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		<title>Dr. Smithers&#8217; Credentials</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael D. Smithers, B.A., M.T., D.C. Education: Chiropractic Orthopedics.  May 1992.  Post-doctorate 120 hours leading to Board Certification.  Logan College of Chiropractic, St. Louis, Missouri. Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.).  April 1984.  Texas Chiropractic College, Pasadena, Texas. President’s Council for ACU &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Painkillers Don&#8217;t Work with Fibromyalgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who have the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, known as Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), often report that they don&#8217;t respond to medications that relieve other people&#8217;s pain. New research from the University of Michigan Health System helps to explain why. Patients &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=175">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Healthy Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding our individual synchrony in life is important to a healthy brain.  It is crucial to letting our talents blossom, and important for getting us away from the addictive behaviors that abound in life. &#160; Any activity that gives us &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=171">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Self-Rating Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 20 million Americans experience depression, but many will never seek treatment. The Depression Self-Rating Test is a simple 16-question quiz that can help identify common symptoms of depression and their severity. Remember &#8212; depression is more than just feeling &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=169">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resting Calorie Burn for Males and Females</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 23:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resting caloric burn is properly known as the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR).  The more you burn while resting, the more weight you may be able to lose. The formula for RMR for height and weight is metric.  To convert  from &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=164">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Caffeine&#8217;s Neurological Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caffeine is the world&#8217;s most widely consumed psychoactive substance, but unlike many others, it is legal and unregulated.  Many consider it a drug of abuse. The two brain functions most sensitive to caffeine are the neural structures regulating the sleep-wake &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=162">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Element Theory of Tai Chi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Is Five Element Theory Five Element Theory helps you understand how natural changes within your body and outside environment affect your health. To predict and understand these dynamic changes, ancient doctors studied nature to determine what universal principles existed &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=157">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Bariatrics&#8211;Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bariatrics is the study and treatment of obesity.  The term is derived from the Greek root &#8220;bar&#8221; meaning weight, as in a barometer for the weight of air in weather prediction.  Too often the emphasis is simply losing weight and &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=154">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tai Chi theory concerns chi, the vital energy or life force of the body.  Proper flow of chi is believed necessary to maintain health. During Tai Chi exercise, this chi energy flows over and through our bodies in a network &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=150">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin Defaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is not a single person in the civilized western world who has not been advised, either through mass media or health providers, to take commercially produced vitamins and supplements for better living. Are the claims true? More than ninety &#8230; <a href="http://thebackclinic.com/wordpress/?p=148">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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