Pain-Proof Your Workstation Your office may be the place where good ideas come to fruition and productivity soars, but it can also be a place that triggers back pain, neck strain, and carpal tunnel. Imagine the amount of strain that is placed on your body while simultaneously sitting in a chair, hunching over a [...]
Turf Toe “Turf toe” means that the strong fibrous ligaments connecting your big toe to your foot have been stretched too far and have been “sprained. This most commonly happens when your big toe is extended forcibly toward the top of your foot. This may happen abruptly from a fall or when something lands [...]
The Best Indoor Exercises For Bad Weather Days “I wish I could exercise, but it is too troublesome to step out while it’s raining.” “It’s too cold to workout!” Sound familiar? If you are guilty of not maintaining your workout regimen because of the weather, simply lamenting about it is not going to help. [...]
Weak Hip Abductors: What the Symptoms Look Like, Why It Happens, and How to Fix It If your knee collapses inward when you squat, your hip aches after a run, or your low back tightens up after long walks — there's a reasonable chance your hip abductors aren't holding up [...]
How to Commit to Your Healthy Habits All Year Long by Paige Johnson Many people that decide to try and lose weight and become healthier fall short after only a few short months. In fact, only 44% of people accomplish their weight loss goals. Although there are a number of reasons for this, many [...]
Upper Cross Syndrome Your posture plays an important role in your overall health. Poor posture leads to chronic strain and discomfort. “Upper cross syndrome” describes poor posture that results from excessive tightness in your shoulders and chest with weakness in your neck and mid-back. This combination forces your shoulders to roll inward and your [...]
Lumbar Disc Lesion Your spine consists of 24 individual vertebrae stacked on top of each other. Flexible cushions called “discs” live between each set of vertebrae. A disc is made up of two basic components. The inner disc, called the “nucleus”, is like a ball of jelly about the size of a marble. This [...]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome : 3 Things you don't know It's generally known that pain and numbness of the hands can be caused by "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"; however, what people commonly refer to as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is actually more specifically Carpal Tunnel Entrapment. Most patients with these symptoms will come in with pain, numbness, [...]
Whiplash Treatment in West Des Moines: What It Is, What to Do, and What to Expect You felt okay at the scene. Maybe a little shaken up, some stiffness in your neck. By the next morning you could barely turn your head. This is one of the most consistent things about whiplash: the [...]
How Should I Sit? What Your Chiropractor Actually Recommends Every day we get asked by patients, "Doctor, How should I sit?" and although it seems like it should be an easy answer, the variables surrounding back pain are enormous and so answering that question can be a real exercise in brainpower. The short answer [...]
