Health & Fitness
Posture Perfect
Feeling fatigued, stressed out, burned out, people getting on your nerves? Your nerves may be stressed more than you know. Use this advice to ease the burden.
Has your mother ever told you to put your shoulders back? Whether or not you listened to her posture advice, correcting your stature can help improve your health.
Chiropractic care is the best natural health insurance you can give yourself. It can help prevent further injury, illness, and disease which can lead to burdensome medical and prescription drug costs down the road.
Top Heavy: Did you know the human head averages between 8 and 10 pounds or more? Therefore, correct posture and spinal alignment are vital for optimum health. From the side, one's ear, shoulder, hip, and ankle should fall in-line with each other.
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Weighed Down: Today's poor posture is caused by working at computers, carrying heavy back packs, lazy posture, watching t.v., and little to no exercise. For every quarter of an inch one's head lies in front of one's shoulder, and extra 10 pounds of extra weight is added to the upper back. The burden then falls on the muscles and ligaments of the neck, back, and shoulders to support this extra stress. The result is tight muscles and the start of spinal degeneration (arthritis).
Posture Perfect: Picture a string inside your spine that comes through the top of your head. Rather than putting your shoulders back like your grandmother taught you, imagine pulling this string straight up. This allows for a more balanced posture and proper head position.
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Curve Your Nerves: The nervous system, which controls every cell in your body, is allowed to function at a more optimum level. As a result, poor posture can impede the nervous system, resulting in symptoms such as high blood pressure, headaches, depression/ anxiety, and sleep problems to name a few.
Why Align: Realign the joints in your spine to restore cervical curve for proper shock absorption and support of the "bowling ball" on top of your spine.