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Platinum Nutrition Program to Create Healthy Habits

For many of us, once the holiday season is in full swing, our diet and nutrition goals fly right out the window. But not to worry, we have your back!

Platinum Nutrition Program to Create Healthy Habits

An Ounce of Prevention — Beat Holiday Stress

Many people find the end of the year to be an extra stressful time. Some of the additional forms of stress people experience include:

An Ounce of Prevention — Beat Holiday Stress

What Causes a Neuro-Structural Shift?

Health is our body’s natural state from birth until death. It is not an event but a process throughout our lives. Our body is self-regulating and self-healing.

What Causes a Neuro-Structural Shift?

“I had a one month long headache & had no idea what was wrong…[Dr. Karo] fixed the problem & educated me on the central nervous system. I still remember the release in my upper head & how happy I was.”

Many patients come to us with headaches, numbness, bodily aching and pain. Oftentimes, they have been living with it for so long, leading to more medical care, drugs and surgery. Imagine how much someone’s quality of life could improve had they known that aging does not mean chronic dis-ease or that a fully functioning nervous system could bring them back to health.

“I had a one month long headache & had no idea what was wrong…[Dr. Karo] fixed the problem & educated me on the central nervous system. I still remember the release in my upper head & how happy I was.”

Are You Ready for Cold Season? Helpful Tips to Prepare for Cold Season!

Have you started to prepare for cold season? You can’t avoid it but you can take some simple steps to prepare. Read on for tips to get you through the season.

Are You Ready for Cold Season? Helpful Tips to Prepare for Cold Season!

What is a Neuro-Structural Shift?

What is a neuro-structural shift? They are typically the underlying cause of many secondary symptoms such as tightness and pain.

What is a Neuro-Structural Shift?

Chiropractor in Santa Clara – The Platinum Chiropractic Difference

With our unique focus on Neuro-Structural Correction at Platinum Chiropractic, we are a top chiropractor in Santa Clara.

Chiropractor in Santa Clara – The Platinum Chiropractic Difference

How to Achieve Optimal Health

Health is our body’s natural state from birth until death. It is not an event but a process throughout our lives. Our body is self-regulating and self-healing.

How to Achieve Optimal Health

Enhance Your Sixth Sense

Proprioception refers to the sense or perception of your body position and movement. It’s your subconscious ability to know where your body is without touching or seeing it. This sense is gained primarily from your joints’ sensory nerve input and input from your brain’s vestibular (balance) portion. So why is proprioception so important? This extraordinary …

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Enhance Your Sixth Sense

Come to Our Fall Workshop on the Immune System!

How can you take control of your health? What are the best things you can do for your body? Your immune response largely dictates your overall health. It’s responsible for how your entire body reacts to any external stimuli (e.g. seasonal allergies are a hyperactive immune response to pollen). It is the job of each part of your immune …

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Coming Up This Fall

As discussed earlier this month, proper diet is a significant factor in maintaining a healthy immune system alongside many other health benefits. Given how important it is to provide your  body with the right foods, be sure to join our fall Platinum Nutrition Program! This week is the last week to join the group nutrition program; …

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“By the time I left the office, I was walking out of there standing up straight with my head held high unassisted”

My husband and I started seeing Dr. Karo a little over a year ago and it’s been the best chiropractic experience I’ve ever had. I had to have emergency surgery a few months into treatment at Platinum Chiropractic. I couldn’t walk or stand up straight when I wobbled into the practice 2 days post op. …

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“By the time I left the office, I was walking out of there standing up straight with my head held high unassisted”

Platinum Nutrition Program

Join us for the fall edition of our Platinum Nutrition Program. Over the last 10 years in practice, we have refined and restructured the program with an emphasis on education so you can learn what works for you and maintain these healthy habits long after the 21 days are over. While focusing on a diet …

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Platinum Nutrition Program

Are You Doing Daily Stretches?

This month we have been focusing on the importance of movement. Epigenetics (how your habits and environment impact your gene expression) states that movement is essential for healthy gene expression. Moreover, the only way your joints receive nutrients in and push waste out is through movement. So let’s keep it moving! Check out this video …

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Segmental Movement Dysfunction

Similar to Movement Deficiency Syndrome (MDS), which we talked about last week, we are living in an epidemic of Segmental Movement Dysfunction (SMD). SMD takes the same principles as MDS and relates them to the joints or segments of the body. Each and every one of your segments are designed to move throughout their full …

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Movement Deficiency Syndrome

Dr. James Chestnut, who we had the opportunity to see present this weekend, coined the term ‘Movement Deficiency Syndrome’ to identify the necessity of both physical activity and exercise on human physiology, function, and health. Physical activity and exercise are necessary components to keeping our bodies in working order, via supporting our genetic requirement for …

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Movement Deficiency Syndrome

Proactive with Probiotics

Our digestive tract (gut) — also called our 2nd brain — contains trillions of microbes. The good and bad bacteria living in your gut microbiota help your body carry out a multitude of essential physiological functions such as help digest food, extract nutrients from food, support immune system resilience, promote healthy metabolism and even influence …

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Sciatica, Lower Back Pain & Leg Pain

You or someone you know likely has or is currently experiencing one or more of these symptoms. But what is sciatica? And how can we help you heal?Sciatica refers to pain radiating along your sciatic nerve path, which branches from your lower back from the 1st through 5th Lumbar and Sacral level (L1-S1) and goes …

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Where Did the Magnesium Go?

Magnesium plays many significant and essential roles in your body. It is a mineral, ion, electrolyte and cofactor in over 300 enzyme reactions in your body, necessary for transmission of nerve impulses, formation of bone and teeth, cardiovascular health, muscle relaxation and much more. The list of conditions related to magnesium deficiency is long. There …

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Biology, Not Belief

Chiropractic is simply biology, more specifically anatomy and physiology. There is a certain way your body operates, and if you cooperate with how it works, you have the best chance to be Healthy. Every disease has one thing in common: the body no longer functions normally. To be healthy, you have to make sure that …

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Biology, Not Belief