History
History Created in About Chiropractic Care, What is Chiropractic Manual manipulation of the spine and other joints in the body have been around for a long time. Ancient writings from China and Greece dating between 2700 B.C. and 1500 B.C. mention spinal manipulation and the maneuvering of the lower extremities to ease low back pain. […]
Advanced Citizenry
Advanced Citizenry Created in Wellness Lifestyle Tips, Treat Others Well Being an advanced citizen means that you dedicate some of your time, your thoughts and your perspectives to a cause that you believe in. This may be something as simple as volunteering a few hours every month to visit with senior citizens in the local […]
Why Do My Knees Hurt?
Why Do My Knees Hurt? Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain It seems that as they get older, many people expect their knees to give out. Osteoarthritis of the knee is, in fact, common in those over age 50 and knee arthroscopy is one of the most frequently done orthopedic surgeries.1 Also, increasing […]
What’s An Adjustment?
What’s An Adjustment? Created in About Chiropractic Care, What is Chiropractic The primary focus of chiropractic is simply to adjust the spine and remove those things which interfere with the body’s natural normal healing ability. Spinal adjustments to correct subluxations are what make chiropractic professionals unique in comparison with any other type of health care […]
Wrist Metabolism Monitor
Wrist Metabolism Monitor Created in Wellness Essentials, Exercise If you are a gadget junkie, a professional athlete or just like to have the most advanced new technology, you’ll want the Suunto t6. It is a wristwatch that calculates your heart rate, energy consumption, ventilation, oxygen consumption (VO2), respiratory rate, Training Effect and EPOC (Excess Post-Exercise […]
When Is Back Pain More Than Back Pain?
When Is Back Pain More Than Back Pain? Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Out of the blue, your back starts to hurt. At first, it’s just an annoyance. You can live with it. You’ve had lower back pain before and it went away on its own. Now it’s a few weeks […]
Wellness vs. Medical Care
Wellness vs. Medical Care Created in About Chiropractic Care, What is Chiropractic What’s the main difference between wellness care and standard medical care? Wellness care seeks to turn on the natural healing ability, not by adding something to the system, but by removing anything that might interfere with normal function, trusting that the body would […]
Vitamins & Supplements
Vitamins & Supplements Created in Wellness Essentials, Nutrition Unless you live on an organic farm, most experts agree that we should take a daily supplement in order to ensure that our bodies are receiving the nutrients necessary to promote our optimum health. Multi-vitamin supplements help your body stay nourished to keep healthy and strong. One […]
The Problem of Radiating Pain
The Problem of Radiating Pain Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Many people experience radiating pain as a component of neck pain or low back pain. A person with neck pain might have pain that radiates down her arm, possibly into the hand.1 A person with low back pain might have accompanying leg […]
Chiropractic Objective
Chiropractic Objective Created in About Chiropractic Care, How Does it Work What truly differentiates doctors of chiropractic from any other healthcare professionals is the fact that chiropractors are the only professionals who are trained to diagnose and treat what are called spinal subluxations. The word “subluxation” comes from the Latin words meaning “somewhat or slight” […]