Winter is here, that time when Mother Nature likes to have her fun dropping the white stuff over much of the U.S., testing our will, our ability to deal with the unexpected, and our backs. Whether you get a little snow or a lot, snow is heavy and shoveling it the wrong way can cause …
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Winter Sports Injuries
For some people, winter is the time to bundle up by a cozy fire with a mug of hot chocolate and watch the cold weather from the inside. Other people can’t wait for winter to arrive so they can hit the slopes or get out on the ice and have fun. Winter sports mean winter …
‘Tis the Season for Slip and Fall Injuries
Winter is the season of seasons. It’s the holiday season, cold and flu season, ski season, hockey season, and if you’re a chiropractor, slip and fall season. As soon as freezing temperatures begin to creep in and we have to maneuver through an obstacle course of ice, snow, and water just to get to the …
Your Child and Sports Injuries
Playing sports is something many children do and while fewer go on to continue the sport in high school or college, playing sports as a child is how most children learn how to work as a team and build confidence and sportsmanship. You may think that children don’t have to worry about sports injuries aside …
Repetitive Motion Injuries
Although repetitive motion injuries account for 50% of athletic-related injuries, they can happen to anyone. They can happen to factory workers, carpenters, or office workers who spend hours typing on their computer keyboard, or even to you when you rake the leaves from your lawn or work in your garden. Anytime you perform a task …
Shouldering the Pain
The shoulder is a complex part of the body. It is also the most flexible joint that gives your arm the ability to rotate in almost any direction. Its complexity makes it vulnerable to various kinds of injuries. Anatomy The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint where the humerus fits into the scapula. The shoulder’s wide …
Postural Muscle Weakness After a Car Accident
Our musculoskeletal system is made up of all of our bones and muscles, working together to help us stand and move. Our muscles are either postural, phasic, or a mix of both. Postural muscles brace your posture as gravity pulls down on it. They have slow-twitch muscle fibers and are made for continued work and …
October is National Chiropractic Health Month!
Our bodies are like complex machines, each part working together for one purpose: Movement. Each organ, each bone, each muscle, a cog in the machine, necessary to keep us going. (Except maybe the appendix.) Some cogs work to convert food into fuel, some to move oxygen to our cells, some do the actual work of …
Chiropractic Care for Seniors
Chiropractic care isn’t only for pain management or lack of mobility due to an illness or injury, it can also be an important tool for preventative care. This is particularly true for seniors. At a time when body parts begin to show signs of wear such as degeneration of disks in the spine, spinal adjustments …
You’ve Been in an Accident
On average, there are 6 million car accidents In the U.S. each year so odds are, it’ll happen at some point to you. Fender benders make up the majority of these accidents but just because you were in a low-speed accident, it doesn’t mean that you didn’t sustain any injuries, just as it doesn’t mean …
