chiropractic for kids

^Hans the human is holding his head forward Tight muscles that are holding your head forward With forward head posture, we often see the muscles in the front of the neck become overextended, while those in the back are short and tight. This is a characteristic picture of muscular imbalance in the head, neck and…

Forward Head Posture (FHP) is allegorical to our society’s constant looking to the future. We are at a point in time where our technology, for all its insistence that it optimizes our health, can also do us a great deal of harm. FHP itself has been around for a long time, more commonly known as…

This is aimed at you, college students! How many minutes have you spent tinkering with a pillow pile until it feels just right for you to lean back against the wall or headboard to watch a show in bed? For many people, this defines the penultimate phase of their day: struggling to find comfort to…

Is this your idea of a quick snack?  Sugar is fuel  And for all intents and purposes, carbohydrates are sugar! When the body is fed glucose through food, it signals for insulin to be released which helps cells in the uptake and absorption of glucose; this glucose is then used to power your cells and…

Breakfast is important for busy people You woke up late and rushed out the door without grabbing a bite- it takes a minute to microwave oatmeal and that’s a minute you don’t have. There is a lot of misinformation on the internet regarding the importance of breakfast and it is always important to remember that…

Fitting exercise into your busy daily schedule may mean embracing the 21st century A novel idea- that you could use the timing of a television show to work out incrementally. Most health professionals will recommend that you get at least 2.5 hours of exercise/week and that is on the low end. What they don’t say…

Life often puts us in a position where we feel over-worked, under nourished and, consequently, stressed out.  A powerful way to fight stress is by carving out a few minutes from the daily routine to practice controlled breathing. Today I want to highlight a technique known a breathing technique which can be done from anywhere…

Body weight training rests on the idea that you can gain or improve fitness without any equipment. It is a stripped back method of working out that requires no gym membership and can be performed wherever you like. We want to focus on: Burning calories to maintain a healthy body weight Building muscle Strengthening the…

A new year means new opportunities for improving the health of your back! This new year, the time is now to start doing something about chronic back pain. The majority of humans will experience back pain at some point in their life, and most cases will heal themselves. For a growing number of us, however,…