Having trouble coping with autoimmune disease symptoms? Give your chiropractor a call.
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August Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Autoimmune Diseases
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August Newsletter: Text Neck Syndrome: How Your Chiropractor Can Help
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Does your neck hurt when you use your cellphone? You could have text neck, one of the many conditions chiropractors treat.
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Avoiding Diabetes
Category: Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention
The worldwide type 2 diabetes epidemic has been thoroughly documented.1,2 Yet despite extensive study and analysis, there has been little actual progress in slowing the spread of this chronic disease. Numerous medications such as metformin and glyburide are available to help counter the severe problems
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Avoiding Painful Leg Cramps
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Your mind has finally stopped racing and you've just nodded off, only to be rudely awakened by a deep knot of sudden pain in your thigh, calf or in the arch of your foot. Athletes and high heel wearers alike are often awakened from sleep by the infamous nocturnal leg cramp or "charley horse." And though
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BACK To The Stats
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Although doctors of chiropractic (DCs) care for more than just back pain, many patients visit DCs looking for relief from this pervasive condition. Thirty-one million Americans have low back pain at any given time (1). One half of all working Americans admit to having back symptoms each year
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BOSU/Disc
Category: Health & Wellness, Wellness Essentials, Exercise
A great way to both work on strengthening the core muscles that wrap around your waist and support your spine and improve your balance and coordination is with a new workout tool called a BOSU which stands for "both sides up." On one side it is a half of a balance ball on the other side it is a flat
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Back Friendly Yard Work Tips
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Do you love to garden or engage in home improvement activities? Do so safely with these back-friendly tips.
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Back Pain - Am I At Risk?
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Are there risk factors for back pain? And, if there are, what can I do to keep myself healthy and well? Your chiropractor can help answer these questions and more. One primary risk factor relates to exercise. Everyone has heard, "if you don't use it, you lose it". If you're not exercising regularly,
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Back Pain and Herniated Discs
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
A 30-year-old mom bends over to pick up her four-year-old and feels a sharp stabbing pain in her lower back. A 60-year-old man bends over to pick up his five-year-old grandchild and feels an electrical shooting pain in his lower back. For both, the pain is so severe they need to sit down. The next
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Back to School Chiropractic Care
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Want to make the return to school a more pleasant for your child? Schedule a visit with the chiropractor.
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Back to School and Mental Wellness
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Summer is a subjectively fleeting season and school days are upon us once again. For children, this bittersweet time marks the completion of a period of relative freedom and the beginning of a new set of responsibilities. For adults, the onset of late summer and early fall signals yet another turn of
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Backpack Misuse & Chronic Back Pain
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Back pain is pervasive among American adults, but 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, according to the American Chiropractic Association
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Backpacks and Back Pain
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Backpacks are the tote of choice for most school-aged children with two books per class to lug around. In fact, it is reported that between 92% and 94% of schoolchildren carry backpacks. And it appears these contraptions are evolving somewhat with sturdier-looking designs, heavily padded straps and about
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Backpacks: Lighten Your Child's Load
Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
As millions of kids get ready to go back to school, many will pull out old backpacks or purchase new ones. While the books, homework assignments, lunches, and other school gear those bags carry may be important for success in school, some experts point to backpack use as the leading
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Bad Habits Lead to Bad Health
Category: Newsletter Library, Breaking Bad Habits
Did you know that drinking too much soda or other carbonated beverages could interfere with calcium absorption - a problem that could eventually lead to osteoporosis? Or that slouching at a desk all day or tapping away at a computer keyboard can lead to painful strains in your wrists, shoulders, elbows
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Balance
Category: Health & Wellness, Life in Motion
Balance and coordination exist when the body is used for what it is designed for. Exercises such as walking, swimming, yoga, Pilates, bicycling, martial arts, and bodybuilding all help to improve muscle coordination. Activities such as working at a desk, reading, and watching television do the opposite
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