How to Make Sure Your Chiropractic Adjustment Lasts Created inNewsletter Library How to Extend the Effects of Your Chiropractic Adjustment Depending on the things you do after your visit to the chiropractor, the effects of your treatment can last days or just a few hours. Fortunately, you can extend the positive effects of your adjustments…

What is Flexion-Distraction Therapy? Created inNewsletter Library Could Flexion-Distraction Therapy Help My Pain? Most of us experience pain in our muscles and joints occasionally. If we’re lucky, the uncomfortable symptoms subside after just a few days. For some people, pain becomes a chronic condition that lasts months or years. Although pain medication can be helpful,…

Posture and Spinal Health Created inNewsletter Library What is Your Posture Telling You About Your Health? Most of us started hearing about posture way back in grade school when our parents and teachers began to tell us to “stand up straight”. We were told to have “good posture”, often with the implication that such an…

Dehydration and Back Pain Created inNewsletter Library How Dehydration Affects the Body Healthy nutrition includes drinking at least 4 to 8 glasses of water every day. Admittedly, this is a wide range, but 4 8-ounce glasses of water represents the minimum intake for adult men and women. A useful frame of reference is the presence…

Asthma and Chiropractic Created inNewsletter Library Can Chiropractic Improve Symptoms of Asthma? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of May 2018, 1 in 13 Americans have asthma, representing 26.5 million people. Of these 26.5 million, 6.1 million children and 20.4 million adults suffer from this chronic disease. The annual costs of…

Foods for Joint Pain Created inNewsletter Library Can your diet affect joint pain? Joint pain may be experienced as a result of an acute injury, such as an ankle sprain, knee sprain, or rotator cuff tear. Joint pain may also accompany varying types of joint inflammation, including osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease), rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,…

What Is TMJ Syndrome and How Can Chiropractic Help? Created inNewsletter Library What Is TMJ Syndrome and How Can Chiropractic Help? The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) connects the temporal bone with the condylar process (flange of bone) of the mandible (jaw bone). There is a TMJ on each side of your skull. The joint provides for…

Can Chiropractic Help Alleviate Anxiety? Created inNewsletter Library Can Chiropractic Help Alleviate Anxiety? Many people of all ages experience depression and/or anxiety, whether on an occasional, frequent, or consistent basis. These symptoms may be transient, only occurring at a particular stage in one’s life, or they may represent a specific condition such as a depressive…

ACL Injury and Chiropractic Created inNewsletter Library The knee is a hinge joint and stability is provided by the large thigh muscles (the quadriceps and hamstrings), the cartilaginous medial and lateral menisci, the medial and lateral collateral ligaments, and the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. The cruciate ligaments are located within the knee joint and…