Wellness Blog

Wow, what great weather we’re having! It’s been a great week to start the Run Club. I hope that everyone has been able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. I love driving down Lakeshore Drive during days like today and see everyone out on the path running, biking, jogging, rollarblading, etc. Remember, Dr. […]

McKinley ChiroTV Kids, Chiropractic, and Immunity – What Role Does the Immune System Play? Find out the “why” behind chiropractic for children in this short, three minute video, discuss the nervous systems development and role in a child’s health.

Lie on your back with both knees bent, and the foot of one leg flat on the floor. Rest the ankle of the other leg over the knee of the 1st leg. Grasp the thigh of the 1st leg, and pull that knee toward your chest. You will feel a stretch along the buttocks, and […]

This week we’re going to change things up a little bit with a type of workout called Yasso 800s. This strange name was given to an interesting workout by Amby Burfoot of Runner’s World magazine, named after his friend and co-worker at Runner’s World, Bart Yasso. Basically, it’s a form of speed training for marathoners, […]

Many of you may have heard me say that health is expressed above, down, inside, out.  I frequently re-visit this philosophical statement in the office as we educate our patients about wellness.  You see, so many well educated people still actually think that health comes in a bottle, and why, yes sometimes a vitamin or […]

For our second installment of “Kids, Chiropractic, and Immunity”, we bring you Dr. McKinley dicussing “Common Conditions That Chiropractic Can Help.”  Probably the most popular reaction that we get when we mention to people that we adjust kids is “why, kids don’t have back pain?”  Subluxations in kids tend to manifest as many of the […]

So in our first two enstallments of “Kids, Chiropractic, and Immunity” we learned about the development of the nervous system, its role in health, and some common conditions that chiropractic may help by ensuring proper function of the nervous system.  In this episode we are going to answer the question:  “What should I do if […]

Join us for the 1st Annual McKinley Chiro Open Saturday, May 9, 2009.  We’ve have a day of activities planned culminating in a 9 hole, 4 man scramble at Robert Black Golf Course in Chicago.  We’ll start the day with brunch and a golf specific flexibility clinic.  We then move to the course were we’ll […]

Run Club Workout Week 6 This week’s run club is on!  I’ll meet everyone tomorrow morning at the gazebo at 8:30 sharp! This week we are going to continue with our series of tempo runs.  The workout goes like this. 5 minutes – warm up jog or walk 4 minutes at Speed 1 6 minutes at […]