Foam Rolling and Stretching, Outdated? 11 Interesting Citations About Foam Rolling
Foam Rolling and Stretching Is the old school pre-stretching routine actually helpful to improve flexibility and more importantly does improving your muscles’ range of motion reduce your chance of being injured? With the current yearly injury rate for runners showing that 50% of all runners will hurt themselves each year, its important to understand and […]
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5 Exercises to Reduce Inflammation
Inflammation can be uncomfortable and even painful. It can also bring a host of other symptoms, including pain in the chest or abdomen, fatigue, stiffness in the joints, and digestive distress. If you suffer from chronic inflammation, it may seem like there isn’t an escape. However, it is possible to reduce inflammation with exercise. Identifying […]
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7 Reasons You May Feel Chronically Tired
Sleep—that delicious and sometimes unattainable rest that our bodies so desperately crave. In our fast-paced world, it can seem like we never get enough sleep, even if we have a regular schedule. If you feel chronically tired, the amount of sleep you get may not be the problem. Occasional exhaustion is normal, be it caused […]
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Adolescent Chiropractic Care: The Alternative to Back Pain in Teens
It is a long-held but false belief that lumbar pain is limited to adults. Some hold onto back pain like a right, claiming that teens haven’t lived long enough or done enough to feel such pain, but the reverse is true. Low back pain plagues many between the ages of 12 and 18 for many […]
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Chiropractic: A Better Choice Than Opioids for Back Pain
While the prescription of opioids for back pain is a common practice in the United States, such analgesics are commonly associated with addiction, drug abuse, and overdose. The opioid epidemic is a national problem, and what’s more, opioids are not so helpful in cases of back pain as is chiropractic care. Cases of back pain […]
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Understanding Muscle Reactivation
Muscle reactivation, or simply muscle activation, is a clinical procedure specifically designed to correct a muscle that cannot engage. Sometimes muscles will shut down, refusing to respond to the brain’s commands to contract, almost like a home’s circuit breaker, which if a fuse is blown cannot provide power to the house. As we discuss muscle […]
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