Back Pain Relief With Core Strengthening Exercises

Lower back pain is one of the most common injuries that I see in my office. Most people who suffer with this ailment have weak core muscles. What are your core muscles? Your core muscles consist of your abdominals, hamstrings, hip flexors and lower back muscles. Most people have weak abdominals and lower back muscles, while the hamstrings and hip flexors tend to be tight and spasmed. When these muscles are not working the way that they should be, extra pressure is put onto the lower back and it can lead to pain, tightness and muscle spasm across that area of your spine.

Recently, I joined Mike Womer, owner and head trainer at 1614 Fitness and Aerobics, to walk us through some core strengthening exercises that you can do at home or at the gym to help alleviate and even prevent some lower back pain.

Chiropractic Featured on Dr. Phil!

Make sure you tune into the Dr. Phil Show today. He does a feature on chiropractic care and the benefits one can achieve by receiving treatment on a regular basis. It's great to see chiropractic becoming more main stream.

Can Your Purse or Handbag Be Too Heavy?

Many of my female patients will ask me if I think that their purse or handbag is the cause of their neck pain or lower back pain. In many cases, it is not the primary cause, but the type of bag and the weight of the bag can be a contributing factor to discomfort in the spine. Recently, Oprah's magazine interviewed a New York City based chiropractor to ask her opinion on handbags. Some of her answers in the article will intrigue you. So, if you're in the market for a new purse or your current purse is causing you discomfort, you may want to read this!

Chiropractic Featured on the Dr. Oz Show!

Recently on an episode of the Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Oz had a Doctor of Chiropractic appear on the program and perform a spinal manipulation or chiropractic adjustment on one of the audience members who had been experiencing some lower back pain. This segment shows how chiropractic care is becoming more main stream. I think it's great that someone of Dr. Oz's notoriety is open to people with back pain getting chiropractic care. Programs like this help to quell some of the fear the public may have with chiropractic and it shows how chiropractic and traditional medicine can work together to help people get out of pain. Check out the adjustment on Dr. Oz's show!

Chiropractic and Ear Infections?

Here is a great news story from a few years back about how chiropractic care can help kids who have chronic ear infections. Take a look!

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Concussions? Learn About Brain Health!

Concussions have become a major problem in many sports; amatuer to professional; kids to adults. Ice hockey has been one sport where it seems as if someone new has a concussion each week. Hockey is a game of speed and skill , and with the players becoming faster and stronger, collisions on the ice are resulting in more concussions.

Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins is one of the more famous cases of how a concussion can threaten one's season, and even one's career. Chiropractic neurology is a new method of treating athletes with brain injuries. To learn more about brain health, click on the link of the video. Enjoy!

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Bone Health

Want to make sure you maintain strong and healthy bones? Click on the link to find out what to do to prevent osteopenia and osteoporosis!

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