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.

I like the idea, promoted there, of calling them solutions.  If you think about it, look at the words themselves; solution, resolution.  One is primary and the other almost has a re-dundant factor.  In other words, the solution solves the problem or issue and the re-solution would be like a second try, because the first didn’t work out quite well enough. Sometimes, refining is a good thing, but let’s aim higher together.

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You get the idea.  So, this year, I’m making some solutions to give myself a better ability to share what I love in life.  I’m going about this by creating a large, spearheaded goal called “Sharing is Caring and Caring is Sharing”.  Then, I’ve got several ways about carrying this ultimate solution through.

The motivation you ask?  I’ve been playing too small in life.  In other words, I haven’t been giving life my all. It’s a hard truth to face, putting it in writing (and sharing it) is really helping me to step up the game, so to speak.  I’m motivated by people in life that are living their passions and I’m excited by the possibility of helping you do the same.

I’m fortunate enough to be able to do what I love and share that gift with others.  You can do the same!  However, there are reasons why you may be feeling limited in your ability to do so.  Maybe you don’t even know what your passions are anymore. Watch the video of Dr. Demartini in this post to learn some great tips and ideas.

It’s strange, but some people have just been doing the status quo for so long, they’ve sort of given up on their dreams or think of it as child fantasy.  I find that sad.  I want to help people express more of their passion and human spirit through their body and in their life.  This is what the world needs now more than ever.

It may help if you can come up with some problem that you’d like to solve.  It could be related to work, a relationship, your finances, weight-related, health or fitness related or it could be more spiritual in nature.

My ‘problem’ is that I’d like to share what I do with more people.  Since I’m only one guy and I’m inside my office for a greater part of the week, how can I do this?  I’ve come up with some ways I can think of, maybe you can share more with me.  I’d love that!

Network Spinal Analysis care has really helped me to live a more vibrant, expressive and connected life.  I know that I’m healthier and happier when I am receiving it than when I’m not.  If you’ve been on the receiving end of Network Care, then you probably feel the same way that I do.

This is actually one way that you can help; share your Network Care experience with your friends and family.  It’s okay if they don’t live near my office, I’d love to refer them to someone in their part of the country or world if that is the case.  Like I said, I want to share what I do with more people, they don’t have to just be people in my local community (though, that’s fun, too )

My other main solution is by utilizing the Twitter and Facebook universe.  I have been more of a casual user, posting interesting things from time to time, but I want this to be more of a regular activity.  I want to share my experiences, insights and findings with you more than ever.

I come across and participate in areas that you may not and I learn a lot from these pursuits.  I hope to share more of these with you with the goal of enhancing your life as well.  My solution is to post daily – to these platforms – something of value.   Something enriching to you.  Something that you’d be excited to share with those you love and care about, too.

Other solutions include more regular lectures outside the office and more community gatherings inside the office.  Hopefully, you’ll  be able to attend some or all of them!  I’m looking forward to connecting with you more in the coming year!

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.

This is just as true in your life, of course.  What we do as adults is try to make excuses for why we don’t have this in all areas of our lives.  You need to have a love and passion for your work as well.  Loving relationships are equally as important.  Who you hang around with and stay in an intimate relationship with all affect how much happiness and joy you will experience in life.  These are all indisputable truths.

So, how does this have anything to do with your child and their nervous system? Everything!  There have been other studies that show how developing fetuses begin wiring for the environment in which they will find themselves after birth.  This is all the way nature intended.  If your mother experienced very stressful or traumatic times while you were growing inside of her womb, your world outside of mom appears as she experienced with you.

In other words, the world is perceived through your mother first, then through your own ability to experience it, by way of your nervous system.  If you are being raised in a loving home with a safe and nurturing environment, you will have a greater ability to wire your nervous system for these types of experiences in the world (the one outside your home as you grow up).

If, on the other hand, you experience that same stressful place that your mother was experiencing while you were developing, then you, too, will begin wiring this into the ‘perception filter’ of your brain and spinal cord – the main conduits of your nervous system.

There is a whole new wave of research in the field of ‘epigenetics’.  This field is about studying the ways in which your genes express themselves. You see, just because you have the gene for “_______” (fill in the blank:  obesity, diabetes, cancer, poor cardiac health, pick your disease du jour) DOES NOT mean that you will ‘get’ the disease itself.

“How can this be” you may be wondering, “I have the gene”.  It happens because lifestyle is a greater factor than even the gene itself.  Some estimates put lifestyle as the 80% and the gene itself as the 20% relative to the percentage of influence on the condition showing up.

This is why we emphasize caring for your nervous system through gentle and effective Network Chiropractic.  Chiropractic is not about the bones, joints, discs or muscles only – those are like the genes.  What we seek to correct or adjust is the way your nervous system is functioning.  Always has been, always will be our goal at Infinite Healing Arts Center.

Your child deserves the chance to express their perfection that was born within them.  They have the ability to express that beauty and creation through them if no interference to the process exists.  Your child experiences the world through you.  If you are living out of line with your true purpose, passions and love, don’t you think they will feel this?  Of course they do.  We find that families receiving care together create the strongest and consistent healthy changes over the long term.

If you have ever wondered about chiropractic and children, contact us today and we’ll be happy to provide you with the answers you are looking for.  Chiropractic is not a treatment of specific conditions per se, but even if you’re just wondering if it’s true that chiropractic can help with ear infections, bed wetting, scoliosis, emotional well being or just allowing the optimum expression of health and life to shine through your child’s bright beautiful eyes, call us today.

In many cases, you can prevent injuries requiring more extensive treatments.

Stretching

This is one of those things that many people will simply not do.  If you could do something that is relatively simple and easy to accomplish at home, wouldn’t you do it?  Well, why aren’t you doing it, then? Maybe you don’t know how.

Depending upon the types of stretching you require, you may find that doing them at home is a great way to go.  Let’s focus on the legs, back and shoulders.  These are the most common areas where many golfers can use it the most.

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The hamstrings are typically tight in many males, especially those who run or play a lot of golf.  These same muscles can become ‘shrunk’ from sitting for much of the day in the office.  A simple set of stretches could include you sitting on the floor with your legs extended, either together in front of you or spread open a bit.  Straight out in front of you will be targeting both at the same time.  If you have them spread, you can isolate one more easily, then the other.

The stretch involves reaching toward your toes.  Don’t be too concerned if you reach them, just yet.  You can hold the sides of your thighs or underneath, supporting your hamstring muscles.  You want to hold the position for a count of 10 full breaths.  Feel your breath move as fully and freely through your abdomen, lower back and upper spine as you can.  Slowly uncurl as you release to finish your stretch.

While this stretch will also gentle stretch your lower back, you can add others to help with the twisting motion that is a big part of your golf swing.  With this one, you’ll lay on your back with one of your knees bent.  Then, with your arm on that same side extended out away from your body, bring that opposite knee across your body toward the floor.  This will create a stretching in your lower back area.

In terms of your shoulders, tightness can really put a strain on your ability to fully appreciate a smooth swing plane.  The best stretch you can do for your shoulders is to do an alternating stretch of each one.  Start by having the arm of the shoulder you want to stretch extended straight out in front of you, then use the hand of your other arm to pull that straightened arm across your body.

You can also use a light weight dumbbell (3-5 pounds) to create a gentle pulling of your shoulder joint.  You support your body, by placing your other hand on a chair, couch or table to create a space where you can hang the weight.  Then, use your body to create gentle circles with the weight.  You can do reps of say 30 rotations of the weight going  clockwise, then start swinging the opposite direction for another 30 reps.

Combined, these stretches can help you eliminate many of the muscular components of leg, back and shoulder pain as it relates to golf or other sports, for that matter.

One thing we haven’t addressed in this article, but you’ll find elsewhere on our site is mention of supervised care in the office.  We offer Network Chiropractic care, a very gentle and effective form of care that has been shown to assist both novice and professional athletes to develop more body awareness and ease in their chosen sports.  An improved ability to be aware of your body and how to move and perform will also decrease injury and improve your stamina during the round.  Ever notice how those last few holes can be draining?

If you’d like to learn more about the research or many other benefits to Network spinal care, then feel free to peruse our site or contact us today to make your initial evaluation.

Hitting longer drives means needing full flexibility in your spine and body.

If the top athletes receive care, why do you think they are where they are.  They best of the best in any field excel in their chosen vocation because they do what it takes to continuously propel themselves forward.  You might not be a professional athlete, but you can still help your game excel and also excel in other areas of your health and life through chiropractic.

Back to the topic at hand here, longer drives.  The best way to get longer distance off the tee is to get your swing consistency honed.  One of the best ways to do this is to help your body be free of tension; muscular tension and spinal tension.

The spine is an interesting part of the body.  It consists of several components; bones, muscles, nerves and protective connective tissues.  The spinal cord and brain are the only organs in the body that have their own bony protection; they’re just that important and vital to life.

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The problem is that when the spine develops or stores tension from various stressors in life, the tissues around the spine can become more rigid, spastic and less flexible.  This will lead to changes in range of motion as well as posture.  With altered curves and muscular tension, you have little hope of really uncorking the golf ball, so to speak.

If the thought of chiropractic is either foreign to you or you fear the idea of having your spine ‘popped’ or ‘cracked’, then you can put that one to rest.  At Infinite Healing Arts Center, we offer a style of care known as Network Chiropractic that helps your body to dissipate and unwind this spinal tension.

Think of it like a decompression chamber for your spine.  Press the right button (places along your spine) and feel the tension melt away.  Of course, like all things in life, unless you change the underlying reasons for how or why the tension is developing, on going care will help you to perform at your best.  So, before you quit your job, change your relationship and get all new clubs, contact us to make your initial evaluation. If you’re like so many others we’ve seen, you’ll be enjoying your game and a greater sense of well-being in no time.

Back pain and other injuries are common in the golf profession as well.

In this article, we’ll discuss some of the more common back pain golf injuries and what you can do about them.  Like with all health care information you find online, it would be prudent to contact your local health practitioner that you trust to help you figure out the nature of your pain.  Many back pain symptoms present in similar ways, so it’s always best to have a good diagnosis before coming up with your own treatment plan.

Back Pain

This is one of the highest injury categories in golfers.  It also happens to be common among the general population.  It is estimated that 80% of the population will experience back pain at some point in their life.  If you play golf, it always seems to happen right before or during your round, doesn’t it?

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The common areas are the lower back near the pelvis and upper back pain, between the shoulder blades or in the shoulder joints themselves.  While neck pain and other joints, like the knees, wrists and elbows can become involved, we’re going to be focusing on the spine.

Injuries to the lower back often are the result of poor form or posture during the swing.  They can also be due to swinging too hard and other aspects relating to mechanics.  It can be a chicken or the egg type of dilemma.  It is well known, now, that posture is more of a reflection of what level of tension our body holds unconsciously than any conscious attempt we are making.  The good thing is, you can set up properly in your stance and make sure that you are balanced prior to your swing to help with this.  However, making sure that your body is free of spinal tension is the key to a more fluid and full golf swing.

Pain in the upper back regions are often due to muscular spasms, trigger points or spinal joint shearing.  The repetitive nature of the swing makes it critical that the muscles are at ease and the joints of the spine can be moving smoothly.  Hydration is a key component to much of this as well.  In many areas, like where we are located in the desert, golf is very popular.  It also is one of the most dry and arid climates, so care should be taken to stay well hydrated.

A common form of back pain can be the result of the joints of the spine being irritated or locked in their ranges of motion.  This is called facet syndrome and it can be extremely painful to move in most any range.  It is more common in the lower back, but the upper back and neck can be areas as well.

To have your initial evaluation regarding the nature and depth of your back pain or golf injury, contact us today.  We offer an exciting and progressive form of care known as Network Chiropractic.  Learn more about it on our site and schedule your appointment.  You’ll be back on the course and, hopefully,  shooting lower scores in no time.

While we are both equally excited about her back pain relief, there are so many more exciting implications for what she has experienced. Do you think chronic pain relief is even possible? Well, many people don’t and so they go from doctor to doctor looking for solutions. I think that what this woman shares so beautifully is just how Network Care can help people with a variety of conditions and symptoms but who maybe have some ‘limiting’ beliefs about what it takes to heal.

If you’re experiencing issues with back pain or fibromyalgia or lack of energy or zest for your life, know that these same types of results are possible for you, too. As your Gilbert chiropractor, let me be your guide on this healing journey. Until then, enjoy this amazing personal story.

Hello Dr. Mike,

You are such a blessing,
Lots of love,
D

What is happening as a result of those gentle Network Chiropractic Care entrainments or contacts is that his nervous system – brain and spinal cord – are more effectively coordinating the information being sent through all the cells and tissues of his body.

All stress in the body – stored as vibrational tension is literally unwinding and dissipating during the beginning course of care.  This beginning level of care is known by several names, but the term “Basic” or “Discovering” care are the most common terms that reflect what is happening during this stage.

In the next level of care, your body begins to develop a more refined and rhythmic way of dissolving long held, chronic patterns. These patterns are part of what has kept you feeling stuck and limited in your expression of ease and freedom in your health, body and life. This is the beginning of a possible transformation in the way that your body – how you – adapts to life.

As you continue to live this newly transformed life, both in regard to your health and your overall well-being, you’ll notice that you feel other things changing in your life. Where you once might have been more focused on yourself, you can now more easily feel the connection with others. You can begin to experience your inner human spirit expressing itself!

You can enjoy a greater sense of ease, less pain and more life enjoyment within the first month of beginning care! The only way to get started is to fill out your paperwork and call us at 480.558.1560 to schedule your initial consultation and evaluation. As your Gilbert chiropractor, it would be an honor to help you heal and regain your vitality and zest for life, free of pain and frustration. The sooner you call, the quicker we can help. See you soon…

So, if you are thinking about beginning care and you need a little ‘proof’ to help you make the call, have a look at just a sample of what just some of the members of Infinite Healing Arts Center have to say. You might even read about how someone’s life was affected by Network Spinal Analysis chiropractic care in ways that you had never considered.

This is how many people end up telling their friends, co-workers and other people about our office and the care we provide. We would like nothing more than to be able to post your story here someday and celebrate with you as you experience your life again, free of the aches, pains or frustrations you’ve felt for probably quite some time. We believe that sharing a personal story of success with Network Chiropractic (or any personal breakthrough) is one of the most inspiring things we can share with another person. At our Gilbert chiropractic office – Infinite Healing Arts – we are grateful that we are able to be a part of all of these individuals’ lives and we thank them for the courage to share their personal stories here with you.

“Don’t ask what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

~Walt Whitman