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Stop Insomnia and get a restful sleep in less hours.

• Posted in Health, Insomnia, Pain on Jul 20, 2018

Recently, I've noticed a trend with patients coming into the office. I found at least 50% of my patients report that they do not wake up rested in the morning. They do not feel like they sleep well. I started to look online, do a little searching, and I found that 30% of Americans

Vestibular is balance. Cochlear is hearing. Dr. Ray Drury is help

• Posted in Dizziness, Ear, Vertigo on Jul 15, 2018

A recent study showed that 35% of Americans over 40 have some sort of inner ear or vestibular problem. Most of the time this is associated with vertigo or dizziness. 35%!  So over 1/3 of Americans over 40 have some degree of inner ear problem, vestibular, balance issues or vertigo

Tinnitus can lead to hearing loss. What can be done.

• Posted in Ear, Health, Hearing Loss, Tinnitus on Jul 10, 2018

We have recently had a bunch of people coming in with tinnitus, and I didn't realize the prevalence of tinnitus in the United States till I Googled it, and over 50 million Americans are suffering with tinnitus right now. Over 20 million have chronic tinnitus creating hearing loss.

What to do about infertility

• Posted in Infertility, Pediatric on Jun 28, 2018

Research has found that 12% of all couples in the United States have problems getting pregnant, problems with infertility. That's over 7 million couples having a hard time having a child. That's a lot. I didn't realize the numbers were that big until we started having quite a few people coming in to our office with infertility problems, getting pregnant

9% of Americans suffer from depression

• Posted in Depression, Health on Jun 15, 2018

Research now shows that 9% of Americans suffer from depression, 3.4% of them would classify as severe depression, possibly even with suicidal tendencies. That made me think, we have a lot of patients who to our office certain health ailments, pain, and a lot of times, depression is associated with that.

How Posture Effects Your Health

• Posted in Health, Posture on May 12, 2018

Did your Mama ever tell you, "Stand up straight? Stick your head up. Stick your chest out. Don't slouch. Quit stooping?" Or maybe even, "Boy, get your head on straight." Well, maybe they did. The problem is that a lot of times when your body, when your posture is off when your head's out in front of you when you're a little bit stooped when you have one shoulder lower than the other, it's not your fault.

Asthma & Chiropractic Treatment

• Posted in Asthma, Chiropractic on May 03, 2018

Asthma has become the most common and most costly healthcare condition in the United States. More than 17 million Americans have asthma in the United States, and that's costing our country over $13 billion a year. Over 10 million class days have been missed by students with asthma because they couldn't make it to school.

Autoimmune Diseases

• Posted in Autoimmune Diseases on May 01, 2018

Autoimmune disease in the United States is one of the fastest growing segments of healthcare or disease problems in America. We're finding more and more cases of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, conditions where the body's actually attacking itself.

Seizure disorders Charlotte

• Posted in Health, Seizure disorders on Apr 30, 2018

Seizure disorders. We've seen several hundred patients over the last 25 years with a variety of different seizure disorders like epilepsy. What I believe to be the culprit, of course, if you look it up, it's considered idiopathic and if you do research on where seizures come from, they don't really know.

Allergies season in Charlotte North Carolina

• Posted in Allergies, Asthma, Health on Apr 18, 2018

It's April and here in North Carolina and the pollen is flowing like crazy. You wake up every morning with a brand new yellow car, whether you want one or not. So let's talk a little bit about allergies and where do allergies actually come from.