Free Back Pain Webinar

January 17, 2012 Miscellaneous

We are going to be holding two free webinars on the causes of back pain and what can be done to help it.  We will be covering how to get your back healthy again and things you can do on your own to help with back pain or prevent back problems from developing.  The webinars [...]

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Osteoporosis and Calcium Deficiency

January 15, 2012 Health

I find a lot of time there is confusion about the difference between osteoporosis and

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How to Strengthen Your Back

January 14, 2012 Fitness

Your spine is supported by many groups of muscles.  You have large muscles such as your abdominal, iliopsoas, and quadratus lumborum muscles that are primarily designed for performing movement.  It is important for they to be strong for you to perform your normal activities without hurting your spine.  If these muscles are not strong enough [...]

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How Posture Affects Your Back and Neck

January 12, 2012 Chiropractic Care

Good posture is essential to spinal health.  When you look at your spine from the side, it has curves in it.  Your neck curves forward; your upper back curves backwards; and your low back curves forwards.  These curves give your spine shock absorption, much like a spring.  Whenever you sit or stand with good posture, [...]

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Heat or Ice?

January 10, 2012 Chiropractic Care

One of the most common questions that I get from patients is should they use ice or heat.  You want to use ice to decrease pain and inflammation.  Heat is good to decrease muscle tightness.  You can never go wrong with ice, but if you have some inflammation going on, heat can make the pain [...]

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The Link Between Chiropractic Care and Your Eyes

September 12, 2011 Chiropractic Care

I can’t tell you how many times I get asked why we have an eye chart in our examination room at the office.  One reason is patients with certain headache symptoms may actually have a vision problem that they need corrective lenses for to correct the headache.  Another reason is a problem with your spine [...]

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Dietary Supplements to Help Bone Health and Retard Osteoporosis

September 11, 2011 Vitamins and Supplements

Even though osteoporosis is a largely preventable disease through diet and exercise, osteoporosis and its complications are now considered by the World Health Organization to be the second-leading health care problem, behind only cardiovascular disease.  Osteoporosis is a condition that breaks down the skeleton, making bones more fragile and more likely to spontaneously fracture, especially [...]

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How to Improve Your Balance

September 10, 2011 Chiropractic Care

Balance is important to protect yourself from injury from falls or just twisting your ankle or knee.  We have 3 senses in our body that help us with balance:  the inner ear, our sight, and a less-commonly known sense that’s called proprioception (our ability to perceive where our body is in space – it’s how [...]

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Trigger Fingers: How to Treat Them

September 9, 2011 Chiropractic Care

A trigger finger, officially known as stenosing tenosynovitis, is when one of your fingers or thumb catches in a bent position.  The bent finger can straighten with a snap, like a trigger being released, hence the name trigger finger.  A severe trigger finger can become painfully locked in the bent position without being able to [...]

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Is Sea Salt Actually Healthier Than Table Salt?

June 21, 2010 Nutrition

Sea salt has become widely believed to be healthier than regular table salt, but is that really the case?  They both have the same basic components, sodium and chloride.  The main difference between the two are their taste, texture, and processing.  Sea salt is produced through the evaporation of seawater which leaves behind trace minerals and [...]

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