How Losing Weight Can Help Reduce Back Pain for Chiropractic Patients Back pain is one of the most common and most troublesome problems that people experience. Eight out of 10 individuals will struggle with back pain during some point in their life, the US National Library of Medicine reports. Low and chronic back pain can be aggravated […]
How to Boost The Immune System
Nutritional Tips That Will Help Chiropractic Patients Boost Their Immune System In today’s fast-paced society, we’re bombarded with various forms of stress that can wreck havoc on our immune systems. Chiropractors are particularly interested in helping their chiropractic patients overcome these stressors in order to maintain a healthy and balanced life. Outside of the chiropractic […]
Headaches
How Chiropractors Help People Who Suffer From Headaches If you are among the 45 million Americans who suffer headaches regularly, you are undoubtedly familiar with the traditional methods that people use to treat them, including taking some type of over the counter medication that is supposed to eliminate the pain and reduce any associated swelling. There are […]
Back Pain
What Chiropractic Patients Need To Know About Low Back Pain Although chiropractic is dedicated to finding and correcting vertebral subluxations (also known as spinal misalignments), many patients seek chiropractic care to alleviate pain and other health-related symptoms. One condition that chiropractic patients seek relief from is consistent low back pain. According to the American Chiropractic […]
5 Exercise Tips For Chiropractic Patients To Speed Healing And Maintain Health
Chiropractic care is designed to alleviate pain and restore the body to its natural balance. For chiropractors, injury prevention is key for a healthy body. Good practices combined with solid exercises creates toned muscles that protect the body and spine from harm. While each patient receives exercise instructions for their specific condition, the following exercise […]
Safe!
THE SAFEST HEALTH CARE PROFESSION As some people may have heard in the media of the past, there is a small group of medical professionals who claim that chiropractic care can cause a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) from adjusting a person’s neck. There is presently a legal case in Toronto and only a couple of […]
Shoulder, Arm & Hand
Shoulder, Arm & Hand Problems Your brain “talks” with the rest of your body through a vast communications system mostly made up of nerves. Some nerves go straight to their destination and others first form nerve networks called a plexus. You have a number of these nerve plexuses in your body: the cervical plexus on […]
Injured At Work!
Injured At Work! Many people seem to have misconceptions about their rights for chiropractic care if they are injured at work and they are looking for the care to be covered under WSIB (Workers Safety Insurance Board). It is the workers choice which form of health care they desire. It is not the employer or […]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), also called “repetitive trauma disorder” or “overuse syndrome” (OS), occurs when the median nerve of the wrist is irritated. Composed of the carpel bones, the wrist forms a tunnel-like structure, the carpel tunnel, through which nine tendons and one median nerve pass. Symptoms include pain, tingling, numbness and […]
I’m Feeling Fine
Why Should I Return If I’m Feeling Fine? By the time you have disease symptoms, your body could have been in a state of dis-ease for weeks, months, or even years! Some people think pain is the only reason to visit a chiropractor. That attitude is dangerous because vertebral subluxations are often painless. They may […]