A Time of Expanding Perspectives
I realized the other day when my neck was knotted up and I had a headache creeping up the right side of my temple that I seldom look from side to side. No right head turning, no left head turning as I go about my day, looking straight ahead, focusing on what’s in...
How to Care for Our Muscles and Joints: Part 1
This is the first of a 3-part blog series on caring for yourself between chiropractic visits Written by Dr. Kelley Silon If you've ever found yourself caught off guard by sore muscles, only realizing their discomfort during a visit to your chiropractor or...
What Does a “Rib Out” Mean?
Written By Dr. Megumi Moskowitz Symptoms and Causes of a 'Rib Out'A commonly used chiropractic terminology “rib out” actually means a rib joint dysfunction. An acute rib joint dysfunction can cause an incredibly sharp, stabbing pain frequently felt under a shoulder...
The Diagnosis of Chronic Pain
The link between physical and emotional painWe all bring different histories to present time. ‘Our body keeps score,’ as Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk says in his book on trauma. The medical model teaches us that pain and suffering are a result of disease or...
The Importance of Vitamin D
Portland's winter months are fast approaching. With the winter season comes shorter daylight hours and overcast skies that offer minimal sunshine. Decreased sunlight can have a larger ripple effect on us than we realize. Darker days may affect our mood (Seasonal...
The Benefits of Belly Breathing
Take a deep breath in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. When was the last time you thought about breathing? Perhaps in your last yoga or Pilates class? Maybe during physical therapy? Or maybe even…never? It’s an automatic thing after all. Breathing...
Foot strength and flexibility
The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece; it has far more function then what we give it credit for. Our feet are almost identical to our hands in structure and should seemingly have similar dexterity. One of the major reasons we don’t have the same dexterity in...
Keep those wings down
With computer work being an unavoidable part of most of our daily lives, we are seeing an increasing number of patients with postural strain in the neck and upper back. These are also common areas to carry stress and tension from daily life. Pro tip: If you correct...
Dr. Karvonen’s essential travel tips
Travel tips from Europe Taking a break from Portland life, my husband Joe Alexander, owner of Counseling on Burnside, and I recently spent a week biking through the countryside in Andalusia, Spain. We rode down hills with 10% grades and back up again, stopped...
Maximize your insurance benefits for 2017
We’ve all heard the saying, “Use It or Lose It!” - This is especially true when it comes to your Chiropractic and Massage insurance benefits. You may have unused visits that you can use between now and the end of the year. Just think...you could be relaxed and aligned...