Chiropractic Offers First-Resort Pain Relief
Why choose chiropractic first Because it makes a difference in the recurrence of back pain. Few people can afford to let back pain enter into their lives and do nothing about it. While the majority of back pain does heal itself (mostly) given time and attention to rehabilitation, acute back pain can be so severe…
Drinking Water Will Save your Life
Drinking water is the simplest way to improve your health Are you one of the 75% of Americans who walk around chronically dehydrated? Chronic dehydration is dangerous because your body may become used to functioning with insufficient H2O- that is, you may not be picking up on the classic signs of dehydration. Here’s what to…
An Action Plan for Avoiding the Post-Christmas Blues
After the rush of the holidays, heading back to normal life can feel rather mundane The gifts have been given and all the delicious food consumed; in the background, the christmas music persists, but it rings slightly hollow. All the build up is now over and the tree will soon be out the door- as…
Stress and the Spine: A Roadmap to Subluxation
Stress and pain feed off of eachother The vicious cycle can start with either input: chronic pain causes mental anguish and stress that then causes muscle tension; chronic stress causes prolonged muscle tension which can pull your spine out of alignment and pressurize spinal nerves. The end result is more stress and more pain; the…
This Holiday Season, Believe in the Magic of the Spinal Adjustment
A Christmas card from your Dunedin chiropractor Once the glitter of your New Year’s celebration has settled, how is your back going to feel? This is a question that many of us ignore as we are mired in holiday engagements and pursuing unhealthy holiday habits. Each New Year, we inevitably see many a patient who’s…
A Holiday Full of Endorphins: Nature’s Painkiller
This holiday season, focus on feeling less pain The holiday season is a time of renewal that allows us to take a deep breath and a break from our standard busy lives. If you suffer with chronic back pain, it behooves you to take this time to focus on healing. While the holiday season is…
A Christmas Nightmare: Traveling with Back Pain
Christmas offers a unique challenge for people suffering with back pain Nothing says Christmas like family. But for many of us in America, seeing our family requires traveling great distances. Whether by car, train or plane, there is no best option for people with back pain. The thought of hours spent in unsupportive seats is…
The Perfect Gift this Holiday Season: Spinal Health Awareness
Back pain has for too long been stygmatized as a condition of elderly people Even today, with the internet and all of its information at our fingertips, there seems to be a dearth of awareness regarding simple health issues. Perhaps this void is gettting larger because of the preponderance of misinformation being fed into it.…
Helping the Athletes of our Community Overcome Sciatica
Weight lifting is one of the biggest risk factors for sciatica All shades of athlete benefit from weight lifting as part of a regular muscle building routine. Unfortunately, weight lifting poses a threat to the lower back; the mere act of lifting is one of the most dangerous actions you can perform when it comes…
When Sciatica Strikes, Choose Chiropractic
Sciatica in Dunedin Sciatica is a condition of aging. While rates remain low among the youth population, sciatica becomes prominent in young adults and very common for seniors over 60 years. The problem is most often caused by nerve compression; the sciatic nerve, being the longest and largest spinal nerve in the human body, is…