by drfred | Oct 14, 2014 | Back Pain, Headaches, Posture
Good posture isn’t exactly a high priority for many Americans. For millions of us, the number-one priority is working to provide for our families—and sitting all day at a desk is how we achieve that. However, poor posture while sitting at work for many hours every...
by drfred | Oct 3, 2014 | Children, Chiropractic
One of the primary concerns for parents with a newborn is ensuring that the baby grows and develops normally. This is extremely important, since growth in the first year has a significant impact on the overall health and well-being of a child in later years. For...
by drfred | Sep 15, 2014 | Back Pain, Chiropractic, Headaches, Posture
The last 10 years have seen exceptional innovation in personal electronics. Our smartphones, laptops, and tablets have undoubtedly made it easier to create, consume and share all kinds of content as well as to shop online anywhere and anytime. But they do also have...
by drfred | Sep 1, 2014 | Diet, Nutrition
We’ve been told for years – and by pretty much everyone involved with either nutrition or health care – that eating more fruits and vegetables is good for you and can improve your life. Well, it turns out that these people weren’t telling us the whole...
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...
by drfred | May 15, 2014 | Back Pain, Chiropractic
Chronic back pain is one of the most prevalent health care problems in the world. In America, over a third of the population – more people than are affected by cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined – suffer from it. Worldwide, it is the single leading cause of...
