McKinley Family Chiropractic

Are you blaming your pain and poor health on your bed, work chair, or picking up your kids? You did not sleep funny! Every week in our office, I will hear one of our patients say something like,”I must have slept funny last night.” When someone says this, it’s most likely because they went to […]

Are you blaming your pain and poor health on your bed, work chair, or picking up your kids? You did not sleep funny! Every week in our office, I will hear one of our patients say something like,”I must have slept funny last night.” When someone says this, it’s most likely because they went to […]

Over the past several weeks we’ve been getting a lot of questions from parents about backpacks, specifically if their kids were wearing them properly. It turns out that 95% of kids do not wear them ergonomically. The trend has been for kids to wear their backpacks very low which causes constant stress to their spines, […]

The 2015 year is coming to an end and we now have 2016 right around the corner. This is the time of year when we start working on our New Year’s resolutions. We encourage you to do things differently this year. Instead of focusing on the stereotypical resolutions, make them more tailored to you and […]

For this article we wanted to address a question that’s been asked recently by a couple patients….”Do Chiropractic adjustment cause strokes?”. We’ve dug into the studies on this topic and have provided the details to 5 separate studies in this article. These details will show that Chiropractic adjustments do not increase the risk or cause […]

There are many people out there that experience jaw pain or TMJ on a daily basis. Those that experience this know that it can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. One of the biggest things people with TMJ dread is going to the Dentist. Keeping your mouth open for long periods of time is […]

In this article we’re going to be discussing the 5 major problems that start when the nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, or more technically called, sustained sympathetic tone. 5 Problems Fatigue / Exhaustion Even if you feel your’re eating excellent, you just can’t keep up your stamina. Many times, this is also […]

I have always been amused by this term that people use regarding the professionals they see for their healthcare. One of the goals we have for people in our practice is to DO DIFFERENT. What we mean by that is, compared to most people, you should hope that your strategy for being healthy is drastically […]

Recently I was coaching soccer for my 6 year old, Nico. During one of the breaks, I needed a dad to help me out with one of the drills. I asked the healthiest looking one of the bunch, and he said, “yeah, no problem, but I can’t run because I have a bulging disc”. Now, […]

Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for childhood illnesses, like ear aches, sore throats, colds, etc. Sometimes they are prescribed for the wrong conditions. When we medicate our kids, we are not allowing their body’s innate ability to fight the infection on their own. This prevents their immune system from becoming stronger towards fighting illnesses they’ll face […]