Wellness Blog

The first decade of McKinley Chiropractic marks a wonderful milestone filled with tremendous experiences, gratitude, friendships, love, and above all people choosing to be well naturally with our message of the chiropractic lifestyle. Personally, I am proud of all of you who have trusted our expertise these past ten years for you and your family. […]

  The Passage Of Pain Last Sunday, I finised an IRONMAN 70.3 mile triatholan in Racine, WI.  Many of you helped motivate me back in December when I started training, by posting something you would commit to.  Thank you for your inspiration, and I hope you met your goal as well.  If not, the second […]

It’s the beginning of May, which means it’s time to kick off the farmers’ market season. Farmers’ markets provide fresh, seasonal food directly from your local farms. These foods travel a short distance from farm to table. Thus, they have a lower carbon footprint. The average distance food travels is 1,500 miles1. Farmers’ markets provide […]

Now that it is winter in Australia, they are beginning to go through the FEAR mentality of the FLU like we did last year. Remember how they told us we were all going to get really sick and die with the so called H1N1 outbreak? What a joke….it wasn’t any different than any other year, […]

Today, conventional farms use numerous pesticides on our crops. These pesticides are absorbed by the soil, pulled through the roots of plants and even soaked up by the final crop. Additionally, pesticides seep into our waterways, which contaminate them. Pesticides found in conventional foods are linked to cancer, liver, kidney and blood disease, weakened immune […]

We absolutely love it when patients bring in or send us emails of articles they have read or info they have received from their doctor or other health care professionals. While we try to stay current on health events and topics, it always beneficial for us to see what other professionals are saying, good or […]

We’re excited to announce that Wellness Bootcamp is back and better than ever! This year’s theme is “Challenge Yourself to Accomplish Something BIG this Summer!” We’ve designed this bootcamp to help you do just that.  It will start August 9th and run through Sept 3rd.  Each week we will challenge you with three workouts (2 […]

“Whatever an expert panel decides today about the diabetes drug Avandia, the way that drug trials were carried out represent a fundamental violation of the social compact between patients and drug companies.” Another day, another drug company covering up deadly side effects caused by its precription drug. An FDA panel (comprised of doctors and researchers, […]

Recently, I was observing how my son, Nico, 16 months old, was trying to figure out the miracle of pushing a button that made a toy car move from a distance!  I’m using the exclamation point from my Son’s point of reference, as I’m sure you don’t find that too exciting.  Nico would watch the […]

Recently, a member of our practice had an appointment with their MD, and mentioned how they were pleased with our office, but wanted to get their MD’s opinion on Chiropractic care in general.  While the doctor did seem to be approving, he also mentioned that there were potential side effects he thought his patient should […]