Chronic Daily Headaches (CDH)
November 11, 2013
These are headaches that are experienced more days than not-at least 15 days per month, for three months. It is not a specific type of headache, but rather a term used to describe persistent forms of other types of headaches such as: Chronic Tension Headaches, Chronic Migraines, New Daily Persistent Headaches and Hemicrania Continua.
Chronic Migraines...
Not every condition has a name or a diagnosis
October 5, 2013
We evaluate many patients who have often seen a variety of practitioners with little to no help. These people have been labeled with a diagnosis, but are still without answers. Functional Neurology is able to explain and treat many of these conditions, but laying the label of vertigo, Migraines, Headaches, Non-epileptic seizures, et cetera, hardly...
Whiplash and its involvement in Post-Concussion Syndrome
October 5, 2013
Headaches and Migraines are common symptoms that individuals often experience after even mild trauma to the head. Concussions are a mild traumatic brain injury, as they create inflammation and swelling in our cranium. These injuries can take weeks, months or even greater amounts of time to resolve if not rehabilitated appropriately. The headaches...
Disequilibrium (balance)
October 4, 2013
Balance occurs when our spine, surrounding muscles and brain are effectively signaling back and forth. If this doesn’t occur due to some error in either of the aforementioned systems, then balance and equilibrium will be affected. When we sway to one side, we stretch, or trigger sensitive spinal stabilizing muscles on the opposing side. Consider a sway...
Food sensitivities versus food allergies
July 2, 2013
Many people do not understand that there is a difference between food allergies and food sensitivities, however there is a significant difference between the two, between the mechanism behind them, and the effect that they have on the nervous system.
Food allergies occur when there is an immediate immune-mediated reaction to antigens in the ingested item by...
Vestibular Fellowship: A letter from Dr. MacArthur
July 2, 2013
As a provider with a diplomate in Chiropractic Neurology, I noticed that many of my patients would arrive complaining of dizziness and vertigo symptoms. Although I had a lot of training in these areas with my degree in neurology already, I felt there was more to ascertain about this particularly interesting subject. I had also noted that there...
Nutrition, Brain Function and Overall Health
July 2, 2013
Proper nutrition is vital to the health of every cell in our body from skin, to bone, to intestinal, to brain cells, as well as the formation of every single neurotransmitter which are essential to the function of all of our systems.
Our world today is full of conditions that, along with several other contributing factors, are the result of food that...
The Gut-Brain Axis
July 2, 2013
The function of our brain directly affects the function of our gut, and vice versa. This is a continuous cycle, unless each of the components is addressed appropriately and in concert (if it is determined that both are involved). Inadequate brain function, whether it be the result of abnormal brain maturation (such as with disorders that...
Developmental Disorders
July 2, 2013
What are developmental disorders?
Developmental disorders are disorders which occur during normal developmental growth which can occur from the time a fetus is in utero through childhood. These disorders can be due to a number of factors, but in all cases there is either complete lack of, or, a delay in maturation of certain areas of the central...