How Prolonged Sitting Leads to Low Back Pain: Causes and Solutions
I commute a lot by car. Over the last ten years, I have driven over one hundred thousand miles. When we throw in flying and train rides, you can imagine how much passenger sitting I have done. This can be hard on the body. As a result, I have had to experience pain, learn from […]
Pain Free Scoliosis: How to Have Your Back Evaluated and Treated for Scoliosis
In a career spanning twenty-two years of practice and fifteen years typing away at the keyboard, I am shocked to realize that I have never written a piece on scoliosis. I know, I know…scoliosis and chiropractic go together like bee stings and EpiPens; but alas, I have not found until now to write about it, […]
It’s Rarely Just A Quick Adjustment: The Importance of Getting Examined
Being examined is essential when beginning care in any doctor’s office. In my office, it is non-negotiable, although plenty of potential clients call with the belief that they “just need an adjustment.” While this may be so, it may also not be so, as the story I am about to disclose will show. But I […]
Return to Exercise Best When Done Gradually
Have you shed your Covid-15 yet? Those fifteen pounds just about everybody has put on; have you started burning it or are you waiting for the new year? Whether you go back to the mat at home or take it to the gym, whether to slay the Covid-15 or to grunt out knee rehab, the […]
How To Treat Auto Accident Headaches
Auto accidents are more common than we would like to admit. The average driver, and that’s probably you, has a greater chance of getting into a car crash on a 1,000 mile trip (1 in 366). than a professional bowler has in bowling a perfect game (1 in 460). While auto accident fatalities appear as […]
Lingering Low Back Pain – A “POP” Away From Relief
One of the most hindering feelings one can have is the restriction of persistent low back pain. Often felt as a stiff, almost locked-in place hip, which really isn’t the hip at all but the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) of the pelvis, the feeling that one just needs to “pop” things into place and they will […]
