by John Panopoulos | Mar 12, 2017 | Active Health News, Chiropractic, functional-medicine
When you’re required to stand for long periods of time, consider wearing shock absorbent shoes or using an anti fatigue mat to stand on. Use of a footrest while standing can help relieve pressure on your back as well. Shock Absorbent Shoes It’s important to have...
by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Mar 12, 2017 | Active Health News, Chiropractic, pain-relief
Hip Muscles Maintain Leg Alignment One very important job of your hip muscles is to maintain the alignment of your leg when you move. One of the primary hip muscles, the gluteus medius, plays an especially important stabilizing role when you walk, run, or squat. The...
by Website Administrator | Dec 26, 2016 | Chiropractic, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of planetc1(CC ShareALike)Chiropractic is the largest, most regulated, and best recognized of the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) professions. CAM patient surveys show that chiropractors are used more often than any other alternative...
by John Panopoulos | Dec 13, 2016 | Active Health News, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, pain-relief
A Chiropractic Diagnosis: Spinal Degeneration Your spine is made up of 24 individual vertebra stacked on top of each other. To allow for flexibility and movement, there is a cushion, or “disc,” in between each pair of vertebra. As we age, these discs can wear,...
by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Oct 8, 2016 | Active Health News, Chiropractic, pain-relief
Neck and back pain affects more than two-thirds of adults at some point in their lifetime. A new Gallup study of 7,645 adults shows that Americans are now more likely to trust chiropractic than pain medications for managing back or neck pain. Some 71% of patients who...
by John Panopoulos | Aug 14, 2016 | Active Health News, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Chiropractic - Rehabilitation, pain-relief
How does spinal manipulation compare to other therapies? Take this into consideration… A randomized controlled clinical trial compared medication, needle acupuncture and spinal manipulation for managing chronic spinal pain. The highest proportion of early recovery was...
