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Please explain why you came to our office.
“Right before the holidays, I experienced some lower back discomfort and pain that seemingly came out of nowhere.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“I had never been to the chiropractor before so I had no idea what to expect but Dr. Burgoon educated me on how to correct my posture and was able to treat me immediately. In three sessions I had zero pain. 5/5 stars-recommended.
~32 year-old female
Please explain why you came to our office.
“I came to the office for tailbone pain from a fall.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“My pain has been gradually improving over the last few weeks. Most of the time I don’t notice the pain at all. I am confident it will be completely resolved soon.”
~43 year-old female
Another secret to good soups besides broths or meat stocks is the use of spices. Turmeric, coriander, and miso give this simple soup full flavor even when you use water instead of broth. I always keep onions, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes along with Miso Master Chick Pea miso on hand so that I have lots of options when I am using up leftovers. Also, you’ll have more options if you keep frozen vegetables in your freezer; I had a lot of green beans from the garden last year so I froze quite a few bags. All that said, it was the leftover rice that inspired this recipe!
Serves 2
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 Tbsp. ghee
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground turmeric
pinch of cayenne, optional
2 cups water or chicken broth
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots (will cook faster when finely chopped)
3/4 cup frozen green beans (or frozen green peas if you prefer)
2 cups cooked organic brown basmati rice
2 Tbsp. Miso Master Chick Pea miso (available in health food stores in the refrigerated section)
salt to taste
Melt the ghee in a soup pot. Add the onions and stir over medium heat until softened–a few minutes. Add the spices and stir some more. Pour in the water or stock and add the carrots. Bring to a simmer and cook until carrots are tender–5 minutes or so. Add the green beans and bring to a simmer again heating the mix thoroughly. Now add the cooked rice and heat the soup until it simmers. Place the miso in a soup bowl and add 1/4 cup water mixing with a fork until the miso dissolves. Add the miso mix to the soup pot and stir well, taste and add salt if desired. Remove from heat and serve immediately. Remember not to heat the soup further if you want the full benefit of the miso–as a fermented food, it contains live cultures.
Please explain why you came to our office.
“We first wanted to set up our baby with the best chance for successful nursing and healthy growth, and help mom recover from the pregnancy and birth process. After several sessions for mom and baby, Dad (me) started treatment for training for a medium distance race. We got our initial referral from one of our midwives.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Baby has responded very well. She is very strong, mostly nurses well, and sleeps extremely well. Mom recovered from her birth complications very quickly, and her soreness and pain have been less than before treatment. My recovery time from running distances is much improved! Less pain in feet, knees, and hips, and much more range of motion when stretching.”
~36 year-old Dad
Please explain why you came to our office.
“I came to the office upon recommendation of a friend. My daughter had a head turn preference and this office was spoken very highly of by many.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Her response has been notable. I am a PTA, and was able to quickly notice how much better she turned her head and could feel that her muscles were less tight.”
~3-month old baby
Please explain why you came to our office.
“To treat pain in head, neck, face. This practice listens to its patients, and really tries to understand the root cause of the problems. Their expertise has always been beneficial, moreso than medications. Our entire family is treated here and we have absolute confidence.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Good. Forty-eight hours after first session pain decreased noticeably. The exercises recommended to do at home may also have alleviated symptoms.”
52 year-old male
If you don’t have your own canned tomato sauce, I recommend buying organic, strained tomatoes for pizza sauce. The Bionaturae brand (see picture below) is fairly thick so be sure not to use a brand that is runny or not in glass. The bonus to using this brand is the salad dressing you can make after emptying the jar. I have previously posted a gluten-free bread that is the best I have come across–lately I have been using sprouted brown rice flour instead of almond or tigernut in that recipe. I find this combination makes a softer dough. I use that for the pizza dough.
Makes enough sauce for 1 medium-sized pizza for 2 people.
2 cups Bionaturae organic strained tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1 medium onion, chopped very fine
sweet basil, 2 Tbsp fresh and chopped fine or 1 Tbsp. dried and crushed
2 tsp ghee
salt to taste
Melt ghee in a sauce pan. Add chopped onion and stir for a few minutes over medium heat. Stir in crushed garlic until mixed well and then pour in the tomatoes. Add the basil and stir again. Medium heat until sauce simmers. Let simmer for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Salt to taste and make your favorite pizza.
This is a very tasty salad dressing that I discovered because I was being “thrifty”. When I make pizza sauce, I start with organic strained tomatoes in glass. After emptying the jar there is still a lot of tomato in there! Make some pizza sauce and then try this salad dressing with what is left in the jar.
Makes 3/4 cup dressing.
1 emptied (but not rinsed out!) jar of strained tomatoes
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp. maple syrup
salt and black pepper to taste
Add the vinegar to the tomato jar, cap it, and shake well to clean the sides of the jar with the vinegar. Pour the vinegar-tomato mixture into a glass 8 oz jar with a wide mouth. Add the olive oil and maple syrup to the mixture and then cap and shake the jar. Add salt and pepper to taste. Be generous dressing your salad–2 Tbsp. per salad.
The next Thermography screening at our office in Roanoke will be on Monday, February 16, 2026 from 2pm-5:30pm. Please note that you will need to call the number below to schedule an appointment–our office does not do scheduling for thermography.
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Please explain why you came to our office.
“Lower back pain.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Feel much better. Can get out of bed without pain and do the things I enjoy doing. Thank you!”
~55 year-old female
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