the specific blog

It might not be the root cause—but how you carry your body could be quietly affecting your mood. When someone comes to us for help with depression or anxiety, posture usually isn’t the first thing on their mind. And understandably so. Most people think about their...

If your head hurts and nothing’s helped, it might be time to take a closer look at your upper neck. If you live with migraines, you already know they’re more than just headaches. They derail your workdays, interrupt your sleep, steal your energy, and leave you...

If you've ever walked out of a doctor’s office with more questions than answers—and one more prescription—you’re not alone. We live in a system that’s incredibly good at one thing: managing symptoms. But when it comes to actually helping people heal, the system falls...

Let’s talk about one of the most normal-sounding, rarely questioned phrases in modern medicine: “Side effects.” You see it in drug commercials, printed on prescription bottles, rattled off at lightning speed in ads that end with someone jogging through a sunny park....

3 Nutrients That Help Naturally Reduce Joint Pain and Inflammation Are you struggling with joint pain or inflammation? You’re not alone—and you’re not without options. Dr. Jeremy Handley and I see this every day in the office. Patients come in frustrated, in pain, and...

Let’s be real—prices are up. Again. Thanks to the latest round of trade tariffs, it seems like everything from groceries to household essentials is getting more expensive. And when that happens, even people with solid incomes and good financial habits (like many of my...

Is Chiropractic Just Pseudoscience? How Thermography Makes Upper Cervical Care Scientific If you’re skeptical about chiropractic, I get it. You might think it’s all about cracking backs based on feel rather than fact. You might have heard people say chiropractic isn’t...

You’ve been told more tests, more meds, and more procedures will fix your health. But what if what you really need is less intervention—and more focus on your nervous system function? Ever feel like no matter how many doctor visits you make, how many medications you...

How I Found My Calling in Upper Cervical Chiropractic I didn’t grow up dreaming about being a chiropractor. In fact, I kind of stumbled into it. But looking back, every step along the way—every lesson, every frustration, every lightbulb moment—led me right here. And...

Still Dealing with Lower Back Pain? You Might Be Looking in the Wrong Place Let’s talk about something I see constantly in my practice: people who’ve been battling lower back pain for months—or even years—and nothing seems to make it stick. They’ve stretched,...

Welcome to another episode of the Happy Healthy Chico podcast—I’m Dr. Shane Smith, and I’m so glad you’re here. This week, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with someone I admire deeply—Marcy Burns, the heart and hands behind Body Reset here in Chico. Thanks...

Anxiety Isn’t Just in Your Head—It’s in Your Nervous System Let’s talk about anxiety for a minute—because if we’re being honest, it’s become the background noise of modern life. And for a lot of people who walk into my office, it’s there. Maybe it’s not the reason...

Creating a world in which a long healthy and happy life is the rule, not the exception. That is my purpose. I know I can't do it alone and I probably won’t live to see it happen, but that won’t stop me from trying. The day to day work I do in my clinic in Chico, CA is...

If you struggle with migraines, you know how much they take over your life. The pounding pain, the nausea, the way light and sound feel unbearable. You’ve probably tried everything—medications, physical therapy, even chiropractic adjustments—but nothing has given you...

We get asked all the time by our patients, what is this thing called the brain gut connection? We get asked that all the time because we focus on the nervous system, or the “brain” part of the connection. See, the nervous system is composed of all kinds of things,...

Hey, how's it going everybody? Dr. Shane here at the specific chiropractic center. We get asked all the time by our patients, what is this thing called Brain gut access, or what is the brain gut connection? We get asked that all the time because we focus with our...

All tucked in for a full night's sleep.  Bed is warm, the blankets are soft and cozy, the room is nice and dark and quiet.  Take a few big deep breaths and close your eyes and poof, off to dreamland…Brain: “I wonder if I emptied the lint trap.  Should I go back to...

We are three doctors with a very specific skill set and passion for helping those that feel they’ve lost hope when it comes to their health. Everything we do with our patients is with the goal of health restoration in mind, not just temporarily relieving a symptom. We...

https://youtu.be/OCxjjI2crms Probably One Of The Most Common Things We Get Called About Is Chronic Muscle Tension People are calling us with chronic necks that are always tight or shoulders and upper backs, maybe some numbness in their arms. Usually, these people are...

https://youtu.be/2Bxd0o5Pjug The first thing people consider when buying something is the price. How much will it cost me right now to get this thing that I want? Well, when it comes to your health, sometimes you have to flip that conversation in your head, and you...

https://youtu.be/KjLh3PxFNd0 Most People Agree That The Health Of Your Back And Neck Are Important To Your Quality Of Life The problem is that too many people are waiting until the last minute to address their back issues. By the time most people come in the damage is...

https://youtu.be/fs2o116J8HE So Let's Talk About Wishes For A Little Bit I've got a couple of birthday parties coming up this weekend. So birthday wishes are on my mind, and a mentor of mine, gave me, I think, what was like the perfect way to summarize why it's so...

https://youtu.be/PxHZP8GRrPs Blood Flow Is Just like The Sand In This Hourglass How much and how well blood gets to the fingers and the tips of the nose and down to the toes depends upon the heart beating and the pressure in the system. It also depends on the shape of...

https://youtu.be/oO46YZouiPI My Home Office Is Open For Business At my real office, I play an upper cervical chiropractor. At home, I play veterinarian. One of my daughter's favorite games is fixing up her stuffed animals from their injuries. And when it comes to...

https://youtu.be/bgQjya9npec Are You Suffering From Organ Issues, Heart Issues, Lung Issues, Or Stomach Issues? Unlike your skin where you get a cut or a scrape or a bruise, and you get instant feedback, it hurts right away, your organs don't. They can take a beating...

https://youtu.be/G6V9tjd_TkI Hey, Chico, I Have A Question For You What if everything in this office, electronic-wise, was not working. The light switches aren't working, and the computer's not turning on. What's the first thing that you would want to check? Now, we...

https://youtu.be/R020RmvVc6k Wires In A House Are Like Your Nervous System When there is an issue with the electricity what do we do? Now you think that person would probably want to try to fix the problem by buying new light bulbs or maybe buying a new TV or...

https://youtu.be/KlAmVBRG_qw Anytime Somebody Calls The Office, And One Of Their Main Complaints Is Trouble Sleeping, My Heart Goes Out To Them I know from experience how much lack of sleep or poor sleep can just wreck other aspects of your life. I don't have any...

https://youtu.be/-Z5xM0oF6fI This Is Your Chance To Come In And Start Getting Better Sleep You've probably seen a few videos you've had out there about how the kind of care we provide has a massive track record of helping people to get better sleep. So we have a few...

https://youtu.be/_L7_TG3Xlsg Medical Research Has Shown Us How Important Sleep Is We've all realized how important sleep is when it comes to our immune system function, our ability to focus and concentrate, help keep our anxiety in check. And the problem is, is that a...

If You've Heard About Craniocervical Junction Syndrome, Now Is Your Chance To Find Out If You Have It! We've opened up our schedule for a few people to come in to get a screening test, which only takes about 15 or 20 minutes. We'll do it right here in the office, and...

Medical Research Has Shown Us How Important Sleep Is We've all realized how important sleep is when it comes to our immune system function, our ability to focus and concentrate, help keep our anxiety in check. A lot of health issues, aches, and pains, blood sugar...

Being Able To Walk Straight Is Something Many Of Us Take For Granted But for people that have this unique condition called craniocervical junction syndrome, it often gets misdiagnosed in the medical field, these people lose that ability. They have a hard time...

I Got Three T's That Could Change Your Life, And That's Thoughts, Traumas, And Toxins And all these things are correlated to the stress that our body deals with. And it just seems like everything is so stressful these days, whether it's work, it's kids, school,...

I'm Walking Around At A Conference It's at Talis park here in Florida and a beautiful golf course right behind me there, and what I'm noticing is a lot of these folks that are walking around here on the golf course, they look like this. So they call that anterior head...

I Know That There Can Be A Lot Of Confusion About What A Chiropractic Adjustment Is So I can help you understand what it should be. A chiropractic adjustment is a force done by hand that is applied to the spine. And what we're doing is we're helping realign your...

Imagine A Dirty Glass Of Water You wouldn't take a drink out of it but you could clean it to make it safe to drink. If you were to continuously pour water into the glass it will eventually dilute it to an acceptable amount. All the dirt and grime would flow out as the...