I enjoyed his attention to describing what the root words for chiropractic stand for (Greek meaning ‘done by hand’). While the methods shown here are different than what we offer in our office, you can appreciate the fact that chiropractic is helping the body to heal itself – as the chiropractor in this video discusses.

When we remove the interference to the nerve system, the communication between brain and body is able to fully express itself and you are able to heal and function at your optimum.

So, enjoy this video of a recent Dr. Oz show where he talks about the spine and why you can benefit from chiropractic.

The Power of Self-Healing: Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days! Most of us are no strangers to health problems, illness, or pain, but what if there’s a solution to restore our well-being that doesn’t involve drugs, surgery, or other medical procedures? Well, there is, and you’ll find it within your own body. That’s right! Your body has a built-in capacity to heal itself-a remarkable system of self-repair that works day in and day out-and improving its ability to heal is within your control. Yet most people don’t fully grasp the body’s incredible power to heal itself, largely because traditional medicine has led us to believe that health comes from the outside in and not from the inside out. Did you know, for example, that approximately 50 percent of all illnesses, when left alone, will eventually heal themselves? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Fabrizio Mancini, an expert in self-healing medicine, shows you how to tap into your body’s own healing powers through:  Simple substitutions to your daily diet-foods called “strengtheners”-that can inspire your ability to self-heal The latest breakthrough supplements that can strengthen the self-healing capacities of your body New insights into how physical activity floods your body with natural healing substances The latest non-drug, non-invasive technologies that can bring you back to health The power of the mind and spirit to heal the body Inspiring stories of real-life self-healing A 21-day program to unlock your self-healing powers If you choose to take care of your body every day, it will reward you a thousand times over-improving your odds against everything from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; to arthritis, allergies, colds, late-winter flu, and more. Remember, you have the power to be and stay healthy because healing truly comes from within. The Power of Self-Healing will help you accomplish all this and more!

What is exciting about this to me, as a chiropractor in Gilbert, is that he is bringing the powerful message that healing comes from within to a much wider audience. With this exposure, many more people will get an appreciation for how they may benefit from chiropractic care. In fact, maybe you never realized that your thyroid gland was regulated by branches of  the same nerves that control motor function in your upper back and arms. Likewise, the digestive system’s function is regulated by the nerves that are in the area of your lower mid back (thoracic) and upper lower back (lumbar) regions. Gives you a whole greater appreciation for why that lower back pain should be addressed, doesn’t it?!

See, the thing is, chiropractic is not just for back pain, it’s for nerve function and health. When there are spinal subluxations (interference with the messages being carried along the nerves in your body), it affects the function of ALL systems in your body. This includes muscles, tissues, glands and organs. Pain is often an indicator that something is off in your body and needs to be addressed. When the nerves are ‘off’, your body is not functioning at 100%.

In fact, the term ‘subluxation’ comes from the root words ‘sub’ – less and ‘lux’ – light. So, really, subluxation means less light. Your health and ultimately your quality of life is dimmer when your spine has subluxations.  More and more health care practitioners are embracing these concepts. The reason is clear; the world is embracing these concepts!  

If your doctor still just wants to treat your symptoms with drugs, physical therapy or surgery, then they are practicing an old and out-dated model of healthcare. This is no longer the standard of care. Holistic medicine (sort of an oxy-moron) is the future of healthcare, no matter how it is implemented or debated in the national political climate.

As Dr. Fab talks about, health is a function of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions. A positive frame of mind, healthy diet, physical exercise and proper spinal health and function are all critical components to optimal health. Dr. Mancini’s title of the book recognizes one of the most powerful principles as it relates to your health.

Your own health is governed by this fact that your body is self healing. Every 5 days or so, the lining of your stomach is renewed. Every 120 days, your red blood cells are replaced. Taste buds every 11 days. In fact, 98% of all the cells of your body are replaced each year. The important point to consider is that this process follows a very exact program that it was designed to carry out.

Subluxations in your spine are signs that this program has gone awry and needs intervention to help you get back on track to better health once again. The good news is that your body is self healing! So, it doesn’t need any outside help, just no interference.  This is what chiropractors do – and we’re the only health care professionals that do it!

I’m not bragging, I’m just so passionate about this! I became a Gilbert chiropractor to help people live more pain free, healthier and happier lives. When the larger, more national media outlets pick up stories like this, it allows me and my colleagues to be of greater service to our community.

If you or someone you know is experiencing pain, tingling or numbness, problems with their GI system, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or a host of other symptoms and conditions, you may have subluxation(s) in your spine affecting the nerves that control the function of these areas. The only way to know is to have your spine examined.

Contact us at Infinite Healing Arts Center to schedule your consultation and examination to see if you would be a candidate for our unique care. We’d love to help you feel and function your best again! All the very best to you and your family!

I want to help you understand how something so gentle – that involves none of the traditional manipulation associated with chiropractic – can create large changes in relatively short periods of time.  That is, given the fact that you’ve likely been experiencing your pain or discomfort, tension and frustration for weeks to months, maybe even years, this gentle care can be amazingly effective – and rather quickly, in most cases!

Let’s define quickly for a moment, just to allay any misconception.  Many people experience changes in their symptoms within the first few weeks to month of care.  This is with several visits per week in the beginning of care.  In some cases, yes, people experience relief in just a few visits.  But, just the relief of pain does not indicate that we’ve fully addressed and dealt with your underlying factors that have lead to your pain in the first place.

This is what we’re really both after, isn’t it?  After all, you don’t want to settle for just chasing your symptoms around, finding temporary relief, only to have it return again and again.  This is why we see so many people leaving the traditional medical model behind.  It’s an old way to address health and well-being.

The irony or ‘proof’, if you will, is that even Western medical practitioners are seeking alternative methods of health care for themselves and their OWN family.  If we were seeing your doctor for care in our office, talked with them about their organic dietary choices, noticed that they were practicing yoga and the like, don’t you think it would be harder to accept their recommendation that YOU should take drugs, do physical therapy and get a surgical consult? Just something to think about.

Okay, here’s how it works in a nutshell…

The gentle touch that we use is all that is necessary to help cue your nervous system to create a connection with your brain.  This ‘connection’ has to to do with the fact that when our bodies cannot adequately handle the stresses from life – physical, mental/emotional or biochemical – it creates a tightening.  It tightens the tension being exerted on the nerve tissues of the spinal cord.

Because of how this tissue connects with your spine and other tissues surrounding it, your body will begin to tighten, creating more tension.  This whole process is known as adverse mechanical (spinal) cord tension (AMCT) and was described in the 1970s by Dr. Alf Brieg.  These models were then applied to the clinical application of Network Care to help explain how it is that such a light force can produce such a profound change in someone’s body.

This gentle touch or entrainment, as it is called, is applied to areas on the skin overlying areas of the spine where this tissue attaches to the spinal cord and spinal bones.  The force cues the brain to create a change in physiology to unwind the tension – this occurs through a change in breath and subtle movement of the spine and related tissues.

As you progress in care, you will notice other changes occurring in your body, your health and your life.  This is what all the research supporting Network Care shows and is reflected in my private practice since 1998.

So, that spinal degeneration that you’ve seen on your Xrays or the MRI findings showing those bulging discs of yours reflect the fact that this tension and the underlying reasons for your current pain have been going on for some time.  Not to worry!  You see, it’s never too late to get a handle on your health and well being.

To learn more about Dr. Michael J. Funicello, a chiropractor in Gilbert, AZ or to find out how we can help you, contact us today.  Thank you.

You see, if you’ve read my office blog for any length of time, you’d notice that there are relationships between a healthy spine, a healthy life and a healthier and happier you.  You might think this is a bit strange, I mean chiropractic is about your back, right?  Only partly.  What the spine is, is a conduit of information and your perception of how to experience the world around you.

Avenues like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other ways of more easily sharing these types of stories, videos and information have greatly helped bring these principles to more and more people’s consciousness.  In some respects, it is common sense.  That is to say, we know that our bodies are self-healing, we understand that a positive attitude is important, but there are few disciplines that deliver on the promise of actually helping you achieve these things.

As a Gilbert chiropractor, I get to work with families all the time.  Children respond very well to gentle Network Care because their developing nervous systems have an amazing ability to process new information.  The care we provide to children and families helps kids to more effectively develop the internal strategies and resources to be sensitive, receptive and attuned observers within their own body and to the world around them.  You might think of it like fine tuning an amazing instrument to then listen to the music that it brings to the world!  Beautiful thing to behold!

I’m so grateful to be able to bring this care to my community and I hope that this video and book by my friend in chiropractic, Dr. Demartini, helps you to discover your inner health, well being and inspires you to manifest your destiny!

Pay special attention to the spaces between the vertebrae – the disc spaces (dark) – as they become shorter in height. Notice how the spinal bones lose their smooth uniform shape around the edges to form more spurring and roughened sharp edges. Also, you’ll notice how the natural curve in the neck disappears and creates a more flattened and straightened appearance.

These changes can FEEL like less range of motion, a stiff or painful neck, headaches, tingling or numbness in the arms, hands or fingers – mimicking carpal tunnel syndrome. It could also present as upper back pain, a ‘hump’ in the upper back and a head carried forward on the shoulders posture.

What you’re seeing is simply the result of the types of physical, mental, emotional and biochemical stresses that we talk about in the office manifesting themselves as these long-term, degenerative changes to the spine. Understand, it isn’t postural problems that CAUSE these changes, it is a combination of the stressors just discussed.

Your posture is simply a REFLECTION of – or RESULT of – long-term stress and tension in the body. So, how do you help prevent this? Chiropractic care, of course! Specific, effective and gentle chiropractic is the approach we take in our office to help you.

What this care does is assist your body in unwinding the tension that builds within the tissues and muscles surrounding your spine that would lead to such degenerative changes. For the purposes of this article, understand that this video demonstrates how the spine changes shape due to these subtle, yet ‘real’ stressors of life.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor and has been serving the communities of the Southeast valley since 1998. He continues to help people of all backgrounds and health conditions find relief from their pain and regain their life again. If you’d like to find out how we can help you, contact us today!

When I first came across Love Drop on Facebook, I was immediately drawn to their message.  Basically, they are a giving organization that centers around the core concept of “spend a dollar, change a life”.  I think what most captures my emotions and tickles my heart is probably their name itself.  I just can’t help but get behind the idea of ‘dropping some love’ on people.

The people and families they help are done so with love.  This is the backdrop for why I am so inspired by them.  It just feels different.  We each truly have the ability to change the world. A recent quote I just came across gave me a moment to ponder…

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. —John Wooden

Isn’t that so true?  Life is all about the connections we make along the way.  Being part of community is what this ‘thing called life’ is all about.  You can be a part of the Love Drop community for as little as $1 and know that you are making a difference.  How is this group or organization any different than others you might support?  Well, you’ll just have to go there and check them out – you have to do some of the work yourself

In fact, I’ve been inspired to include a monthly article from them highlighting the person or family whom they’ve chosen to drop some love on that month as well, here on my site.  If you get the same warm fuzzies, you can add your blog, too.

It’s just a simple premise that is so easy to do. You want a happier, more fulfilled life? – connect more with others.  Others that are living the lives that they want to be living, too.  If you don’t know where to begin, start within your own bodymind.  This is where connection starts.  It is the seedling of it all.  When you are able to connect within yourself and know yourself more deeply, you can share your true gifts and talents with others and the world.

This is what Network Spinal Analysis care does.  It’s why I do it and receive it myself.  Regularly.  If there was something more powerful and amazing than this work, I’d follow my heart and want to be offering that to people I love and care about. I’m just that passionate about helping people discover their true health potential and ability to enjoy a more vibrant life.

If you’re visiting my site for the first time, somehow stumbling here simply looking for a chiropractor in Gilbert, then this is your message.  Stop reading, pick up your phone and call us at 480.558.1560.  We are waiting to hear from you!  I’m ready to outcare any doctor you’ve ever seen!  Thanks for checking out Love Drop and I look forward to meeting you real soon.

It’s about connecting with others!

Connection, sharing, helping and truly serving others is what these social media tools – like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others – are all about. You can’t just build a business Facebook page, create some type of all out marketing campaign to get people to like it and then assault them with your same product or service offerings and expect to build relationships.

The same is true of Twitter.  You can get a lot of people to follow you with all types of special offers, but if you just tweet out ads, product offers and such, you’ll turn people away.

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The difference between these tools and print media or television is that they are ‘alive’. They require connecting with other human beings. These people have lives, families, emotions, needs and dreams. Having someone like your page just so you can pitch them more of your stuff is an approach that is unsustainable.

Gone are the days of the Mad Men advertising approaches, ala Don Draper. Marketing and advertising are still necessary parts of business, but the social tools are meant for connecting.

If you can imagine these tools like cocktail parties, then it makes more sense. By having a dialogue or conversation with someone regarding some need or challenge they’re having, you’re much more likely to bond with them. If you’ve never met them, you may even open up the opportunity of forming a new friendship. If you went to that party and just passed out cards, pamphlets and pitched your product ideas, you’d likely be seen in a much different light. Who knows, you may even sell a thing or two. But, at what long-term cost to you or your business?

Why do I bring this up? After all, I’m just a chiropractor in Gilbert, Arizona. I bring it up because I’m in love with the idea of connecting with people. I’m totally fueled and inspired by connecting with people who are passionate about their life, their work and want to continue to grow as people. With the limited time we all have, these types of tools allow us to potentially connect with more people. It doesn’t matter if these people live in our community or state, I’m always happy to refer people to other Network Spinal Analysis practitioners around the U.S., Canada and the world! My farthest referral, so far, has been Germany.

Another interesting point…
The man who really brought chiropractic to the world was the son of the father of chiropractic (D.D. Palmer) and his name was B.J. Palmer. In 1922, he purchased a radio station in Iowa called WOC (Wonder of Chiropractic) so he could broadcast the message of hope and healing through chiropractic to the world.

In fact, future President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, was given his first broadcast job by Dr. Palmer to broadcast sports on WOC. B.J. later purchased another radio station in Des Moines, Iowa called WHO (With Hands Only) in 1930. Television stations followed.

So, I suppose you could argue that these new tools are great ways of connecting with more people and to help continue the spread of the message of chiropractic to the world. If I can ever be of service to you or someone you care about, please contact me and I’ll do whatever I can to help.  You can find me on these social channels using the icons in the sidebar.

What and how you can connect with people can be facilitated greatly by these tools.  I think that these can actually help us become more social, not the other way around as common thought/naysayers might have us believe.  That’s a discussion for another article, however.

What I want to share with you in this article is the culmination of work by a fellow named Luis von Ahn.  I had never heard of Luis until I watched (yet another) an amazing ‘Ted video’ – the one you see below.  I’m addicted to these videos!  So much great inspiration and material to entertain and enlighten!

In any case, Luis is one of the minds behind the internet security feature known as the ‘CAPTCHA’.  If you’re not familiar with this bit of software, where have you been?  Just kidding, it is just so prevalent online. What it does is ensure that you are an actual human being that is entering information into a form, rather than some computer program or malicious code doing such.  It helps keep information secure.

Here’s Where It Gets Interesting…

Well, what this man ‘discovered’ is that it takes about 10 seconds to fill out a CAPTCHA.  In his eyes, 10 seconds that is wasted.  So, what he set out to do is utilize that mere 10 seconds to solve some of the world’s problems.  Namely, he and his team figured out a way to digitize books using that 10 seconds and the CAPTCHA form.

The most amazing part is that YOU helped them do the work of digitizing these books!

Every time that you entered those two strange looking words into the CAPTCHA form you helped the computers ‘learn’ a word that could not be digitized or ‘understood’ before – it’s all in the video.

Great Innovation Number Two

So, now he and his colleagues are set to work on another big project – translating the entire internet.  I hear what you’re saying, no big deal.  Of course, I’m joking – the entire internet!!  Are you kidding?!  Again, it’s all in the video above.  It’s called Duolingo.com.  This site helps you learn a new language all while helping to translate pages on the internet.

How This Relates to Network Care…

While I’m inspired by people that create such large contributions, I’m also equally inspired by the more local members of my practice and community that share their personal gifts each day.  Every time that someone new begins Network Spinal Analysis care in our office, it allows me the opportunity of meeting yet another amazing and awesome person.

As this person releases the tension held within their bodymind, they are becoming more and more of their authentic self.  The tension that kept them trapped in their experience of pain or suffering is liberated and they’re able to more fully share their passion and gifts with those around them.

This is what life is all about.  This is what Network Chiropractic is all about.  And, it’s why as a chiropractor in Gilbert, I’m eternally grateful for having the opportunity of caring for you and those you love.  Thank you.

When surfing around researching other points for this topic, I happen to come across a series of interviews with David Kelley.  I had never heard of him, but what he expresses in these brief videos are points that we need to address if we want to create real, lasting and sustainable changes in our lives and in the world.

Of particular interest to me was his discussion on creativity.  This is one of those topics that I find incredibly invigorating.  I am fueled and energized when working with people who have a passion for what they’re doing or who are truly excited by the possibilities in life.  There are many people that talk about the ‘real world’ but have as their notion that this means hard, difficult, painful, challenging or evil.  While we could all find examples of such things, creativity and passion can truly change the world.

While some wouldn’t think of chiropractic as a way of personal transformation or growth, it can be.   If the gifts in you and available to you in life are bound up in the tension of your body, then you will have a much more difficult – impossible – time truly sharing those gifts and passions with others.

What David points out is that we need to re-evaluate and re-design aspects of our workplace and culture to allow for the more natural flow of ideas and concepts that once existed.  Much like other great innovators, like the recent article I posted about the culture Steve Jobs created, David points us in the right direction.  I encourage you to watch this video and follow them to help you discover your own creative energy and insights in life.  Then, share them with the world!

This sharing of one’s gifts is the ultimate of human needs.  We want more money, more time, more freedom, more, more more….but what ultimately nourishes us and helps us feel at peace is love and greater connection.  To the degree that we are connecting with people in ways that help us each share and express our passions and gifts, we are truly happy and fulfilled in life.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor, one of only a select few in the state of Arizona that provides Network Chiropractic care.  For more information about what this is or how it can help you to live the life you want, contact us today. I look forward to meeting you in person very soon.

One thing he mentioned that really stuck with me was the way he described how Steve did what he did.  He described this as the way Steve created a “reality distortion field”.  Isn’t that so cool!  What he went on to describe was how this distortion field actually shaped the people and culture of Apple.  This company literally formed (materialized?) simply by the energy and presence of this man and what he created.

Well, this really struck me because it is what the culture of true well being is.  This sense of community is what is so important.  It’s important for new ideas, great relationships and productive teams.  There is nothing that this type of energy is not useful for.

Yet More Innovation…

On November 11^th of 2011, I had the opportunity to attend the Tedx Phoenix event.  There were a number of great speakers and enlightening presentations.  I was particularly awed by a woman by the name of Kelli Anderson.  She is a designer/artist who spends her time looking at ordinary objects in extraordinary ways.

The thrust of her talk had to do with creating ‘disruptive wonder’ as she called it.  What she meant was that by seeing ‘old’ things in ‘new’ ways, we would be forced to reinterpret their essence.  Just as one example, she transformed the concept of the wedding invitation to a functional record player – using the paper of the invitation itself – that played a song the couple had chosen to play at their wedding.  In this way, she helped us disrupt the normal flow of thoughts and concepts we have about paper and wedding invitations.

This is what happens when there is noise or tension in the tissues of your bodymind.  The tension is dysfunctional in a sense.  If it exists for any length of time, it creates an altered way for you to experience your life and well being.  Network Spinal Analysis care allows you to disrupt this process, creating an entirely new possibility for experiencing and creating your new reality.  This is truly wonderful!

So, you see, chiropractic and creative geniuses like Steve Jobs and Kelli Anderson have a lot in common.  They are all involved with the expression of a new view of reality.  In terms of how this is expressed in our office, what I see is the release of old tension and patterns of dysfunction in the body that melt away, opening up and allowing for a transformed self.  This allows for your true essence to emerge and express itself more fully in your body and in your life.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, contact us today to get started.  You’ve got everything to gain and a lot of old patterns that could use some creative ‘disrupting’.  Until we meet…