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Strength
Strong muscles keep your body upright and allow you to move. Good muscle strength and balance are critical to maintain proper posture and minimize muscle tension. Your muscles function much like the wires that hold up a tall radio or television antenna. If the wires are equally strong on all sides, the antenna will stand […]
Improve Your Condition With Chiropractic Care
5 Conditions That Can Be Improved with Chiropractic Care Chiropractic care offers more benefits than you may realize. Whether you’re suffering from back pain, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), or another condition, chiropractic treatment can ease your pain and reduce or eliminate other symptoms. These five conditions are among the many that chiropractors treat every […]
Pain-Free Travel Tips for Your Back and Spine
How to Prevent Pain While Traveling Do you suffer from neck or back pain for days after a long car, plane, bus, or train trip? Sitting for hours stresses your spine, joints, ligaments, discs, and muscles, causing those travel-related aches and pains. How Traveling Causes Pain After you remain in the same position for a […]
Manual Technique
Manual therapy, also known as manipulative therapy, is a physical treatment primarily used by chiropractors to treat musculoskeletal pain and debility. How Does Manual Therapy Work? This form of physical therapy takes a hands-on approach rather than using devices or machines. When a chiropractor uses their hands during manual therapy, they apply pressure on the […]
How Your Shoe Choices Affect Your Back and Spine
Are Your Shoes Causing Back and Spine Problems? Have you been wondering why you have back pain? Your shoes may be to blame. Unfortunately, the most stylish choices don’t always offer the best support or comfort for your feet and spine. What Happens When You Select the Wrong Type of Shoes Your feet support the […]
Heat Therapy
Most people have used heat at one time to sooth normal aches and pains — such as the use of a hot bath, a heating pad or even an old-fashioned water bottle. Even today, these types of heat therapy play an important role in chiropractic practice to increase circulation and relax the muscles. At the […]
Why You Should Receive Chiropractic Care After an Auto Accident
Receiving Chiropractic Care After Suffering Auto Injuries Even seemingly minor motor vehicle accidents can cause whiplash, back pain, and other ailments. Visiting your chiropractor as soon as possible after an accident will help ease your pain and prevent long-term complications. Chiropractic Treatment Eases Whiplash Pain Whiplash is a common injury after an accident. In fact, […]
Chiropractic Care for our High-Tech Lifestyles
While technology creates many new possibilities for entertainment, connecting with others and getting work done, it also spawns new health problems. Ten years ago, nobody had “text neck.” Now many people are reaping the unwanted musculoskeletal consequences of tech overuse. “Text Neck” Instead of holding mobile devices straight out in front of their faces to […]
Chiropractic Care for Children
Many people think that chiropractors treat only adults. But children can also benefit from regular chiropractic care. Injuries that children receive during their everyday lives and while playing sports can cause many symptoms that can be treated by chiropractors. This includes soreness, discomfort, stiffness or neck pain. Pediatric chiropractors — those that are trained to […]
Chiropractic Care for Athletes
Chiropractic care and sports training go hand in hand. Many professional athletes have publicly shared that chiropractic adjustments are crucial before and after their athletic feats. NFL champion Emmit Smith likened a single football game to being in more than 30 car accidents. With this kind of impact on the body, athletes need the best […]