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How to Recover From Whiplash After An Auto Accident

Whiplash Recovery Your spine is a long chain of bones, discs, muscles, and ligaments that extend from your skull down to your tailbone. The cervical spine – better known as your neck - is designed to support your head and protects the nerves that connect to your face, shoulders, and arms. Whiplash injuries can create damage to these delicate structures and can cause symptoms such as headaches, neck pain, stiffness, shoulder pain, numberless, and tingling / pain into the arms...

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Be Smart with your Smartphone and Look Up

Be Smart and Practice Good Posture As students worldwide return to school, it's likely many will be e-learning in some capacity for hours each day on their digital devices.While our devices can be fantastic tools for entertainment and education, the postural effects are something all parents should be aware of. For many students, e-learning may increase neck, mid-back, and low back pain, and also make it extremely difficult to practice good posture. Tech Neck and Posture Spending 6 or more...

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Solve Shoulder Pain For Good

Did you know… your shoulder is the most unstable and moveable joint in your body. Its wide range of motion is facilitated by four primary muscles and their tendons, which together are called the rotator cuff. What Causes the Pain and What Can You Do? If your shoulder becomes inflamed or an impingement occurs, you may make the mistake of avoiding using your arm to help it heal.It may surprise you to learn that controlled movement is one of the...

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The Link Between Neck Pain and Headaches

Your head hurts. Could it be coming from your neck? You may be surprised to learn that neck pain and headaches are tightly linked together.A headache that starts from an issue in the neck is called a cervicogenic headache. A cervicogenic headache is characterized by a dull pain that radiates from the neck to the back of the head. At times it may spread around the side or front of your head. Cervicogenic headaches are common if you spend long...

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Staying Healthy as a Weekend Warrior

Attention Weekend Warriors! Millions of people participate in sports, workouts, and physical chores each weekend to stay active, connected, and get things done... but, inevitably, the likelihood of an unexpected injury increases as we age. So how can you stay healthy as a weekend warrior? Let's talk about the strategy from 2 angles, what to do around your weekend activity, and what to do during the week to prepare and/or recover from the weekend. First off there are several strategies...

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Whiplash: The Symptoms You Need to Know

Whiplash Injuries Whiplash is an injury that occurs when your body is suddenly forced backward and then forward.  The ligaments that hold the 7 bones of the neck together are stretched and can become damaged, or even torn.  Whiplash is the most common injury that happens during an automobile accident, and it's one of the leading causes of chronic neck and back pain. While a fender bender may not seem like a big deal, new research has shown that even small...

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How to Get Rid of a Stiff Neck

Working on computers and staring down at our smartphones for hours each day has left over 20% of us experiencing neck pain over the past few months. A stiff neck is usually the result of postural issues that have fatigued the neck muscles over time. Weakened, or unbalanced muscle strength can place additional stress on your spinal joints and lead to changes in how you move, extra pressure on your discs, and pain. Why it Matters: If you are looking...

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Top Healthcare Organizations Recommend This for Low Back Pain

Chiropractic for Low Back Pain According to The Lancet, low back pain is the number one source of disability in the world. If you've dealt with low back pain in the past, you understand just how much it can alter your daily life. Even simply standing up straight can feel like an incredibly impossible task, and for that reason, many top healthcare organizations have begun to publish recommendations for the best ways to take care of low back pain. Their...

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3 Ways to Lighten the Load of Your Child’s Backpack

Backpack Safety Tips Does your child's backpack feel like a 50-pound bag of rocks? You may have noticed that your child struggles to get it on in the morning or may even need help to pull the straps together enough to click the buckle. What’s more, researchers and healthcare organizations are growing more concerned about the effects of this extra weight on your child's developing spine. Backpack Safety Stats It's estimated that over 60% of children routinely carry backpacks that...

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3 Keys to Developing a Healthy Spine

A healthy spine means a lot more than just not having back pain or neck pain.  It also means more than not having scoliosis, arthritis, or disc problems.  Developing a healthy spine begins by understanding the three keys of strength, flexibility, and posture. Strength, flexibility, and improving your posture will go a long way towards reducing pain and improving your spine's function. Your spine is made up of bones (vertebrae), and spinal discs that separate each bone. If you look...

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