Cold Therapy
Cold Therapy Created in Chiropractic Therapies Applying ice after an injury is a common method for reducing pain and swelling. It is especially effective for athletes, who often experience sudden, painful injuries. This type of cold therapy, also known as cryotherapy, is used by chiropractors for the same purposes. Types of Cold Therapy Many types […]
Turn Your Medicine Chest into a First-Aid Cabinet
Turn Your Medicine Chest into a First-Aid Cabinet Created in Newsletter Library, Wellness Many people have medicine chests in their bathroom, small shelving units filled with bottles of pills, capsules, and tablets. Others, instead, have first-aid and personal grooming cabinets in their bathrooms, containing rows of bandages, tubes of antiseptic, rubbing alcohol, and adhesive tape, […]
Heat Therapy
Heat Therapy Created in Chiropractic Therapies 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 […]
What Do Lab Tests Really Mean?
What Do Lab Tests Really Mean? Created in Newsletter Library, Wellness You’re at the doctor’s office because you think something might be wrong. Rationally, you know tests are probably necessary, but getting the tests done sometimes provokes a lot of anxiety in all of us. We want to know the results, but are very concerned […]
Muscle Relaxation
Muscle Relaxation Created in Healthy Thinking, Relaxation Techniques The goal of progressive muscle relaxation is to reduce the tension in your muscles. First, find a quiet place where you’ll be free from interruption. Loosen tight clothing and remove your glasses or contacts if you’d like. Tense each muscle group for at least five seconds and […]
Coming Up for Air
Coming Up for Air Created in Newsletter Library, Mind-Body Connection Both Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, and Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species and creator of the theory of natural selection, were born on February 12, 1809. Modern evolutionary theory, of course, is based on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. […]
Positive Affirmations
Positive Affirmations Created in Healthy Thinking, Get Positive We function a lot like computers: Garbage in produces garbage out, while great stuff in produces great stuff out. We talk to ourselves far more than we talk to others. In fact, most experts agree that about 80 percent of all conversations we have are with ourselves. […]
Your Spinal IQ
Your Spinal IQ Created in Newsletter Library, Wellness Your IQ that’s measured in school has to do with problem solving – mental gymnastics. Your spinal IQ also has to do with problem solving – these are “problems” of the physical kind. How far to bend over to lift those grocery bags out of your car’s […]
Movement
Movement Created in Life is Motion Imagine waking up one morning with a frozen shoulder where you couldn’t move your upper arm more than a few inches in any direction. How much would that impact your ability to do your job? How much would that affect your ability to drive your car or even to […]
Proprioception – Making Your Body Smarter
Proprioception – Making Your Body Smarter Created in Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips 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 […]