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Subluxation: A Technical Description
This article provides a more technical description of the neurophysiological impact of subluxation – for those that want it! Subluxation …
Deficiency and Toxicity of Industrial Life – The Impact On Children’s Health
At Noosa Junction Chiropractic we argue that all stress can be classed as either a toxicity or deficiency (or both) …
Vibrant Life Key 1: Power & Control – the way it’s meant to be!
Vibrant Life Key #1 is about improving the function of your intelligent control and coordination mechanism – your brain and …
Daily Spinal Hygiene: Critical to Spinal Health
Spinal hygiene – behaviours to keep motion and health of our spine in peak condition – is vital, yet regularly …
Dr Ben’s Definition of Stress
At Dr Ben Phillips.com I focus on the impact of stress as a profound and inescapable factor in determining health …
What Are The 5 ‘Pillars’ of Chronic Illness?
Chronic Illness is DEADLY SERIOUS… In industrialised (western) countries like Australia, the burden of ill-health, particularly chronic illness, has been …
Subluxation, negative body thoughts, somatoneurophysiology™, and health or illness
There is a clear relationship between Vertebral Subluxation Complex (Subluxation for short), sedentary living, negative body thoughts, somatoneurophysiology™, and less-than-ideal …
The ‘General Adaptive Potential’
One of our colleagues Patrick Gentempo coined the term ‘General Adaptive Potential’ (GAP) to explain how the flexibility of our …
What are “Body Thoughts”?
The term ‘body thoughts’ has been coined to simplify somewhat complex neurological terminology and make these topics easier to understand. …
More about Dr Ben…
Usually doctors take all of your personal info, and yet, you learn little about who they are and why the …
Body Composition & Movement
It is obvious that if you exercise more, you have a leaner, trimmer body, with less fat storage and better …
Is Chiropractic care
a Requirement for an Ideal Life?
Lifetime Chiropractic Care? Is Lifetime Chiropractic Care a requirement for an Ideal life? Yes…and No! We must re-affirm that the …
Dr Ben’s Definition of ‘Health’
One of the most critical terms to contemplate and define is the word ‘Health’. The Wellness & Prevention paradigm proposes …
Movement and Skeletal Health
It is clear common-sense that movement is valuable and necessary to promote optimal health – including skeletal health. The stresses …
The Difference Between Wellness Nutrition and Allopathic Nutrition
There are as many experts as there are ideas about nutrition – what and how you need to eat. Our …
Vibrant Life Key 4: Thinking & Feeling – the way it’s meant to be!
Key #4 is about mental and emotional health, they way we think, communicate, are inspired and engage with ourselves – …
Vibrant Life Key 3: Moving – the way it’s meant to be!
Moving Is Life! Key #3 is about improving quality and quantity of movement – because moving is life! We look …
Subluxation Pandemic in Industrialized society
Why is subluxation pandemic in industrialised (‘western’) societies? “Sitting is to the spine, as sugar is to the teeth” – …
Importance of DHA and EPA Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Human Health
Omega-3 is a class of fatty acids that are beyond ESSENTIAL for vibrant, extraordinary human health. They are essential because …
Vibrant Life Key 2: Your Chemistry – the way it’s meant to be!
Key #2 is about improving your internal chemistry; it is so VERY important to health and wellbeing. Sometimes called the …
Cardiovascular Function & Movement
It is common sense that movement (exercise) is essential for maintaining good cardiovascular function – heart health, blood vessel health …
Vertebral Subluxation Complex as “segmental movement deficiency syndrome”
It cannot be denied that movement deficiency is a problematic state that can lead to many functional consequences if allowed …
How Negative and Positive Thoughts (Internal Dialogue) Influence Physiology
We know that how we feel impacts our mental state. What is now clearly proven and has been repeatedly shown …
Human Stress Physiology
Learning about Stress Physiology can help you Live a more Vibrant Life! Stress is a ubiquitous contributor to dysfunction – …
Why is it important to commit to ongoing care, even when symptoms have resolved?
Remember that the best way to define “health,” is not by using symptoms as a marker – in fact this …
