What to Do about Lower Back Pain If You Can Barely Walk

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Use At-Home Remedies Most of the time, lower back pain can generally be managed on your own and goes away within a few days. Remedies you can try at home include the following: With these remedies, you may find that walking becomes a little less painful, allowing you to get to your chiropractor’s office and…

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5 Chiropractic Care Benefits That Make It Worthwhile

Chiropractic Care Benefits

Benefit #1: Less Pain Although you hear many aging adults say that little aches and pains are normal as you get older, you don’t have to accept neck, back, joint pain without doing something about it. In fact, chiropractic care can help you control neck, back, and joint pain without having to resort to more…

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What a Pain in the Neck! How to Tell If Neck Pain Is Muscular

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You move a certain way and what a pain in the neck! The human body is a complex system, and sometimes, it can be challenging to know the cause when something isn’t working right. After spending hours sitting at your desk at work, your neck hurts and feels tight, but is the problem muscular or…

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Crack! What Does That Sound Mean During a Chiropractic Adjustment?

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In this post, you’ll learn what goes on during a chiropractic adjustment, what that sound means, and why frequent adjustments are beneficial. What Happens During a Chiropractic Adjustment? Say you have a tight, painful upper back, and you need to see a chiropractor, who is a specialist in spinal alignment. When the spine is not…

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4 Actions to Avoid When You Have Neck Pain

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There are steps you can take to reduce or avoid when you have neck pain so you don’t cause more pain. The choices you make after getting neck pain could make the problem worse or extend your recovery. Here are some things you should not do if you experience this common symptom, so you can…

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How Can a Chiropractor Help with Weight Loss?

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Reduce Stress When it comes to weight management, stress is one of your worst enemies for a couple of reasons. When you feel stressed, your brain produces cortisol, a hormone that tells your body to hold onto stored fat. As a result, typical weight loss methods like diet and exercise may not seem to work.…

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How Long Does Chiropractic Treatment Take?

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You’re a busy person. You have many obligations vying for your time: work, your kids’ sports practices, errands, household chores. But then, you injure your back! You’ll need to spend time at the chiropractor’s office to get back to normal, but you worry about your schedule. How long does chiropractic treatment take? In reality, this…

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Speed Up Healing with Cold Laser Therapy for Knee Pain

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Whether you’re climbing the stairs, walking the dog, or simply getting up from a seated position, knee pain can make even the smallest movement challenging and unpleasant. It can make you want to avoid activity altogether and become more sedentary, which leads to hundreds of other problems in the long run. Knee pain is a…

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Muscular or Organ Issue Causing Low Back Pain?

Woman experiencing low back pain trying to determine if it is muscular or organ issue

For some medical conditions, the symptoms clearly point to the problem but it can be difficult to know if back pain is caused by a muscular or organ issue. During a heart attack, for instance, the patient usually experiences chest pain, shortness of breath, and discomfort in one or both arms. However, most symptoms aren’t…

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Work at a Desk? How to Have Good Sitting Posture

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After a long workday, you plop down onto the couch tired and achy in your neck and back. Unlike a hard laborer like a construction worker or landscaper, you sit at a desk all day, so why do you feel like this? It could be that you have poor posture. In this post, you’ll learn…

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