Bad lifting and reaching is one of the most common ways patients hurt themselves. We all know you should bend at the knees to lift heavy objects off the floor. The small things like twisting in your chair and reaching for your lap top, shoes or kids toys for example...
It’s that time of year again when we start to get out in the yard and clean up the mess from winter. Lots of raking, picking up sticks, pushing or riding lawn mowers, lifting heavy bags of grass clippings and aching backs from all the work. A few good tips to...
Happy Easter! This weekend the traditional meal is ham to celebrate the holiday. One huge side effect I see in my practice is inflammation caused by all the sodium intake after Easter. Ham, as I’m sure you know, has a lot of salt and this causes your body to...
There are a lot of people that still don’t know what we do. Looking at the statistics, only about 14% of the population uses chiropractic care. But 75-80% of the population has back pain at some point in their life. At least twice a month I have somebody tell...
This hot topic comes up about every five years. There are two links below showing the statistics of this occurring. So let’s start with the basics. A chiropractic adjustment is a medical procedure. Ever watched the drug commercials with all the side effects?...
There are about 80 chiropractors in the Kalamazoo area. So how do you decide which one is right for you? Is there a difference between all of us? Let’s start with technique. This is how we adjust your spine when you come in for treatment. There are manual...
