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Telemedicine and Chiropractic

2025-10-23T19:38:35+00:00

Telemedicine and Chiropractic With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting CDC recommendations to stay home and practice social isolation, it leaves many moderate and high-risk patients with a dilemma. Do I venture out to the chiropractor’s office and potentially risk infection (for more information about the precautions at our office click here) or do [...]

Telemedicine and Chiropractic2025-10-23T19:38:35+00:00

6 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Sleep

2025-10-23T19:38:35+00:00

6 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Sleep Are you consistently waking up each morning feeling unrefreshed? You’re not alone. Millions of people suffer from sleep deprivation. Poor sleep can contribute to numerous health problems, but the good news is that most issues can be solved by changing your habits. Here are 6 ways that you [...]

6 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Sleep2025-10-23T19:38:35+00:00

Manage Your Holiday Stress

2025-10-23T19:38:37+00:00

Manage Your Holiday Stress While it’s the most wonderful time of year, for many of us, it’s also the most stressful time of year. Parties, shopping, baking, and entertaining during the holiday season can cause stress to peak, and in some cases, can eventually lead to a serious health problem, so it’s important to [...]

Manage Your Holiday Stress2025-10-23T19:38:37+00:00

Pain-Proof Your Workstation

2025-10-23T19:38:37+00:00

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 [...]

Pain-Proof Your Workstation2025-10-23T19:38:37+00:00

Turf Toe

2025-10-23T19:38:38+00:00

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 [...]

Turf Toe2025-10-23T19:38:38+00:00

The Best Indoor Exercises For Bad Weather Days

2025-10-23T19:38:39+00:00

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. [...]

The Best Indoor Exercises For Bad Weather Days2025-10-23T19:38:39+00:00

Weak Hip Abductors: Signs, Causes, and What to Do About It

2026-09-12T00:12:12+00:00

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 [...]

Weak Hip Abductors: Signs, Causes, and What to Do About It2026-09-12T00:12:12+00:00

How to Commit to Your Healthy Habits All Year Long

2025-10-23T19:38:40+00:00

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 [...]

How to Commit to Your Healthy Habits All Year Long2025-10-23T19:38:40+00:00

What is Upper Cross Syndrome?

2025-10-23T19:38:40+00:00

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 [...]

What is Upper Cross Syndrome?2025-10-23T19:38:40+00:00
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