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Body Works Clinic

Celebrating 30 years of helping people achieve healthy lifestyles. Chiropractic • Massage Therapy • Acupuncture • Nutrition

Open M, T, W, F 8:30am - 6:00pm

We specialize in helping patients achieve long term pain management and general wellness using an individual approach combining chiropractic care, acupuncture therapy, nutritional intervention, and massage therapy.

02/02/2026

CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT AND ANTIOXIDANT MARKERS

I recently had a little more time traveling, which has given me the opportunity to catch up on some of my chiropractic research podcasts.

One of the remarkable development of chiropractic research over the last 25 years has been in the basic science department among other places. In particular, while empirically chiropractors and their patients have known for a long time that the manual adjustment is associated with many changes in body chemistry well beyond neuromusculoskeletal markers such as pain reduction and range of motion, trying to document and quantify that has been comparatively lagging behind.

Some of the non-neuromusculoskeletal changes reported by patients often include feeling more energy, sleeping better, feeling less inflamed overall, improved mood and digestion and cognition. While some of those changes are thought to be associated with changes in neurological feedback loops between the brain and the body, this most recent piece of research seems to suggest that there is potentially an additional core biochemical change associated with the chiropractic adjustment, namely the modulation of local free radicals as well as the up regulation of the body's own antioxidant pathways. The research project was unfortunately interrupted by the arrival of the covid pandemic, which did reduce the total sample size of patients, making some of the statistical data a little tough to analyze, however this paper is still a very exciting first step in further investigating how chiropractic care can improve the overall long-term well-being of our patients.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39966844/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35760595/

02/01/2026

WHAT CAN GO WRONG WHEN YOU FALL ON YOUR ARM ?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kKP5KtWSxVw

We've seen so many of these injuries this week that I decided to record a short video with the help of my staff to review all the things that can go wrong when you fall on your arm. I thought it was an important educational material to have available since so many people fall and develop problems that they do not connect to the original incident. Especially since the area of symptoms may be far away from the point of impact on their hand and wrist.

Where the injury exactly will occur along the kinetic chain from the hand to the neck depends on a variety of factors, some of it having to do with the angle, and the speed of reaction and trying to break the fall. I've seen some patients develop along acute cervical disc herniations from the side to side during when they're caught off guard during the fall and the neck experiences a form of lateral whiplash. Probably more common are the areas along the shoulder girdle. I especially find that the sternal clavicular joint, at the end of the anterior kinetic chain, can be a source of continued misery and destabilization along the anterior neck and chest, often overlooked and even more often undertreated.

01/25/2026

WHAT IS WRONG WITH STOMACH SLEEPING ?

A colleague and I were reflecting recently on the patient conversations we find ourselves repeating over and over again like a broken record. One such conversation pertains to sleeping position, and in particular stomach sleeping.

As a reformed stomach sleeper, I can appreciate how unpleasant of a conversation it is to have with your healthcare provider when you're told that your problem is not going to improve much or beyond a certain recovery point without changing sleeping position. But it's a necessary conversation because of what you do for 8 hours a day, or about 1/3 of your life, can have a profound impact in unraveling what we do in the office for 15 minutes much less what a patient may be doing with home exercises at home for 20 minutes a day.

In this brief video Steve and I demonstrate 3 areas of major mechanical stress associated with stomach sleeping, namely the mid to lower next, the lumbosacral spine, and the shoulder. The 4th slightly less common area of stress as the jaw, which is going to be asymmetrically chronically pushed to one side with the pressure of the mattress and pillow on the chin.

Some patients have tried to mitigate the impact of their stomach sleeping position with a few retrofits such as chest pillows with a forward face slot, and other retrofit pillows that take the rotation out of the neck, but ultimately the only long-term sustainable solution is to switch to side or back sleeping. It's a transition that will take anywhere from 3 to 4 weeks and requires some sleep interruptions. My recommendation has been for the patient to secure a fairly long pillows such as a king size pillow or a site sleeper pillow to wrap the upper arm and leg into three-quarter prone position, with a good site sleeper pillow, so that the patient may not roll all the way onto the stomach in their sleep. The patient will often wake up as they attempt to do so, and have the opportunity to reposition themselves. Over time, the body will break the automatic reflex to roll over during your sleep. It's an uncomfortable process but worthwhile in the long term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC0Piw8vwf0

01/24/2026

NEW LOW BACK AND HIP PAIN AFTER A JOINT REPLACEMENT: THE " LONG LEG EFFECT"

Several of our patients are opting in for planned joint replacements of hips and knees at this season, with the assumption that their work on their rehab and be ready to hit the ground for the season of outdoor gardening vacationing and general fun summer activities with some new and well-functioning hardware. This reminded me of a long-awaited blog as I've seen several cases last year.

I've been in practice 32 years and 1 of the most stunning improvement I've seen that affect my patients in my practice has clearly been the advancement in joint replacement. Minimally invasive, robotics, short recovery, they sometimes come with some challenges that need to be addressed so that the patient has the optimal recovery they're looking for by going under the knife. One such challenge is sudden changes in leg differential that can happen even when surgical intervention has been optimal.

The process of osteoarthritis and articular cartilage joint loss is a slow process that happens over years. The thickness of an intact joint versus that of a fully deteriorated joint can be over 1/2 an inch in difference. (Maybe closer to three quarters of an inch at the knee because of the presence of the meniscus). As a result, the leg affected could be easily an inch shorter from its original status, a process that the body will be able to mostly absorb over time due to its ability to slowly compensate at several levels including the sacroiliac, the lumbar spine, and the ankle.

A joint replacement will overnight reestablish the distance of a joint to its original state, and that can paradoxically be a real big problem. While the body can adjust to half an inch of difference in leg differential that gradually manifests over 2 decades, it doesn't have the ability to adapt to three quarters of an inch overnight. As a side note I should mention that our fine orthopedic surgeons have done an increasingly better job at trying to assess the leg differential and compensate for that during the surgery. But ...

https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2026/1/1/new-low-back-pain-after-a-knee-or-hip-replacement-the-long-leg

01/22/2026

Harmon will be gone from January 25th
- January 31st.
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01/04/2026

NEW YEAR RESOLUTION AND THE LIES ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03842-0?utm_source=klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%28Friday%20Email%20-%20Chris%20Kresser%20General%20News%29%20Chris%27s%20Friday%20Favorites&utm_term=Nature%20Medicine&utm_content=Nature%20Medicine&_kx=ZpXBDTeEF9QJhwDqQXXrImrT_HpFsBz1ZlYMbsx_Vq0.my75y6

Getting healthy is obviously on a lot of people's minds this week. Hopefully not to fade away unnecessarily soon. And among these priorities is often trying to bring body weight and body composition in line with optimal metrics.

A couple of years ago I got into an argument with a colleague personal trainer. The topic was about pre-and post workout high-protein meals. He kept pushing highly processed protein breakfast bars on his clients, to maximize muscle gains from his prescribed exercise routines, and I had advised some of our common patients against that based on metabolic health research, steering them instead to try to meet those goals with a few high protein naturally occurring foods. His mantra was that regardless of the source the metabolic effect was going to be the same and that some of these designer foods were actually a better value. There was a fair amount of research already back then about the fallacy of that statement, and this most recent piece of research puts the last nail in the coffin of the flawed processed food theory.

What struck me about this piece of research is not necessarily the end result, which is in line with previous research, but the scale of the differential of weight loss/weight gain based on the food source. We're talking about DOUBLE the weight loss and weight gain by simply sticking with unprocessed foods. And you have to remember that everything else in micronutrient and calories were exactly the same between both groups.

Let me flesh this out in practical terms: for the same amount of calories, and the same amount of proteins versus carbohydrates, and unprocessed food has a vastly different metabolic effect on your weight. ..
https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2026/1/4/new-year-resolution-weight-and-real-food

12/23/2025

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE UPDATE:
Dr. Demel will be the out of the office from December 23 through the 30th. Massage therapy services will be available during that timeframe, please refer to the online schedule for details. Front desk staff will be present for a few hours every day to handle mail and return messages. We appreciate your patience and wish everyone a wonderful holiday season.

12/23/2025

B END N' SQUEAK
Trying to change patient’s ways of doing body mechanics feels like a long hard road, so I decided to enlist Milou’ s help and favorite squeaky toy to illustrate how to safely bend forward with a flat back

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SqsChsiKDTM

12/21/2025

TOPICAL TREATMENT FOR PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

It's a question that comes up frequently and I realized recently that I don't have a good written resource material to direct patients to and I find myself repeating the same thing over and over in the middle of a busy day. Unlike some of my colleagues, who tend to downplay their value in an overall treatment plan, I feel that topical's can have huge benefits to direct therapeutic activity to a local local area, and can overall minimize the patient's need for more toxic oral medications.

Understand that this is a generic list, and that you will probably need to figure out with your own individual healthcare provider which 1 of these may be the best, and understand that you may need different topical treatments at different times. Also understand that while mostly safe, a few of them do have some potential contraindication related to other medications and comorbidities that you should be aware of.

Topical treatments full in different broad categories matching their mode of action: counter irritant, vasodilators, anti-inflammatory, analgesics, and some of them crossover into more than one category.

COUNTER IRRITANTS: those agents tend to create a local receptor response that competes with pain receptors, thus tricking the body in perceiving sensation rather than pain. Menthol is probably the most common one. It's found as a base in the majority of topical treatments. It's usually quite safe, short acting and reversible. There's a huge variety of products available, and ultimately it boils down to preferring water-based versus oil-based, and how much of an overlying sent or not you want to have.

VASODILATORS: those agents tend to increase local blood flow by increasing vasodilation of smaller blood vessels. The main benefit is to improve circulation to a particular area,...
https://www.bwclinic.com/blog/2025/10/28/topical-treatment-for-pain-and-inflammation

12/15/2025

VERTIGO FROM NECK OR EAR ? THE SWIVEL TEST

Dizziness and vertigo is one of those problems like fatigue that can make you cringe when it shows up in the office because there are so many possibilities as to what's causing it. Anything from cardiovascular to inner ear to medication to blood pressure to mild head injury etc. However when it comes to positional vertigo that is often triggered by change in position of the head and neck, the two main culprits are going to be the cervical spine in the inner ear and sometimes a combination of both. Most of the time the testing can be a little bit elusive because the testing itself will activate both the cervical spine and the inner ear at the same time. (For example Dixie Hall Pike test). The swivel test can be a useful add-on to other testing because it will hold the head stationary while deeply activating cervical rotation, thus eliminating stimulus to the inner year and vestibular system while deeply stimulating the cervical spine. All you need is a good old-fashioned swivel stool or chair and a good pair of steady hands to hold the head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGvfClidWqg

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