2018

A Chiropractor's View On Sleep Hygiene

Sleep hygiene is one of those terms that is becoming a buzzword but does, in fact, have a much greater significance. If you are having trouble falling asleep or if you wake up in the morning and don't feel rested, the reason could be poor sleep hygiene. Millions of Americans are already visiting chiropractic offices with complications ranging from back pains to neck pains. As it turns out, many of these problems are caused by poor sleep hygiene.

Complementary Medicine Treatments For Bipolar Disorder

Having bipolar disorder can be unpredictable and downright scary sometimes. Your moods can shift and become extreme at virtually any time, and they can be hard to control even with the help of medication. Whether you are currently on prescription medication or not for your bipolar disorder, you may be looking for some complementary medicine options to supplement your conventional bipolar treatments. Get to know some of the complementary medicine treatment options that can help you manage your bipolar disorder.

Is Your Posture Out Of Whack? How To Correct Tech Neck

Have you heard of tech neck? Also known as forward head thrust or texting neck, tech neck is a when a person sustains damage from craning their neck to look at a computer, phone, or another device. Your ears should line up with your shoulders and hips. When your head thrust forward, you can actually add 10 lb. of pressure on your spine, or more! This extra pressure can lead to physical pain, such as pinched nerves, sore muscles, disc injuries, etc.

Consciously Perform These Everyday Motions To Identify Limitations That Could Call For Chiropractic Care

As you go through the countless small and large movements that you make each day, it can be easy to not notice how your body responds. If you have an injury or some sort of pain, you might be used to subconsciously limiting the range of motion of the affected area, or you may even try to avoid performing certain types of movement at all. This behavior can be limiting, and get in the way of activities that should be pleasurable.

3 Ways Low Estrogen Levels Can Hurt Your Bones

Bone pain is a common complaint of both men and women, and can be caused by many different things. One of the most common causes of bone pain is arthritis, and can affect both men and women equally. Advancing age, playing sports, nutritional deficits, and infections can also cause bone pain. While usually not serious, bone pain that fails to resolve after conservative treatments such as analgesic use, proper nutrition, infection resolution, and proper nutritional intake, should be evaluated by your chiropractor and primary physician.

Three Types Of Back Pain And How Your Chiropractor Might Treat Them

Back pain has a number of causes, so one important step to finding permanent relief is to understand the reason for your pain. This is one thing a chiropractor helps you do. Rather than simply prescribe pain medication to relieve the pain, a chiropractor works on helping your body heal the cause of your pain. Here are some of the ways that might be done. Pain Relief From Muscle Spasms

5 Creative Ways To Reduce Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain can be like a mosquito bite – you can temporarily forget that it is there, but it is always present, begging you to itch it. Below are five creative ways you can deal with back pain on a daily basis. #1 Work with Your Chiropractor One of the first things that you should do is find a chiropractor to work with. You want to find a chiropractor who will work with you and come up with a plan to target your lower back pain.