Bottom Line: Stress can actually be a good thing. If a lion were chasing you, an increase in heart rate, muscle tension, and focus would hopefully help you escape unharmed! Thankfully, we don't need to worry about being chased by a lion today. It might be someone cutting you off on the way to pick up your holiday gifts that could put your body into the same fight or flight mode. Remember the last time you saw a car veering into your lane, and your heart rate went through the roof? That is … [Read more...] about The Impact of Chronic Stress During the Holiday Season
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Stay Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
How to Stay Healthy During and After This Time of Crisis By now we have all learned of the importance of social distancing to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus and reduce the incidence of COVID-19, and I urge you to adhere to distancing recommendations. This includes avoiding contact with groups of people, even small groups of close friends, unfortunately. Also, washing your hands constantly and cleaning commonly touched surfaces is a must for all of us, especially now. Aside … [Read more...] about Stay Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stress Reduction and Chiropractic
There have been plenty of studies showing the efficacy of chiropractic for recovery from injury and reduction of pain. It has been well accepted as recommended medical treatment for musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, of course. Any time I am treating a patient I document what pain or lack of function we are addressing with treatment that day. There is nothing controversial about treatment for these purposes. This is what I address on a day-to-day basis and do so with specific … [Read more...] about Stress Reduction and Chiropractic
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