Technology is pervasive in our lives, with many of us spending hours a day looking down at our devices. Unfortunately, this can have an adverse effect on your neck and shoulders, resulting in tech neck. This condition is characterized by tightness in the neck and shoulders, headaches, dizziness, and even pain due to poor posture caused by staring down at
Chiropractic is one of the most misunderstood health fields. Despite the practice’s 100-year-long history, many people still don’t understand what chiropractic treatment is, what it can do, and the science behind it. Some people only know about spinal manipulations and fear they are a painful experience, while others might think chiropractic doctors only treat the back. There are several chiropractic
Car crash injuries are one of the most common kinds of injuries that chiropractors see and treat. All too often, patients come in with whiplash and injuries of the neck and back after being involved in a serious car accident. In this blog, we’ll talk about how to prevent serious car crash injuries. There are various safe driving habits you
Integrative medicine is all about treating the whole patient, finding the underlying cause rather than looking just at the symptoms, and incorporating a variety of treatment methods, including conventional and alternative, to achieve optimal health for every patient. Chiropractic is an essential component of the integrative medicine philosophy, harnessing the science and art of maintaining optimal health through the careful
Good posture may come naturally to some, but to others, it takes effort to ensure we’re supporting our bodies properly throughout the day, whether sitting, standing, or laying down. Our growing reliance on technology doesn’t help this — many of us spend our days hunched over a laptop or cellphone, which stresses the spine, leads to tech neck, and can
As we ease back into our travel schedules again, our spines won’t be used to this kind of all-day sitting and stiffness. As many of us have gotten used to the freedoms afforded by working from home, we’ve learned how to incorporate movement into our daily routines to stretch our spines and keep them happy. Because of this, our long
Work can be a pain in more ways than one. Adding back, neck, and shoulder pain to the existing stress of your job only makes things worse. Implementing tips for a spine-supporting workspace can make all the difference in your daily routine. While a desk may seem like just a desk, it’s actually somewhere you’re spending a large portion of
When you’re involved in a car accident and walk away from it feeling relatively pain- and injury-free, it’s easy to assume you didn’t sustain any real injuries and that you’re lucky to be in great health. While it is true that walking away from a car accident relatively unscathed is lucky, it doesn’t necessarily mean you avoided injuries entirely. In
Car accidents can cause a lot of new damage to a body that wasn’t already there. Things like whiplash and soft tissue injuries can cause pain and discomfort for years to come. But in addition to new injuries, car accidents also have a way of making pre-existing injuries and conditions worse. Just when you think you might be fully healed
A little bit of pain and soreness after an auto accident can feel like the best-case scenario. While it’s true that your injuries could be a lot worse, it’s still important to pay attention to any amount of pain or discomfort that lingers after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Dismissing your soreness and pain as a “normal” result
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