by Neil Bossenger | Sep 28, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
In patients with vertigo or dizziness, we use spinning and unique tests to assess how the cerebellum is working – the area of your brain responsible for perceiving balance and position sense. Specific chiropractic adjustments improve cerebellar function. Years...
by Neil Bossenger | Sep 9, 2013 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Sleep loss affects the stress systems in our bodies and is important because these systems enable us to deal with everyday challenges. The two stress systems are the autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, as they both relate to the...
by Neil Bossenger | Aug 27, 2013 | Spinewave Bulletin
Leo Spears began life in Ivan, Florida in 1894. His parents were poor, but by force of personality and vision, he forged a successful career. While still a student at Palmer (1921 graduate), the young Spears spoke of opening a chiropractic hospital. Dr. Spears opened...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 22, 2013 | Case of the month, Cases, Spinewave Bulletin, Symptoms
Asthma, explained by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system: the “other-way-round” theory. Now as a full time practitioner doing postgraduate work in the autonomic nervous system, I would have treated my 6-year old asthmatic self quite differently,...
by Neil Bossenger | Jun 16, 2013 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
We have found genes that are switched on in one twin and switched off in the other twin – Professor Tim Spector. An article in the NZ Herald highlights a concept that is starting to become more mainstream in the public eye: that the fate of your health and...