Category: Dr. Loni

Every person that goes into the practice of Chiropractic usually has a story that led them there. Some of my colleagues have deeply moving stories. One particular story is of my close friend who was on the verge of ending her life because her back pain was so severe. She could no longer go about…

Sleep is one of the five foundations that promote good health. We have discussed how to prep yourself to get into bed, but is your bed spine friendly? I want to talk about pillows and mattresses, the metaphoric meat and potatoes of a good night’s sleep. Pillows: As much as I would love to recommend…

One of the most common requests from patients is information on beneficial sleep strategies. So, let’s talk a little about sleep itself. Sleep is extremely important for our overall wellbeing. If you think back to one of the times you were sick, the first thing your body wants to do is slow down. Sleep is…

Sleep is one of the five foundations that promote good health. We have discussed how to prep yourself to get into bed, but is your bed spine friendly? I want to talk about pillows and mattresses, the metaphoric meat and potatoes of a good night’s sleep. Pillows: As much as I would love to recommend…

My naturopathic doctor advised me to partake in a no sugar diet with other specified restrictions based on my latent allergies. Among the foods that I was allergic too were oddly enough egg white, bananas, and pineapple. I thought ok bananas and pineapples I can live without but, egg whites? That was going to throw…

When I was attending chiropractic school I had the opportunity to travel to Fiji to adjust school children in the outlying villages of Nandi. The villages on the outskirts of Nandi are breathtakingly beautiful. The school children in these areas were sharply dressed in school uniforms and always smiling. At school they were happy and…

During the history taking aspect of a patient’s initial exam we like to discuss past traumas that patients may have encountered in their life time up until that very day. Often people overlook or forget traumas that they may have withstood. I like to remind patients that they are in the same bodies they have…

We all know that being active and working out are necessary for a healthy lifestyle. All though this is something we are very aware of most of us have a hard time for one reason or another accommodating a work out routine into our busy lives. More often than not we begin to look at an…

You may ask, why we are such sticklers for practice members doing their daily traction exercises? The answer is to restore your natural forward facing neck curve.  Now let’s go over the how and why. To start, keep up the great work with getting adjusted regularly, that can contribute to a whopping 60% of restoring your…