Dr. Chris Asks some important questions of interest to Alameda residents - Chiropractor Alameda Dr. Chris Asks...

What's the difference between chiropractic and medicine?
Medical treatment focuses on the disease or the symptom. Chiropractic focuses on the person with the disease or the symptom. Medical treatment usually involves changing blood chemistry. Chiropractic involves restoring nervous system integrity. Medical doctors prescribe medicine. Chiropractors adjust the spine—a common source of nervous system interference.
How does headache medication find the headache?
It can't! Chiropractors know that when you ingest a drug and it enters your bloodstream it numbs or deadens your entire body. Chiropractic adjustments, on the other hand, are specific, targeted and delivered with precision.

Children's Health Issues Articles

Each month, Dr. Christopher Pieda publishes a new article related to childrens health. Here are some links to the current article and to previous months' articles.

Month
Article
October 2008
Relaxing Bedtime Rituals
September 2008
Is Your House Too Clean?
August 2008
Be Proactive With Peer Pressure
July 2008
Healthy Snacking? You Bet!
June 2008
Are Growing Pains Real?
May 2008
Infant Fever and Natural Immunity
April 2008
Ban on TV for Children?
March 2008
Pediatric Drug Dosing
February 2008
Chores For Children
January 2008
Ear Tubes
December 2007
Dental Health For Children
November 2007
Childhood Ear Infections
October 2007
ADD/ADHD Is It Real?
September 2007
Is Weight Cutting Safe?
August 2007
Can Chiropractic Help Fevers
July 2007
Bedwetter
June 2007
Difference Between Colic and Normal Crying
May 2007
Why Germs Don’t Cause Disease…
April 2007
Doctor Recommends Tonsillectomy
March 2007
Obese Children – Not So Cute!
February 2007
Does Wearing a Helmet Protect My Child?
January 2007
Infant Mortality
December 2006
Is Birth Trauma Reaching Epidemic Proportions?