Care Centered on You Whole health puts your values, goals, and priorities at the center of care. This approach considers physical, psychological, and social factors - not just symptoms and involves you in healthcare decisions. It also recognizes how health is influenced by where you live, work, study, and play. This is described in more [...]
How Movement Can Influence Joint Pain When a joint hurts, moving it may feel like the last thing you want to do. Yet movement does more than strengthen muscles or improve flexibility. It also helps regulate the environment inside your joints and can influence how your nervous system processes pain. Some people experience less pain [...]
How Carrying Weight on One Side Affects Balance Carrying weight on one side - such as holding groceries or wearing a backpack over one shoulder can change how you maintain your balance. A new study in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies examined how both backpack weight and carrying position affected balance in healthy young adults. Dr. [...]
Have you heard of ultra-processed foods (UPF's)? Real-world data suggest that more than half of daily energy intake is coming from processed and ultra-processed foods in most western countries (Elfadil et al, 2021). This high consumption of processed foods is of concern, given laboratory and epidemiological studies' findings that prove overwhelming harms of processed foods [...]
Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is a challenging situation for both patients and doctors. Many adults have experienced one or more episodes of musculoskeletal pain at some time of their lives. Of those with MSP, about 39-45% have long-lasting problems that require health care consultation. Musculoskeletal pain can negatively affect quality of life and impose significant socioeconomic [...]
Inflammation is a bodily response to damage of cells and tissues. It is designed to protect us from bacteria, viruses and infections by eliminating pathogens, promoting cellular repair and restoring homeostatic conditions. However, a prolonged inflammatory state through chronic low-grade inflammation has negative effects, including irreparable damage to tissues and organs, and increased risk of [...]
Children with recurrent headaches who received chiropractic spinal manipulation experienced fewer days with headaches compared with children receiving sham manipulation. Since the treatment is easily applicable, of low cost and with no or only mild side effects, chiropractic spinal manipulation might be considered as a valuable treatment option for children with recurrent headache. Considering the [...]
In this video Dr. Dean Smith discusses a natural approach to pain relief with emphasis on lifestyle. This a broad overview of how nutrition, exercise, sleep, smoking, stress, chiropractic and other factors can influence our pain. Below are some practical resources to help you implement some of the pain relieving strategies discussed in the video: [...]
What are myofascial trigger points? These are tender and tight spots within your muscles (Figure 1). Trigger points are linked to a condition called myofascial pain or myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). While MPS is commonly accepted among clinicians, there is still debate about how to define MPS and what causes it. Myofascial pain is [...]
Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a gentle hands-on technique that works with the soft tissue structures of the body aiming to release restrictions around the spinal cord and brain and subsequently restore body function (1). The craniosacral system is defined as a recognized, functioning physiological system, including the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) surrounding the spinal [...]
