As a chiropractic office that sees a large number of kids, we are often asked by new patients, “How does chiropractic care help babies and children? I thought you guys treated back pain.” While it is true that we do help people who have back pain, chiropractic care is much more than just that, especially [...]

We absolutely love it when patients bring articles and clippings from newspapers and magazines about health in to us. This week we received two articles one from the Sun-Times and one from the Tribune discussing the same thing: the fact that alternative medicine use is one the rise here in the US. In fact, nearly [...]

Many of you have heard us speak about the need to both reduce the stress in your life, and to enhance the ability of your body to handle stress. You may have listen and thought, “Yeah, I get it, but how?” Of course, you already know the answer: exercise, healthy eating, living purposefully, being under [...]

When I returned to town on Sunday night, I found on my doorstep an excellent article from Wednesday’s Chicago Tribune. It outlined a study from the University of Chicago Medical Center that found that “At least 2.2 million older adults in the U.S. take medicine in combinations that could trigger dangerous drug interactions, causing gastrointestinal [...]

Originally Written November 5, 2008 Last night as I was watching Barack Obama’s speech after winning the 2008 election I began to reflect on the past year and to look forward to the future. No matter what side you were on I think we all can agree that our nation is at a crossroads, and [...]

Welcome to McKinley Chiropractic’s new Wellness Blog. We plan on using this space to keep you, our valued patient, informed on current events, health care trends, and on our thoughts on health and wellness. Please check back frequently and feel free to comment. We hope to develop a community of patients, friends, and family members [...]