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Comment on Comments by brainbalancer

brainbalancer — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:17:27 +0000

Thanks. Unfortunately I haven’t had a lot of time lately to keep it up. You’ve now encouraged me to take reassess that position.
Best,
Gary

Comment on Allergies by Max Arthur » Blog Archive » Stress Can Cause Allergies

Max Arthur » Blog Archive » Stress Can Cause Allergies — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:21 +0000

[...] Apparently, stresses in childhood can trigger allergies and asthma. Specific stress chemicals are found in higher concentrations in children who have experienced major negative life events (divorce, moving, death in the family). These are thought to trigger changes in the child’s genes that lead to immune over-responses and inflammatory conditions. [...]

Comment on Dr. Amen’s Brain Description by Nina

Nina — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:45:21 +0000

I met Dr. Amen at a lecture he gave and then participated in his brain study of injured and uninjured brains. I learned a lot about the damage that can occur even from normal children’s bangs to the head – the kind that happen to most kids who engage in sports.

If you are interested in the brain and how it works, I highly recommend reading “”My Stroke of Insight”" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. It’s on the NY Times Bestseller list and it’s a wonderful book. Dr. Taylor’s talk at TED dot com is also AMAZING! Oprah interviewed Dr. Taylor and you can check that out on Oprah.com. And Time Magazine named Dr. T one of the 100 Most Influential people in the world. Having read her book, I can see why all the attention.

Dr. Amen’s book is brain science and it’s great at that. Dr. Taylor is a Harvard Brain Scientist, but what she writes about is the science and much more. She really cracks the code to understand how our brains (right and left hemispheres) work and she explains how we can get into our right brain and be happier and more joyful. Aside from any of the science, My Stroke of Insight is also just a great story.

Comment on Welcome to the Brain Balancer’s Blog! by Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:54:09 +0000

I am interested in hearing from parents with children with processing disorders and/or ADHD. Has your child had sucsess with this program? What kind of changes did you see? I would love to hear from you. I am considering going thru this program with my son. It does sound very promising with good results.
Eileen

Comment on Comments by brainbalancer

brainbalancer — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:16:56 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I’m still trying to figure out all the bells and whistles of blogging.

Right now we don’t have any Brain Balance centers in Seattle. I’m sure there will be at some point in the future.

Fortunately, Asperger’s is something that can improve greatly. I’d be pleased to hear about your experience using Activator. Keep in mind that you should exercise primarily the left side of the body when doing your gym ball. I’ll be writing about that more in the future. Exercising, BTW, is a wonderful way of stimulating the right hemisphere of the brain (the one that Asperger’s are deficient in). Stimulates Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) which in turn stimulates neurogenesis.

Best regards,
Gary

Comment on Comments by doctordilday

doctordilday — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:50:02 +0000

I enjoyed reading your post, especially since I have a new patient with Asberger’s.

I don’t know of any of your centers in our area (Seattle) but will do what I can with Activator Methods, exercises: gym ball, etc. and perhaps some of the energy work of Donna Eden which I have been a student of for the past several years.

I am also a tai chi guy so it may work out to share that with this patient and his mother who is also a patient. That can only help.

Thanks for posting,

Dennis Dilday, D.C.
Everett Chiropractic Center