Is Shoveling Snow Bad for Your Back?
Is shoveling snow bad for your back? A Centennial chiropractic clinic’s guide to shoveling without hurting your back, and what to do if it already hurts.
Reflecting on 2025 — and Looking Ahead: Your Proactive Wellness Plan for 2026
Too often, people wait until pain or discomfort forces them to seek help. But many issues like poor posture, structural imbalances, chronic inflammation, and subtle misalignments begin quietly, long before symptoms arise.
When do I need to be adjusted?
Many patients thoroughly enjoy seeking care on a regular basis because it maintains the body’s natural want for balance. Regular bodily care keeps the flare-ups at bay, reduces overall bodily inflammation, and increases the capacity for healthy movement.
Let's rework our thought process on Chronic disease.
For ages, chronic disease has been thought of in a certain light. Our own ideas on chronic disease have taken a more fatalistic attitude. Well, we’re all going to die anyway so what’s the point? That way of thinking is problematic for multiple reasons.
The Snowball Effect
The idiom is as old as time. But here’s an analogy possibly overlooked. You might picture yourself balling snow up when you were young and attempting to peg someone or something in the distance. You also remember forming the first snowball with no issues.
The Titan of Treatment
This messaging process is a very integral part of how your body functions daily. When the messages being sent from your brain to your body are skewed due to a misalignment, there will be a disconnect as to how your brain interprets those messages.
A bit of muscle stimulation for your Monday.
Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) is a tried and true method of relieving those tight, tender, tense muscle groups. As it also provides an analgesic effect, EMS is a viable therapy for almost any bodily condition caused by the muscles.
Priorities.
From our first interaction, I was enthralled. Not only from a purely conversational standpoint, but more of looking at myself modestly and really assessing my day and how little things affect other things later on. The consultation made me excited about myself. Excited about taking care of me.
It's not ALL about you, BUT...
Questions geared towards self-reflection in regards to your health are a start towards becoming more health conscious. Why is this important? Well...
Cervical Traction and Neck Pain
Cervical traction is primarily used for pain relief in the neck region. Cervical traction can help with several conditions that affect the cervical spine including:
The Opioid Opus
Nearly 115 people in the United States die every day from opioid overdosing as reported by the NIH in March, 2018. In 2015, nearly 33,000 Americans died as a result of an opioid overdose. Over 2 million Americans suffered from substance abuse disorders in the same year.
Take Charge.
Today's society looks at health in a 'last resort' frame of mind. A person might invest in their own health, when their own health has become jeopardized, and only then. Preventative care? Never heard of it.
Hello and welcome.
The journey to living pain-free and maintaining your health starts here.