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Have you ever impulse purchased a product after watching Shark Tank? This is precisely what happened after my wife and I watched the Chirp Wheel pitch on the show. The Chirp Wheel is a different type of foam roller. Some foam rollers are just flat across the whole surface and others have nodules that stick up from the surface. This foam roller is the only one to have a gap in the middle of it. What’s the importance of the gap? Your spine fits right into it! When you foam

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The reason I'm writing this blog is because during COVID, a lot of our patients have been coming in with Neck, Mid-Back, and Low Back Pain. A couple things are causing this with the #1 cause being working from home and #2, what I've recently found, is how people are breathing! During these tough times, it has caused a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. There is a big unknown factor occurring during this pandemic and people are compensating with unhealthy breathing habits. Here is the Normal/Proper way to breathe: Chest Breathing

Last blog we talked about the detrimental effects NSAID's can have and the role they play in the degeneration process. Now, I want to talk a little more about degeneration and what it looks like. Degeneration is a normal process of aging, but in today's world, that process is happening faster than ever. We are going to talk about the 3 phases of degeneration and how Chiropractic can help slow this process down and relieve symptoms! Normal Normal spinal curves allow for normal turning and bending. They also allow for open

"We currently live in a society where our health care system is retroactive in nature. Meaning, we treat people's problems after the fact, and we're completely reactive to what's going on with our own health and wellness." Dr. Kevin Noel, Chiropractic Physician My colleague and friend, Dr. Kevin explained our current healthcare model perfect in the quote above. For most people, if they have experienced a headache or low back pain, whatever it may be, they have been told to take an ibuprofen or an aspirin. How many people do you

Does your back tighten up during a round of golf? Are you having trouble rotating throughout your whole swing because of pain and tightness in your body? Well, believe it or not, this could be related to a result of sitting at a desk for a long period of time or different postures that everyday life puts us in. According to Dr. Tom LaFountain, Director of Chiropractic Services for the PGA Tour, 80% of injuries suffered through golfing are back related. Sitting all day at work can be detrimental to

Have you been working from home and thinking of purchasing an at-home massage device? I think it's a great idea, if you're safe while using it

"Pain serves as a warning signal that something wrong is going on."-Jordan Belfort PAIN IS NOT NORMAL

Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t go to any public gathering, blah, blah, blah. I can sit here and tell you all of the sanitary measures and give you the latest statistics on positive tests, but to be honest, you are all probably sick of that because that's all you have been hearing in the last 6 months. So instead of inflicting fear for my readers, we are going to focus on PREVENTION! I want to first talk about inflammation, “the silent killer”. There are good and bad kinds of