If you want to fix healthcare and help the budget, Move (exercise) and make better eating decisions. Your health is your responsibility. If you are overweight, be happy with who you are, but don’t be content with your health. Be more concerned with leading a healthier lifestyle, then losing weight. Leading a healthier lifestyle will help you feel better overall and will lead to weight loss. Little changes make a big difference. so go for a walk at night, or try a piece of fruit and nuts, instead of potato chips. Drink water, instead of soda. Going gung-ho from the beginning often leads to becoming overwhelmed and stopping. Include wanting to have a healthier body… Read More
Continue Reading5 Ways to Stay Healthy This Winter
By: Lindsey Zerdecki, D.C. Are you fed-up with getting sick every winter or just not feeling well? If you follow these simple tips, you can increase your chances of dodging those nasty wintertime bugs, and feeling better all year round. 1. Chiropractic Care- In a study done by Ronald Pero, Ph.D., chief of cancer prevention research at New York’s Preventive Medicine Institute and professor of medicine at New York University, chiropractic care was shown to increase a person’s immune system by 200%! Chiropractic adjustments make sure the body is functioning optimally and that includes the immune system. 2. Get enough sleep- Sleep is important in many of your bodily functions… Read More
Continue ReadingWhat is your pain costing you?, Chronic Pain cost Americans up to $635 billion a year
Chronic pain is costing Americans as much as $635 billion each year, according to a new study out of John Hopkins. This includes medical costs and lost work time. This averages out to more then $2,000 a year to each American including infants and children. The study, published in the Journal of Pain, found average health care costs for adults were $4,475. People suffering from moderate pain paid $4,516 more in health care costs than those without pain, the researchers said. Patients with severe pain spent $3,210 more than people with only moderate pain. Costs were also $4,048 higher for those with joint pain, $5,838 higher for people with arthritis… Read More
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Approximately 50% of infants will use some form of a baby walker. Many parents think baby walkers are a blessing, but research is saying the opposite. Possible Delayed Motor Development Research has shown that baby walkers delay the motor development of infants. Many different studies have shown that children who use walkers, sat, crawled and walked later than their peers who didn’t use walkers. Most walkers contain a large tray in the front which inhibits the infant from seeing their legs and feet as they move. This deprives the baby of the visual feedback that helps them learn to move through space. Also, as babies learn to walk, they… Read More
Continue ReadingThe Hip Hinge: 1 of the most important exercises you aren’t doing
Whether you are an athlete or just someone with back pain, the hip hinge is an exercise you should be doing. We have all heard the phrase “Lift with your legs and not with your back.”, this is easier said that done. Most people make the hinge point in the low back and not the hips. This puts too much stress on the low back and can lead to injury. As children we knew the pattern but for various reasons we lost it. My personal opinion is it is because we sit too much. Sitting deactivates the core and by sitting and having pressure on the glutes that deactivates them… Read More
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