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Do You Fall Asleep At The Movies?
Are You One Of Those People That makes it through about 30 minutes of a movie and then falls asleep? If that's you, then you may be one of the 60 to 70 million people in America that are suffering with some sort of an obstructive sleep apnea. It's super common, it's...
Sleep Graph
If You Are A Snorer Or if you find yourself falling asleep on the couch and you're snorting and waking yourself up, you might need an at-home sleep study, which is what we're able to do now here at the office. I have two graphs where my oxygen levels actually dropped....
We Use Wearable Technology For Sleep Issues
We've Talked About Getting Good Quality Sleep, How impactful poor sleep can be on your health, your concentration and your overall quality of life. And some of the questions we've received on this topic are about how chiropractic care can help with sleep, and how that...
Adjustments Improve Thinking
Migraines Are Intrusive Have you ever tried to work or concentrate on something when a kid is crying in the background or constantly tapping on you, asking a question? Maybe you're at the office, and you try to work, and your neighbor's radio station is too loud, and...
Not Being Able To Sleep Is Frustrating
Like An Extension Cord, You Don't Always Fall In Line And Do What You're Supposed To It's my job to help you curl up and get some sleep. But it's frustrating. And there are moments when I just want to kind of throw it aside and say, forget about it. And I've noticed...
What If It Gets Worse?
The Question Really Isn't, What If We Can't Fix It? The question is, well, what if it gets worse? Many people, when they're stepping out into getting healthier, they're always looking for a quick fix. They're always looking how do I get this done as fast as possible?...
New Year Resolutions With Natalie
I'm With My Very Good Friend, Natalie Owner of Fresh Cove, and we've decided to partner up this year in 2022 to help our Chico residents reach their health goals. What we're doing is the first 30 patients who come into the office at The Specific Chiropractic Center,...
Sleep Affects Everything
So One Of The Things I Love Most About Winter Is Sleep The sun goes down earlier, it's colder outside, much easier to get good sleep. And getting good sleep, that means, coming from experience, I've got two younger kids, and they're not as young as they used to be,...
Why I Became A Chiropractor
There Are Lots Of Reasons I Decided To Take This Route In My Career I had the grades and the skillsets to do other things in my life, but I chose this for lots of reasons, but primarily, near the very top of that list is stuff like this. I love solving puzzles....
Best Sleep When Camping
I Think One Of The Things I Like Most About Winter Is The Cold Weather I always sleep so much better when it's cold outside, leaving a little crack in the window and cover-up under all the blankets. And that's one thing I've noticed, too, when I've been hiking and...
Russell’s New Year’s Resolution
I Own The Specific Chiropractic Center, And We Know That This Last Year Has Been Super Nutty On Everybody And so what we decided to do was partner up. The first 30 patients that come into The Specific Chiropractic Center for their examination. We're going to buy you...
The Only Truly Drug-Free Path To Health And Wellness
A Mentor Of Mine Many Years Ago Told Me An Analogy One's life needs to reflect the flame of a candle in the sense that from when you're born to when you die, your health, your vitality, just like the flame of a candle stays the same and then just right near the end,...
How May Prescriptions Are Enough?
https://youtu.be/SwLZdmrouWU A ton of prescriptions is not health care. This is sickness or disease management. This is not new information to anyone reading this, I get it. We all know that drugs don't really fix anything, but yet we still seem to have so many...
Improves A Person’s Mood
https://youtu.be/PuoQ16D_EGw You've probably heard of this idea of an attitude adjustment. We don't provide attitude adjustments, but that's a real thing. Your attitude, your personality, how you feel about life at any given moment is a product of how your body is...
Improves Sleep
https://youtu.be/2a7kKvI6eH4 I can't even begin to tell you how important sleep is. Unfortunately, getting a great night's sleep is becoming harder and harder for a lot of people. Whether it's stress, or anxiety, or some other chronic health issue that affects your...
Bringing Baby Home
https://youtu.be/HNEXUytDtbc I remember, but barely, the first time in my life that I had a sleep issue. And it was around the time of my daughter being born. So we had a three-year-old son at the time, brought home a new infant, and my wife and I have to work full...
Sleep Affects Everything
https://youtu.be/7e_q0fwbFlo As I think about the patients I've had over the last twelve years here in Chico, there's a few that stick out in my mind when it comes to getting better sleep. One of them was a gentleman who for as long as he can remember, most of his...
Join Exclusive “Feel Good Chico” Group!
Hey, what's up, guys? Up here in beautiful Lake Tahoe, we just did a quick hike up there to Cave Rock. It's super pretty. Anyway, just another reminder that I hope you guys are out there getting to enjoy our amazing Northern California area that we live in. I would...
I Need Your Help To Get Started
Adventures In Fly Fishing I was given a gift card from a friend to go get some fly fishing lessons in a shop around here by me in South Carolina. The days didn't work out right so I wasn't able to go according to those instructions. I was able to go to the shop,...
How Are We Getting To Chico?
Heading To Chico My wife and I had a call with her parents the other day just talking about the trip to Chico and how we're going to get out there. We are going to be driving out there. We've got my truck and my wife's car, and we're taking a rental truck to take all...
What Are The Good Places To Eat?
Taste Of The Town! We've been going to some of our favorite places and favorite restaurants around here in Spartanburg. We went to a neighboring town yesterday to get some nice Philly cheesesteaks. We're gonna try our favorite burger joints. We're getting our...
How I Got Introduced To Chiropractic
My name is Jeremy Handley and I'm still a student at Sherman College of Chiropractic over in South Carolina. I wanted to tell you a little bit about me. Who I Am My journey started as a chiropractor when I was a sophomore in high school. I injured my back and ended up...
What Gets Us Excited About Chico
What's So Great About Chico? I just wanted to let you guys know why me and my wife are excited about moving out to Chico. We went out there back in May and Dr. Shane drove us around, and he showed us a couple of places where you can go hiking. Me and my wife, we love...
Mom Reunited With Daughter After 10 Years Of Pain
The above video shows the power of chiropractic in one of the most meaningful ways possible: allowing two family members to spend time with another after being in pain for so long. Chiropractic does so much more than just help with back pain, shoulder pain and aches;...
No Proof Adjustments Work? Seeing Is Believing!
https://youtu.be/0p4NKBmcNEA One of the things that people have an issue with, sometimes with chiropractic care, is that they wonder if the care is working. How do I know these adjustments are working? In our office, we like to show people how this happens, not just...
Body Heals Itself Naturally
https://youtu.be/UVCOC77VlkY How Healing Happens Broken bones, cuts, scrapes, sunburns -- we've all had them, and I would say most of us have recovered from them just fine. How is that even possible? The body is designed to heal and recover and heal itself. It can...
No Proof Adjustments Work?? Seeing Is Believing!
https://youtu.be/HiQowd1s1Bw Do Adjustments Work? How do we know if our adjustments are actually doing the thing that we want them to do? That's a great question that a lot of our patients have, and I'm excited to answer it. Here at our office, we use something called...
Join Feel Good Chico!
Today, I went to Lake Tahoe, and we did a quick hike up there to Cave Rock. I hope you guys are out there getting to enjoy our amazing Northern California area that we live in. I would love to see what you guys do for fun. I'm looking for some folks to join our...
Helps Calm A Hyperactive Mind & Energizes A Depressed Mind
https://youtu.be/Wc16Z2nUV4A I don't think I'm the only one that feels this way, but I think life's a lot easier when you get what you want out of it, don't you? You're looking good, you're feeling good, you're able to focus on the things that you love and enjoy in...
Giving Back To The Community
https://youtu.be/U5B6OVZsiqk Right now there are people who need to receive, and there are people who have the ability to give. We're giving them an opportunity and a place for them to do that, and it has been really wonderful. We try to encourage patrons or...
Adjustments Improve Thinking
https://youtu.be/Tb0B_4ci9Fs We all want to work smarter, not harder. But how do we do that? How do we stay sharp and on our game more often than not? Part of that has to do with brain-body communication, which is neurological brain-body communication. That's exactly...
What If It Gets Worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmnLNoxrN1Q A question many folks have who are struggling with chronic health care issues is, "What if this gets worse?" If you're struggling with a chronic illness, you're more than likely taking medications or going through various...
Strengthens the Immune System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uk3THalLgE Immune system, immune system, immune system. So many people are talking about the immune system these days, and they rightly should be, given COVID and everything that's going on with that. Most people are talking about...
Only 1% of Chiropractors Do This Kind of Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztdJBCq6yJ0 There's only about 1% of chiros across the globe that do the kind of work that we do. One of the things that make us unique is, besides measuring your nervous system function to see if you even need the kind of care that we...
Helps with Migranes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ7hOB3TUKk Are migraines keeping you from having fun? So, I'm in Vegas with Dr. Shane for a little training, and I got to be honest with you, one of the things I'm thinking about when I'm walking around Vegas are the people who...
What if it gets worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBZflyM-Ys "What if my symptoms get worse?" If someone's taking an approach to deal with their symptoms and all they're doing are things that are helped designed to just relieve pain or help reduce some inflammation temporarily, then I...
Suicide Bench
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPuJ1VjtWwU Always have hope I wanted to share a quick story about this amazing homemade bench that I have sitting in my garage, we call it the Suicide Bench. A patient of mine named Emil came in years ago with a condition called...
Decreases The Effects Of Stress
https://youtu.be/qTo6ZH1CYxE Handling Stress Imagine this, you're traveling down the highway going 70 miles an hour, just listening to the radio, nothing special, you happen to look up for a minute and you see a cop barreling down behind you with the lights on. As...
Decreases Inflammation: A Big Cause of Pains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Azyd1qncgY We've all been hurt before, right? Often when people get injured and inflamed, they will use the RICE method. Rest, ice, compression, and elevation. However, there are times where that's not a practical option. There are...
The Only True Drug-Free Path To Health & Wellness
https://youtu.be/kUxF0TKHE38 Let's talk about what health is not: prescriptions. This is a lot of different ways to manage your symptoms as you slowly get worse in time. Your body doesn't need this stuff. It's a great way to help symptoms go away, but as soon as the...
Decreases the Effects of Stress
https://youtu.be/f5xjdNT74VE There are three kinds of stress that tend to break us down and make us sick. There is emotional stress, chemical stress, and physical stress/traumas. We all face that kind of stress, but what happens is that our bodies, at some point, lose...
Don’t Gamble With Your Health
https://youtu.be/AB2fSX-X6yg Unless you're working with Ocean's Eleven's crew, gambling is a pretty risky endeavor, and the same is true when it comes to gambling with your health. So many people I come across are essentially gambling with their health. They're just...
How Many Prescriptions Are Enough?
https://youtu.be/g2P6tpMkZ3A Are you tired of prescriptions? Numbers say that, last year, there was enough prescriptions written in this country for every man, woman and child to have thirteen prescriptions written to them. I have a family of five, and we took none,...
Chiropractic Improves Sleep
https://youtu.be/TccLH-vntBQ Getting a good night's rest is probably one of the most important things that someone can do for their health. Not be able to sleep well wrecks everything": immune system function, mental clarity, energy levels, concentration, the whole...
Body Heals Itself Naturally
https://youtu.be/sL1GDlpbjLM Broken bones, cuts, scrapes, and sunburns -- we've all had them, and I would say most of us have recovered from them just fine. How is that even possible? The body is designed to heal and recover and heal itself and restore its own...
Chiropractors Only Know About The Spine?
https://youtu.be/NBY6CGqyF4E "Hey Dr. Drew, I know you, as a chiropractor, don't know anything else about the body besides the back, so you think you can help me out with this?" This is something that I hear all the time -- chiropractors are just back doctors, and we...
Helps Calm A Hyperactive Mind & Energize A Depressed Mind
https://youtu.be/6_2twQfJpDg Having an overactive, or maybe a depressed mind, certainly isn't the most common reason somebody would want to choose to work with a chiropractor, but believe it or not, a body's structure and alignment very much can affect the body's...
Chronic Aches & Pains
https://youtu.be/ezFCTo0aa3U Neck pain, back pain, and hip pain all make it nearly impossible to travel -- at least to travel enjoyably. I'm in Vegas right now, and it makes me think some of the people in my hometown who can't go places they enjoy or can't go places...
Strengthens The Immune System
https://youtu.be/K_SmFfiro94 We're coming up on fall, so I have some news for you -- there is no cold or flu season. They're here all year around. It gets colder in fall. We get a little busier with friends and family and in-laws (heck, maybe outlaws; I don't...
Body Heals Itself Naturally
https://youtu.be/Nw6S6t_c6xM I got five quick questions for you. If you can answer number five, you might know the secret to life. Questions one, two, and three: you ever had a busted bone? Ever had a bruise? Ever had a cut? Odds are, you have -- most of us don't make...
Improves A Person’s Mood
https://youtu.be/GwmrTuZW7ZQ Sometimes people come in as a couple, husband and wife or what have you. As a joke, the husband or the wife might ask, "Hey, can you do like an attitude adjustment?" They've kind of been depressed or little bit angry lately, and I know...
Decreases Inflammation, A Big Cause Of Pains
https://youtu.be/U73tpNNmI5g I'm going to see if I can impress everyone out there some information that's incredible. If somebody out there stubs their toe or sprains or ankle or get stung by a bee, that's what acute inflammation looks like. The joint gets hot...
Share Your Experiences With Us!
This is the little dam where the Flume trails start up here in Paradise. This dam diverts water, and then the flume is running down. I don't know if it's operational at the moment, but that's one of the power sources up here. If you are out there looking for a fun...
Feel Good, Chico!
We Need You! Hello Chico! I need your help to make everyone's day a little better. We have a new Facebook group called Feel Good, Chico where we share a little of what makes us feel good. We already have a couple hundred and we hope to bring even more people together...
Let’s Support Each Other — Join Us On FB!
I'm at my chicken coop, and it's one of those things that fresh eggs and happy hens make me feel happy. We've got a cool Facebook group that I would love to invite you to its called Feel Good Chico. We've got a couple hundred people in there right now, and we just...
