Happy Chiropractic Founder's Day!

Happy Chiropractic Founder's Day! September 18, 1895 saw the very first Chiropractic adjustment administered by Daniel David  (DD) Palmer to Harvey Lillard at Davenport, Iowa. A fundamental change in the way we view health occurred on the third floor of the Ryan Building when a man who was deaf for 17 years arose from a flat table to hear the wagons in the street below. Within 3 days, Mr. Lillard could hear the ticking of a watch!
In the 119 years that followed, countless sick people became well and many more healthy people stayed that way because my ancestors and I were blessed enough to share in the miracle of the full expression of Life energy. A well functioning nervous system translates into a healthy person. How simple is that?
I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this wonderful thing called Chiropractic. I am grateful to the Palmers (DD, BJ, Mabel and Dave) for discovering and nurturing and expanding Chiropractic. I am grateful to Doctors Kendall, Cirino, Price, Strang, Kent, Bahan, Himes, McMullin, Johnson, Schrier, Baker, Van Rumpt and many others for nurturing my understanding of a nervous system free of interference. And I am grateful to my family, my patients and my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to share Chiropractic and my abilities with all of you.
My wish for all of us is to enjoy today and every day in the joyful expression of health in body, mind and spirit! Happy Chiropractic Founder's Day and many more! I'd like to share a photo of my ancestors in Chiropractic (if not in DNA) taken around 1902 in honor of this anniversary. I hope you enjoy the look back.
Dr. Carmel-Ann Mania

Feeling like a million bucks

When was the last time you felt like "a Million bucks"? Can you even remember feeling that way?  I wrote you a little poem to tell you why...

If your spine is subluxated,
if your allergies are aggravated, 
if you know you shouldn't have waited -- you NEED to come get adjusted!
If your tires deflated,
if your lawn just got spaded,
if exhaustion  just seems 'fated"-- you NEED to come get adjusted!


I don't know how people live if they don't get their spines adjusted. When I think of the miracles that happen in each of us every moment of every day and the interferences that are caused by exposure to toxins, stress and fatigue, it makes me subluxated just thinking about it!


I am proud that it has been my life's work to help the world get it's "stuff" together by eliminating interference to the nervous system. Helping people live optimal lives is something worth doing. If I can help you live your optimum life, it would be my privilege!

The First Day

The First Day

This is the first "official" blog entry from me on the DrMania.com site. I suppose that this is a sign that I actually am present in the 21st Century and not just visiting. Chiropractic was born in the 19th century and developed in the 20th, but I am certain that it and I will find an great expansion in this one.

What does it mean to be the "first" day? Well, we have lots of firsts in our lives...I can remember my first day of kindergarten, of high school, of Palmer Chiropractic College. I can remember my first day in the clinic caring for patients. I can remember my first days as a mother, as a wife, as a step-mother and a mother-in-law. I remember my first day of teaching. I also remember the first day I had no mother or father. Each first is important whether it is a sad first or a happy first or just a "first first". I see each of the firsts I mention here as opportunities to expand one's life -- one's horizons -- one's being.

I hope that you see your first day under Chiropractic care as your opportunity to expand your life, your health, and your relationship to others. I hope that this first blog and the others to come will offer you the opportunity to expand your understanding of how truly marvelous we all are!

All the best wishes for you and your health on this first day and everyday!
Carmel-Ann Mania, D.C.