Your neck carries the weight of your world and it’s often the first place to get tight and complain when life and stress drags your head forward. Screens pull your gaze down and tension settles in. Neck pain often shows up without warning; stiffness in the morning followed by a sharp pinch when you turn your head, or a lingering ache after hours at a desk. While it may feel sudden, there’s usually a clear reason your neck starts to protest. Understanding what’s happening inside the joints, … [Read more...] about Why Your Neck Hurts (and What to Do About It)
You don’t have to live with neck pain!
Feeling tightness on your shoulders? Whether you were stressing at your desk or doing overhead presses in the gym that caused a tweak, neck pain is one of the most common conditions people experience. Needless to say it is extremely prevalent in Seattle, with the plethora of tech companies and constant pressure on employees to spend longer and longer hours at the office. Neck pain is also one of the most common reasons for someone to show up in a chiropractic office. It also has a high … [Read more...] about You don’t have to live with neck pain!
How to find relief from shoulder pain
Your shoulder is both the most mobile and least stable joint in your body. Its wide range of motion occurs due to four primary muscles and their tendons, called the rotator cuff. If your shoulder becomes inflamed or an impingement happens, you may try to avoid using your arm to help it heal. It may surprise you that not moving can contribute to more pain or even lead to a frozen shoulder. Controlled movement is one of the best ways to heal. The tendons are the most common source of … [Read more...] about How to find relief from shoulder pain
Try These 5 Simple Steps for Setting Health Goals
There’s some real wisdom in the saying that goes “a goal without a plan is just a wish.” Have you ever felt like you were working hard and took all the right steps for setting health goals but, at the end of the day, you just weren’t making any progress towards them? That might as well be a rhetorical question, right? Of course you have. We all have. And being the go-to wellness chiropractor in [your town / city / neighborhood] for everyone … [Read more...] about Try These 5 Simple Steps for Setting Health Goals
Low Back Pain: It’s Time to Stop the Insanity
Top Healthcare Organizations Recommend This For Low Back Pain According to The Lancet, low back pain is the number one source of disability globally. And, if you've dealt with low back pain in the past, you understand how much it can alter your daily life. Even simply standing up straight can feel like an incredibly impossible task. Because of how debilitating it can be, many top healthcare organizations have begun to publish recommendations for the best ways to manage low back pain. Their … [Read more...] about Low Back Pain: It’s Time to Stop the Insanity
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