During the winter months, many people feel their aches and pains more intensely. Not only that, the winter months can be hard on your back in general! Shoveling snow and winter sports can both cause serious damage, while a lack of physical activity can drain your strength and put unnecessary stress on your spine. Poor spinal [...]
Our Central Supports: The Spinal Column & Spinal Cord The spinal column -- an elegant stacking of 33 vertebrae -- provides the structural center of the human body: It's what keeps your body balanced and upright. It should come as no surprise, then, that the spinal column is of central importance to the [...]
While it appears that your body shuts down during sleep, there are many vital processes occurring. Many of us suffer from interrupted sleep. During sleep, your brain is in continuous communication with your body. While your muscles relax and your heart rate slows, your brain declutters, and your body regenerates and repairs. When you get quality [...]
Not being able to sleep is no fun. Especially after you've gone a few nights without a good night's rest. Not only will you tired and grouchy in the following days, but continued lack of quality sleep leads to heath issues such as high blood pressure, migraines, and depression. When sleep becomes a problem, people will [...]
The way you sleep at night has a lot to do with the way you feel the next day. Not only is the amount of sleep you get important, but also the position that you sleep in, or your sleep posture. How many times have you spent all day bemoaning a stiff neck because you "slept [...]
People often joke that modern society is a, "pain in the neck." Many people don't even realize how true this is! Your cell phone and other devices are now part of our daily lives and health problems are becoming associated with their habitual use. There are basically three ways that the hard and soft tissues of [...]
