Healthy Community
What's happening in our healthy community? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a condition characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, often manifesting as n…
Is your Medicare health plan leaving your area?
Each year, private insurance companies decide whether or not they will pursue contracts with Medicare to provide health-care payment to people in Idaho. These insurance plans are called Medicare Health Plans or Med…
Behavioral/learning challenges affecting your family?
Spoelstra Family Chiropractic has been serving Coeur d'Alene and the surrounding communities for more than four years and our office has now expanded to serve this area with one of the only sensory integration prog…
Health and nutrition begins with family
Last week the University of Idaho's Women's Center sponsored Gloria Steinem to speak at the Women's Leadership Conference. Over the last 40 years, Ms. Steinem has played a pivotal role in the women's equality movem…
Knee pain actually a pain in the back?
Most people assume if they have knee pain the cause is due to a problem with the knee joint. This is not always the case! While the discomfort can be due to a knee condition, often it can be the result of a injury …
Breast Cancer Month
October is Breast Cancer Month. Breast cancer continues to affect too many of our friends and family members and the women we are doing life with everyday. The whole reason we take this month is to prevent and erad…
Educational therapy gets to the root of learning disabilities: Part 2
Educational Therapy addresses underlying learning skills such as visual and auditory processing, attention and memory skills on an individual basis. This is different from a tutor who provides subject support and d…
Help for parents of picky eaters
"I don't like that." Does this sound familiar? If so, you are not alone! Children are born with more taste buds than adults, which mean that children are more sensitive to flavors than adults. They also are born wi…
Help for cardiovascular challenges
Deaths resulting from heart attacks have dropped thanks to progressive lifesaving medical techniques; however, the incidence is rising at alarming rates. The incidence of all cardiovascular-related problems is incr…
The making of a destination
Owning a wine shop is great - we get exposed to new wines, get to meet winemakers all the time and learn much about the process and product they develop. We see the strategy behind their mostly artistic endeavors a…
Don't let chronic pain control your life
Chronic pain may leave you wanting to curl up in bed with a heating pad and a bottle of medication to help ease your aches. Although the "physical" in physical therapy may sound like sheer torture, it may actually …
It's all about the wine
As the transition to synthetic closures on wine bottles whether they be the twist cap Stelvin, or any number of synthetic and even glass "corks" continues for many the debate still rages over the implications of a …
Moving: One of life's experiences
Recently we moved our office location. We were very excited about our new location and were looking forward to the move. Although we wanted to move, it was very stressful, exciting, scary and fun. If we were feelin…
Rehabilitation for the injured worker
Worker Rehabilitation is a specialized field of rehabilitation that focuses on treating patients with work-related injuries. Rehabilitation professionals have treated injured workers for decades. In recent years, h…
Educational therapy gets to the root of learning disabilities: Part 1
Many children have difficulties with reading, writing, spelling, math, attention and memory. All children want to be successful in school yet they struggle des…
Do you REALLY know what's in your cup of Joe?
According to recent studies, Americans' receive most of their disease fighting antioxidants from a somewhat surprising source: coffee. With the seemingly endless lines at local coffee stands, it is a wonder that an…