June, 2009
Colorado Springs Chiropractor: Can Chiropractic Treatment Ease Your Asthma Symptoms?
A larger majority of Americans than ever before say they are suffering from asthma. It is one of this country’s most common and costly diseases. In fact, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, every day 40,000 people are absent from school or work because of asthma; 30,000 people have an asthma attack; [...]
Colorado Springs Chiropractor Offers Simple Steps to Relieve Computer Overuse Pain
If you sit for extended periods at a computer, you may be experiencing lower back pain, upper back pain, and/or neck pain that also radiates down one or both of your arms generating additional pain, pins and needles, or numbness. Neck and shoulder pain are, in fact, the most common upper-extremity musculoskeletal problems among computer [...]
Colorado Springs Chiropractor: "You Can Slow Down Age-Related Health Risks"
Chiropractors, like me, agree that “motion is life.” We, humans, were designed to walk, to run, to dance, and to move all the muscles of our body for our entire lifespan. So, naturally, it follows that we either “move it or lose it!” Our aging “Baby Boomer” population is discovering just how true this cautionary [...]
Slow and Steady Wins When It Comes to Your Health
You may have read on this website, or elsewhere, about recent studies that have shown that physical activity is requisite to getting and staying healthy, especially as we age. But, if you’ve been inactive for awhile, even the idea of exercise might seem “exhausting.” The best way, then, to approach this much-needed addition to your [...]
Patients of Chiropractic are Highly Satisfied
I just read about a recent Consumer Reports survey of its readers that I, as your chiropractor, found “highly satisfying.” The survey, which included 14,000 Consumer Reports subscribers, found that “hands-on” therapies, led by chiropractic care, were the top-rated treatments for people suffering from back pain. In fact, chiropractors were given the highest “satisfaction with [...]
You Can Get Rid of Allergy Misery Once and For All!
Allergies can make our everyday life a misery. A walk in the garden, a play date with Fluffy, a seafood pasta, or even something as small as a nut can generate such unwelcome symptoms as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash. But, sometimes our allergic reactions can progress from just plain [...]
Excessive Cell Phone Use Can "Get On Your Nerves"
We all know how “irritating” it can be when someone is talking loudly on a cell phone (as long as that person isn’t us!). Honestly, doesn’t it seem as if you can’t even take a quiet walk along the beach or in the park without someone walking by shouting into their cell phone? You could [...]
Help for PMS At Last!
At one time or another, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) disturbs and estimated 90% of women and nearly 20% of those women afflicted experience severe to disabling symptoms. Telling a woman that her PMS is “just in her head” can be not only just plain hazardous, it’s also just plain wrong! There are physiological causes of PMS [...]
You're Never Too Old to Make a Lifestyle Change
Doesn’t it seem that healthy lifestyle information is everywhere you look these days? There are magazines and TV shows all about healthy foods and beneficial exercises. There are even recipes for nutritious meals in the newspaper. But, even though more Americans today are aware that eating nutritious meals, getting exercise, and keeping their body [...]