Chiropractic Contributes to Holistic Functioning
Chiropractic is about much more than the joints in your spine While the bulk of our practice focuses on restoring spinal alignment and function, the benefits of chiropractic have a positive ripple effect on your overall health. While much of western medicine focuses on treating the symptoms, chiropractic focuses on the causes. We get to…
Ageing the Right Way: Putting Your Spine First
There will never come a time when your spine is not absolutely essential to your overall health and wellbeing The sooner we accept this, the earlier we can start prioritizing our spines in all activities. With the computer age, we are starting to see alarming levels of spinal degeneration take place in younger generations. These problems then…
Living a Chiropractic Lifestyle
In millennial-speak that’s called: “Living your best life.” But let’s take the lid off and look at what it means to truly live your best life. We can think of a few essentials like living unencumbered, freedom of movement, full range of motion and a lack of pain. We can also think of psychological factors…
Natural Headache Relief Starts with Chiropractic
Chronic headaches- you are not alone Headaches are among the foremost causes of lost productivity in the American workplace. And this is a terrible way to frame the problem! Let’s think about the human cost- the stress that the workplace causes is often to blame. Nonetheless, headaches are a national health problem and it’s time…
Managing Pain Without Painkillers
Defining your pain Before starting any routine to manage pain, it is important to get an accurate assessment from a medical professional. When it comes to spinal problems and structural issues in the body, a comprehensive assessment at your chiropractor’s office is a good way to get a grip on what is causing your pain.…
You’re Never Too Young for Back Pain
The unfortunate truth The truth is, our spines are under pressure from day 1. The forces that conspire to debilitate us begin the second we are subjected to gravity’s downward force. That’s why we preach and practice chiropractic for everyone, including infants. But the larger -scale demographic trends of back pain are also concerning. Let’s examine…
Turning Off the Tech This Holiday Season
Technology takes a toll No matter how much you love it, all those devices have a measurable effect on your health. Excessive screen time keeps us from being physically active; it also keeps us from being socially active. While there is a pretense that all your social media keeps us “more in touch than ever,”…
Your Child’s Back Pain Must Be Taken Seriously
Younger spines are more resilient to the stresses of life than fully formed, adult spines Besides the fact that children are generally more active than adults, their spine are also more flexible and resilient to injury. With more activity comes a greater chance of injury, so we do expect to see more sports-related dysfunction in…
Taking the Pain Out of Productivity
No matter your profession, it takes a toll on your spine Whether you are a professional runner or you sit all day at a computer; whether you bend over cars or work in a hospital; whether you are in a factory or in a forest, your job is going to extract a cost from your…
Choosing Spinal Health Care Specialists in Dunedin
When managing your pain becomes more than you can bear… …many of us turn to our primary care providers for help; many of those PCPs may then refer you on to a spinal health care specialist or a spinal surgeon to consult over the pain. At Hayes Family Chiropractic, we specialize in treating spines with…