to share the core values of the office. Our core values are the principles or guidelines that we follow that set the standard of commitment for everything we do here at Doctor Super’s House Of Health. These values allow us to create the accepting environment we work hard to provide for everyone in our community. I have used these core values in my own practice to help guide my professional growth as a doctor and a person.

“We know that maintenance chiropractic care results in healthier patients; they have less severity and frequency of illness, they have less antibiotic and prescription medication use, and they have less hospitalizations and surgical procedures.”

Even at a young age, I was told that I needed to stay away from carbs. This “knowledge” was obtained mainly through television commercials and magazines. However, it wasn’t until I started school at Palmer College of Chiropractic and took nutrition courses, that I really started to focus on my diet. I downloaded a fitness program app that helps track macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fats) to see what my body works better with: fats or carbs.

Dr. Super introduced me to chiropractic and how interconnected chiropractic and mental health are with each other. It’s the perfect balance of physicality I was looking for with some focus on mental health as well. During the rest of that trip to Iowa, I knew this was going to change the course of my life.

For years I have been attempting to improve my inner dialogue; the concept of language and the power of words to help, heal, hinder, hurt, humiliate and to humble us. How we talk about ourselves, how we talk to ourselves, and how we talk about others shapes our reality and our mind. Telling myself I am “bad”, “stupid”, “lazy”, “annoying” or “a failure” does not accelerate my personal growth or motivate me to make changes. It does the opposite. It stunts my growth and makes it harder for me to experience joy, peace, and healthy growth. So why am I still so nasty during internal dialogue? I would never talk to someone else the way I talk to myself. 

Soft Tissue Release (STR) is an advanced sports massage technique that can be performed three different ways:

-With passive movement: with the therapist inducing motion while producing tissue works.

-With active movement: with the patient initiating movement with assistance from the therapist.

-Weight bearing: with the patient standing or sitting while initiating movement with assistance from the therapist.

I slowly bent my wrist. No pain. I stretched my arm to a fully extended position for the first time in eight months. No pain. I gently touched it, no burning, no electric fire coursing through my nerves. I was again surprised that I had very little sensation when I touched my arm, like it really was asleep and I couldn’t feel anything. No sensation was better than eight months of nerve pain! I cried and asked if I could hug her and we embraced.

If you or your partner have struggled to conceive, you’re not alone. About 25% of couples in the United States struggle with subfertility or infertility (Mol, 2018). For 12-15% of those couples, fertility issues occur without a diagnosable cause and can leave couples frustrated and wondering what to do. Fertility treatments and IVF can be expensive and are rarely covered by insurance. One couple I worked with was preparing for their 21st IVF procedure when they came to my office (that’s so many!). They had heard through the grapevine that chiropractic was a great way to keep your body in optimal health and they were hoping chiropractic would help them finally conceive. I explained that proper coordination and expression of the nervous system was imperative for a successful ovulation, but that it seemed these two needed more than just an adjustment. We stopped and discussed several things about their lifestyle that needed correcting before they proceed.