Chirocast

A balanced mind is one in which its traits lie more in a bell curve, whereas the unbalanced mind has traits that may look more like a cliff-edge. This imbalance creates potential issues in how the brain functions and may cause a maturational dysregulation (as Dr Melillo talks about), and that is where brain-based pediatric chiropractic fits in. To help the brain and body become more regulated. Here is the article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201903/the-puzzle-the-unbalanced-mind

Neuroemotional technique or NET is a chiropractic technique that helps get rid of stuck emotions in your spine and along your nerve system, and has become an important part of my family-based, pediatric practice!

A boy was born with only 2% of his brain but by age 13, his brain had grown by 50%! This shows that with neuroplasticity, anything is possible. The true power of the nerve system and its healing potential is not really known yet... Here is the article: https://philarchive.org/archive/PERTBW

I am fortunate to have had great mentors in the ICPA (International Chiropractic Pediatric Association), especially its founder, Dr Larry Webster, and the amazing Dr Jeanne Ohm. They among many others helped carve the path to a pediatric practice for 36+ years!

Fascinating new research classifies Autism into 4 main subtypes, and Dr Rubin explains how your approach to care with each subtype should be different.

Why is the brain asymmetric? What advantage does being dominant on 1 side or the other give the brain? Part 1 goes into the facts...part 2 (coming soon) will discuss how to use this info in your practices.

After almost 130 years, chiropractic is the leading alternative health care discipline in the US. What's our next move? The old saying, 'leave the place better than you found it" holds very true right now for those of us who have been around for 30+ years. Can we leave chiropractic better than we found it? Recorded live at the GCC event in 2017

This Inner Power Speaks, from BJ Palmer, can be used to explain chiropractic. It is just as effective today as it was when first published in 1949.

Retained primitive reflexes are critical to examine, especially in kiddos with neurodevelopmental challenges. Dr Rubin explains an efficient way to check for them.

Being trauma informed is so important in today's practice, since the amount of children who have experienced some sort of trauma is way more than is even being reported.

Every quarter we ask students who are about to graduate to write down their top questions that they want to ask someone who has been in practice for 36 years...and here are the answers!

A recent article stated that ADHD really isn't on the rise...it is because of increased awareness and better diagnosis. Really? Have they been in a pediatric chiiropractic office like mine recently?

Who am I? I asked myself that a lot as a recent graduate from 1989 - 1993. Who am I to be successful, to run a business, to be a chiropractor? My parents had barely graduated high school...how could I do all this? Then I heard Dr. Sid and everything changed...

What is your intent when you adjust your kiddos, parents, athletes? Your intention while you adjust is almost as important as the adjustment itself!

Please be careful about what you post on FB, Instagram etc. Make sure the pictures and videos that you post are not only going to serve your practice well but serve the profession too!

1 in 2 kids in Australia either have a chronic health condition or have a neuro-developmental issue. That means we pediatric chiropractors have a lot of work to do!

Back in 2022, the CDC released the changed developmental milestones with the rationale that the new milestones would be easier to understand and help in early intervention. It had the opposite affect...now they are less clear with more ambiguity and kids now have longer to reach milestones which delays early intervention!

Chirocast around the world begins today! Once a month (or so), we will post an interview with a former intern or an ICPA colleague from all across the globe, asking about the current status of chiropractic and especially pediatric/family based chiropractic. We have over 100 former interns and 10% of them are from outside the US, so am excited to share a global chiropractic perspective with you!

The CDC just released the latest prevalence rates for Autism, which was 1 in 36. It is now 1 in 31. Does that mean there are better ways to diagnose? Yes. Does that mean there are more people being diagnosed who before the DSM V came out would have been considered another diagnosis? Yes. But those 2 factors do not explain the total increase in prevalence.

To know one child with Autism is to know one child with Autism. Each person with Autism has their own unique 'language' and it is critical to learn their language quickly when you first meet them during your examination in order to create the best rapport with them possible.