Chiropractic

Nutrition is important for spinal health, especially in athletes. Relative energy deficiency syndrome (RED-S) can lead to the female athlete triad which can cause extreme fatigue and loss of bone density, and can have catastrophic consequences for spinal health in the future if not addressed.
 
Transcript: "The concept of nutrition, well nutrition can be adequate or inadequate, quote-unquote good or bad. So does nutrition specifically affect spinal health in athletes? Well, if we take away the component of adequate nutrition for health and well-being, in particular one of the conditions in athletes and especially female athletes that we concern ourselves with is relative energy deficient syndrome, RED-S. And RED-S is really important because it is a pathway to potentially what they used to call the female athlete triad. And one of the side effects or consequences of that can be extreme fatigue, but also loss of bone density, particularly in later life. And what we don't want to be doing is setting our athletes up for potentially catastrophic spinal health in future life because they are overexerting and under-feeding themselves during periods of high intensity or excessive volume in training."

My mentor, Frank, inspired me to become a chiropractor when he showed me the benefits of learning more than just one field. He encouraged me to look outside my wheelhouse and learn different therapies. He taught me that it never hurts to explore other options and that we should always be learning.
 
Transcript: "Alright, so my next question is what inspired me to become a chiropractor? My answer is actually two parts. There's a who and then there's a what. The who is a mentor of mine. I met him while I was doing a physical therapy assistant program because I was planning to go to PT school and this gentleman, his name is Frank, he was instantly relatable because he was so down-to-earth and willing to help but he also had such a diverse background within the PT community meaning he worked with pediatrics and geriatrics. He was a world-strong man, competitor and coach and even an athletic trainer for an NFL team, the 49ers at one time. But what I learned from him is that even though he had all that experience he was always still wanting to learn and when he discovered chiropractic and how that could further help his patients, he saw a huge benefit of it. So what he taught me is that we all have this myopic approach to what we like to do and sometimes we get caught up in that and it's helpful to explore things outside of our wheelhouse. He did that with chiropractic and actually encouraged me to look into chiropractic school while I was planning to go to PT school. The short version goes I ended up switching. Since then I went back and I've learned things with physiotherapy and so forth like that but he was my main inspiration and he taught me a valuable piece of information is that we should always be learning. So even as a chiropractor now that's why I've gone back to school and I've learned about neuroscience, visual therapy, vestibular therapy, all how these can interrelate. So I don't have this story of how chiropractic was awesome and it helped me get through a health ailment. I just have a story of someone inspiring me to look outside what I thought I knew was best and encouraged me to learn a little bit more. So if you're thinking of being a chiropractor I encourage you to look at both sides of that equation chiropractic and PT school and or if you're even thinking on visiting a chiropractor it never hurts to talk with someone it might be the answer for you or it might not."

I was inspired to pursue a career in chiropractic care by a mentor who taught me the importance of looking outside of my discipline for answers. He showed me that sometimes it takes a team to help people and that I should continue to learn outside of what I practice to help others.
 
Transcript: "All right, so the question is what inspired me to pursue a career in helping others through chiropractic care? This is kind of similar to a previous question I got. So I discussed meeting a mentor while I was pursuing education in physical therapy school and this particular mentor helped me to look outside of PT school and explore other modalities, other disciplines that would be potentially helpful. And he told me his story about how he could help people to a specific point and then when he integrated chiropractic care that they became so much better. And I'm sure if you speak with chiropractors there's going to be those people that say, hey chiropractic helped so much, but when we integrated physical therapy or allopathic medicine it helped them so much more. So the inspiration that helped me go to chiropractic school was a particular individual who is very, very, very intelligent that was willing to look outside of what he practiced in order to find answers to help other people. That lesson alone inspired me to start to research what chiropractic is, visit certain schools, and then I ended up going that route and actually learning chiropractic. So what really inspired me was a person, but the lesson that he taught me was that we always don't have all the answers within one discipline. It sometimes takes a team and if you don't have a team you can continue to learn outside what you like to practice or what you are practicing which could help others. So that's my answer."

When I say I hold sacred space for others in the healing process, I mean that I get to witness them from a place of love, compassion, and non-judgment. It is my honor to hold sacred witness to them and their healing journey.
 
Transcript: "Oftentimes in my wording you're going to hear me say that I hold sacred space for others in the healing process. I'd like to talk about what I really mean when I say I hold sacred space. And essentially when I am a witness to people's healing, I see, sense, and feel energetically their greatest vulnerabilities. So sacred space means to me that I get to witness them from a place of love, compassion, and non-judgment. I think ultimately as spirits living within a human home, all of us want to be witnessed on that level and very rarely do we create those environments for ourselves. So it is my honor to hold sacred witness to you and your healing journey."
 Energy Medicine 

I would never self-adjust as it can create hypermobility in different areas of the spine and can cause sprains and strains. It is also bad manners to pop your knuckles or back around other people. The best thing to do if you feel something is stuck is to seek out a chiropractor.
 
Transcript: "Hey it's Dr. Lisa Goodman. Given your expertise, what is one thing you would never do? I would never self-adjust. I see people all the time, people do it sometimes they sit on my table and they pop their low back, pop their neck different ways, even popping knuckles. Just won't do it. There's risk involved, creates a lot of hypermobility, meaning that some segments of your spine will become too mobile, while usually the problem segments become harder for us to work on because now we're working around the area that has become too mobile. I will say this, if you have the urge, the desire to self-adjust because something feels stuck, that's like the number one symptom of when you should see a chiropractor because then we can adjust the appropriate segment without creating hypermobility in other areas. The last thing I'll say about it, which I tell my youth patients, is that I think it's really bad manners to pop your knuckles and pop your back to other people, to the people around you. But there are dangers, you can create sprains and strains and you can really damage other tissues around those joints. So it's just not a good idea to be non-specifically self-adjusting yourself and I would never do it."

When working with someone with a high-risk pregnancy, precautions to take include changing techniques, reducing frequency and duration of care, and making sure that the person has a team of trusted providers to answer their questions. These steps are taken to ensure the safety of both parents and babies.
 
Transcript: "The question is what precautions do you take when working with someone with a high-risk pregnancy? So it also depends what the high risk is. Is it cholestasis? Is it a placenta issue, a cord issue? Is the baby breech? Is high blood pressure involved? What exactly do those risks look like? One, that could look like a change in technique that we use. So, we use a variety of different techniques in the office to make sure that we are doing right by our practice members, especially our practice members who are pregnant and are high risk, depending on, like say there's a placenta issue, depending on where the placenta is, if the mom is bleeding. Those are all things that we take into consideration is really using the type of technique, changing frequency or duration of care, making sure that our high-risk individual has a group of solid and trusted providers on their team. That is also a big thing as well, making sure that they are getting all of their questions answered is going to be huge. Usually someone who is high risk usually has a lot of questions and we want to make sure that they are answered or we put them in the right direction for the providers that can answer those questions because first and foremost, we want to make sure that we have healthy parents and then healthy babies as well. So, those are some of the precautions that we take with working with someone who is high risk. A lot of it is going to be the different techniques that we use to make sure that our practice members are kept safe, but also getting the results that they deserve."