Vital Life | Wellness Center

Good Morning America jumped all over this, and for good reason!  The news spread quickly about how NUCCA proved to reduce blood pressure in a pilot study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Hypertension. It was a ground-breaking study showing that NUCCA improves the physiological function of individuals. This can spread beyond hypertension and [...]

A blast from the past! In July 2008, I was interviewed by Dr. Richard Gracer of Gracer Medical Group in San Ramon, CA.  He was interested in the article published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal, regarding the study done at the University of Chicago showing that NUCCA reduces blood pressure.  The [...]

Trigeminal neuralgia has sometimes been called the suicide disease, because the pain can last for years without any hint of relief.   It’s a terrible, debilitating disease that literally forces someone’s life to be put on hold.  It’s not the only chronic pain problem that does that; it’s just one of the many. To read [...]

Fertility is a very emotional issue for many women.  Some women try to conceive for years before being successful.  Some women are on too many pain medications for it to be safe to conceive.  Some women try many expensive fertility options and have success.  Some women finally give up. Fertility tests may be faulty if [...]

I had a cold last week.  Unfortunately, I passed it on to my six-month-old.  I immediately started giving him some homeopathic remedies.  He’s been breastfed his whole life, so I knew he was getting antibodies from me to help him fight off the cold virus. I checked his spine, and although he had been holding [...]

Sore muscles are usually a good thing!  It means we’ve been working out!  It’s not always comfortable but it’s sometimes a wonderful reminder that what we just did the day (or two days) before was worth it! So, what causes the muscles to get sore? Over-working the muscles. When you work the muscles in a [...]

If I was omniscient, I would be able to determine the best course of action for any and all physical illness or injury. I would know what the ramifications are for: medication surgery anesthesia over-the-counter medicine What should be done first?  When? How will this person respond? Are there side effects?  How bad are they? [...]

Kaiser Permanente has been advertising prevention as health care: Mammograms Exercise Eating well Yoga Stress Reduction Why is Kaiser doing this? They’ve figured out that preventing illness is much less expensive than dealing with and recovering from illness. Despite the knowledge that illness is so costly compared to the alternative, there is very little insurance [...]

NUCCA has concluded a pilot study for the supine leg check. In this study done in May 2010 at Life Chiropractic College West, there was a 72% agreement between examiners for leg length inequality of at least 1/8 inch.  With leg length inequality of at least 1/4 inch, there was 100% reliability between examiners. This [...]

Now that school is back in session, it may be time to think about your child’s attention span.  Is your child able to focus on his schoolwork, listen to the teacher when in class and remember where he puts his homework, and even what homework is due? If your child struggles with memory or attention [...]