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Dr. Brian Blower (Chiropractor) is ready to assist you with your back pain and your overall health

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:36:51 EDT

Freeport, Grand Bahama , The Bahamas - Dr. Brian Blower, DC, with almost 40 years experience in the health and healing profession is ready to help you with your back pain and overall well-being. His office is located at the IAT Center across from the Rand Hospital (back street).

Founding member of Applied Kinesiology Canada. Founding member of Bahamas Association of Chiropractic (BAC) ...

Children and Chiropractic

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:20:18 EDT

As the sapling is bent so grows the mighty oak.

Taking it for granted that our children are growing well and will be attaining the full potential of their bodies may be foolish. Look at their posture, others do.

If you find yourself constantly reminding your child to “sit up straight” or poking your finger in their back with the “quit slouching” command, maybe it is time to seek out a professional’s opinion about their growth progression.

Chiropractors are trained to evaluate posture and are experts at measuring and grading your child’s growth. They can also do something positive to stop and change many of the shortcomings which lean the body over and cause slouching and poor posture...

Down but not out

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:13:04 EDT

A young woman arrived outside our clinic the other day and couldn't get out of the car for she was having acute lower back muscle spasms and pain. That in itself isn't too uncommon here on Grand Bahama Island for like anywhere back muscle spasms and lower back pain are ubiquitous in nature. But what made this case of immediate interest was that she was crying out and shrieking loudly as her husband tried in vain to help her. We don't get that much vocal screeching with our patients and their pain so I was paternally alerted.

Somehow her husband got her to stand and by holding on to his back she was half carried down the short hall to my treatment room. No case history, get that as we go along, this girl had ...

When to Start on Your Road to Health

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:23:01 EDT

A mother brought her son in to see me a few years ago for he was experiencing pain in his lower back and leg. The son was then only 11 years old and although he was a large boy for his age he didn’t differ much from the genetics of his mother.

After an initial consultation and exam to determine his cause of leg and back pain I suggested to the mom that her son will have ongoing problems with his legs and lower back unless she helps us by actively partaking in a program to solve and then maintain his lower spine’s strength and integrity. I expressed concern over his immediate need for treatment through chiropractic adjustments of his lower back and also his upper spine too, right at the top of it as it is joined to the head...

You are what you Eat

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:39:38 EDT

I was walking towards the meat counter in one of our local food stores the other day and a woman that I didn’t recognize stopped me and asked if I approved of the steak she was holding and was wishing to buy.

I looked at it and thought “nice” and said the same to her, whereupon she promptly smiled and put it into her cart. She then said “So you approve of red meat Dr. Blower?” To which I replied “Not if it is ground.”

“Why should that make a difference?” she inquired. And I told her of the unfortunate problems that happen upon us when we are not vigilant with our diets. Ground processed foods, like hamburger, have given up much of their potential...