Doctor’s Blog

Karen Erickson, DC ..American Chiropractic Association Well-designed studies have shown that chiropractic care (often just called “chiropractic”) is at least as effective -- and sometimes more effective -- than traditional medicine for treating certain types of...

Often times we take for granted what is actually taking place during a chiropractic adjustment.  After all it only takes a few minutes.  So what does actually happen?  Why does it make people feel so much better?  Let’s take a look. First, I use my hands to evaluate...

You remember the story.  The big bad wolf comes for the 3 little pigs.  He comes to the straw house and blows it down.  He comes to the stick house and blows it down.  But when he comes to the brick house he “huffs and puffs” but try as he may, the house wouldn’t...

As we celebrate 10 years of service here at Braddock Chiropractic I thought I would share the story of how I came to be a chiropractor in the first place. I was a sophomore in high school and it was two-a-days in August. I made a big tackle in practice and felt a...

In 1975 Ronald Pero, PhD, chief of cancer prevention research at New York’s Preventative Medicine Institute,discovered that various DNA-repairing enzymes could be significantly altered following exposure to carcinogenic chemicals.  He found strong evidence that an...

Imagine an empty coke can.  A perfect round cylinder that is amazingly STRONG! Did you know an empty coke can can hold 116 lbs of pressure before buckling? Isn’t it amazing that an empty can that weighs only half and ounce can hold up 116 lbs! The reason the can is so...

I had someone ask the question last week so I thought I would share how it is that Braddock Chiropractic ended up in Van Alstyne. For those that don’t know, I was born and raised in Van Alstyne and as much as I loved it, I had NO intentions of coming back here to...

It’s a gruesome question, I know.  But here is why I ask… Did you know that if you calculate all the men’s and women’s shoe size in the United States and take the average that the “average” shoe size is a size 9? It’s true. This is where it becomes important for us to...