A monthly piece from Dr. Janda’s practice in Newport Beach. Each issue follows the Hidden Dysfunction Model — pain as the fifth event in a longer chain — through one of the modalities we use to interrupt that chain.

June 9, 2017 · Issue 09

NAET and Allergy Elimination: The Frontier of Hidden Stressors

What if the body weren’t reacting to the substance, but to a confused signal about the substance?

May 9, 2017 · Issue 08

Rolfing and Why Posture Isn’t Just Posture: A Structural Integration Primer

Posture isn’t a habit. It’s a structural inheritance — the visible shape of years of fascia and compensation.

April 9, 2017 · Issue 07

Why Your Back Pain Keeps Coming Back: Applied Kinesiology and the Muscle Imbalance Question

The muscle that hurts is usually not the one doing the work. It’s the one that’s been carrying the load alone for too long.

March 9, 2017 · Issue 06

Subclinical Infection and Chronic Pain: What Your Doctor Isn’t Testing For

Most chronic pain workups stop at the imaging report. The missing piece is the immune burden running in the background.

February 9, 2017 · Issue 05

Pain Is Not Always Where the Problem Is: A Primer on the Hidden Dysfunction Model

After almost five decades in practice, the pain you feel is rarely the problem itself. It is the last event in a longer chain.

January 9, 2017 · Issue 04

Cross-Disciplinary Integration: A Practice Philosophy

No single modality holds the whole picture. The integration is the practice.

December 9, 2016 · Issue 03

Diet, Blood Sugar, and Chronic Pain

The blood-sugar swings most patients don’t notice are the inflammatory load most clinicians never test.

November 9, 2016 · Issue 02

Headaches and the Cervical-Jaw Connection

Most chronic headaches aren’t in the head. They’re in the neck and jaw, referring upward.

October 9, 2016 · Issue 01

Sleep, Stress, and the Autonomic Nervous System

When the nervous system can’t downshift at night, the body can’t repair. Pain follows.

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