Supplements - Part 1

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

If you think there is no difference between one vitamin supplement and the next, think again.

There is nothing more valuable than your health, just ask a sick person. No matter how much you love your house, your car or your hobbies, you won’t enjoy any of it without your health.

So, why do so many people simply buy whatever vitamin is the cheapest, easiest or fastest to get a hold of? If your health is a top priority, why would you settle for that? Do you buy the cheapest oil and old gas for a beautiful new car, just because you can save a buck? Then why buy a multivitamin with unknown effectiveness and inert ingredients?

Simply eating right isn’t enough anymore. Even the best diet falls short of adequate nutrition. Minerals are responsible for over 300 biochemical, life-sustaining reactions in the human body. The problem is, minerals are not found in the same abundance today as they used to be.

Back Pain

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

It is estimated that 80% of Americans will have chronic back pain (BP) at some point in their lives. At any point in time, over 30% of the population of adults will have back pain. Then why is it that only 7 to 10% of the population goes to the chiropractor?

People struggling with BP take many different paths to find relief, many of which have been proven ineffective. Debilitating symptoms cause some to resign themselves to a lifetime of prescription pain killers, steroid shots and even multiple surgeries. All of these have been proven less effective than alternative treatments such as spinal manipulation, exercises and massage.

In days of old, osteopathic doctors actually performed some spinal manipulation with adequate results. Today, there are very few osteopaths who even choose to learn it. Most have chosen the allopathic model of conventional medicine, and couldn’t care less about the roots of their profession. They have been absorbed by medicine.