When it comes to caring for your back, one of the best things you can do is regularly stretch. While it’s best to visit a chiropractor to properly align your spine, stretches can supplement that care and keep you flexible and less injury-prone. These stretches are easy, effective and can be done in your home….
Whether you are a professional athlete or make occasional trips to the gym, athletics can put a major strain on your body — particularly if you do a lot of weightlifting. This is why weightlifters need to pay close attention to their spine when they engage in intense exercise. By avoiding things like common safety…
When it comes to dealing with back pain, many peoples’ issues can be drawn back to the way that they sleep. If you spend eight hours a day in the same position and that position puts your back out of line, it is easy to see how it can quickly lead to pain and discomfort….
Proper wellness is all about living a complete, healthy life and incorporating smart choices into your everyday life. So many people think that making an occasional “smart” health decision is enough to keep you healthy and well. Wellness requires more than that. You need to consistently take care of your entire body. Ideally, we would…
At chiropractic school, students all receive special training on adjusting pregnant women. This is because pregnant women, although in a more delicate condition, can receive a number of great benefits from chiropractic care. Women who are looking for holistic care from their doctors can receive both prenatal and postnatal care and take advantage of a…
While chiropractors and massage therapists use their hands to treat patients, there is a very drastic difference between them. Most chiropractors will whole-heartedly recommend massage therapy for certain patients. Massage therapy is a very important form of healing, but it does not have the same broad scope of practice that chiropractic does. Chiropractors are primary…
Being in a car accident can be one of the most terrifying and overwhelming experiences a person lives through. One moment everything may seem fine, the next moment you are involved in a serious collision. Many people who survive automobile accidents must deal with both physical and emotional damages following their accident, and treating these…
We have all heard about the importance of having good posture. So many of us have heard time and time again that sitting tall, holding your head high and keeping good posture is very important. However, besides looking poised, healthy and professional at all times, why is having good posture so important? When you maintain…
Stress is a reality of modern living. Especially in Western Society, where longer hours are being worked and the media is constantly overloading our senses with the latest tragedy, it’s easy to see why many people experience anxiety levels ranging from mild to gut wrenching. The good news is that chiropractic care is useful for…
What benefit can chiropractic treatment offer an infant? The nervous system is the master controller of our body and is vital for optimal health. If the communication channels between the nervous system and body become unclear, distorted or damaged then we may experience all sorts of communication errors. For babies this nervous system interference may…
