As a Walnut Creek Chiropractor I know a good deal about posture. Posture is a window to spinal alignment and body balance. Our body functions at full capacity when we are in balance. Therefore, structural integrity dictates how our body functions on every level. Benefits of Good Posture: Improves breathing capacity Improves brain function [...]
It’s no surprise that our culture of sitting in front of a computer increases our chances of suffering from neck pain. Forward head posture and slumped/rounded shoulders create abnormal stress on the cervical spine and increase likelihood for symptoms of pain, headaches, and neurological problems (like tingling/numbness in the arms/hands). However, the postural stress [...]
Sitting has become the ‘smoking’ of our generation. Doctors and Walnut Creek Chiropractors tell us that the human body is not designed to sit in a chair, let alone do this for the majority of our waking hours. This posture creates a chronic flexed body position that can lead to muscle tension, joint instability, [...]
Take breaks from sitting every 45-60 minutes Keep center of computer screen at eye level and directly in front of you Keep hips, elbows, knees at 90 degree angle Keep lumbar curve active and/or supported Take time to stretch Use headset when on phone Work efficiently to minimize time in chair Bring healthy, portioned [...]
Significant injuries occur at low-speeds. Women suffer greater injuries than men because they have less strength in their neck muscles. Early mobilization is critical. Use of a cervical collar actually gives worse results than no treatment at all. Immobilization following injury causes muscle wasting and loss of strength that significantly delays recovery. Corticosteroids damage [...]
It used to be that carrying a heavy academic load meant a series of difficult classes. But if your child is like many, he or she is carrying a heavy load of books! Common sense tells us that a heavy load, unevenly distributed, day after day, can stress a still-growing spine. Consider these safety [...]
A recent study out of the University of Chicago showed that Upper Cervical Chiropractic can reduce blood pressure by the equivalent of taking 2 medications simultaneously! “This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination....and we saw no side effects and no problems”, George Bakris MD tells WebMD. [...]
There is new hope for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers, and it may be related to the Upper Cervical Spine. If you haven’t heard of the term CCSVI, you will soon. Three years ago Dr. Paulo Zamboni of the University of Ferrara in Italy, hypothesized that an abnormality in blood and/or Cerebro-Spinal Fluid (CSF) drainage from [...]
As a Walnut Creek Chiropractor I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard a practice member say “I think I slept wrong”…I’d have a lot of nickels. The truth is: sleeping posture matters. When you consider the fact that we spend about 1/3 of our lives in bed, we need to [...]
In case you haven’t noticed yet, minimalist shoes are all the rage these days. Popular among health practitioners, crossfitters, students, hippies, and hipsters alike, these shoes serve the philosophy that less is more when it comes to footwear. In fact, I own a pair of Innovate shoes that I use for crossfit and street [...]
