Two dogs overcoming health challenges

Choco & Precious

Pet Adoption

Meet Choco

Choco came to us in October of last year from Mexico. He is only 5yrs old and was supposed to be quick and easy to place in a new home... famous last words!

First, Choco had some GI issues that were hard to pinpoint despite several ultrasounds and lots of testing. He is seeing a specialist for that control. Next up was a bum hip, which limited his mobility. We sent him to an ortho specialist, and they recommended a FHO surgery.

Choco is such a loving boy and so deserving of all this care he has gotten over the last 5 months. We are so happy he made his way to us from Mexico!

Meet Precious

Precious is a little cutie that came to us a couple weeks ago. Her knees are quite bad, having grade 4 luxations on both. She had bilateral knee surgery two weeks ago and so far she is healing and doing great! Her legs already look so much better and she is getting wonderful care in her foster home.

For those who are not familiar with the Luxating Patella surgery, it is an 8-week recovery period, where they have to spend most of their time in a crate. They are allowed out for short, supervised walks out to potty, but that is about it! Every week, if things are going well, they are allowed a little more freedom. Precious's foster parent says she is not a fan of her crate restrictions, but she is handling it all like a champ.

Let’s face it, the only thing green about most gas mowers is the greenhouse gases they emit. That’s why electricity is the perfect fuel to clean up your yard, your home and your environment. And with the all the new electric lawn tools available, this spring is the perfect time to replace your old gas unit with a clean, green electric beauty.

Easy, clean and quiet clean and Today’s electric lawn tools are cordless and powerful enough to get the job done with ease – no more dragging extension cords around! All of a sudden, doing yard work is no longer a chore, it’s an exercise in doing the right thing. You can find more information at the link below. Be sure to watch for sales, which often happen in March, during summer holidays and then again in late fall. Check with your city or regional waste disposal company about where and how to recycle your old gas tools.

If you are interested in adopting a pug, please visit us online at www.pacificpugrescue.org or email adoptions@pacificpugrescue.org.

#NATIVEPLANTSOFOREGON

The first berries of Spring

Salmonberry

Oregon Flora

•Binomial Name: Rubus spectabilis

•Soil Type: moist to rather wet

•Sunlight: Full sun to full shade

•Plant Type: rhizomatous shrub

•Foliage: Deciduous and evergreen

•Flowering: Yes

Salmonberry can be a very aggressively spreading shrub which reach up to ten feet high, under dry conditions the growth can be suppressed though. They can be found along streams, wetlands, and in forests from Alaska to California and as far east as the cascades.

The Salmonberry has small formed. They are small, orange to red in color and looks similar to a raspberry.

Humans can consume Salmonberry, but some people dislike them because they differ in taste from one to another. Birds and other wildlife love salmonberry because they are one berries and ripen.

By the City of Beaverton’s Landscape and Urban Forestry Department.

How to help your child survive school Chromebooks to Backpacks to Cell Phones

Health

It is no secret that there are many approaches to childhood education today. Online learning, homeschooling, hybrid choices, and the basic classroom approach. Wherever your child is along that continuum, each can have an impact on their health!

One of the biggest challenges I’ve encountered lately withdren sitting in awkward positions as they stare at a Chromebook, laptop, or computer screen for school. Few homes are set up to accommodate this type of learning. So, what ends up happening is that a child is hunched over a small screen at a kitchen table or sitting on their bed. This leads to poor posture and stress on the spine. Which leads to headaches, neck tension, and/or lower back pain.

Those aches by themselves are bad enough but add to that the fact that nerves that control muscles and the internal organs travel through the spinal and can get compromised with this posture, and now the issues get focusing, digestion and bowel issues then can occur.

an issue of learning from home. Stress and strain from carrying

#BEAVERTONHEALTH&HAPPINESS an overloaded, or incorrectly worn backpack can lead to similar issues. Every year as students get ready to go back to school there are numerous warnings about backpack-caused health issues. Consider this your midyear reminder.

I can hear your question loud and clear: “So what can we do?”

The simplest answer is to be aware. Look at the ergonomic set up for your child’s home learning. Make changes to allow better posture for the student. With backpacks, be mindful of how heavy they get. Also encourage your child to wear their backpack over both shoulders.

Cell phones…

This could be an article all by itself. It doesn’t take much imagination to understand the stress that is placed on the back and nerves when looking down at one’s cell phone. Research has determined that the forward head syndrome created from this posture can increase the weight load strain of the neck and upper back muscles 2 to 6 times. Over pain and spinal challenges. an issue for school aged children! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a toddler watching a movie, or playing a game on a cell phone. Consider the lifetime damage that can occur as a result…

The most important consideration for your child is their spinal health!

One of the best things a parent can do is to have their child’s spine evaluated by a chiropractor that works with children.

Working with someone who understands this distinction can make a world of difference in the health of your child! Regular chiropractic care for your child can help minimize the damaging effects of sitting at their computer, carrying backpacks, and

Is there a way to obtain better brain and body function?

Hint: it starts with better posture

Neurophysiology is the measurement and assessment of nervous system function.

In plain speak, one of the brain receives is through your spinal column. Information goes back and forth from your body to your brain, informing your peripheral nervous system (including your autonomic and somatic nervous systems) and your sympathetic nervous system.

The study of this super-highway of information is Neurophysiology. Emerging in addressing neurophysiological dysfunction. you to better musculoskeletal alignment, it stimulates your brain via the spinal cord and restores a more precise signal from the brain to the body and back again.

When you experience back or neck pain, it indicates a misalignment in your spinal column – the highway your body relies upon to deliver critical nervous system information is disrupted. The distorted signal causes apparent symptoms like pain, clumsiness, muscle fatigue,centrating. But it also disrupts the healthy function of your autonomic system, affecting organ function, your immune system, and even neurological and sensory issues.

Better spinal alignment shows improvement in many issues including:

•Pain

•Headaches and migraines

•Sleep cycles

•Depression

•Stress and the secondary impacts of stress on the body

•Hormones

•Autism

•ADHD staring at their phone.

A great resource for parents is the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (www. ICPA4kids.org). The ICPA is ation on chiropractic for children as well as pregnancy and postpartum topics. In addition,practors in your area. This can be very valuable for your family or friends in another part of the country.

I have long held the belief that good health begins before the ICPA, I have worked with thousands of parents and children over the years.

More information can be found on my website www.BeavertonFamilyChiropractic.com

Dr. Dan Miller has been serving the Beaverton area since 1992. He has long held the belief that good health begins before birth.

•Multiple sclerosis

•Parkinson's

• Likely, continued research will only support what chiropractors have known for a long time; chiropractic care has a therapeutic effect on the nervous system.

By Dr. Bryen A. Bell, a Board-Cer-