What is Cervical Disc Degeneration?
Considering all the stress that is put on the neck, it is no surprise that two-thirds of Americans experience significant neck pain at least once in their lives. Neck …
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Is Chiropractic Care Covered in My Insurance
Chiropractic care can be an excellent alternative treatment option for aches and pain throughout the body. Every year, over 20 million Americans visit chiropractors across the nation for various …
Chiropractic Care and Fall Prevention
Did you know that one in every four adults over the age of 65 falls at least once every year? With one in every five falls leading to a …
Does too much training cause injuries … or prevent them?
In an excellent series of articles in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (summarized HERE) the authors reviewed the literature and published findings from their own study on this question: …
My nose tells me tobacco is winning in New York City
Recently I was at a conference in Manhattan. If you’ve lived there or visited, you know this: you walk everywhere. Streets are predictably crowded nearly around the clock. What strikes me …
HEADACHE: What flavor do you have?
Now that I’m in grad school (in addition to active practice) I find myself asking better questions. Like: “Why don’t all headache patients get better under my care?” And, …
School Lunch (and Breakfast) for your KIDS
What should you be feeding your kids for breakfast? What should you pack in their lunch box? What if your kid is in sports — does she need more …
Myths about massage DEBUNKED
Lymphatic drainage? Clears lactic acid? Hmmm… Here’s what RunnersWorld and some PhD’s on the subject had to say. Bottom line: MASSAGE IS GREAT FOR RUNNERS! But the reasons why …
Eggs: The New Spin (?) on Eggs and Cholesterol
We’ve been dissing eggs for decades. I always knew better. Why? I used to collect freshly laid eggs from my grandma’s hen house, mere paces from her farm kitchen. …
Must. Move. MORE!
With kind thanks to Sports Physio Adam Meakins, and to the rock-star creator of this video, chiropractor and University of Oslo medical student, Martin Bonnevie-Svendson, DC. Movement is a …