Evidence Based Guidelines For Chiropractic Care.
There is an enormous body of evidence that substantiates YOUR chiropractic care. If you are the type of person who wants medical research to back up your care in any type of office, you’ll be happy to know that Evidence Based Guidelines for treatment frequency and duration of chiropractic care exist and are used in many offices. When searching for a chiropractor, you should understand the degree to which they follow the chiropractic clinical guidelines. These guidelines lead to the best understanding and the best acute care. These offices also tend to have fewer issues with insurance companies, thereby making your life easier. What does the evidence show? If you have had pain for more than 8 days, waiting to see if it would improve, your recovery time may be 1.5 times longer than if you begin care within the first 8 days of symptoms. If you are in severe pain, the recovery time may be 2 times longer than if your pain is mild. If you have had greater than 3 episodes of the same symptoms in the past, the recovery time may take up to two times longer than if you have had fewer than 3 previous...
read moreConcussions In Sports.
Concussions Lead To Brain Damage. Did you know that kids take longer to heal from concussions than adults? The matrix of support structures that stabilizes the brain are less developed in kids than in adults. The brains of our children slosh around more than adult brains. Unlike most issues where kids heal faster, concussions are the exception and parents should understand this. If your child has been concussed, you must have a healthcare provider monitor and manage their progress. At many levels of play, professionals and kids alike, research shows that pre-season training and tryouts are often the times where the risk of concussions is even higher than during the regular season. Contrary to common parental belief, helmets don’t prevent concussions. Impact is not necessary for concussion. Many concussions occur from quick movements. The brain sloshes around inside the skull and injuries occur. Contrary to common belief, believe it or not, mouth guards do not prevent concussions. Mouthguards prevent the need to pick teeth up off the turf, but do not prevent concussions. In adults, women are more susceptible to concussions than men, with the exception of lacrosse players. Male lacrosse players are at higher risk of concussions...
read moreYour Kids Are On Vacation, Is your health on Vacation?
Life keeps coming, even during school vacation. The most important thing to your children, is your health. So often, even in the absence of travel, people take breaks from healthy activity because their kids are on vacation. Everyone understands that time is more of an issue if you are used to them being in school from 8-3, but is this an excuse of “average” or one that can be overridden with action, and by doing so, you become a 1% action taker with no chance of failure. Health is somewhat binary, you either do healthy things or you don’t. Yes, sometimes taking a week off is acceptable if you have excellent momentum and are far too overwhelmed by your kids being home from school vacation. That said though, what is preventing you from taking your kids on a walk, taking them to your chiropractic visit, or taking them shopping for healthy food? Kids learn by watching us. If we “let things go” because we are on vacation, our kids will likely do the same. If we don’t make time for that which is most important, our health, our kids will learn that from us as well. It’s arguably MOST...
read moreExplaining Chiropractic To Children.
How should you explain chiropractic to children? Explaining chiropractic to children is much easier than you’d expect. You just have to know the right questions to ask and the right terminology to use. Don’t let your knowledge of what you think chiropractic is, get in the way of explaining it to your kids. Always tell the truth. You don’t need to tell your kids that the chiropractor is a doctor. Just call them the chiropractor. Kids associate needles, injections, bad tastes, medication, gagging on tongue depressors, cold stethoscopes, and a bunch of other things that medical doctors do, with “going to the doctor”. Chiropractors do none of these things. In fact, the chiropractic exam with a pediatric chiropractic specialist is often fun and feels good. Don’t talk to kids about scoliosis. The idea of “curves in the spine” may conjure up images of The Hunchback of Notre Dame or an otherwise scary looking person. 8 times out of ten, even parents don’t fully understand scoliosis, kyphosis, lordosis and other spinal curves. ASK THIS: Do you know what controls your entire body? The brain controls your body. Can you wiggle your toes and take a deep breath? What controls that? That’s right,...
read morePreventing Back Pain.
Preventing Back Pain At Home Is Easier Than You Think. Back pain has a handful of primary causes: Spinal misalignment and joint compression. Nerve compression or pinching. Strained muscles ligaments and tendons. Arthritis in the joints of the spine and pelvis. Bulging, herniated and ruptured discs. Wear and tear of all of these structures. Download The Healthy Back EBook Now! While it is true that chiropractors like myself can help do damage control, maintain and optimize all of theses structures and their relationships with one another, you can also help them with efforts at home. A decent amount of prevention can be done with a few simple tools and a little bit of effort. Even something like taking the wallet out of your back pocket may dramatically reduce your risk of back pain. In addition to the tools in this FREE E-BOOKLET, preventing back pain involves keeping your weight down, staying active, getting plenty of sleep and keeping your stress level down. Preventing back pain is so much easier than fixing the underlying problems that cause it. The prevention of back pain is cheaper too. Chiropractic maintenance and care are much less expensive than more invasive medical treatments, but nothing is...
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