When you hear the word “cryotherapy”, you may have an image of a Dr. Frankenstein-type laboratory with a mad scientist performing questionable medical tests on unsuspecting patients. Cryotherapy is not that. Quite simply, cryotherapy is the use of ice or freezing temperatures to relieve pain. When Cryotherapy Is Used When we get an injury, the …
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You’ve Got Some Nerve
People talk about their nerves all the time. “That guy really gets on my nerves.” “She has nerves of steel!” “I wanted to say something but I lost my nerve.” But what exactly is a nerve? How important are they to our overall health? According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, a nerve is “a glistening white cordlike …
Auto Accident? Your Chiropractor Can Help.
It makes sense that the faster a car is traveling when it gets into an accident, the more severe the injuries but serious injuries can occur even at slow speeds. Most injuries occur when a vehicle is going under 12 MPH and are often soft tissue injuries. Even if there is no damage to your …
10 Stress Relievers for Difficult Times
Stress and anxiety can come out of nowhere. You can be minding your own business, having a perfectly normal day, and then BAM! You are struck by near-paralyzing anxiety. The truth is, for some people stress and anxiety is a crippling and constant problem but everyone deals with a certain amount of stress, particularly …
Back Pain Care for Seniors
George Burns said, “You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.” Each passing year brings us lessons from our successes and our mistakes that carry us to the wisdom of a life long lived. And if you’re like George Burns, …
Fighting Opioid Abuse With Alternatives to Drugs
When we hear statistics about drug overdose deaths, such as there were 69,029 drug overdoses resulting in death during a one-year period ending in February 2019, we brush it off as something that happens to people on the fringe of society, those who do drugs like heroin or meth. It’s easy to put it off …
Tips for Staying Healthy During Social Distancing
During this difficult time of the coronavirus pandemic, life has been completely altered. Many people are forced to work from home or worse, have lost their jobs altogether. For everyone, everyday life has changed, from the way we shop for necessities to the way we try to stay active and healthy. Gyms, parks, and beaches …
Immune System Basics
One of the many things we’ve learned in recent months with the rapid spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, is how vital a strong immune system is and how even a healthy one can have difficulty fighting off viruses and disease. The Immune System The immune system is a group of cells, tissues, and organs that …
Why We Feel Pain
Pain is a good thing. Quite simply, it’s a message from your brain telling you that something is wrong. If your brain wasn’t warning you that you’d been injured, you wouldn’t know it and the injury could get worse. Pain tells you to stop what you’re doing immediately because it’s harming you. It’s also about …
Chiropractic Care for Rotator Cuff Injuries
Shoulder pain is a common pain for many adults in the U.S., often caused by tears or injuries to the rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder that gives the shoulder its wide range of motion and gives the shoulder its stability. The rotator cuff tendon …
