Health and Wellness

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Twisting and Bad Posture Can Create Problems For Your Back

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Twisting and Bad Posture Can Create Problems For Your Back

There are several distinct symptoms of having back pain, as a result of twisting. If when you twist your body to the left or the right and you receive sudden or sharp pain, bend over to pick up something, or when you sit down in a chair or your bed than and it is uncomfortable then you need to evaluate how you are going to fix this problem. Also, if you feel like your back is not straight or distorted, your ribs stick out improperly, or you have knots or pain below your neck you may have a twisted back.
 

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What is Forward Head Posture?

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What is Forward Head Posture?

“Head in forward posture can add up to thirty pounds of abnormal leverage on the cervical spine. This can pull the entire spine out of alignment. Forward head posture (FHP) may result in the loss of 30% of vital lung capacity. These breath-related effects are primarily due to the loss of the cervical lordosis, which blocks the action of the hyoid muscles, especially the inferior hyoid responsible for helping lift the first rib during inhalation.”

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Chiropractic More Effective for Back Pain than Medical Care

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Chiropractic More Effective for Back Pain than Medical Care

This study based used a practice-based, observational model to look at the effectiveness of intervention in a selected group of patients with both acute and chronic lower back pain (LBP).  It compared the efficacy of chiropractic intervention with standard medical care in both types of LBP.

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Always cold? Here's why

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Always cold? Here's why

Feeling chilly when the AC is blasting is one thing. But if you're always shivering, or your hands and feet feel like blocks of ice while everyone else nearby says the temperature feels toasty, then it's time to investigate.

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Can Poor Sleep cause Chronic Health Problems?

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Can Poor Sleep cause Chronic Health Problems?

Your long term health and wellness could be the contribution of the quality of sleep you get each night.  Maladies range from poor circulation, insomnia, sleep apnea, breathing problems, snoring, fibromyalgia, leg cramps, asthma, restless leg syndrome, acid reflux and muscle and joint pains. Research has shown that poor sleep can even lead to heart disease and migraine headaches.

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Chiropractic care helps cure America’s painkiller epidemic

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Chiropractic care helps cure America’s painkiller epidemic

Opioids are painkilling medications that resemble opiates in their pharmacological effects. They are manufactured by big drug companies in the United States, and all too commonly prescribed by doctors to patients who are suffering pain. However, opioids such as Oxycodone, codeine, Dilaudid, Vicodin, and methadone, and morphine are highly addictive and often abused by patients or bought and sold illegally