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As local florists work overtime to fill those last-minute Valentine’s Day orders, Holmes Chiropractic would like to go over what may be something of a less obvious choice for a gift: Chiropractic Treatment!

Whether you gift a chiropractic adjustment to yourself or y our special someone is up to you, but the benefits will be many. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over why an adjustment might just be just what your partner needs… and they probably don’t even know it.

First off, a chiropractic adjustment provides drug-free pain relief that will complement an active work or play schedule. Chiropractic adjustments also help promote a healthier night of sleep, not to mention boost the effectiveness of internal systems like your GI tract and your immune system.

Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to show someone else that you’re thinking about their well-being. Your spinal health is inextricably linked to your overall health, after all. Contact Holmes Chiropractic to learn more about who we are and what we do. We provide chiropractic treatments and other wellness services for the entire family.

Chiropractic treatment offers a variety of health and wellness benefits beyond your neck, back, and spine. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few lesser-known benefits that chiropractic treatment offers patients.

1.) Improves GI System Functionality

The way your body communicates is deeply linked to your spine, and spine misalignment can certainly disrupt the way your digestive system works. Chiropractic treatments have been shown to improve GI system functionality in patients.

2.) Better and More Consistent Sleep

Chiropractic adjustments optimize the body and provide drug-free pain relief, which helps patients achieve more restful sleep.

3.) Improved Respiratory/Sinus System

Chiropractic treatment helps clear up the passageways of your body, like your respiratory system and your sinuses, which can get obstructed due to spine misalignment. One visit with the chiropractor can often clear you up significantly.

Chiropractic treatment provides drug-free pain relief, is beneficial to your joints, and can be beneficial for those who live with arthritis, headaches, inflammation, sciatica, and much, much more. Contact Holmes Chiropractic to schedule your consultation and learn what our treatments can do for you.

As a way to check in with yourself this first quarter of the year, it’s a good idea to give yourself an assessment, checking out areas where you are currently killing it, but especially looking at areas that you can improve.

Maybe you’re running those miles every week like you set out to at the beginning of the year, but perhaps you’ve been slacking when it comes to yoga and meditation. That’s okay! That’s why it’s crucial to do a self-evaluation and make a plan for Q2 of 2020.

Chiropractic treatment is a great way to give your body and brain the routine maintenance it needs to get you past the finish line this year when it comes to your New Year’s resolutions. 

First, ask yourself how you’re feeling? If you’ve been eating clean, whole foods, hydrating, and getting plenty of restful sleep, you should be feeling pretty great, right? If you’ve been underachieving in any one of those areas, you might be feeling less than ideal. Make the little changes and the big changes that will have you feeling healthy and well as you pursue your goals this year.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic to learn about how our treatments get the best out of our patients year-round.

Holmes Chiropractic provides treatments that help our patients live more comfortably and live healthier lives, and a part of what we do is educate our diverse patient base and readership about what they can do to reduce overall wear and tear that our lives dole out to us on the daily. There is stress and tension occurring in your body, which we can help with, but there’s also stress and tension going on in your mind. We can help with that, too!

Chiropractic treatments can actually help improve mood, not to mention reduce anxiety and promote a more restful night of sleep.

Beyond our treatments, there’s a lot you can do at home, too. Meditation and yoga both go hand-in-hand when it comes to effective stress relief protocols. Exercising your body to exertion at least 3-4 times per week also helps you manage stress and anxiety. You’ll come out the other side of all of these activities and treatments feeling less stressed, looser, lighter, and with a little bit more perspective.

Our health is all we have folks. The other stuff is just secondary. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn more about how our treatments help promote a healthy body and mind.

Neck pain can be either acute or chronic and can come about due to a variety of reasons.

Sometimes neck pain can occur as the result of an accident, maybe a fender bender, or even a work-related injury. Neck pain can also come about due to having poor posture, not to mention staring at a screen (whether that be on a computer or on a smartphone) for long periods of time with our heads tilted at uncomfortable angles.

We also don’t normally exercise our necks properly, most of us, so it’s important to have a wellness protocol designed with your neck in mind.

First, it’s a good idea to start exercising your neck, then, at the end of your day, make sure to stretch your neck out. If you don’t have any equipment to get it done, simply apply resistance with your own hands/strength, then make forward and backward motions, then side to side motions, getting a 360-degree workout.

Stretch your neck using the same motions. Make small circles with your nose and eventually make the circles bigger and bigger, which will help release tension in your neck.

Another great way to relieve neck pain and neck tension is to visit the chiropractor. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation and learn more about the drug-gree pain relief benefits of our treatments.

Lower back pain is one of the more common back conditions that affect our patients at Holmes Chiropractic. Back injuries affect 80% of adults at some point in their lives, so it’s important to understand what the most common contributors to lower back pain are, that way you can avoid such habits and behaviors for a better chance at enjoying a longer, healthier, more comfortable life.

We’ll leave out the obvious, things like car accidents or work-related injuries, and, rather, go over some of the everyday behaviors that might lead to lower back pain.

1.) The Way You Sit

Chances are, either when you’re on your way to work or at work itself, you’re likely going to be sitting for extended periods throughout the day. Investing in an ergonomic chair and practicing perfect posture are both essential to navigating the daily grind.

2.) Improper Lifting Technique

Whether it’s objects around the house or the way you’re lifting at the gym, improper technique in either will land you a back injury at some point in time.

3.) Lack of Spinal Decompression

If you’re going through your day without stretching or performing any self-care practices (like yoga, for instance), be aware that you’re putting a tremendous amount of pressure on your spine, which will eventually result in chronic pain or even an injury.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation if you have lower back pain, neck pain, leg pain, or joint pain. We provide a variety of treatments aimed at treating the whole patient.

Chiropractic treatment is well-known for getting results that traditional medicine, prescription drugs, and surgical maneuvers might not be able to achieve, and we do that by treating the whole individual, instead of just addressing the symptoms. Many chronic conditions can be treated with chiropractic adjustments, which end up providing the body and brain with a plethora of benefits.

1.) Chronic Whiplash

Chronic whiplash is one condition that chiropractic can address, helping patients manage and reduce pain, increase range of motion, and get back to regular activities as quickly as possible..

2.) Arthritis

Chiropractic has been shown to be beneficial for arthritic patients, helping them manage pain and improve movement and circulation.

3.) Chronic Sports Injuries

Those old sports injuries that start to remind you of themselves later in life can also be treated and alleviated with chiropractic manipulation.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation if you live with any chronic conditions mentioned above. Chiropractic treatment has also been shown to help patients achieve better sleep, improved digestive system, and more. Schedule your consultation with us today!

As we start out the year many of us are hitting the pavement and taking on rigorous exercise routines to either get in or stay in shape. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few low-impact workouts that will be easier on your spine and joints than other modes of exercising, like running, playing basketball, football, etc.

Swimming

Swimming can be an excellent workout and it’s far better for your joints than running. You can mix up cardio and strength training in the pool as well.

Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is great for your back and doesn’t have the high impact qualities that many popular sports do — that is when you practice rock climbing safely and effectively.

 Paddleboarding

Paddleboarding is a great activity for your core muscle group. This activity is generally done in lakes and large bodies of water, so it’s likely ideal to engage in this exercise in warmer weather.

Even if your workout includes high-impact exercise, that’s okay, too, because Holmes Chiropractic is here to straighten you out if your spine ever gets out of line. We also provide treatments that improve your range of flexibility, help promote healthy sleep, reduce anxiety, optimize your body and brain, and more! Contact us today to schedule your consultation.

At Holmes Chiropractic we’re all about educating our patients about what they can do on their own to ensure they achieve peak health and wellness.

This year, it’s a good idea to focus on building healthy habits. As Aristotle once said, “Excellence is a habit,” and, “We are what we do habitually,” (paraphrased, of course).

Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few habits to build this year to ensure you achieve all your goals in 2020.

Exercise Your Body

Run and strength train. Try to learn a new skill that incorporates fitness — dance or martial arts might be a good place to explore. Pushing your body multiple times each week will also help you reduce anxiety and promote healthy sleep.

Wake Up 1 Hour Earlier

Waking up just one hour earlier will give you time to do something for yourself before you start your day. It’s a far better place to begin each day than starting things off by engaging in our responsibilities and submitting to the agendas of others as the day progresses.

Recover, Recover, Recover

Chiropractic treatment is a great way to ensure you recover from your work/life balance. Contact Holmes Chiropractic to learn more about our drug-free health and wellness treatments.

New Year’s Eve is a time of year where many people take it upon themselves to head out to nightclubs and bars in order to pay expensive cover charges and stand shoulder to shoulder with massive crowds, which can often present unsafe situations for any of us.

Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few ways to ring in the new year as safely as possible.

Stay at Home

Hold a small soiree at your place this year in order to avoid crowds and paying exorbitant sums of money for overpriced drinks. Invite a few cherished friends. Watch a good movie and eat some fun cuisine.

Limit Your Alcohol Intake

It’s a plain and simple fact that our inhibitions are diminished when we drink adult beverages, so we’re less likely to make impulsive choices if we steer clear of it. There aren’t many worse ways to start out the new year than with a hangover.

Be Productive

Work on a project or task leading into the evening instead of watching the ball drop — it’s a great way to start your new year on a positive note.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic to learn about how our treatments can help you achieve your resolutions this year. We have a long track record of treating the whole patient, instead of just masking the symptoms.