Using Heat or Ice for a Sports Injury
Whether you’re currently injured or not, it’s important to know how to properly take care of one just in case the unexpected happens. Should you ice your sprained ankle or just take a hot bath? With this guide, there will be no more guesswork as we tell you exactly when you should ice a sports …read more
4 Ways to Manage Tennis Elbow and Golfer’s Elbow
Tennis elbow occurs when the muscles and tendons within your forearm, which extend to your wrist and fingers, develop mild pain that slowly worsens over time. It doesn’t usually happen due to a sports injury, but instead from overuse of the forearm’s tendons. The symptoms of tennis elbow include a weakness in your grip and …read more
Ways Chiropractic Care Can Help Manage Repetitive Strain
Increasing awareness pertaining to exercise, nutrition and taking proper care of our bodies makes many of us take proper precautions when it comes to doing strenuous activities and exercises. We always go an extra mile to ensure the proper usage of belts, health gear, stretching and muscle relaxation techniques to make sure we don’t injure …read more
Is Poor Posture Causing You Back Pain?
Poor posture is common to most people these days. Long hours before the computer or behind the wheel of a car are the reasons behind this for most of us. A sedentary lifestyle in the winter months makes it worse. You may not realize the damage poor posture is doing to your spine until it’s …read more
10 Ways to Help Take Care of Your Spine
Spinal health is an important part of our overall well-being. It’s also something we often take for granted. Here are 10 easy ways you can help take care of your spine. Exercise While exercising daily will stretch and strengthen your back and other muscles, which in turn distributes nutrients into your spinal discs and tissues, …read more
5 Myths about Chiropractic Care for Kids
Chiropractic care aids greatly in the health and physicality of adults that seek treatment. However, can the same thing be done for children? Should they be done? Many misconceptions have plagued the chiropractic industry regarding whether or not treating children is a practice that should be allowed. Several of these myths are far from accurate, …read more
Yoga stretches that can help de-stress your winter blues
Winter is great when the snow starts to fall; the trees and buildings that surround you glisten as the sun reflects off the snow, making the city look a bit magical! However, when the snow continues to fall, going anywhere seems impossible or at least not worth the effort so you are stuck inside for …read more