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3 Quick Tips to Improve and Maintain Great Posture

It’s May -- May Day, Mother’s Day, and….Posture Awareness Month! You mean you didn’t know?? The real question is, why should you care, right? Well, the pros say that good posture is essential for good health. And I bet you’re interested in having good health. So….here are some fun facts to know and tell, and a video with some quick…
Brian Flannery
May 19, 2017
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Never Too Young to Start Chiropractic Care

I love Moms, kids, families - and dogs (not relevant to my story, just sayin’ dogs rock...)! As a chiropractor and holistic wellness expert, my goal is to help people function at their highest levels. Every time I give chiropractic care to a person ‘of a certain age’ who tells me they’ve been experiencing asthma, allergies, headaches, fibromyalgia, neck and…
Brian Flannery
May 15, 2017
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Chiropractic and Allergies – Connection? Yes!

Hooray - it's Spring! Time to put on some shorts and go for a leisurely hike in the woods. Maybe you’re ready to dust off those golf clubs. How about tackling that flowering vine that’s been creeping toward the house all winter like Audrey in the “Little Shop of Horrors?” And…Maybe it all sounds like a good idea, but your…
Brian Flannery
April 13, 2017
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Procrastination is the Thief of Health…

I just heard a statistic this morning that shocked me.  Did you know that regular use of OTC painkillers increase the incidence of high blood pressure by 200%? Appalling I know, especially because the reason you are taking those pills on a regular basis is because you have pain somewhere in your body that you aren't able to get rid…
Brian Flannery
February 29, 2016
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You Won’t Believe What She Yelled…

OH MY GOD! YOU GOT ME PREGNANT!! This I heard a woman scream in the reception room one night. As I was delivering a specific and scientific chiropractic adjustment to one of my patients, I almost choked and heard my patient gasp her breath. Well, the woman I was adjusting at that moment happened to be my wife, who quickly…
Brian Flannery
February 18, 2016
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The Top Strategies to Grow Stronger Everyday

Your loving and kind Lafayette Chiropractor, Dr. Christina Alba, often points out that every day there are only two directions we move regarding our health: we are either getting stronger or weaker. Every morning you wake up with the choice on what direction you're going to move that day.  The alarm clock goes off and you're forced to take action…
Brian Flannery
October 13, 2014
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You Are So Much More…

Maybe from even before day one, you were told how weak you were.  You "needed" vitamin K for some reason, you had rounds of antibiotics, you received scores of vaccinations.  To this day you are inundated with ads and messages that tell you if you take this pill you'll be happy, this pill to sleep well, and that pill to…
Brian Flannery
September 25, 2014
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Don’t Avoid Stress…Just Handle It Better!

Your ability to handle stress is a key component in how well you are moving toward wholeness (more on the differences between health, wellness and wholeness later). Understand first that health is the normal state of your body and is essentially your ability to successfully adapt to most of the stresses that come your way.  Your ability to adapt to…
Brian Flannery
September 8, 2014