The chiropractor Brooklyn Blog at Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture located in Park Slope, Brooklyn 11215, was started to let you know how we apply both Eastern and Western medical theory to establish a diagnosis and treatment plan designed specifically for each patient.
Furthermore, our goal is to help our patients enjoy an optimal quality of life with improved physical health, mental well-being, and a sense of spiritual tranquility.
Take a look at some of our health tips below in our chiropractor Brooklyn blog for information about improving your life.
40-60% of conception problems are related to the male
If this is a startling stastitic, consider that studies are showing that sperm quality is on the decline. Due to environmental factors, the advancement of poor diet and a general increase in stress levels, both sperm counts and sperm quality are reaching never-before-seen lows. Using Traditional Chinese Medicine and the ancient practice of acupuncture, we can help turn the tables on male infertility.
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Acupuncture is a safe and successful way to increase your chance for conception
Traditional Chinese Medicine seeks to balance the body to improve function across the board. When it comes to pregnancy, this concept can be invaluable. Eastern cultures have been using TCM and acupuncture in particular to improve chances for pregnancy for thousands of years and only now is Western science beginning to recognize its efficacy. Acupuncture involves gently inserting thin needles into strategic points along the energy pathways of the body. Because qi (energy or life force) is conducted through these pathways, a disruption due to poor health or injury can cause dysfunctions among the body’s internal organs. By unblocking the pathways and facilitating the flow of qi, the body functions better; in a pregnancy setting, this translates to a better chance for conception.
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What is Holistic Healing? Holistic healing broadens orbit of tradtional medicice and healtchare to incorporate a variety of alternative and complimentary medicine techniques. Rather than treating illness and dysfunction on a symptomatic and conditional basis, holistic medicine seeks to treat the entire person: body, mind and spirit. Because we believe that injury and sickness is down to disharmony within the mind-body-spirit complex, we believe that the best way to go…
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An athletic lifestyle is rife with aches and pains
Whether it be an aid to muscles recovering and rebuilding or a tool that minimizes the potential for injury that is inherent in many sports, athletes are always on the look out for the next boost that will improve performance. Turns out, one of the most effective athlete’s aids may be one of the oldest in the world: acupuncture. More and more professional athletes are turning to acupuncture in order to improve recovery times and deal with the minor aches and pains that come along with their sport.
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A brief overview of Spinal Stenosis
Mostly encountered in adults over the age of 50, spinal stenosis is a painful condition that refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal. Often, the narrowing occurs because of the onset of arthritis that reduces the space in between vertebrae; as it narrows, it causes pain, numbing and other symptoms by pinching the spinal cord and the nearby spinal nerves. Other symptoms include:
- Sciatica
- Difficulty with bladder or bowel control
- Difficulty standing and walking
Unfortunately, there is no cure for spinal stenosis; however, there are steps we can take to manage your pain naturally!
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The importance of sleep posture
In any activity that you perform for hours at a time posture is going to be important. Take work for example: every one who has worked in an office can attest to the stiffness and dull aching that comes after a day sitting with poor posture. But in an office you move a lot more (or should move a lot more) than when you sleep. If you are lucky enough to be getting the 8 hours of sleep you need per night, you can add to the health benefit by sleeping with good posture.
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A short guide to caring for your pet naturally The purpose of this article is to educate pet owners first and foremost. How? Many people are unaware that it is possible to treat their pets with complimentary medicine like acupuncture and even better, to save their lives (yes, unfortunately, many pet owners resort to euthanasia because they don’t know that other treatments exist…not to mention natural as well). There is so much…
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Athletes have a precarious relationship with prescription drugs
When it comes to recovering and rehabilitating an injury, drugs are often prescribed to treat symptoms of pain and inflammation. The problem is that these drugs come with side effects both known and unknown that can affect athletes, especially when it comes to their performance. While the severity of your injury determines the course for treatment, we believe that it is always worth considering a more conservative and less invasive form of rehabilitation.
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Athletes care about balance So what does a balanced body look like? From a physical standpoint, it means that your body is in equilibrium- that unquantifiable state of being in which the different parts of your body work together in perfect harmony to support one another and distribute pressure equally. Even the least active person in the world is going to incur some pressure throughout the day, (chiefly through sitting,…
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What happens when scar tissue builds up? When soft tissues are damaged, whether due to acute injuries such as pulls, tears and strains, or due to repetitive trauma such as the accumulation of small tears in the muscle, scar tissue is a natural side-effect. Scar tissue forms in response to these injuries as part of the normal healing process- it is unavoidable. The problem is that this new scar tissue is tougher…
Read MoreMoreover, at Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture we are committed to providing individualized and compassionate patient care.
Dr. Karen Thomas founded the practice over 30 years ago with the express purpose of providing leading-edge healthcare to the Park Slope community.
As a result, the practice has grown considerably since then, and moved from its original location at Lincoln Place and Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue at Union Street, to its present location at 182 8th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215
We want you to know that we are prepared for you.
Furthermore, for the protection of our customers and our employees, we’ve followed the guidance of the W.H.O. and the I.C.C. and their directions to business owners.
Additionally, we have disinfected all surfaces and implemented recommended strategies to keep safe distances between all customers and employees to prevent any transmission.
In conclusion, our team is on top of the most current information available to businesses.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions about your health at 718-398-3100
We all speak English and...
Dr. Gabe is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese
Dr. Thomas speaks some Spanish but is not fluent
Yolanda, our office manager is fluent in Spanish
Steve, our front office assistant speaks some Chinese but is not fluent
Sofia, our medical biller is fluent in Russian