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Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on lower back pain, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and it’s now the No. 1 cause of job disability around the world. In a new study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, researchers gathered data from 117 studies from 47 different countries and other supplemental surveys. Lower back pain is the top cause for years lost due to disability (calculated by adding years lost as a result of early death and the number of years lived with disability). About one in 10 people suffer from lower [...]

Research helps to explain why Chiropractic is so effective for low-back pain. Using MRI scans, researchers were able to document the immediate effects of a Chiropractic adjustment. Patients with low-back pain have restricted mobility in the lumbar spine that results in degenerative changes and fibrous adhesions within the joints of the vertebrae. Researchers hypothesized that Chiropractic adjustments increase gapping between the joints of the vertebrae, which breaks up adhesions and allows the joints to move freely. In this study, 112 patients with low-back pain were randomly assigned to receive either chiropractic adjustments, side-posture positioning, or two control treatments. Immediately after the [...]

Happy New Year! Are you ready to make 2014 the best year yet? Well  journey of a thousand miles begins with 1 step, and walking is a great way to protect your heart. According to results published in The Lancet, scientists are reporting that walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, equivalent to 20 minutes of moderate-paced walking, can help to lower the chances of developing heart problems. All of the volunteers were assigned to a program to lose weight and exercise 150 minutes a week. They were given pedometers that they wore at the beginning of the study, and again [...]

Are You A Senior And Don’t Like Going To The Gym? Try Some Exercises At Home: Researchers in Sweden observed nearly 4,000 60-year-olds for an average of 12.5 years, and monitored how frequently they performed “non-exercise physical activity” such as home repairs, cutting the lawn or hedge, car maintenance, going hunting or fishing, cycling and gathering berries. While we all know the benefits of regular moderate exercise and the health risks of prolonged sitting, not much is known about the possible advantages or disadvantages of  “non-exercise physical activity” or NEPA. Participants with high levels of NEPA, excluding formal exercise, had a [...]

Many of us grew up learning that when you have a fever, you should take medication to “bring it down”. But is that really what we should be doing? Not necessarily. Normal body temperature is around 98.6°F or 37°C, give or take a degree or two.  For most adults, a fever is considered to be a temperature of over 100°F or 37.8°C. For a child, a temperature over 100.4°F, 38°C would fit the bill. Fevers come about because something has caused the body to go into “fight” mode in response to disease, illness or stress and they usually disappear within a [...]

Even if you brush, floss and have regular cleanings, as instructed by your dentist; you will still develop plaque. Plaque is an unavoidable, but manageable part of life. Managing it properly is essential to life long dental health. If you exercise, eat right, get proper sleep, meditate and see your Chiropractor regularly, you will still develop subluxations. Subluxations are an unavoidable, but manageable part of life. Managing subluxations properly is essential to health. Keep your adjustments regular to minimize the impact of subluxation in your life.

Did you know some Chiropractors adjust animals? One morning last August, Mary Arabe’s 9-year-old gray and black tiger cat, Leo, came home from a night out exploring with a severe limp and an elbow swollen three times its normal size. He was clearly in pain; Ms. Arabe thought he had dislocated his shoulder during a fall. She took Leo to the veterinarian, who said he could do nothing for him. Despondent, she took him to Rick Tsai, a chiropractor in Darlington, Pa., who a few years earlier had adjusted Ms. Arabe’s puggle, Bustar, after a head and neck injury. An X-ray [...]