A. Chandler Collins, D.C.

I had a patient come in a few days ago who got up that morning, bent over to pick up an exercise mat, and was unable to come back up due to excruciating pain in her lower back. I hear this kind of story frequently.

People come in, bewildered, wondering how doing something that they’ve [...]

I want to talk to you today about a really insidious little substance that may be significantly affecting your health. Here are some hints: It’s not just in Chinese food, it causes more than just headaches, and there’s a really good chance that you had some today.

Yep, I’m talking about MSG, also known [...]

If we ignore the current trend in professional sports to seek external, pharmacological help, there really aren’t any magic fixes for athletic performance enhancement. If our training techniques are optimal — and that’s a big “if” — then the methods available to try and take yourself to the next level are limited.

As usual, the [...]

How to exercise for maximum weight loss — and health preservation — over the holidays

So here you are, caught in the weight loss abyss somewhere between the the culinary onslaught that was Thanksgiving, and the approaching diet-destroying duo of the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.

Time for exercise is in short supply. You figure that [...]

Referred Pain Can Be A Pain In The Neck

How many times have you awakened some morning in the not-too-distant past to find that you have a new ache or pain? Trouble turning your neck. Pain around your shoulder blade. An uncomfortable lower back.

Where does this pain come from? Did you “sleep [...]

Your Body is Not Trying to Heal

Why we honor the drive to survive before trying to heal ourselves

Stress is used as an explanation to cover everything from an outbreak of cold sores to a full blown heart attack. But how do we get from a nebulous concept like stress to a symptom that’s not [...]

This is the first of a two part article on Stress, Adaptation, and how we define “Health”. Our first task is to understand exactly what stress is, the forms it comes in, and how it affects our health. As usual, you can enjoy this and other articles, as well as subscribe to this [...]

It might seem as though I’m being loose with my article titles, but I assure you I’m serious. If we really stop and look at the kind of injury that befalls your average athlete, we’ll find that this kind of impairment afflicts most of us at one time or [...]

It wasn’t my habit years ago to walk into your average office and cringe at the sight of workers sitting at their desks. I have to confess that that sort of reaction is exactly what takes hold of me nowadays.

After seeing many patients that need treatment [...]

Last time we talked about sleep, and how a lot of people out there have a strange idea of what it is to be “normal”.

From waking frequently in the middle of the night, to only sleeping 4-5 hours at a time, to not being able to get [...]