New Nutritional Products from Klaire Labs®

Mathews Chiropractic is extremely excited and pleased to announce we are carrying several new nutritional products from Klaire Labs® which began in 1969 as the standard bearer of purity, potency and performance We always do our best to bring the most exceptional products to our patients and these supplements are at the top of our list.

The new products available are:

Vitaprime: A 2 per day multivitamin and multimineral. Optimal dosing, high bioavailability, and its gentle on the GI formulation make this the go-to everyday multi.

Inflathera: Regulating and balancing our inflammatory processes is recognized as a key to helping us stay healthy and active. Inflathera features well-known herbs including a patented curcumin. This unique phytosome curcumin has been shown to enhance absorption by as much as 29x and has been used in over 35 human studies.

Target gb-X: A healthy GI microbiome is essential for overall health and proper gut-brain axis communication. The probiotic blend in Target gb-X has been shown in research to support a healthy central nervous system, mood, cognition, and GI function.

Eicosamax 1000: Eicosamax uses the preferred triglyceride form of fish oil for optimal absorption and bioavailability for a balanced inflammatory response. Extensive 3rd party testing ensures safety, purity, and quality.

 

Call (719) 203-4252 or email us at [email protected] to order your Klaire Labs® supplements today!

Cold Laser Therapy Testimony by Dr. Mathews

I want to update everyone about our new Aspen Laser and what led to this decision. As you know, I’ve been practicing chiropractic for 32 years now, and on animals (dogs, cats, and horses) for more than 3 years. Doctors in my profession commonly suffer shoulder injuries, which is most often on the left, and with my previous separated shoulder and torn rotator cuff, I was having a lot of trouble/pain both working at the office and completing my ranch chores. I had a diagnostic ultrasound performed and the results were the worst the doctor had ever seen. His comment was, “Do you own a laser?”. I replied, “I do not” then he stated, “You will.”

This doctor treated my shoulder with his 810 nm wavelength laser. The laser treatment helped my shoulder pain to the extent that I decided to purchase an Aspen Laser with dual wavelengths of 810 nm and 980 nm. The extra wavelengths make it, what I believe, to be the best cold laser on the market.

Since utilizing the laser, I have been able to work and take care of the horses without pain. This laser has worked so well that I am even able to sleep on my left side again.

Please call the office for a list of benefits and information on how it works, such as a description of the 810 nm wavelength laser impacting the mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase or how the 980 nm wavelength optimizes the action on thermal and mechanical receptors for a rapid analgesic effect.

Laser therapy is a process, not an event. It may take a minimum of two sessions to fully experience the pain-relieving results. Schedule a complimentary first session today to see how the laser could help reduce your pain and inflammation.

– Dr. Jeffrey B. Mathews, DC, CAC, CCEP

– P.S. Unfortunately, when catching someone who was losing their balance, I ended up rupturing my long bicep tendon. After consulting an orthopedic surgeon, he recommended 3 weeks off work and then to start rehab therapy. I resumed my laser treatments and I have yet to miss a day. I did begin rehabilitation therapy three days later. I truly believe that the laser treatments kept me working and healing.

Introducing Cold Laser Therapy

Mathews Chiropractic wishes you and your loved ones a bright new year with plenty to celebrate!

Here at Mathews Chiropractic, we are celebrating the newest addition to our practice, an Aspen Class IV Laser. Laser therapy treatment sessions join dry needling, animal chiropractic, nutritional supplements, and, as always, exceptional chiropractic care to continue to support you and your whole family’s health and well-being in the new year.

Mathews Chiropractic is known for seeking the best products and services for its patients, so when studies indicated that laser therapy has been shown to decrease inflammation, muscle tightness, soreness, and pain, Dr. Mathews was intrigued.

The FDA-approved Aspen Class IV Laser therapy treatment can increase range of motion in stiff joints and muscles as well as promote healing within the cells. Laser therapy can be used in adjunct with chiropractic care or by itself to help decrease pain and inflammation associated with a wide array of conditions.

Laser therapy can help provide pain relief associated with muscle and joint pain, stiffness, and degeneration in conditions such as minor arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic migraines, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, temporal-mandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, and more. In addition, practitioners have been using laser therapy on world-class athletes to decrease recovery time post-injury or post-surgery for years. Needless to say, we are excited to have this pain-free and drug-free therapy as part of our practice for our patients!

If you are struggling with chronic pain or acute pain, stiffness, or soreness please call us today to schedule your FREE laser session to see what your life could be without the daily aches and pains.

Stay healthy and pain-free in 2021!

-The Staff at Mathews Chiropractic

Hands-on Care

Did you hurt your back shoveling after the latest blast of winter snow? Or perhaps overdo it in fulfilling that New Year’s resolution to return to the gym? It might be time to visit a chiropractor.

BY BILL RADFORD – Colorado Springs Style Magazine

The four-letter word ‘pain’ is the main reason people come here,” says Dr. John Warner, a chiropractor who runs the Colorado Health and Wellness Center in Colorado Springs with his wife and fellow chiropractor, Gail. However, he adds, “They also come just because they want their health to improve.”

Chiropractic, as defined by the American Chiropractic Association, is “a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system and the effects of these disorders on general health. Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.”

The typical patient, Warner says, is one who doesn’t want to rely on a cabinet full of pain meds. “We try to get the patients better without drugs or surgery. That has been the basic premise of chiropractic for 125 years.”

Although that premise hasn’t changed—and hands-on adjustments to affected joints and tissues remain central to chiropractic care—the field has seen many changes, Warner says. That includes new technology and tools; his clinic, for example, offers Acoustic Wave Therapy, which utilizes high-intensity sound waves to increase local blood circulation and relax muscle and connective tissue, among other things. The clinic also offers spinal decompression therapy, which gently stretches the spine in treating herniated discs and goes beyond older traction methods. “The technology is getting better all the time,” Warner says, “and the results are fantastic.”

Dr. Jeff Matthews, of Matthews Chiropractic, also takes advantage of new technology. For example, although adjustments are still done by hand, he also uses the Impulse iQ adjusting instrument, which is controlled by microcomputer circuitry and produces a controlled force to treat areas of the body; patients typically feel a light tapping sensation.

“It’s very research-driven,” Mathews says of the Impulse iQ, just one of the adjusting instruments available to chiropractors. “It uses speed as its force driver.” (The gentle thrust is faster than the body’s tendency to tighten up and resist the adjustment, advertising for the Impulse iQ states.)

Therapeutic techniques continue to evolve. Mathews employs his own “eclectic mixture” of approaches, including the Fascial Distortion Model, which focuses on the body’s connective tissues. He also offers trigger-point dry needling; it involves inserting solid filament needles through the skin and into areas of knotted or hard muscle. Although dry needling uses similar tools to acupuncture, the two differ in their practice and their goals, and dry needling is rooted in Western medicine, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Meanwhile, chiropractors are branching into specialized areas of expertise, such as chiropractic functional neurology, orthopedics, and radiology, which require a huge postgraduate commitment for additional education, Warner says.

Perhaps the biggest misunderstanding about chiropractors is that they’re “just” back pain doctors, he says. “That is a complete fallacy. We do good at back pain, and studies show we should be the first doctor of choice for back pain. However, we do so much more than that.”

For example, athletes—from professional athletes to weekend warriors—turn to chiropractors to relieve pain and improve performance, Warner says. Patients at his practice have ranged from high school football players to NFL offensive linemen, professional wrestlers, Major League Baseball players, and more. Mathews treats a lot of running injuries.

“We treat any moving part that hurts or isn’t moving as well as it should,” Mathews’ website states, listing not just neck and lower back pain, but headaches, jaw pain, foot and ankle pain, overuse injuries, and more.

Another notable change: attitudes toward chiropractic care. “It’s becoming more and more accepted,” says Warner, a 1982 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa. “I now have medical doctors, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists who all take me out to lunch. Thirty-seven years ago, that was unheard of. The medical doctors all seem to want to know what the magic sauce is that we provide our patients.”

His practice brings many disciplines together. In addition to four chiropractors, there is a chiropractic radiologist, two medical doctors, two physical therapists, a physical therapy assistant, two metabolic weight loss coaches, and a trainer. “We do a lot under one roof,” Warner says.

Does It Work?

A growing list of research studies and reviews show services provided by chiropractors are safe as well as clinically and cost effective, according to the American Chiropractic Association, which lists several studies on its website, www.acatoday.org.

For example, the ACA notes the following:

In 2017, the American College of Physicians released an update to its low back pain treatment guideline that recommends first using nondrug treatments, such as spinal, for acute and chronic low back pain.

An analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2017 supports the use of spinal manipulative therapy as a first-line treatment for acute low back pain.

Critter Chiropractic

“Caring for man and man’s best friend” is the tagline at Mathews Chiropractic. Dr. Jeff Mathews treats not only people, but animals—specifically dogs and horses. (In the case of horses and other equines, Mathews travels to see them; don’t expect them to be hanging out in the office.)

In Colorado, chiropractors must undergo additional education to work on animals. In addition, Mathews took the extra step of getting certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association.

Because animals can’t talk about their pain, Mathews relies on function to analyze the problem. With horses, a sudden resistance to being ridden, a change in gait, and reduced performance are among signs of trouble. With canines, a change in a dog’s behavior is typically what drives an owner to seek help.

“They’ll say that the dog can’t get up, won’t get up on the bed, won’t get up on the couch, can’t get into the car, can’t do stairs, can’t eat standing up…There’s some sort of altered behavior.”

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Hill Air-Flexion and Distraction Table

We are excited to announce that the new Hill Air-Flexion and Distraction Table has been added to our practice!

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Maintain Your Movement and Avoid Arthritis!

Maintaining movement and range of motion in all of our joints is essential to aging well. Here is a medical journal article which reports the most common cause of disability in the US is bone and joint arthritis. The number of people diagnosed with arthritis is increasing 1 million per year. Your motion and mobility will directly affect the health of your joints!

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Oct 8;59(39):1261-5.

Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation — United States, 2007-2009.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Abstract

Arthritis is a large and growing public health problem in the United States, resulting in costs of $128 billion annually, and continues to be the most common cause of disability. With the aging of the U.S. population, even assuming that the prevalence of obesity and other risk factors remain unchanged, the prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation (AAAL) is expected to increase significantly by 2030. To update previous U.S. estimates of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and AAAL, CDC analyzed National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2007–2009. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which found that 22.2% (49.9 million) of adults aged ≥18 years had self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis, and 9.4% (21.1 million or 42.4% of those with arthritis) had AAAL. Among persons who are obese, an age-adjusted 33.8% of women and 25.2% of men reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Arthritis and AAAL represent a major public health problem in the United States that can be addressed, at least in part, by implementing proven obesity prevention strategies and increasing availability of effective physical activity programs and self-management education courses in local communities.

Physical Activity Decreases with Age

Physical activity in the US decreases with age. 42% of children obtain the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity and 8% of adolescents. 30 minutes a day is recommended for adults and less than 5% of adults are achieving this. If you would like any help, please let us know!

Increase Your Mobility and Put the Brakes on OA

This article demonstrates that hypomobility (not enough motion) leads to Osteo Arthritis. Increasing mobility can put the brakes on this degeneration. There is a window of opportunity to stop and even reverse degenerative changes. If boney changes have become established then it’s too late to have much effect on them. It’s critical for people with joint hypomobility to increase mobility as early as possible.