by drfred | Aug 14, 2014 | Balance, Exercise
If you are middle-aged (40-60, by some definitions) or older, here is a 15-second self-test for you. Do you often find yourself needing to sit down or steady yourself against a table when putting on your shoes or stepping into pants? Do you increasingly need to use...
by drfred | Aug 2, 2014 | Back Pain, Balance, Chiropractic, Exercise
Back pain can have a truly negative effect on your professional life as well as your lifestyle. It can be difficult to get out of bed and make the morning commute. Then—depending on what you do for a living—pain and limited mobility can take a huge toll on your...
by drfred | Jul 15, 2014 | Back Pain, Chiropractic, Chronic Pain
About a third of the millions of people who make appointments with chiropractors every year seek relief from back pain. Back pain can be acute, meaning it happens suddenly, lasts 6 weeks or less and often clears up on its own; or back pain can be chronic, meaning it...
by drfred | Jul 1, 2014 | Back Pain, Chiropractic
One of the most common causes of lower back pain occurs when the spinal disks in the lumbar area become herniated. A herniated disk happens when the outer portion of the disk itself has crumbled or tears, and the soft inner core bulges out through the outer portion of...
by drfred | Jun 1, 2014 | Anti-, Diet
Inflammation is a natural part of the body’s own self-healing mechanism, but is widely misunderstood and misrepresented in the popular press. First, many people confuse the term inflammation with infection—the two are not the same, although the latter often...
