Category: Clinic

In honor of daylight saving time

Posted on by xiachiropractic in Chiropractic, Clinic, Health

I’m going to take a pause from our regularly scheduled programming to offer some insights about sleep, with help from my friends at Tuck.

 

Around this time of year, every year, I hear people noting how much the one hour difference negatively affects their sleep. It made me think of all the others things that make sleep difficult. I’d like to direct you to three articles that are insightful and comprehensive.

 

  1. Does pain affect sleep?
  2. Is a soft pillow causing your neck pain?
  3. How to pick the best mattress for back pain.

 

I hope you enjoyed these resources. And if you do suffer from neck or back pain related to sleep, pillows, and/or mattresses, let me know at your next visit or make an appointment.

Posture

Posted on by xiachiropractic in Chiropractic, Clinic, Health

Posture fascinates me. As a child and through most of adulthood, I had terrible posture. My parents would constantly tell me stand up straight. While I also wanted to stand straight, it was just so difficult to do so. However, my parents would also remark that when I played the piano or the violin, I would stand so tall.

 

These days, I still don’t think I have great posture, but, just as when I was younger, I know that in certain situations, my posture is excellent. I now know how to achieve good posture, how to stand tall consciously, if not constantly. We learned much about posture in chiropractic school, but this article takes away the medical terminology and tells you what good posture looks like (tl;dr note the bullet points at the end). Using these points, simulate the posture in your body, hold, then relax. That’s how you teach yourself over time what posture feels like, so you can return to that state again and again, and maybe even make it your new normal.

 

P.S. A posture examination is part of every chiropractic examination that I do. Have you had your posture examined?

Closures (2018)

Posted on by xiachiropractic in Chiropractic, Clinic

The clinic will be closed on the following dates:

  • 15 January 2018 in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • 19 February 2018 in observance of the birthday of Washington.
  • 30 March 2018, to prepare for Passover.
  • 4 April 2018, because I have lots of baking to do for a Seder.
  • 28 May 2018 in observance of Memorial Day.
  • 4 July 2018 in observance of Independence Day.
  • 5 and 6 July, because I have a conference.
  • 22 August, because I will be meeting with a colleague.
  • 10 and 11 September 2018 in observance of Rosh Hashanah.
  • 19 September 2018 in observance of Yom Kippur.
  • 23 October through 8 November 2018.
  • 12 November 2018 in observance of Veterans Day.
  • 4 through 21 December 2018.
  • The third Thursday of the month. (Please note that I will be out of town on 20 December 2018, but I will see RARCC clients on 27 December 2018.)

The clinic will be open by appointment only on 22 and 23 November 2018, 25 December 2018, and 1 January 2019.

Have a good one!

Closures 2017

Posted on by xiachiropractic in Chiropractic, Clinic

From 7 to 9 September 2017, I completed the QME modules, offered by the ICAC in Irvine. I will be taking the QME competency examination on 21 October 2017, and will therefore be out of the office on that day. Wish me luck!

Additionally, the clinic will be closed from 26 October through 3 November 2017. I will be out of town those days.

And as a reminder, I will be out of the office on 21 and 22 September 2017, for Rosh Hashana.

Have a wonderful day!

Update: I will be out of town starting 4 December 2017 through 5 January 2018.

The clinic will open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on 24 and 25 November 2017.

Signs

Posted on by xiachiropractic in Chiropractic, Clinic

Things sure a looking more and more official around these parts.

This is the sign by the street and the other businesses you’ll find at the location.

This is my door sign. I like it.

A note on Chinese names. Displayed is my legal name. It’s very formal. Wei Wei is more informal, and it’s what I go by on a day to day basis.