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Part of my Healthier Lifestyle is my kali training. Kali is a Filipino martial art that is little known to many, having been handed down from generation to generation in backyard training sessions up until recently. My instructor, Guro Jason Cruz, has been instrumental in studying with, filming and documenting the old kali masters and introducing this fighting art to a wider audience. Jason will be going to Belgium...

Sharon Martinez, Chiropractor vs. Prilosec for Stomach Pain

$13,900,000,000.00. That’s 13.9 billion dollars spent in the U.S. on prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors, or PPI’s, yearly, according to a 2010 Archives of Internal Medicine report. Drugs like Prilosec give temporary relief from heartburn, indigestion, or, if you like medical terminology, “gastro-esophageal reflux disorder.” People in the U.S. are the top consumers of prescription drugs, using 40.6% of the global market supply of these drugs. In comparison, Canadians...

Periodic Cleansing With Herbs

We try to lead a healthier lifestyle, but there’s no way to avoid accumulating some toxins in our everyday lives. Many of us use chemicals on the job, or work near factories that emit fumes. Your neighbor might spray his weeds with poison. A popular hair treatment has been recently found to contain questionable amounts of formaldehyde (more on that here). It may be that you’ve been on drugs...

Closed Saturday for Camping

I’ll be out of the office Saturday, September 17. Going camping. To quote Stephen Francis Jones, a leading L.A. architect recently featured in the Los Angeles Times, “I have a really strong feeling that living a good lifestyle transforms into doing good work.” To staying in balance! To your health, Sharon Martinez D.C. or Chiropractic Advantage, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Home is Where the Chiropractor is…

Here’s proof that the Martinez family believes in chiropractic wellness care. Note the red adjusting table in the background behind my studious and handsome son, Ben and his little niece, “Baby G.” Getting adjusted is just part of the normal routine for family and friends who enter our home. Ben was about as old as Baby G when he got his first chiropractic exam from Dr. Francis Kelleher, a...

Recent Research turns out to be Prunes

There’s something called the California Dried Plum Board–who knew? And, they are out to help the USDA prove that eating prunes can improve bone density in postmenopausal women. Prefer to peruse the prune research paper personally? Here it is: Comparative effects of dried plum and dried apple on bone in postmenopausal women Shirin Hooshmand,Sheau C. Chai,Raz L. Saadat,Mark E. Payton,Kenneth Brummel-Smith and Bahram H. Arjmandi British Journal of Nutrition,...

Yahaira’s 100% Natural Pregnancy

I am so excited! My “nephew” Gerald’s wife Yahaira is expecting soon. I am so proud of Yahaira for the homework she’s doing to make sure she has a natural childbirth and a healthier baby. She’s been getting adjusted while pregnant. (Yes, pregnant women can definitely get adjusted. I use a pregnancy cushion so they can still lie face down until about month 6 or 7. After that I...

Carmageddon–Bikes beat Plane 1:34 to 2:54

Carmageddon was fun, don’t you think? Especially for those of us out in the Inland Empire, who got to watch things unfold on the news without really having to change our routines at all. You may have heard about the race between a Jet Blue plane and a group of guys on bikes who call themselves @wolfpackhustle. As the Jet Blue plane landed in Burbank to load passengers for...

Otoscope $24.00, Avoiding Antibiotics, Priceless

Your small child comes down with an earache. He’s hurting, he’s crying! What do you do? I was in this position more than once, as a young mother. “The eardrum will bust, your child will go deaf!” is what the M.D.’s told me. Should I fill the prescription for antibiotics, I wondered? Well, I didn’t. Much to the shock of my friends and relatives, my babies never had prescription...

Vegan Cookbooks are Hot Reading

If you’ve read my blog article “Why There’s No Magazines in my Office” you may wonder, what can you do if you’re stuck in my waiting room besides watch the clock and read Heinerman’s Encyclopedia of Nuts, Seeds, and Berries?  I know some chiropractors have big aquariums.  That’s nice.  We have a coffee and tea bar, and lots and lots of books you can grab and read or borrow. ...