You try to eat vegetables and fruit every day, but perhaps you do not know which foods are best for losing weight for your body type. Maybe you just got pregnant and want to provide the best nourishment for you and the baby. Fortunately, there’s a professional who can help you in many situations—a registered … Continue reading “5 Obvious Signs You Need to See a Dietitian”
FollowDid you know that the largest nerve of your body, called the sciatic nerve, starts in your lower back and extends down into your buttocks and the back of your legs? About 40 percent of Americans experience sciatica at some point in life, but is there a way to treat sciatica naturally? Yes! In fact, … Continue reading “5 Ways to Treat Sciatica Naturally”
You’re on a deadline at work. You stay seated at your desk for days at a time, furiously working to get your project done on time. After you’re finished, you can finally relax only to feel your lower back and legs start to hurt—badly! You could have sciatica, a condition where the sciatic nerve is … Continue reading “3 Common Triggers of Sciatic Nerve Pain”
Despite the high gas prices, you and your family have just returned from a road trip this summer. You had tons of fun together, but you spent hours sitting in the car, and now you’re paying the price. Your lower back and legs hurt—a lot. Perhaps it’s not just a passing issue but something more … Continue reading “Sciatica: What to Do about Flare-Ups”
After a long day at the office, you pack up to go home. In the car on your way home, you turn your head to look for pedestrians but then find that you can’t! Your neck is in serious pain and you have limited range of motion. In this blog post, you’ll learn what your … Continue reading “Sore Neck? How Your Chiropractor Can Help with Neck Pain Treatment”
As you get older, there are certain problems you should get screened for, such as several kinds of cancers. You also visit the dentist twice a year to check for any signs of dental problems, even if you aren’t in pain. The same concept can apply to your spine with a postural screening. Keep reading … Continue reading “Postural Screening 101: What It Is and Why You Need One”
At first, you thought you could ignore the discomfort. Your neck has been hurting for a while now, but you have been muddling through. Your partner tells you to see a chiropractor for your chronic neck pain, but you’re wondering whether it’s really a big deal. Keep reading for five reasons why your shouldn’t ignore … Continue reading “5 Reasons to Do Something about Chronic Neck Pain”
You’re still getting over your back injury from a couple of weeks ago, but you’re anxious to go back to the gym even while recovering from your herniated disc. You don’t want to lose your workout progress, but you also don’t want to risk reinjuring yourself. What exercises should you avoid with a herniated disc? … Continue reading “How to Exercise with Herniated or Bulging Disc”
As you drive home from work, your neck aches. When you go to your kid’s soccer game on the weekend, your neck hurts. Although you use heat and cold therapy to try to loosen muscles, neck pain has basically become part of your daily routine, and it doesn’t seem to be going away any time … Continue reading “Why Your Neck Isn’t Going to Stop”
It should be easy, bending down to tie your shoe. But lately, you haven’t had the range of motion you once had. You get tight and you feel a twinge of pain when you try to do normal things. If this situation sounds familiar to you, join others who are getting older, have suffered an … Continue reading “Trouble with Range of Motion? How a Spinal Adjustment Can Help”
In 2019, the average worker had a commute time of just under 28 minutes. Needless to say, that time has changed since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Instead of spending that time in your car or on a bus or train, now you may simply walk to the dining room table or the living … Continue reading “At Home: Ways to Avoid Neck and Back Pain While You Work”