Archive for December, 2009
How to Avoid Winter Snow-Shoveling Injuries
Posted by author in chiropractic, chiropractor on December 21st, 2009
If you live where it snows or if you’re planning to following the “chill” until you find a snowy scene for the holidays, here’s a little advice from the Foundation for chiropractic Progress.
Every winter, millions of Americans grab their shovels and start digging their way out of the snow and into pain. Shoveling snow improperly [...]
Chiropractic Medicine for Neck Pain
Posted by author in chiropractor on December 16th, 2009
Americans suffer from chronic neck pain at alarming rates. Many suffer through this with no hopes of ever getting better. They grit their teeth and suffer through thinking there is no hope and no one can help. However, you can do something about chronic neck pain.
Primary Causes of Chronic Neck Pain-
Sudden trauma – whiplash [...]
Study Explains How Exercise Helps Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Posted by author in chiropractor on December 11th, 2009
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps explain why. Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and published in this week’s Online [...]
Fit Teenage Boys Are Smarter?
Posted by author in chiropractor on December 8th, 2009
In the first study to demonstrate a clear positive association between adolescent fitness and adult cognitive performance, Nancy Pedersen of the University of Southern California and colleagues in Sweden find that better cardiovascular health among teenage boys correlates to higher scores on a range of intelligence tests – and more education and income later in [...]
Teens Lose More Weight Using Healthy Strategies
Posted by author in chiropractor on December 5th, 2009
Increasing exercise, water and fruit consumption leads to success, study finds
(HealthDay News) — Increased exercise, reduced soda consumption and self-weighing are among the most effective weight control strategies for adolescents, a new study shows.
Researchers surveyed 130 adolescents about their weight-control strategies and lifestyle habits. Sixty-two had succeeded in losing weight and 68 had not. The [...]