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Surprise, It’s Not a Migraine

The pain we typically think of as a migraine or cluster headache might actually be Occipital Nerve Syndrome – and we can help. We all know the feeling: pounding head, wearing our sunglasses indoors until we can shuffle our way

Posted in Health & Wellness, Posture, Safety, Stress, Symptoms & Conditions, Techniques & Treatments

What To Do If You or Someone You Know Got Into An Auto Accident

If you have minor pain not going away or you’re not quite feeling the same you may want to see a chiropractor. The past couple of weeks in Oregon has seen lower temperatures and more snow in some time, and

Posted in Auto Injuries, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Health & Wellness, Osteoporosis, Posture, Preventative Treatments, Symptoms & Conditions, Techniques & Treatments

Negative Effects of Poor Posture

Overview By Chris Sherwood Posture is an important part of preventing problems ranging from back pain to fatigue. When the back is straight, the spine is supported and stabilized, but as you slouch or practice other methods of poor posture,

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Gardening Tasks and Your Back

The Back Safe Way to Dig, Weed, Plant and more. By Anne Asher, CPT Gardening and back pain don’t have to be synonymous.  Flare ups, strain, injuries or just plain ‘ole aches ‘n’ pains may be due to things that you

Posted in Back Pain, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Posture, Preventative Treatments

Chiropractic care for pain relief

Chiropractic is a health care system that holds that the structure of the body, particularly the spine, affects the function of every part of the body. Chiropractors try to correct the body’s alignment to relieve pain and improve function and

Posted in Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Health & Wellness, Osteoporosis, Posture, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Symptoms & Conditions, Techniques & Treatments

Pull Your Weeds, Not Your Back, When Gardening

As springtime approaches, weather warms up and leaves turn green, many people will spend more time outside planting bulbs, mowing the lawn and pulling weeds. Gardening can provide a great workout, but with all the bending, twisting, reaching and pulling,

Posted in Back Pain, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Natural Remedies, Posture

What is Texting doing to your body?

Technology has so many perks that we sometimes are so distracted by it that we forget to take care of our bodies. Check out this article from Livestrong.com! We all know that texting and driving is dangerous. Texting while driving

Posted in Back Pain, Exercise, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Posture, Preventative Treatments, Safety, Symptoms & Conditions, Techniques & Treatments

Unplug & Improve!

  These days it seems to be the norm to constantly be in front of a screen. Computers, smart phones, iPads, even books are all digitized and promote a 3rd person culture rather than interpersonal communication. Below are some easy

Posted in Exercise, Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Natural Remedies, Nutrition, Posture, Preventative Treatments, Safety, Skincare, Stress, Symptoms & Conditions, Techniques & Treatments, Technology

Not Hurting Yet? – Why hurt at all?

From the very beginning, chiropractic has been concerned with improving people’s quality of life by helping strive towards optimum wellness. Wellness care or preventative care is designed to promote health based on the whole person’s optimal functioning ability and thereby

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Protecting Your Back: Exercises, Stretches & Preventive Care

Check out this great article about knee health from Prevention.com! Exercise may be the best medicine for chronic achy knees. “Strengthening the muscles around the joint protects you from injury by decreasing stress on the knee,” says Willibald Nagler, MD,

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