By, Avon Chiropractor, Brian Nardi, DC It is pool closing time for many residents in the Farmington Valley. What will happen to your pool if you don’t close it correctly? Let’s say you don’t vacuum your pool, you don’t properly chlorinate it, or you don’t ever turn on the filter. What would you pool look […]
Subluxation
A Fishing Story
By, Avon Chiropractor, Brian Nardi, DC This is a story about the one that got away… and how to ensure it doesn’t happen again…. I recently received a referral from a practice member. This friend is a Simsbury Police Officer who is on workers compensation with low back issues. I made a call to this […]
Why the Term “Practice Member” vs. “Patient”?
By, Avon Chiropractor, Brian Nardi, DC We utilize the term Practice Member because ti best describes our ideal client. The term “patient” isn’t very fitting because as in medicine it insinuates a temporary nature. It gives the impression that our relationship is short term and predicated on something being “wrong” with you. It implies the […]
The TIC and the TOR
You may have noticed, or will notice in the future a capitalization of ChiropracTIC and ChiropracTOR. This is to separate the ‘TIC (chiropractic) and the ‘TOR (chiropractor). It is to remind us that ChiropracTIC is greater than and of greater importance than the ChiropracTOR. The premise and philosophy mean more to man than the (wo)man […]
What is an Adjustment?
By, Avon Chiropractor, Brian Nardi, DC An Adjustment (Adjustment) brings the body to balance. Broken down it is literally translated “Balancing, centering, of the mind. What does your mind need to be centered with? It needs to balance with your body and your spirit. An adjustment is moving A VERTEBRAE by hand. In fact, Chiropractic […]
What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic (Kiro-Prak-Tic) Chiropractic literally means “done by hand.” EVERYTHING in ChiropracTIC is done by the hands of the ChiropracTOR. Anything that isn’t done by hand isn’t Chiropractic. Machines and the use of them are NOT ChiropracTIC. To go deeper, ChiropracTIC consists of an Art (adjustment), Science (everything you can look up or read about) and […]
