Applied Kinesiology Chiropractor - Jeanne Kennedy Crosby, D.C. - What's New

Major Announcement!

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Hello! Here's my big news:

I am closing my office at 2915 SE Belmont Street in Portland as of
July 7, 2010. I will continue to see patients for Chiropractic, Applied Kinesiology, and Nutrition Response Testing at my Vancouver Washington location, AcuNatural Family Health Care.

PROS: I am excited about the change and very happy with my new association with Paul Rosen L.Ac and the wonderful staff at AcuNatural. I have worked out of the Belmont Street location for seven years, which has been a great time in my development as a practitioner. I will now be able to focus completely on patient care, without needing to perform the additional roles of business owner and office manager.

CONS: Yes, I now practice in Vancouver, Washington. I'm surprised too. You have to drive to Vancouver WA across the beautiful Columbia River to see me. Is it really a big deal? You never had to come that often anyway because I always do such a good job on you. You may even decide, like I have, that Vancouver is super-cool.

Chiropractic appointments are being scheduled now at AcuNatural for Tuesdays from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM beginning July 27, 2010. Your file will be at my new location, you won’t need to go through a new patient intake to see me there. Please call (360) 750-7375 to get on my schedule and be sure to mention you want a chiropractic treatment. My Portland phone number will automatically ring up there after July 7, 2010.

There are still some appointments available at the Portland office before I move all the furniture! Call or email me to get treated before I close up the Belmont Street shop for good.

Thank you for your commitment to good health and thank you very very much for your support of my practice, I've certainly learned a lot with you all. See you soon!

Jeanne

Ankle and knee alignment issues

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Correcting stiff or collapsed ankles is a big part of treatment here for optimal posture, gait and spinal alignment. Whether an ankle injury is fresh or old it is important to correct ligament and tendon strain, along with adjusting the ankle and foot. The same can be done for the knees. Ligament and muscle strain, as well as meniscus pain can be resolved with focused treatment of the soft tissue injury and adjusting the tibia, fibula and meniscus.

My Twitter Page

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

If you want to know what I'm eating and drinking, check out

www.twitter.com/jkennedycrosby

and you will see!

Since I am on a NO Grains NO Dairy NO Sugar or even fruit diet until further notice you can check up on me and get some ideas for your own meals. I am not perfect, but I try my best! I also eat out a lot, so I offer some ordering suggestions.

Remember chemistry class (for those of you who ever took chemistry.)

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

In chemistry lab, you have to do a lot of number-y conversions and transformation of substances into other substances. You do a lot of titration, which is mixing two substances by using a dropper, or pipette, to add one drop into another to facilitate a chemical reaction, creating a new different substance. It will not convert into the new substance until exactly the sufficient number of drops are added. When that happens, the desired chemical reaction occurs and the mixture instantly changes. It is usually demonstrated in lab class by a brightly colored chemical change, so that you know you've succeeded.
When you are introducing healing modalities to your body and mind, the change that happens can be delayed until just the right moment, when a dramatic shift occurs and you have a whole different posture/stance/attitude/pH/microorganism count/blood chemistry. Don't forget this.

Nutrition Response Testing

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Nutrition Response Testing is a muscle-testing system used to determine the exact nutritional program that will optimize a person's health, and permit them to obtain excellent and permanent good results from chiropractic adjustments. This is something new I will be practicing at Belmont Street, and it is very exciting.

Seasonal Changes Test Your Adaptability

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Now that it is getting dark earlier and the frost is on the pumpkin, you may be experiencing an energy shift, as in, "I have no energy." Perhaps you are fighting off a cold already, or you have come down with something. Know this: the change of seasons will expose your constitutional weaknesses. The THYROID is the gland of temperature adaptation, and if yours is struggling, it will let you know this time of year. Also SPLEEN is an important organ of the immune system, and it is very sensitive to cold and damp conditions. It struggles when you are exposed to mold and mildew in your living space. It wants you to move to Palm Springs. Also, it is sensitive to sugar. The holidays of Sugar (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas) wreck your spleen, it's begging you to have a nice bowl of low-carb chicken soup. It would also like a T12 spinal adjustment.

Balancing Hormones in Menopausal Women Continued...

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

One thing I see in practice and in our community at large is gall bladder congestion in women and men that results in abdominal gas, pain and bloating, as well as headaches, migraines, and diarrhea. If left to continue untreated it will lead to blood lipid imbalances and malnutrition from impaired fat digestion. The gall bladder was mentioned and discussed frequently throughout Dr. Lang's class, and she teaches that estrogen dominance in women and men is responsible for this common problem.

Balancing Hormones in Menopausal Women

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I have just completed my first class with Dr. Janet Lang, 12 hours over this weekend. The topic is extensive and the material is advanced and very challenging, but it was very well organized and extremely interesting and useful. She is an expert in the management of male and female hormone imbalance, and also an excellent teacher. She advocates using one certain laboratory testing facility that does saliva testing to measure all the endocrine hormones, Diagnos-Techs. She thinks they are very accurate with respect to their reference ranges, or what "normal" is. It is impossible to accurately manage hormone balance with blood testing because those blood and serum tests only measure inactive or "bound" hormone. She is very cautious and exact when using bio-identical hormones (very fashionable right now with the anti-aging set) and accurate testing provides more accurate application.
I learned so much! All about hysterectomies and why using progesterone cream is BAD and why you should be very wary of routine mammograms and microwave ovens.
I will write more about this. Here is Dr. Lang's website:
www.restorativeendocrinology.com

Light and Reasonably Bright

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I'm about to eat indie-farm grown eggs from one of my dear patient's little indie farm! She has fifty chickens!
These beautiful little egg-gems are my first animal protein after my successful seven day fruit-veggie-and-smoothie cleanse to improve my health, clarity and energy level for the exciting, yet generally challenging times ahead.
The SP Complete smoothie mix does contain some whey protein, which I've much appreciated these last seven days.
What I ate:
SP smoothies made with frozen strawberries, water, the juice of one small tangerine, and occasional extra psyllium fiber or Redmond Clay (bentonite.)
Also, lots of coleslaw and spinach salad made with a small amount of almost fat free vinegrette (Bragg's apple cider vinegar, honey, pressed ginger or garlic, Redmond sea salt, and a dash of toasted sesame oil)
Fresh citrus, navel oranges and tangerines
Cooked Apples
Raw slices of cucumber and celery stalks
Stir Fry Vegetables cooked down in a small amount of water, then sprinkled with a dash of toasted sesame oil, tamari and sometimes Tabasco sauce : )
On a few occasions, I had small servings of lentils or black beans.

Spring Cleaning, Day Seven

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This is my last fruits and veggies only day. Tomorrow I will start eating protein again, how exciting! It's been a good week, only mildly challenging. Lots of food preparation. Lots of eating to keep from getting hungry. If you wait to eat until you're hungry, the hunger will hit you like a truck. Luckily that only happened a couple of times. I definitely feel lighter and actually less hungry. My energy is good, and I've been sleeping really well. The best part is, having had a seven-day separation from sugar, starch, grains, and dairy, I am ready to resume a more healthful eating regimen. I feel good! I should do this more often. It honestly wasn’t that hard. I will say, though, that if you want to try this it’s good to look at the whole week and make sure you don’t have too much going on so you can be at home whenever possible. You definitely have to go to the bathroom more.