Happy Birthday Cesar Chavez!

Posted on 31. Mar, 2013 by drpeters.

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Eater Sunday 2013 is also Cesar Chavez’s birthday. The Californian farm-worker-human-rights activist suffered from low back pain. After the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the continued stressors of the struggle for humanity-based policies, Cesar was hospitalized for twenty days with severe low back pain and suffered for months with no known cause. Dr. [...]

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Straight Talk

Posted on 03. Jan, 2013 by drpeters.

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A new year is a great time to get focused on you and your health. My focus here is to help my clients help themselves by informing them of basic cornerstones to body function (inside and out). I have found that many of my clients are not aware of, and do not incorporate, [...]

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Pilates and Chiropractic

Posted on 01. Oct, 2012 by drpeters.

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Pilates and Chiropractic care are a winning combination!
I recently immersed myself in a workshop through the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute (APPI) that focused on applying the Pilates method with modifications that complimented research on hip and low back and neck stability. Basically, this group used research to help formulate an incredible program of [...]

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Love

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by drpeters.

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The Chinese character for LOVE: In the center, “HEART”, above is “BREATH”, below is “GRACEFUL MOVEMENT”. Love is the purest form of ENERGY. Love brings forth the purest Life. Anything that you can do to promote and nourish the fullest expression of this Love within others and themselves will move them further on the continuum [...]

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Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by drpeters.

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This year we will focus on a “back to basics” approach to physical well-being and activity. From body mobility and movement, to fun and fitness, and even nutrition, our practice will look to key basic principles of each. We hope this encourages a return to the basics so as to build a stronger foundation for [...]

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Back to Basics: AN INTRO AND THE HEEL SIT

Posted on 07. Feb, 2012 by drpeters.

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This year we will focus on a “back to basics” approach to physical well-being and activity. From body mobility and movement, to fun and fitness, and even nutrition, our practice will look to key basic principles of each. We hope this encourages a return to the basics so as to build a stronger foundation for [...]

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Wus SUP?

Posted on 03. Sep, 2011 by drpeters.

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I’ve gotten the Stand Up Paddling (SUP for short) bug. I got it so badly that we will now carry Stride SUPs in our office!  The following is from the Stride website:
Stride stand up paddleboards offer freedom of movement and a platform for using the board for whatever you can imagine.  While some boards in the market [...]

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Let’s get (Meta)Physical

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by drpeters.

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Here is some neat info about the roots of Chiropractic care (Founded in 1895). Interestingly, the concepts are similar to many Eastern healing philosophies, e.g. yoga and Acupuncture.  In Chiropractic circles its called “The Big Idea”, and its goes like this:
1)   There is a Universal Intelligence in all living things
2)   This Intelligence controls and coordinates [...]

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Brush Your Teeth, Help Your Heart (oh, and get Adjusted too!)

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by drpeters.

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The British Medical Journal (2010;340:c2451) recently published that NOT brushing your teeth is related to a greater risk of cardiovascular disease due to the potential of oral inflammation.  Brushing only once a day increased the risks to 30%.  Brushing less than once a day increased the risk of fatal/nonfatal cardiovascular events to 70%!
In Chiropractic, we [...]

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