Author: Reactivate

Sitting Is The New Smoking

Post author By Reactivate
Post date May 1, 2023
Categories In Health and Wellness, Musculoskeletal Conditions, Pain, Science and Research

Sitting Is The New Smoking… Sitting can have far reaching implications into aspects of your health that may surprise you including: cardiovascular & respiratory health, gastrointestinal health, fall injury risk, increased risk of cancer, psychological health, and as broad as “all-cause mortality”. Think that is a bit of an exaggeration? Keep reading! Sitting is a […]

Foods That Reduce Pain and Inflammation

Post author By Reactivate
Post date March 10, 2023
Categories In Pain

The DeFlame Diet from Dr. Seaman Having been a practicing Chiropractor for over a decade now, I’ve run into many difficult cases where there seems to be something underlying the patient’s pain that goes beyond simple biomechanical explanation. Some patients would present with pain in multiple areas of the body. While the usual means of […]

Balance Posture and Muscle Control in Low Back Pain

Post author By Reactivate
Post date February 9, 2023
Categories In Pain, Science and Research

Low back pain (LBP) has always been a bit of a mystery for medical researchers. Why does it develop in certain people, What are the contributing factors, and What can be done about it? Even scoliosis, a condition discovered by Hippocrates over 2000 years ago, is considered to be idiopathic (unknown cause) in most […]

Chiropractic for Headaches: What Studies Say

Post author By Reactivate
Post date June 29, 2022
Categories In Headaches, Pain

Does Chiropractic work for headaches? Chiropractic for headaches: yes, it works. Headaches are one of the most common reasons patients visit our clinic. In fact, it is estimated that 9/10 Americans suffer from headaches. About 5 percent of all headaches are warning signals caused by physical problems that require serious medical intervention. The remaining 95 […]

Knee Pain Tips and Tricks

Post author By Reactivate
Post date April 26, 2022
Categories In Arthritis, Pain, Sports and Athletic Performance

Causes of Knee Pain Knee pain is typically caused by mechanical dysfunction related to altered position and movement. The most common cause for knee dysfunction is a tracking or alignment disorder. We are concerned with how the knee moves and if the knee shifts inwards or outwards throughout its motion. Imagine the hinges on a […]

Plantar Fasciitis Solutions

Post author By Reactivate
Post date March 12, 2022
Categories In Pain, Sports and Athletic Performance

A sharp pain in the bottom your foot with the first step out of bed in the morning is an almost sure sign that you have plantar fasciitis. This is a problem with the connective tissue that runs from your toes to the back of your heel and ties into the calf muscles. This tissue […]

Chiropractic and Athletic Performance

Post author By Reactivate
Post date November 22, 2021
Categories In Health and Wellness, Sports and Athletic Performance

Over the past couple of decades, a mountain of research is showing how Chiropractic care improves athletic performance. Chiropractic makes athletes more efficient and heal from injury faster. From football teams to professional body builders, more and more athletes are turning to Chiropractors to be at the top of their game. Why? In competitive sports […]

Evidence Based Chiropractic in Modern Medicine

Chiropractic has had a history of riding on the outskirts of mainstream healthcare, but all this is changing with evidence based chiropractic. More and more people are coming to Chiropractors now than ever before and are realizing the benefits of the physical treatments that Chiropractors can provide for relief of their aches and pains. With […]

Alternative Pain Solutions

Humans have come a long way. We have people out there walking around with surgically implanted 3-D printed organs. We have antibiotics for infections that might otherwise kill us. I shattered my foot when I was a young man, and a skilled orthopedic surgeon put me back together almost as good as new. I got […]

Arthritis

Post author By Reactivate
Post date October 29, 2021
Categories In Arthritis, Pain

It has come to my attention that many of my patients have been told they have arthritis, but don’t know which kind or what really causes it. First off, there are many different kinds of arthritides (plural for arthritis). There are metabolic arthritides such as gout where too much uric acid builds up in the […]