Move Well, Eat Well, Think Well
I want to share with you three fundamental principles to a healthy life: Move Well: Keep moving! That means you shouldn’t binge watch TV, or sit at your office desk for many hours straight. Breaks are important to your spinal health, even if they are short. Move Well Part 2: Proper spinal movement through continued […]
Keys to Maintaining a Healthy Spine
Being aware of our movement patterns is essential to maintaining proper spinal health. Here are 3 quick and easy tips to help your spine stay healthy: 1. When seated: keep your low back supported. Make sure your back is arched inward toward your belly and not outward against the chair. 2. When standing: is stress […]
What Can Regular Chiropractic Adjustments Do For You?
1. Preventative Injury Management Our bodies undergo daily stresses and pressures that may be causing what are called “micro injuries.” If left alone, these small dysfunctions in our muscles and joints will eventually cause us to suffer more serious injuries. Chiropractic can address them early on and thus prevent more serious injuries from occurring. 2. […]
Chiropractic Helps Maintain A Strong Immune System
Chiropractic adjustments help regulate the nervous system. The nervous system controls the body and communicates with immune tissue to keep you healthy and fight infections. Researchers in New York found that people under chiropractic care for more than five years demonstrated 200% greater immune function that those who were not. One study measured a 48% […]
Don’t Sit for Long!
As we age, our spine naturally degenerates, but accelerated degeneration can be brought on through injury or lack of motion. Chiropractic works to both restore and maintain proper spinal motion. It’s not just our spine that needs to keep moving, but our body as a whole. Sitting for prolonged periods has been shown to shorten […]
Wellness Care is Better than Sickness Care
Over the course of your life, beginning from the time you were a baby, you have had hundreds of spills and falls, the cumulative effects of which have been building up over time, putting stress on your structural system. This stress continues to build, until one day you experience significant spinal pain. Receiving chiropractic care […]
Stay Young the First 90 Years
There is nothing like youth. No one wants to feel old and be in pain. In the last 100 years, modern medicine has made tremendous strides in extending our life expectancy. However, as we age, the most common functional disabilities in people over the age of 50 are SPINAL DISORDERS! If you knew someone was […]
Forward Head Posture Syndrome
Patients often ask me, “How can I avoid neck pain?” And I tell them, “The fastest way to avoid neck pain is to stop looking in the mirror.” That usually goes over pretty well. But, on a more serious note, let’s take a moment to talk about neck pain. Consider just how much of our […]
Backpack Use and Back Pain
Back pain is pervasive among American adults and a new and disturbing trend is emerging. Young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations, and the use of overweight backpacks is a contributing factor. 60 percent of children carrying heavy backpacks to school report back pain. What Can You Do: Make sure […]
Chiropractic Helps Relieve Headaches
Many people aren’t aware that headaches are one of the most common conditions chiropractors treat. Chiropractic provides headache relief by removing restrictions in the joints of the neck that are causing nerve irritation. Irritated nerves that exit the neck and go into the head are a frequent cause of headaches. Seeing a chiropractor is a […]