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Managing Screen Time for Kids: Expert Recommendations

Managing Screen Time for Kids: Expert Recommendations

In today’s digital age, managing screen time for children is a ...
Swimming Safety Tips for Parents

Swimming Safety Tips for Parents

Swimming is one of the most enjoyable and beneficial activities for ...
Summer Wellness Tips for Parents

Summer Wellness Tips for Parents

Summer is a time of excitement and adventure for children, but it can ...
10 Ways to Create A Healthier Shower Routine

10 Ways to Create A Healthier Shower Routine

At Acorn Wellness Center in Walnut Creek, we are committed to helping ...
How to Embrace a Healthier Lifestyle

How to Embrace a Healthier Lifestyle

At Acorn Wellness Center in Walnut Creek, we are dedicated to helping our ...
How Much Does a Chiropractor Cost in the Bay Area?

How Much Does a Chiropractor Cost in the Bay Area?

The most common question I get asked is, “what are your rates?” My current ...
Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

For someone who has never studied American history, it might be possible ...
Yoga & Chiropractic Care: The Perfect Pair

Yoga & Chiropractic Care: The Perfect Pair

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, let’s talk about two amazing ways to ...
5 Love Languages

5 Love Languages

What is health? It’s more than just a state of high functioning within ...
Use Your Flex Spending Before the Year Ends!

Use Your Flex Spending Before the Year Ends!

  Do you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or a Health ...
Grounding For Health

Grounding For Health

Imagine the sensation of grass under your bare feet. Or your toes ...
Did Beer Lead to Civilization?

Did Beer Lead to Civilization?

I am endlessly fascinated by documentaries that give insight into how our ...
Sunscreen Safety

Sunscreen Safety

Now that summer weather is starting, it’s important to protect ...
Stretch, Stabilize, and Strengthen During Pregnancy

Stretch, Stabilize, and Strengthen During Pregnancy

In pregnancy the body can feel tight and at the same time loose. It can be ...
BrainTime Review

BrainTime Review

by Dr. Bartlett To support people’s New Year’s Resolutions, my friend ...
New Year, New Habits!

New Year, New Habits!

by Dr. Elon Bartlett Happy New Year! As the new year gets underway, it’s ...
Self-Care for the Holiday Season

Self-Care for the Holiday Season

by Dr. Bartlett We’re approaching the winter Solstice (December 21st), ...
Self Care during your Summer Adventures

Self Care during your Summer Adventures

By Zahava Griss photo by Trey Ratcliff Many of you know me as ...
3 Tips for Stretching

3 Tips for Stretching

Dr. Bartlett shares his tips for making your stretches more ...
Caring for your Wrists

Caring for your Wrists

Spend a lot of time typing, writing, and driving? Dr. Bartlett has some ...
Acorn Celebrates International Women’s Day

Acorn Celebrates International Women’s Day

Today is International Women's Day and we are honored to support the ...
Safe Space for You

Safe Space for You

Acorn is a safe space for you.   Whatever your racial identity, ...
Underwater Healer

Underwater Healer

There are so many beautiful ways to heal our body and our connection with ...
The Arduous Medicine of Loneliness

The Arduous Medicine of Loneliness

This is #6 in our Guest Blogger series by Athena Grace. The masterfully ...
Parenthood vs. the Hungry Beast Called Time

Parenthood vs. the Hungry Beast Called Time

This is #5 in our Guest Blogger series by Athena Grace: Five months into ...
Motherhood ~ The Disappearance of Self

Motherhood ~ The Disappearance of Self

This is #4 in our Guest Blogger series by Athena Grace:  Recently, I ...
The Power of Mother Love

The Power of Mother Love

This is #3 in our Guest Blogger series by Athena Grace: Be honest… If you ...
Postpartum Body Image: My Naked Truth

Postpartum Body Image: My Naked Truth

This is #2 in our Guest Blogger series by Athena Grace: Remember the good ...
Guest blog – Why I Choose To Be A Single Mama

Guest blog – Why I Choose To Be A Single Mama

We are proud to feature Athena Grace, a local mom, writer, and friend, who ...
Empowering Birth Blogs

Empowering Birth Blogs

I’d like to share a list of blogs that all support the idea of empowering ...
Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

The tradition of dyeing bird eggs and hiding them at the beginning ...
Microbiome and Health

Microbiome and Health

What Is the Microbiome? The existence of micro-organisms has been known ...
Blood Test for Disease

Blood Test for Disease

I’m frequently pointing out that we’ve been mislead to believe that ...
Streamline Your Space & Simplify Your Life

Streamline Your Space & Simplify Your Life

Is your home feeling more stressful than soothing? My patient, Shira Gill, ...
Benefits of Rapid Release

Benefits of Rapid Release

I have been a chiropractor for 14 years, and have believed that addressing ...
Napa Quake Shakes Bay

Napa Quake Shakes Bay

Did you feel last week's 6.0 earthquake? Many of my patients said they ...
Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day

In honor of Father's Day, I want to share about the amazing contributions ...
Savin’ Lives with “Stayin’ Alive”

Savin’ Lives with “Stayin’ Alive”

Most people are familiar with the idea of CPR (CardioPulmonary ...
Eating Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat

Eating Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat

If you have watched a TV commercial for any food product, or set foot in ...
What If I Don’t Need Chiropractic Care?

What If I Don’t Need Chiropractic Care?

Over the years, I can’t count the number of times I heard someone say that ...
Who’s Your Favorite Chiropractor?

Who’s Your Favorite Chiropractor?

Every year the folks at CityVoter tally the votes for local businesses in ...
{510}families

{510}families

Our patient, Meri Maceacheron, is working for 510families, a site ...
What Goes Into Your Food?

What Goes Into Your Food?

Two new books about processed foods can give us insight into what goes ...
Natural Paints Are the Only Way to Go

Natural Paints Are the Only Way to Go

Everyone already knows that paint contains chemicals that we "shouldn't" ...
Why Breast Thermography?

Why Breast Thermography?

Acorn Wellness Center is proud to be getting the word out about breast ...
Why Breast Thermography?

Why Breast Thermography?

Acorn Wellness Center is proud to be getting the word out about breast ...
Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Big Earthquake?

Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Big Earthquake?

The next BIG earthquake is coming soon. Those of us who live in the Bay ...
Ideal Stretching Technique

Ideal Stretching Technique

Probably the single-most often repeated instructions I give are about ...
Pumpkin Pie Cake

Pumpkin Pie Cake

This is a recipe that, I am proud to say, was inspired by a favorite from ...
New Family Nutrition

New Family Nutrition

One of my patients, Cary Berkley, is a Certified Nutrition Educator and ...
Mashed Cauliflower (Faux Mashed Potatoes)

Mashed Cauliflower (Faux Mashed Potatoes)

It seems as though I've been hearing about mashed cauliflower for years, ...
“Maximize” Your Video Presence

“Maximize” Your Video Presence

Our website has two videos created by our incredibly talented patient, Max ...
Top Tips to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Top Tips to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

"You wouldn't knowingly eat spoiled food or jump into a river that was ...
Winter Insurance?

Winter Insurance?

I wish there was a way to insure against all the aspects of winter that ...
Icing Instructions

Icing Instructions

One of the most effective ways to treat pain in the body is with ice, also ...
You Eat What?!

You Eat What?!

Michael Pollan is starting to become a household name. Not only has he ...
When to Stretch?

When to Stretch?

My whole life I’ve heard people warn me to stretch before exercising as a ...