Share   School is back in session and that means it’s time to hit the books again.  For some of you that also means a return to headaches, stiff necks and sore backs.  It doesn’t even take pulling an all-nighter to develop these types of problems.  In fact study pains can set in after just [...]

Share I just got back from spending the morning in Salem at a board meeting of the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners. I typically don’t attend these meetings since I am not a board member. But these are public meetings and today I had something to say. Recently the board doubled the training requirements for [...]

With Valentines Day just around the corner Body of Health has decided to offer COUPLES MASSAGE classes. Come learn how to do basic Swedish and Shiatsu massage techniques with a friend or loved one in this 2 hour class taught by one of our very own Licensed Massage Therapists.

The Mario Pastega House is Corvallis’s version of the world renowned Ronald McDonald House. These facilities exist for patients and families who have to travel from their home for hospital treatment and need housing. The Mario Pastega House is a single story 6,500 sq ft. facility which has been operating for the past 6 years to support people who are in a variety of situations including radiation treatment, cardio procedures, chemo therapy, or a family member in the hospital.

Share Today was the day and it was a beautiful one at that. Over 450 runners showed up to run in the New Balance Girls on the Run 5k race. The sun was shining and everybody was in a great mood. We usually show up and provide free chiropractic and massage services to the participants [...]

As a young girl Molly Barker watched her mom overcome alcoholism using a unique approach. Early each morning she would get up and go for a run. When she returned 45 minutes later she was energized and full of life. Running helped her to get her life back from a disease that consumes so many people.

This can be a real source of frustration for patients because they were expecting the romantic ER where some handsome young resident on his 3rd straight 12 hour shift, fresh from a passionate conversation with the trauma nurse he is dating from the day shift, comes to the rescue with a procedure which will solve all of their problems in under an hour (with commercials of course).

Share I’m starting this post about 24 hrs after the OSU Relay for Life started. I hoped to write sooner while all of the thoughts and recollections were more fresh but there are some good reasons that didn’t happen. The goal of this post is to share some things that I learned about life, myself [...]

While everybody else was building a shelter, I would be assembling an adjusting bench from coconuts, palm fronds and branches.

Maybe it hasn’t happened yet but a fact of life today is that cancer eventually touches each of us in some way. It has touched me in ways that will leave a mark forever.