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Articles by Thomas Lamar
Lasting memories for most, sleep for some | Spinal Column
Lasting memories for most, sleep for some |...
By Thomas Lamar • June 29, 2012 5:01 pm

I’ll never forget my first interview, but my son will never remember it.

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Stepping back in time: Serenading a radio station | Spinal Column
Stepping back in time: Serenading a radio station...
By Thomas Lamar • May 25, 2012 6:29 pm

Certainly you’ve heard a song played on a radio station, but I bet you’ve never heard a song played about a radio station.

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Wellness:  Asking the Right Question | Spinal Column
Wellness: Asking the Right Question | Spinal Column
By Thomas Lamar • May 3, 2012 6:54 pm

When it comes to health and healing, as a nation, we fall short when it comes to being well.

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The rock stars of chiropractic | Spinal Column
The rock stars of chiropractic | Spinal Column
By Thomas Lamar • March 1, 2012 4:22 pm

When I started Spinal Column Radio two years ago, my original intention was merely to refresh and repurpose the decade-and-a-half of articles I had written for the Kingston Community News into a radio-style format.

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Columnist enjoys a slice of humble pie | Spinal Column
Columnist enjoys a slice of humble pie |...
By Thomas Lamar • February 6, 2012 2:49 pm

With more 100 shows of our Spinal Column Radio podcast under my belt — taking my son, Logan, and I coast to coast to interview some of chiropractic’s greatest minds — you can imagine that I’ve got a story or two.

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Recent flight was a spiritual experience | Spinal Column
Recent flight was a spiritual experience | Spinal...
By Thomas Lamar • December 20, 2011 5:07 pm

My 11-year-old audio-engineer son, Logan, and I just returned home from an amazing weekend in New Jersey after taking our Spinal Column Radio podcast studio on the road.

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Spinal Column Radio brings collector, fan together | Spinal Column
Spinal Column Radio brings collector, fan together |...
By Thomas Lamar • November 18, 2011 4:10 pm

I love podcasting. I love it for many different reasons. But it’s the “Power of the Podcast” that keeps me coming back.

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Medical study applauds, but misses point | Spinal Column
Medical study applauds, but misses point | Spinal...
By Thomas Lamar • November 3, 2011 5:03 pm

Every once in a while a health care study comes out that makes you stop and say, “Now why didn’t someone think of doing that earlier?” Well, such a study recently hit the pages of the prestigious medical journal Spine.

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Maintenance care: Medical study applauds but misses point | Spinal Column
Maintenance care: Medical study applauds but misses point...
By Thomas Lamar • September 2, 2011 12:21 pm

True health is more than being pain-free, it’s about functioning at the most optimum level possible. When the spine is adjusted, and maintained as such, the nervous system which controls and regulates every cell, tissue and organ in the body is able to communicate more effectively … and when that’s in place, pain just isn’t an option.

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Results may vary | Spinal Column | August
Results may vary | Spinal Column | August
By Thomas Lamar • August 8, 2011 1:58 pm

After practicing nearly fifteen years, I am still honored and humbled when asked to adjust a newborn. The other day I adjusted a 3-day-old.

Now before you stop breathing at the thought of an infant receiving an adjustment, understand that the birth process itself can be extremely traumatic. As a matter of fact, the average force placed on the head and neck by the delivering doctor’s hands during a “normal” childbirth is 40 to 70 pounds. Contrast that to the specific fingertip pressure of two to four pounds that a chiropractor needs to adjust the tiny vertebrae in an infant’s neck.

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What’s a spizzerinctum? | Spinal Column | July
What’s a spizzerinctum? | Spinal Column | July
By Thomas Lamar • July 11, 2011 2:47 pm

The word on my white board the other day was “spizz”— a word that invariably provoked a question from each one of my patients.

“What does spizz mean, Dr. Lamar?”

“Well,” I would reply, “It’s short for spizzerinctum. Does that help?”

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Parachuting cats and the danger of narrow thinking | Spinal Column | May
Parachuting cats and the danger of narrow thinking...
By Thomas Lamar • May 3, 2011 12:38 pm

In the 1950s the islanders of Borneo, specifically the Dayak people, were stricken with a major malaria problem. Borneo is…

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Don’t invite pain to the table | Spinal Column | March
Don’t invite pain to the table | Spinal...
By Thomas Lamar • March 1, 2011 3:55 pm

It’s not uncommon when I query someone who has come to my office, if they have any neck pain, headaches, or back pain for them to say, “Yes but….

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Don’t wait for pain to seek help | Spinal Column | February
Don’t wait for pain to seek help |...
By Thomas Lamar • January 28, 2011 2:42 pm

If you are waiting for pain to dictate how often you should see your chiropractor —or whether or not to…

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‘Off label’ chiropractic | Spinal Column | November
‘Off label’ chiropractic | Spinal Column | November
By Thomas Lamar • November 8, 2010 6:07 pm

Every day in the practice of medicine doctors prescribe their patients “off label” medications. Some might confuse the term “off…

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Chiropractors and conception | Spinal Column | October
Chiropractors and conception | Spinal Column | October
By Thomas Lamar • October 1, 2010 1:42 pm

“My husband and I are having difficulty conceiving … can chiropractic help?” This is a question that I hear in…

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Lifting smart | Spinal Column | September
Lifting smart | Spinal Column | September
By Thomas Lamar • September 17, 2010 1:50 pm

Crowbars and chiropractic. Two words that have an odd relationship at first glance. But as a chiropractor, I contend it…

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Spare the spare parts | Spinal Column | August
Spare the spare parts | Spinal Column |...
By Thomas Lamar • August 9, 2010 1:46 pm

Tonsils. Appendix. Gallbladder. Quick! What do these three body parts have in common? This was the question I recently posed…

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Neck pain with a twist | Spinal Column | March
Neck pain with a twist | Spinal Column...
By Thomas Lamar • March 2, 2010 3:14 pm

Torticollis. While it might sound like a strange Italian dish, it’s not. Imagine waking up one morning with your ear…

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We’ll all pay for ‘free’ health care | Spinal Column | February
We’ll all pay for ‘free’ health care |...
By Thomas Lamar • February 2, 2010 12:26 pm

As our nation waits on pins and needles for our elected officials to craft a “health-insurance plan for-everyone,” those who…

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