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 [...]
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 [...]
Can Chiropractic Care Help ADHD?
You may have heard that chiropractors treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Well, that’s not entirely accurate. Even though chiropractic care can definitely help children, and adults too, who suffer from it, chiropractors don’t actually “treat” ADHD. The reason why chiropractic treatment is effectual is that ADHD is a neurological disorder. Chiropractic adjustments not only [...]
A Minor Car Accident May Add Up to a Major Injury
If you’ve been driving around in a big tank-of-a-car and you’ve been in an auto accident, it’s easy to believe that you haven’t been injured if your car doesn’t look “hurt.” After all, isn’t that why you’re driving a big vehicle? It’s for protection, right? Well, research has proved that occupants of vehicles, both large [...]
Colorado Springs Chiropractic: Expert Treatment For Your Low Back Pain
If you’re experiencing low back pain, join the club!. Low back pain plagues many people, an amazing 80% in fact, making it second only to the common cold in its frequency. But, contrary to the common cold, waiting for your back pain to “run its course,” and taking prescription or over-the-counter remedies while you wait, [...]