Category: Healthy Tips
Tips for Safe and Healthy Travel
Here come the holidays – Thanksgiving, Channukah, Christmas, and New Year’s. And the travel – Thanksgiving is one of the biggest travel days and the day before Christmas is just as busy. If you’re flying, you know what to expect – long lines, delays, crowded flights. But knowing what’s to come doesn’t necessarily provide reassurance. […]
Your Body – An Owner’s Manual
Wouldn’t it be great if your body came with an owner’s manual? You’d probably begin reading it around the age of seven or eight, and right away you would be able to start taking better care of your precious body. You would learn how you can use your body efficiently and effectively. By learning how […]
Planning for Success
Every successful athlete knows that a plan is necessary to reach the highest levels of performance. How many practice sessions are needed each week, what kinds of things to work on during each session, how much rest to get, how much and what kinds of food to eat, how much water to drink – these […]
New Year’s Resolution – Find Out Whether Chiropractic Care Is Right for You
It’s early January – a New Year – and you’ve decided this is going to be the year you actually fulfill your list of New Year’s resolutions. This is going to be the year you finally start taking good care of yourself. You’re going to exercise regularly, you’re going to lose weight, and you’re going […]
Proprioception – Making Your Body Smarter
We usually don’t think of our bodies in terms of their being “smart.” For example, we walk to the corner store without giving a single thought to the complex mechanics involved in getting there and back. But behind the scenes there’s plenty going on and your body’s “IQ” has a lot to do with your […]
Rice and Beans
Rice and beans is a well-liked combination of foods that is not only delicious, but also good for you. Other well-known examples of food combinations, such as corn and lima beans (succotash), tomatoes and avocados, and even orange juice and oatmeal, provide benefits beyond those gained by eating these sound nutritional choices individually.1 For example, […]
Road Trip
The days are long, the weather’s warm, the sky is blue . . . it’s summer and we’re ready to enjoy the great American pastime – road trips! We want to get to wherever we’re going safely – and healthily, too. A safe trip is ensured by following the rules of the road and practicing […]
Chiropractic Care for Short-Term and Long-Term Health
Chiropractic care is the one form of health care that keeps on giving. Chiropractic care certainly helps people to recover from short-term health problems, but this powerful method of healing also helps people stay well and assists in preventing new problems from developing. Your chiropractor treats a wide variety of musculoskeletal problems. Neck pain, back […]
Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Americans spend more than $2 billion each year on sleep-aiding medications. Sleep is supposed to be a natural process. What’s going on? There are many issues in the way of getting a good night’s sleep. Daily stresses – work problems, financial difficulties, family challenges – can all keep a person up at night. We rehash […]
Frequent Flying
Most of us, at one time or another, have traveled for business. Some of us do this fairly often, and when we travel for business, we’re usually getting where we’re going by plane. Air travel used to be quick and easy. But lately, within the last ten years, maybe not so much. By now, we’re […]