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Dr. Kristopher Schuster
Dr. Kristopher Schuster, D.C., B.S. is originally from Detroit Michigan. He attended Valparasio University studying Psychology and Human Biology. He later attended New York Chiropractic College, earning multiple honors. Dr. Schuster is always looking for new treatments and research, and thus likes to combine many healing techniques including traditional chiropractic, nutrition, therapeutic massage, physical rehabilitation techniques, and eastern medicine. He currently practices in Ashburn Virginia at Beyond Wellness.
Home page: http://www.mybwdoc.com
Posts by Dr. Kristopher Schuster
Choosing a Chiropractic College
1692 days
Choosing a chiropractic college is an important decision that many students fail to recognize. Of the schools, some have radically divergent theories, philosophies, and treatment methods. To many students choose on the basis of proximity and their own chiropractors recommendation, which can land them in the wrong institution.
You may view student ratings of some of the chiropractic colleges, but at this time only a few colleges are rated.
The following article addresses the key considerations when choosing your chiropractic institution.
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Chiropractic Neck manipulation and Stroke Risk
3789 days
Is the risk real?
Chiropractic is the largest alternative medicine profession in the United States, and probably the most debated. Undeniably, the hottest debated topic concerning chiropractic is stroke risk. But are you really flirting with death when you visit a Chiropractor? This article, written with common argument headers, attempts to discern if cervical manipulation is a risky treatment, especially when compared with other popular treatment options.
Neck manipulation dissects the vertebral basilar artery leading to stroke…
The most basic argument that needs to be proven for anti-manipulation activists to have a ground to stand on is whether a neck manipulation has the physical means to cause a stroke. Detractors claim that forceful manipulation of the neck dissects the vertebral basilar artery, which passes through the atlas (top neck bone/vertebrae) before it enters the skull. This dissection is caused by either the physical stretching of the artery or by its contact with the bone. This very idea is actually what many chiropractic colleges teach, but its reality becomes doubtful when viewing the research.
Continue reading “Chiropractic Neck manipulation and Stroke Risk” »
New Stroke Recognition Tests
4810 days
One of the major concerns for chiropractors are stroke patients. Current research associates the risk of stroke after a cervical manipulation as about 1 in a million. However, these stats may be artificially high, since often people who seek chiropractic care for neck & head pain often have these symptoms because they are currently in a stroke status. Continue reading “New Stroke Recognition Tests” »
Tips for Getting Hired
0815 days
Get the job you want.
As December looms the largest graduating class of the year is getting ready to do just that… graduate. Unfortunately, many of us are facing the reality that getting job post school was a little more difficult than thought. This short article covers a view tips and advice that I have acquired either from others, or via my own experiences. Continue reading “Tips for Getting Hired” »
Strange Swine Flu Stat
3823 days
Swine Flu... its not the pig's fault!
This article is considered a “musing for entertainment” as it is solely based on statistical information (and possibly poor information). The author takes no stance pro or con vaccination.
Whether or not the swine flu vaccine is safe or effective continues to be a debate and is the basis for many families deciding against receiving the vaccine. So here’s an interesting consideration for you all. (But please don’t forget that correlation do not equal causation)
Mongolia has a population of roughly 3,000,000 people. According to the World Health Organization, as of November 4th there has been 6 deaths associated with swine flu. That means that 1 out of every 500,000 Mongolians have died of the swine flu.
The United States has a population of 305,000,000 people. According to the CDC on November 1st, there have been 4000 swine flu related deaths. That means that 1 out of every 76,250 Americans have died of the swine flu.
The kicker… Mongolia does not have the vaccine, the USA does. Is it that Mongolian Hospitals are superior to the US? Hardly… Mongolia’s health-care system is considered the 147th of 190. The USA ranks at 37. Is it because Mongolia is less densely populated? Unlikely. 1/3 of the population lives in a single city alone. Continue reading “Strange Swine Flu Stat” »
Multiplying our Pain
0826 days
Is it really the Egg?
There is no arguing that allergies are a fact of the human existence. You are truly beating the odds if you make it to adulthood without an allergy of some sort, be it pollen, dander, food, or chemical.
What most people do not realize is that allergens have the potential to act synergistically, that is, they multiply each others effects. A study by Johansen et. al. established that when individuals were exposed to two known allergens, instead of adding their effects, the allergic reaction tripled or quadrupled in intensity! Therefore a person who is mildly allergic to yellow 5, may experience an asthmatic reaction when its paired with another common mild allergen, caffeine. Mountain Dew anyone?
Taken a step further, there are some foods or allergens that do not effect us unless you are also exposed to their concomitant allergen. Let me explain. Many people are tested as egg allergic, however they exhibit an allergic reaction to eggs only at certain times of the year. This is Continue reading “Multiplying our Pain” »
Is the Mercury in Thiomersal Dangerous
2839 days
Is the Mercury in Thiomersal Dangerous?
Thiomersal is a preservative that is added to vaccines to prevent contamination. It contains roughly 49% mercury; therefore a vaccine containing the standard Thiomersal dosage of 50mcg contains 25mcg of mercury. For adults, there are thiomersal free and preservative free vaccines. Thiomersal-free has no thiomersal, while preservative free contains trace amounts, or about .3mcg per dose. Although childhood vaccines can no longer contain thiomersal (as of 1999), the government considers the trace amounts in preservative free versions acceptable, plus, any vaccine that was produced prior may be still be used (assuming its shelf date has not expired).
The FDA set the daily safe limit of mercury at 1.0mcg per kg of bodyweight per day to avoid neurological damage. However, paying attention to the weekly average tends to be a more accurate indicator.
The ultimate question of course is, “Is it Safe”? Continue reading “Is the Mercury in Thiomersal Dangerous” »
Student Loan Repayment Bill
4839 days
In a my previous article, “Understanding Loan Repayment Options”, I mentioned that the NHS loan repayment is currently not offered to chiropractors even though the Public health service loan indicated that the program was for all primary care providers (chiropractors, and some other providers such as physical therapists were denied because we were not specifically mentioned).
Today I became aware of a bill currently in committee, the Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009. This bill strives to amend the current bill from “eligible physicians” to “frontline providers”, as well as specifically designating chiropractors as a frontline provider. As a provider, chiropractors would receive a $50000 loan payment for serving 2 years in an under served area.
I urge all students and doctors alike to sign the chirovoice petition. Or better yet, write your own and send it to your senator!
Lutein and the cancer connection
2840 days
Is it only good for our eyes?
One of the major avenues of nutrition based research of the past couple decades has been antioxidants’ role in cancer formation. Although observational studies had been very promising, experimental studies continued to fail to find a correlation. Thus experimenters began searching deeper into the subject of antioxidants and came out with a possible solution, Lutein.
Lutein, a highly unstable xanthophyll, has been a rare case in that most experimental data has thus far shown some sort of link between it and cancer, especially in the realm of colon cancer. However, recent supplemental research trials have uncovered Lutein’s possible dangerous effects and have shown that we have only begun to scrape the surface of this potential link. Continue reading “Lutein and the cancer connection” »
Ross Amendment
0840 days
Ross amendment, protect our state provided rights! Begin listening at 3:55 until about 6:15.