June, 2009
How Chiropractic Works to Improve Your Asthma Symptoms
Today, as never before, a larger majority of Americans are disabled by asthma. It is one of this country’s most widespread and costly diseases. In fact, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, each day 40,000 people are absent from school or work because of asthma; 30,000 people undergo an asthma attack; 5,000 [...]
Chiropractic Works When It Comes to Relieving Computer Overuse Pain
If you sit for extended periods at a computer, you may be experiencing lower back pain, upper back pain, and/or neck pain that also radiates down one or both of your arms generating additional pain, pins and needles, or numbness. Neck and shoulder pain are, in fact, the most common upper-extremity musculoskeletal problems among computer [...]
Chiropractors Warn: “Move It or Lose It!”
Chiropractors, like me, agree that “motion is life.” We, humans, were designed to walk, to run, to dance, and to move all the muscles of our body for our entire lifespan. So, naturally, it follows that we either “move it or lose it!” Our aging “Baby Boomer” population is discovering just how true this cautionary [...]
Slow and Steady Wins When It Comes to Physical Fitness
You may have read on this website, or elsewhere, about recent studies that have shown that physical activity is requisite to getting and staying healthy, especially as we age. But, if you’ve been inactive for awhile, even the idea of exercise might seem “exhausting.” The best way, then, to approach this much-needed addition to your [...]
Survey: Chiropractic Patients Report High Satisfaction
I just read about a recent Consumer Reports survey of its readers that I, as your chiropractor, found “highly satisfying.” The survey, which included 14,000 Consumer Reports subscribers, found that “hands-on” therapies, led by chiropractic care, were the top-rated treatments for people suffering from back pain. In fact, chiropractors were given the highest “satisfaction with [...]
A Surprising Solution to Your Allergy Symptoms
Allergies can make our everyday life a misery. Unwelcome symptoms like itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash can be the consequence of a simple walk in the garden, a play date with Fluffy, a shellfish stew, or even something as small as a nut. To make things worse, for some of [...]
Are You Becoming “Irritated” by Excessive Cell Phone Use?
We all know how “irritating” it can be when someone is talking loudly on a cell phone (as long as that person isn’t us!). Honestly, doesn’t it seem as if you can’t even take a quiet walk along the beach or in the park without someone walking by shouting into their cell phone? You could [...]
Balance, Inner Ear Problems, and the Benefits of Chiropractic Treatment
Good balance is crucial for an individual to be able to regulate and maintain body position while mobile or staying still. Good balance helps an individual to walk without wobbling, arise from a sitting position without falling, and to climb stairs without stumbling.
Approximately 9 percent of adults, age 65 and older, disclose having problems [...]