The concept of "maturational dysregulation" as discussed in one of Dr. Robert Melillo's 2022 paper (see link below) explains how kids with ADHD have issues with common findings such as impulsivity, inattention and hyperactivity. The brain matures from the bottom-up, and then top-down regulation occurs...but if the bottom-up maturity isn't complete, then issues like impulsivity, inattention and hyperactivity are more likely. See article here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnana.2022.936025/full

Kids are generally ignored in most doctor's offices except for someone doing something to them. How do we really reach kids? By paying attention to them. By making them feel special and important. By not judging them. By making them feel loved!

The rise in Autism has created a huge demand for pediatric chiropractors around the world who are trained in how to take care of kids on the spectrum. Webster said, "taking care of kids is not like taking care of little adults"...I will add to that "taking care of kids with Autism is not like taking care of a neurotypical child."

What is the most important item in an associate contract? How do you know where to practice? How do you get new patients in the door when you first start as an associate? These are some of the questions asked by soon to be chiropractors...

Two recent non-chirorpractic science articles that I read are both 'evidence-based' but the big question in my mind is not the 'evidence.' Rather it is the understanding of the concept: science can do something, but SHOULD they? Should they create brain organelles? Should they teach neurons to do tasks? Yes... science now has the technology to do so, but at what future cost?

Some things never change. What lessons can we learn from that concept? The climate crisis didn't really start in the 1900's but with the beginnings of 'modern civilization' and the creation of cities. It accelerated with the rampant use of fossil fuel but it's been going on for centuries!

Jimmy Buffett, one of my favorite musicians and a legend in the music industry, passed away recently. Always been amazed by Jimmy Buffett's incredible ability to create something out of an idea. Imagine all the brain power behind taking 1 hit song, Margaritaville, and literally turning it into a mega-business worth $1 Billion! He turned his business into a brand, something chiropractic needs to learn! Hope you are having 'cheeseburgers in paradise', Jimmy!

The Polyvagal Theory is critical to learn and understand especially in a pediatric based practice. It is about setting up a zone of safety and then basing your examination and adjustment technique on where they fall on the Polyvagal Scale.

"With it, nations rise. Without it, nations fall. This is the biggest idea I know of." So wrote BJ Palmer in his 1949 text, 'The BIgness of the Fellow Within', one of the famed 'Green Books.' Even though its called 'chiropractic philosophy', it is really more than that...it is vitalistic, it is about living life to the fullest because you have and live by a philosophy!

A rainbow. Stars in the night sky. A sunrise or sunset. How many of us sprint through the day and forget to look up or look around us? One author calls it "Nature Deficit Disorder." Are we so fixated on moving fast that we forget that there are moments of awe and wonder all around us?