It is a common misconception that seeing a chiropractor is only necessary for the event of an injury to the spine. Although chiropractic care is extremely helpful for the pain experienced after an accident, regular care is beneficial to nearly any scenario. Here are the top five signs you might need to see a chiropractor: … [Read more...] about Top 5 Signs You Need to See a Chiropractor
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How to Avoid Back Strain While Raking Leaves This Fall
Chiropractic Care to Help Save Your Back While Raking Leaves The splendor of the fall season is the brightly colored foliage. Unfortunately, that beauty falls away, and you’re left to rake it all up! But before you march outside with rake in hand, you’ll want to take care to avoid injury and steer clear of starting the holiday season laid up from simple yard work. … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Back Strain While Raking Leaves This Fall
Five Tips to Prevent Football Injuries
Preventing Football Injuries with Chiropractic Care Football is a fun, but very physical and competitive sport. Grade school, high school, college, amateur, weekend and NFL players are all at risk from a host of injuries due to hard hits. … [Read more...] about Five Tips to Prevent Football Injuries
Top Three Ways Pro Athletes Stay in Shape with Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic Care Can Keep Athletes At The Top Of Their Game Want to gain a competitive edge over the competition? Do what so many pro athletes are doing: schedule an appointment with a chiropractor and start a regular regimen of chiropractic care today. … [Read more...] about Top Three Ways Pro Athletes Stay in Shape with Chiropractic Care
Pros and Cons of Stand-Up Desks
Stand-Up Desks Can Help with Chiropractic Care “Sitting is the new smoking.” At least it is according to Dr. James Levine, director of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk in a July 2014 article on LATimes.com. Dr. Levine is credited for coining that phrase. Plus, new studies have shown sitting at a desk all day presents several health risks. … [Read more...] about Pros and Cons of Stand-Up Desks
Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
Prevent Lower Back Pain with Chiropractic Care Lower back pain is one of the most pervasive, persistent and chronic conditions not only in the United States but also around the world. In fact, according to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA): … [Read more...] about Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
Tips to Avoid Injury While Kayaking, Canoeing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding
Injury Prevention During Extreme Water Sports with Chiropractic Care The beauty of living on Long Island is the fact there’s access to a variety of types of year-round water sport and leisure activities from boating, surfing and swimming to kayaking, canoeing and stand-up paddle boarding (SUP). In particular, many Long Islanders have not only taken to the local lakes, rivers, bays, and oceans with their kayaks and canoes but also more recently with their SUPs. … [Read more...] about Tips to Avoid Injury While Kayaking, Canoeing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding
Chiropractic Care Can Help Surfers Avoid Injury
Surfers Can Prevent Injury with Chiropractic Care on Long Island Like many other sports today, surfing has become more professional and more competitive than ever before. The bodies of surfers on the pro circuit today can take a pounding out on the water during training and competition that can decrease performance and stamina, and lead to immediate problems or ones that will present themselves down the road. … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care Can Help Surfers Avoid Injury
Chiropractic Helps the Most Common Swimming Injuries
Healing Common Swimming Injuries with Chiropractic Care Summer is here and one of the best ways to cool off while getting a low-impact workout is swimming. However, if you’re doing more than your average casual swimmer, then you might be more susceptible to injury. … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Helps the Most Common Swimming Injuries
How Can Swimming Reduce Back Pain?
Swimming for Chiropractic Care Do you have back pain? Are you seeking other natural, non-invasive ways to relieve it? Ones that don’t involve surgery or pain medication? Then swimming might be right for you. When combined with a regular regimen of chiropractic care, swimming on a casual, but routine basis is beneficial and can actually help reduce back pain and pain management. … [Read more...] about How Can Swimming Reduce Back Pain?
Top Five Benefits of Aerobics
Aerobics Can Help Benefit Chiropractic Care There are many benefits of aerobics, which is defined by the Mayo Clinic as the repeated movements of large muscles in your arms, legs, and hips. As a result, according to the Mayo Clinic: “you'll notice your body's responses quickly. You'll breathe faster and more deeply. This maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. Your heart will beat faster, which increases blood flow to your muscles and back to your lungs. Your small blood vessels … [Read more...] about Top Five Benefits of Aerobics
How Yoga and Chiropractic Work Together for Wellness
Using Yoga to Assist with Chiropractic Care & Wellness There’s a deep connection between regular chiropractic care and yoga. For one, both improve your posture, flexibility, and range of motion. “Chiropractic aims to enhance neurological function by improving the functional relationships of the spine and related structures. Once functional relationships (subluxations) are improved, yoga helps to strengthen the supporting muscles through a series of poses (called ‘asanas’), designed … [Read more...] about How Yoga and Chiropractic Work Together for Wellness
Weight Training Safety Tips
Training with Weights Safely with Chiropractic Care Weight training is a terrific way to maintain and build muscle mass, especially as you age. Strength training, as it’s also called, helps with bone health, metabolism, and cardiovascular fitness. In fact, it’s a crucial part of a balanced fitness regimen that includes flexibility exercises and aerobic activity. However, if not done correctly, then you could injure yourself while training with weights. Full range of motion, proper … [Read more...] about Weight Training Safety Tips
Stretches to Help Avoid Workstation Injuries and Fatigue
What You Can do to Prevent Injuries at Work Ergonomics is defined as the study of how people work in their environment. Ergonomics also has to do with workplace design factors that are intended to maximize productivity by minimizing employee fatigue and discomfort. While offices and other workplaces and job sites strive for optimal ergonomics for their employees, many still suffer from workplace fatigue and injuries. In fact, according to OSHA in the Ergonomics: The Study of Work By U.S. … [Read more...] about Stretches to Help Avoid Workstation Injuries and Fatigue
Questions You Should Ask about Chiropractic Treatment Techniques
Answering Chiropractic Questions With Total Chiropractic Care & Wellness Whether it’s because of back pain, neck pain, headaches, car accident injuries, sports injuries or any other type of injury or body pain, more people are finding both short-term and long-term relief via their chiropractors. Indeed, an increasing number of people are turning to chiropractic care to help them achieve pain relief, improved posture and better overall health. However, if you’re new to the world of … [Read more...] about Questions You Should Ask about Chiropractic Treatment Techniques
Whiplash and Its Lingering Effects
If you think whiplash is just another word for neck pain, then think again. While whiplash might be called a neck strain or neck sprain, these terms include other types of neck injuries, according to MayoClinic.org. In fact, whiplash is a severe soft tissue injury that occurs when the neck is suddenly thrust forward and backward. Sudden, severe sideways movement of the neck can also trigger whiplash. As a result, muscles and ligaments that support the neck and spine can over-extend or tear, … [Read more...] about Whiplash and Its Lingering Effects
Chiropractic Approach to Treating Ear Infections
Chiropractic Care: Alternative Ear Infection Treatment Traditionally, chronic ear infections are treated with antibiotics coupled with a watch-and-wait approach. However, prolonged antibiotic use could cause your body to build up a tolerance for these drugs, making it harder for them to work to eradicate the infection - if it is, in fact, bacterial in origin. Many are not. Plus, if the infections are bacterial, then they could become stronger, more frequent and more drug-resistant while the … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Approach to Treating Ear Infections
Common Chiropractic Problems & Conditions
Chiropractic Care & Therapy For The Most Common Problems & Conditions Chiropractic care is most commonly used to treat back and neck injuries and associated pain, but did you know it can be used to treats a multitude of other conditions? Being under the care of a licensed chiropractic doctor can help a wide variety of conditions, everything from allergies, headaches/migraines, and asthma to carpal tunnel syndrome, TMJ, sciatica, and fibromyalgia. Here are some of the most … [Read more...] about Common Chiropractic Problems & Conditions
Chiropractic Care for Leisure Sports: Biking
Common Biking Injuries and How to Prevent Them Whether you’re into mountain biking or cycling, biking on or off road can be beneficial to your overall health. Biking for leisure along a paved trail is an excellent way to spend a sunny afternoon with the family outdoors while getting some exercise. For the more adventurous, mountain biking along a scenic outdoor trail provides an opportunity to explore nature off the beaten path. However, leisure, amateur and serious cyclists and mountain … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care for Leisure Sports: Biking
Chiropractic Care for Leisure Sports: Basketball
What Basketball Players Should Know about Injury Prevention As fun as a pick-up game of basketball is and as wonderful a sport it can be for cardio and fitness, it can put certain physical strains on your body. And whether you play basketball for leisure or for a team, you can be certain those stresses from either the outside - getting bumped or knocked down - or from internal pressures - to run faster, jump higher and hone the ability to pivot your body in a split second - can take a toll … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care for Leisure Sports: Basketball
Chiropractic Care for Skiing & Snowboarding Injury
Skiing & Snowboarding with Chiropractic Care CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR LEISURE SPORTS: Skiing & Snowboarding… What You Should Know about Injury Prevention. Skiing and snowboarding can be among the most rewarding and exhilarating of leisure sports. Nothing, most enthusiasts agree, compares to the excitement of a controlled glide down a scenic mountain trail, and the rush that crisp, cold air gives your senses. But there’s risks and danger in the thrills. Regardless of your skill level, … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care for Skiing & Snowboarding Injury
Chiropractic Care For Leisure Sports: Running
Running with Chiropractic Care CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR LEISURE SPORTS: Runners… What You Should Know about Injury Prevention First of a Series The U.S. running boom is now bigger than ever. Last year, more than 65 million of us--nearly one in every five Americans--engaged in some form of leisure running. Volumes have been written about this new American pastime, but little about how preventive chiropractic care can help keep everyday runners fit and healthy. More importantly than … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care For Leisure Sports: Running
Chiropractic Care For Headaches and Migraines
How to Get Rid of Migraines with Chiropractic Care More than 25 million Americans suffer from migraines, almost 75% of them women. These intense, throbbing headaches, often associated with nausea and sensitivity to light and noise, can occur as frequently as several times a month and last for days. Although their triggering processes are not fully understood, migraines can be caused by any of a number of factors. These include disrupted sleep patterns…fatigue…stress… bad posture… eye … [Read more...] about Chiropractic Care For Headaches and Migraines
Holiday Stress
Seasonal Chiropractic Risks and Tips for Avoiding Them Ah. The holidays are upon us. They may be the best time of year and full of good cheer. But the added demands of the season can overtax our bodies and seriously compromise our health. Chiropractic research shows that the holidays can induce stress and unhealthy behavior patterns that can manifest as back pain, neck pain, and headaches. Worse, this stress can build within the body and contribute to such major ill-health conditions as … [Read more...] about Holiday Stress
History of Chiropractic Care
The Roots of Modern Chiropractic Care A Brief History of Chiropractic Care Our modern chiropractic profession stands on the shoulders of early pioneers. This article discusses the history of chiropractic care. As far back as recorded time, physicians have practiced and written about non-invasive care to address a variety of ailments. Throughout the centuries, chiropractic expertise has grown to include science-based, drugless approaches to many neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including … [Read more...] about History of Chiropractic Care
Child’s Backpack Too Heavy?
Is Your Child’s Backpack a Health Hazard? Some Red Flags and Safety Tips As practical as backpacks are, as indispensable as they are to today’s educational experience, they can also be health hazards and cause serious chiropractic injury that can linger for decades. Every year, nearly 14,000 children are treated for neck, back and shoulder pain related to backpacks—more than a third of them in emergency rooms. And no wonder: each item typically stashed into a backpack—lunch, textbooks, … [Read more...] about Child’s Backpack Too Heavy?
Quick Fixes For Back Pain
How to Fix Back Pain Quickly with Chiropractic Care While You’re Waiting to See the Chiropractor… 6 QUICK FIXES FOR BACK PAIN According to the National Institute of Health, 80% of Americans experience back pain problems at some point in their lives. If you’re among them and in between visits to the chiropractor, hold off on the narcotics, muscle relaxants, or other therapies. Here are six simple remedies, from an article by Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA, that you can incorporate into … [Read more...] about Quick Fixes For Back Pain
Back Pain: Facts, Statistics, & Tips
Learning More Chiropractic Care with Back Pain Facts Back Pain: Facts, Statistics & Tips At any given time, almost 31 million Americas suffer from back pain. Although chiropractors care is for more than just back pain, many patients visit chiropractors looking for relief from this pervasive condition. This article discusses information found on the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) website. Interesting Facts and Statistics About Back Pain: Low back pain is the single … [Read more...] about Back Pain: Facts, Statistics, & Tips
Famous Adjustments
Celebrities Talk About Chiropractic Care FAMOUS ADJUSTMENTS …What Celebrities and Other Noted People Have to Say About Chiropractic Care Arnold Schwarzenegger, world champion body-builder, actor & politician “I always will be traveling around, all over the world, talking highly about the profession of chiropractic. You chiropractic doctors are really miracle workers.” Tiger Woods, world-class golfer “Chiropractic has really helped me. When I was in a growth spurt, my back … [Read more...] about Famous Adjustments
How To Select Athletic Shoes Part 2
Finding Athletic Shoes to Help with Chiropractic Care HOW TO SELECT ATHLETIC SHOES *** Part 2: Shoe Purchasing Tips 1) Shop at a Specialty Store ... whose principal expertise is in athletic shoes. Employees at these stores are often trained to recommend an athletic shoe that matches your foot type and stride pattern. 2) Shop Later in the Day ... when your feet are generally at their largest. Wear the type of socks you usually wear during exercise. If you use orthotic devices … [Read more...] about How To Select Athletic Shoes Part 2
How To Select Athletic Shoes
Selecting Athletic Shoes for Chiropractic Care How To Select Athletic Shoes A 2-Part Advice Series from the American Chiropractic Association *** Part 1: Determine Your Foot Type Too many buyers choose fashion over function when purchasing athletic shoes. They don't realize that poor-fitting shoes can lead to pain throughout the body. Footwear plays an important role in the functioning of bones and joints, especially for runners and other athletes. Choosing the right shoe can help with … [Read more...] about How To Select Athletic Shoes
Exercise Before Arising in the Morning
Exercises You Can Do While You're Still in Bed Part 4 of a 4-part Series: "The Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy" Before getting up in the morning, do the following combination of exercises while lying in bed. This chiropractic care will benefit your spine by warming up your muscles before you have to use them. It will not only get your day off to a vibrant start but will also excuse you from the excuse, "I don't have time to exercise." Do the following routine slowly. These … [Read more...] about Exercise Before Arising in the Morning
Strengthening the Abdominal, Buttocks and Low-Back Muscles
How to Strengthen Your Middle Core with Chiropractic Care Part 3 of a Series: "The Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy" The key to good chiropractic care is a regimen to strengthen the muscular systems that are integral to the overall health of your spinal column. These include the abdominal muscles, the buttocks, and low-back muscles. Here are easy-to-perform exercise routines that are expressly designed to address these three muscular systems. Each can be performed in … [Read more...] about Strengthening the Abdominal, Buttocks and Low-Back Muscles
Hamstring Stretches for Chiropractic Patients
Chiropractic Care's Best Stretches for Your Hamstring (Part 2 of a Series: "The Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy") PNF Hamstring Stretches for Chiropractic Patients Especially important to chiropractic therapy is a regular routine that stretches the hamstrings--the group of 3 muscles located in the back of the thigh. Tightness in the hamstrings places increased stress on the low back. And it often causes or aggravates pain the warrants chiropractic care. Because most daily … [Read more...] about Hamstring Stretches for Chiropractic Patients
Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy
Total Chiropractic Therapy And The Importance Of Exercise The Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy Part 1 of a Series … A number of studies have confirmed the importance of exercise in managing acute and chronic low-back pain. Combined with proper chiropractic care, aerobic exercise can: Help strengthen the lower back as well as the abdominal muscles. Help promote proper digestion and better circulation. Keep patients working and improve the quality of their … [Read more...] about Importance of Exercise in Chiropractic Therapy
Guidelines for Choosing a Chiropractor
How to Find the Right Chiropractic Care for You Guidelines for Choosing a Chiropractor… Some Basic Do’s and Don’ts Chiropractic, like all health care, has good and bad doctors. Chiropractic is a young profession, and bad reputations spread faster than good ones. Whom should you trust? How do you go about screening and selecting a chiropractic professional? What should you consider before entrusting your well-being, your spinal alignment to a practitioner? Here are some basic guidelines to … [Read more...] about Guidelines for Choosing a Chiropractor
Chiropractic for Breast Cancer Support
Become Healthier with Chiropractic Care Chiropractic care might not be a cure-all for treating breast cancer, but the evidence is becoming more and more widely available that speaks of the benefits of this complementary, well-supported type of health care. When women undergo traditional or mainstream types of cancer treatments and therapies, their bodies go through a lot of stress. The biggest stress is directly from the presence of breast cancer, and additional stress is added on to the body … [Read more...] about Chiropractic for Breast Cancer Support
Massage Therapy Provides Pain Relief and Other Benefits
Massages Can Help Relieve Pain with Total Chiro The primary reason people seek a professional massage is for back pain relief. After all, it has been proven that massage combined with chiropractic adjustments provides lasting back pain relief. However, the benefits of massage therapy go well beyond its ability for pain management. Here is a look at other benefits of professional massage. Greater Relaxation By lowering blood pressure and cortisol levels, patients feel more relaxed and centered … [Read more...] about Massage Therapy Provides Pain Relief and Other Benefits
An Urgent Message from Our Chiropractor in Medford
Dr. Todd Goldman has a Message for Chiropractic Patients If you have recently been involved in an auto accident, workplace incident or unfortunate mishap at home, you may be suffering from whiplash, back pain, headaches and other symptoms. Or, you may feel nothing at all. Either way, it is imperative that you get an evaluation from Dr. Goldman, our chiropractor in Medford. In the aftermath of an accident, you may be unable to turn your head or be suffering blinding headaches due to whiplash. … [Read more...] about An Urgent Message from Our Chiropractor in Medford
Frequent Flying
Chiropractic Care and Healthy Travel Travel by air, rail, or highway takes us out of our daily routine and causes us to encounter unusual stresses and strains. Regular exercise and a healthy diet help us prepare for such circumstances. Regular chiropractic care is an additional critical component of our overall program for ensuring good health when on the road. Regular chiropractic care helps a person's spine maintain its full mobility. Such optimal range of motion helps reduce irritation … [Read more...] about Frequent Flying
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