April Newsletter: Is Your Back Ready for Spring? Visit a Chiropractor! Created inNewsletter Library Is Your Back Ready for Spring? Visit a Chiropractor Humans may not hibernate, but we certainly become less active during the winter. Now that spring is here, you probably have plenty of things you’d like to do. Unfortunately, it’s not so…

Understanding How the Spine Works Created inNewsletter Library A Guide to the Functionality of Your Spine The movements we take for granted wouldn’t be possible without a healthy spine. Thanks to your strong backbone, you can jump over a puddle, bend to pick up your dropped keys, or twist to reach your lunch in the…

Walk Into Better Back and Spine Health Created inNewsletter Library,Exercise & Fitness The Benefits of Walking for Your Back Do you frequently experience back pain or stiffness? Back pain is a common complaint, particularly among people whose jobs require lifting, sitting, or standing for long periods. Fortunately, taking regular walks may offer a simple way…

Pain-Free Travel Tips for Your Back and Spine Created inNewsletter Library How to Prevent Pain While Traveling Do you suffer from neck or back pain for days after a long car, plane, bus, or train trip? Sitting for hours stresses your spine, joints, ligaments, discs, and muscles, causing those travel-related aches and pains. How Traveling…

What is Flexion-Distraction Therapy? Created inNewsletter Library Could Flexion-Distraction Therapy Help My Pain? Most of us experience pain in our muscles and joints occasionally. If we’re lucky, the uncomfortable symptoms subside after just a few days. For some people, pain becomes a chronic condition that lasts months or years. Although pain medication can be helpful,…

Posture and Spinal Health Created inNewsletter Library What is Your Posture Telling You About Your Health? Most of us started hearing about posture way back in grade school when our parents and teachers began to tell us to “stand up straight”. We were told to have “good posture”, often with the implication that such an…

When Your Spine Is In Line Created inNewsletter Library Good spinal alignment means good biomechanical health. Essentially, your spine is the biomechanical center of your body. Your legs are connected to your spine via two large and strong pelvic bones. Your arms are connected to your spine via your shoulder blades, ribs, and numerous strong…

Your Spine 101 Created inNewsletter Library,Staying Young An adult human spine typically consists of 26 moveable segments: seven cervical vertebras, twelve thoracic vertebras, five lumbar vertebras, one sacrum, and one coccyx (tailbone). Intervertebral discs separate the segments from the second cervical vertebra down to the sacrum and a thinner disc is present between the sacrum…

Your Spinal IQ Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness Your IQ that’s measured in school has to do with problem solving – mental gymnastics. Your spinal IQ also has to do with problem solving – these are “problems” of the physical kind. How far to bend over to lift those grocery bags out of your car’s trunk? How…