by drfred | May 1, 2014 | Back Pain, Chiropractic, Exercise
“Good posture” is more than an indication of whether you paid attention as a kid when your parents admonished you to “Stand up straighter” or “Don’t slump your shoulders like that”. Posture is the position in which you...
by drfred | Mar 15, 2014 | Back Pain, Exercise
As the leading cause of disability in Americans under 45 years of age, lower back pain is the second most common reason why people visit their doctor. An estimated 60% to 80% of the adult population suffers from low back pain at some point in life, and traditional...
by drfred | Mar 1, 2014 | Back Pain, Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Supplementation
“Enzyme therapy” is a very broad term that can refer to any of a wide range of (mostly alternative) medical treatments intended to address particular health problems. What they all have in common is that they use enzymes—large biological molecules (usually proteins)...
by drfred | Nov 9, 2013 | Back Pain, Exercise
Top 5 Back Strengthening Exercises Of all the musculoskeletal complaints for which people will go to a doctor, back pain is the most prevalent. The more sedentary we are (think about our desk jobs and all the hours we spend in front of a TV or computer screen), the...
by drfred | Jul 1, 2013 | Back Pain, Chiropractic
If you have ever had a case of sciatica, in which pain seems to start in your lower back or hip and radiate down your leg to your foot, you have suffered an example of what is referred to as “radiating pain.” The medical term for pain the starts in one area and...
by drfred | May 15, 2013 | Back Pain, Chiropractic, Diet, Exercise, Nutrition
The best treatment for illness is to give your body the tools to avoid becoming ill in the first place. Preventing a disease or condition is much easier and less costly than treating it once it has developed. And regular chiropractic care can be a very useful tool in...
