Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Chiropractic skeptic converts
Awesome Family put gluten, dairy, legumes in the palm of her hand
Dr. Landon Amonette. Not all heroes wear capes, but some chiropractors do.
When our family moved to San Diego from Washington State in July of 2009, we went through the usual adjustments: getting accustomed to new weather patterns, finding our place in a new community, and of course, dealing with new environmental allergens. People talk about the light in Southern California, but what about the air? I know people who sneezed for a year after arriving here from the East Coast
As the months flew by, we embraced our new home, including its wide range of restaurants and grocers. The holidays came, and in typical Smith fashion, we cooked, we baked, and we ate until our bellies ached. Unfortunately, mine never stopped aching. Ah, I thought, that’s what you get for being gluttonous, Karen. I made my usual New Year’s resolutions, promising my poor guts that I would take better care of myself, eat healthier food, and all the rest of it. But the pain persisted, and began to wear on me.
I confided in — well, complained to — a new friend, and she told me I should consider visiting Dr. Landon Amonette at Awesome Family Chiropractic. I was naturally skeptical; the pain was in my gut, not my back or my joints. She told me that Amonette employed a holistic approach. I remained skeptical: I’d heard stories of people getting in over their heads with the purchase of “lotions and potions” that never really worked as they watched their bank accounts dwindle. But all I said was, “I dunno.”
My friend told me that Amonette’s whole-person approach included nutrition. That, plus the promise of no needles or other sorts of invasive treatments, convinced me to at least pay the man a visit. I found Dr. Amonette’s manner gentle, caring, and patient. And his approach was simple: treat the person as a whole, with total dignity, and with respect for their wishes, limitations and goals regarding their health.
I learned so much at that first appointment, starting with how spine alignment is crucial to the way in which the digestive, reproductive, circulatory and central nervous systems work. Dr. Amonette told me that if I removed the toxins (physical and emotional) from my body, put in whole nutrition, and adjusted the spine, I would begin to have more restful sleep and more energy, and I would feel better overall.
We began with a lengthy, but much needed questionnaire about health. Then some muscle testing: placing a small vial containing things like gluten, dairy, legumes, etc. in the palm of my extended hand to see if it “weakened” in the presence of that substance. Again, I was skeptical, but couldn’t argue with my experience of it working. Dr. Amonette was able to tailor a treatment plan for me — and eventually, each member of my family — including natural supplements to fill in what was lacking in our general nutrition, gentle adjustments, and lots of just plain old listening.
Of course, the “detoxification” — ridding the body of the bad stuff — is probably the hardest part. But it was worth it. The unhealthy weight and bloat began to disappear. My son, who’d been on an inhaler, is now free if it. My daughters’ health (and demeanors) began to improve. Today, the whole family looks forward to their adjustments. In some ways, that was the kicker for me, the thing that convinced me to try Dr. Amonette’s approach: my kids’ reaction. We’ve had some not-so-great doctors, and those are the ones the kids tend to remember; as a result, they can be skittish around medical professionals. But right after my first appointment at Awesome Family Chiropractic, my kids asked when we were going back.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Chiropractic skeptic converts
Awesome Family put gluten, dairy, legumes in the palm of her hand
Chiropractic skeptic converts
Awesome Family put gluten, dairy, legumes in the palm of her hand
Dr. Landon Amonette. Not all heroes wear capes, but some chiropractors do.
When our family moved to San Diego from Washington State in July of 2009, we went through the usual adjustments: getting accustomed to new weather patterns, finding our place in a new community, and of course, dealing with new environmental allergens. People talk about the light in Southern California, but what about the air? I know people who sneezed for a year after arriving here from the East Coast
As the months flew by, we embraced our new home, including its wide range of restaurants and grocers. The holidays came, and in typical Smith fashion, we cooked, we baked, and we ate until our bellies ached. Unfortunately, mine never stopped aching. Ah, I thought, that’s what you get for being gluttonous, Karen. I made my usual New Year’s resolutions, promising my poor guts that I would take better care of myself, eat healthier food, and all the rest of it. But the pain persisted, and began to wear on me.
I confided in — well, complained to — a new friend, and she told me I should consider visiting Dr. Landon Amonette at Awesome Family Chiropractic. I was naturally skeptical; the pain was in my gut, not my back or my joints. She told me that Amonette employed a holistic approach. I remained skeptical: I’d heard stories of people getting in over their heads with the purchase of “lotions and potions” that never really worked as they watched their bank accounts dwindle. But all I said was, “I dunno.”
My friend told me that Amonette’s whole-person approach included nutrition. That, plus the promise of no needles or other sorts of invasive treatments, convinced me to at least pay the man a visit. I found Dr. Amonette’s manner gentle, caring, and patient. And his approach was simple: treat the person as a whole, with total dignity, and with respect for their wishes, limitations and goals regarding their health.
I learned so much at that first appointment, starting with how spine alignment is crucial to the way in which the digestive, reproductive, circulatory and central nervous systems work. Dr. Amonette told me that if I removed the toxins (physical and emotional) from my body, put in whole nutrition, and adjusted the spine, I would begin to have more restful sleep and more energy, and I would feel better overall.
We began with a lengthy, but much needed questionnaire about health. Then some muscle testing: placing a small vial containing things like gluten, dairy, legumes, etc. in the palm of my extended hand to see if it “weakened” in the presence of that substance. Again, I was skeptical, but couldn’t argue with my experience of it working. Dr. Amonette was able to tailor a treatment plan for me — and eventually, each member of my family — including natural supplements to fill in what was lacking in our general nutrition, gentle adjustments, and lots of just plain old listening.
Of course, the “detoxification” — ridding the body of the bad stuff — is probably the hardest part. But it was worth it. The unhealthy weight and bloat began to disappear. My son, who’d been on an inhaler, is now free if it. My daughters’ health (and demeanors) began to improve. Today, the whole family looks forward to their adjustments. In some ways, that was the kicker for me, the thing that convinced me to try Dr. Amonette’s approach: my kids’ reaction. We’ve had some not-so-great doctors, and those are the ones the kids tend to remember; as a result, they can be skittish around medical professionals. But right after my first appointment at Awesome Family Chiropractic, my kids asked when we were going back.
Comments