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Wellness vs. Medical Care
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About Chiropractic Care, What is Chiropractic
What's the main difference between wellness care and standard medical care? Wellness care seeks to turn on the natural healing ability, not by adding something to the system, but by removing anything that might interfere with normal function, trusting that the body would know what to do if nothing were
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What Are Neck Spasms and Why Do They Occur?
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Are you wondering why you have painful neck spasms?
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What Chiropractic Care Can Do for Older Patients
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Would you like to avoid aches and pains as you age? Chiropractic care can help.
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What Do Lab Tests Really Mean?
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Newsletter Library, Wellness
You're at the doctor's office because you think something might be wrong. Rationally, you know tests are probably necessary, but getting the tests done sometimes provokes a lot of anxiety in all of us. We want to know the results, but are very concerned about the outcome."You need blood work" your doctor
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What Is TMJ Syndrome and How Can Chiropractic Help?
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Can chiropractic, which corrects the spine, really affect the pain occurring from TMJ? Read on to learn more.
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What Should I Do About My Pain?
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
No one really wants to be a worrier. We certainly don't want to visit our chiropractor or family doctor for every ache and pain. But eventually we all experience physical problems and it may be difficult to know what to do about them. Some problems are immediate and serious. If you suddenly experience
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What Should I Do for a Herniated Disc?
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Herniated discs in the lumbar spine are fairly common and having one doesn’t sentence you to a lifetime of back problems. In fact, at least one-third of people over age 30 are found to have one or more herniated discs in the lower back when a magnetic resonance imaging study (MRI) is done for reasons
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What is Flexion-Distraction Therapy?
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Looking for a drug-free way to relieve your pain? Flexion-distraction therapy may offer the ideal solution.
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What's An Adjustment?
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About Chiropractic Care, What is Chiropractic
The primary focus of chiropractic is simply to adjust the spine and remove those things which interfere with the body's natural normal healing ability.
Spinal adjustments to correct subluxations are what make chiropractic professionals unique in comparison with any other type of health care professional.
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What's Wrong with My Back?
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Not all back problems are created equal. One person may have been working on a home improvement project and injured her back while simultaneously bending and twisting. Another person may have developed back pain as a result of a vehicular collision. Another person may be experiencing back pain as a result
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What's Your Sign?
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Newsletter Library, Wellness
"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying." This truism is well-known in human potential circles and can often be heard at personal growth-and-development seminars. But the implications of this meaningful phrase are often ignored in our day-to-day activities and relationships. Sometimes
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What's the Problem with Stress?
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Newsletter Library, Stress & Anxiety
We live in stressful times. The economy is tough, global conflicts rage, severe weather events are affecting people in every corner of the globe, and our numerous technological devices don't seem to be making things any easier. Of course, this is nothing new. Every generation thinks theirs is the best
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When Are Simple Headaches Not So Simple?
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Newsletter Library, Chronic Conditions
Headaches are big business. For the drug companies, that is. Approximately 10 million Americans suffer daily headaches, and 50 million have headaches often enough to seek medical care. Approximately 23 million Americans suffer from migraines. Billions of dollars are spent each year on Aleve and Motrin
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Exercisers
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Newsletter Library, Injury Rehab & Prevention
"There I am," a very fit patient is saying, "out on my five-mile run, motoring my way up a steep incline. Suddenly, I feel a throbbing pain in the middle of my right shin. Oh, no, I think, not again." As things turned out, the patient recovered from the shin splints1 quickly, but he knew he'd dodged
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When Is Back Pain More Than Back Pain?
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Out of the blue, your back starts to hurt. At first, it's just an annoyance. You can live with it. You've had lower back pain before and it went away on its own. Now it's a few weeks later. You've got a low-grade pain that's not getting any better. You're actually worse, in fact, because your back
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When Parents Get Older
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Newsletter Library, Senior Health
The average age of Americans is increasing year-by-year. Approximately 77 million babies were born in the United States during the boom years of 1946 to 1964. In 2011, the oldest will turn 65, and on average can expect to live to 83. Many will continue well into their 90s. Most people continue to retain
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