Many of you have heard the term back pack safety but do you know how your child should be using their backpack? Aches and pains, injuries and even potential future problems in young children can often be attributed to the incorrect use of back packs. “In a recent survey by the American Academy of Orthopedics, 71% felt that backpacks are a clinical problem for children and 58% of the doctors reported seeing youngsters whose back and shoulder pains could be attributed to carrying backpacks that were too heavy for them.” Tips for back pack safety · Children should carry no more than 5-10% of their body weight (adults up to… Read More
Continue ReadingWork Related Injuries, Recurring Low Back Pain, Chronic Care and Chiropractic Treatment
From http://www.uschirodirectory.com Based upon the Joint Report to the Governor (2009) and the statistics rendered by Cifuentes et al. (2011), the savings with chiropractic care utilized exclusive from medicine and physical therapy ranges from $1,759,942,556 with physical therapy to $3,983,027,890 with medicine. Understanding that most medical physicians utilize physical therapy as a primary tool for back related pain, we will average the savings to $2,871,485,223 by utilizing chiropractic care. Cifuentes et. al (2011) started by stating, “Given chiropractors are proponents of health maintenance care…patients with work related Low back pain who are treated by chiropractors would have a lower risk of recurrent disability because that specific approach would be used… Read More
Continue ReadingAn Adjustment In Your Golf Game
Chiropractic care is standard for many pro golfers and increasingly for many Senior Golfers as well. Professional golfer Lori West attributes the reason she’s playing today to chiropractic. Nearly two decades ago, she began visiting a chiropractor for pain in her shoulders and neck. According to West, the care has infinitely improved her golf game. The problem is that the golf swing, in and of itself, isn’t conducive to having a healthy back. To have a good swing you create tension in your spine. (This enables you to get good distance). The tension comes from the hips stopping and the shoulders continuing to rotate. Basically, you make a coil. You’re… Read More
Continue ReadingSeptember Newsletter from Complete Chiropractic
Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser Words for Wellness September Issue Inside This Issue: Tennis Elbow dangers of Aspartame and Artificial Sweetners The Truths about Smoking! Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Pasta Office Happenings Tennis elbow Tennis elbow, also called lateral epicondylitis, is an overuse injury to the tendons that connect your forearm muscles to the outside of your elbow. Tennis elbow is caused by an overuse of the muscles of the forearm, resulting in inflammation and sometimes tiny tears in the tendons of the muscles in your forearm. Tennis is of course a cause of tennis elbow, but many other activities may lead to this inflammation including: using… Read More
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