Prepare for Winter Sports Activities Created inNewsletter Library When snow, ice and frigid weather blast into town, watch out, says theAmerican Chiropractic Association (ACA). Winter recreational activitiesand chores can pose problems for the outdoor enthusiast whose body is notin condition. Winter sports like skating, skiing and sledding can causepainful muscle spasms, strains or tears if…

Pregnancy, Parenting, and Lower Back Pain Created inNewsletter Library,Pregnancy & Parenting You’re pregnant! Congratulations! Your body’s changing-wondrously, marvelously. One unexpected and unwelcome change may be lower back pain. Recent studies suggest that two-thirds of pregnant women experience lower back pain.1 These statistics seem reasonable. The weight of the growing baby, plus the weight of the…

Planning for Success Created inNewsletter Library,Healthy Tips Every successful athlete knows that a plan is necessary to reach the highest levels of performance. How many practice sessions are needed each week, what kinds of things to work on during each session, how much rest to get, how much and what kinds of food to eat,…

Bottom Line: Low back pain is the number one reason people worldwide visit their doctor and miss work. If you’ve dealt with it in the past (or maybe even right now), you know back pain can change your life in an instant. Not being able to enjoy hobbies, difficulty in your ability to work, and…

Owning Your Health Created inNewsletter Library,Breaking Bad Habits Recent discussions in the scientific literature are focusing on monitoring and possibly improving cardiovascular health in children. There’s been a lot of conversation and a lot of controversy. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association1 argued that universal screening of children could result in…

Osteoporosis: Not Just An Elderly Disease Created inNewsletter Library It used to be that osteoporosis was considered a disease that affectedonly the elderly. We particularly associated osteoporosis with older womenwhose backs were slightly hunched over or those who could no longer standup straight. Today, the truth is that an estimated 20 million Americanwomen suffer from…

New Year’s Resolution – Find Out Whether Chiropractic Care Is Right for You Created inNewsletter Library,Healthy Tips It’s early January – a New Year – and you’ve decided this is going to be the year you actually fulfill your list of New Year’s resolutions. This is going to be the year you finally start taking…

New Beginnings Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness The time is always right to begin returning to good health. Regardless of whether your issues involve weight, exercise, diet, blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic pain, now is the time to begin taking action on your own behalf. You are not alone. Literally hundreds of millions of people worldwide have…

Neck Pain: Chiropractic Can Help Created inNewsletter Library Who hasn’t had neck pain at one time or another? What’s more, many of us have experienced on-going neck troubles at some point during our lives. Looking at humananatomy, it’s no wonder pain strikes us so often in this vulnerable area. While the neck structure gives us…