Chronic Headaches Causes and Relief

Chronic Headaches Causes

Bottom Line: Life can be busy and stressful. Sound familiar? If so, you may likely start experiencing headaches more frequently, and they may be more severe. Chronic headaches are a good indication that your body needs attention. Chronic headaches causes can be related to a lack of quality sleep, nutritional challenges or even postural issues,…

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How to Find Natural Relief from Headaches

Natural Relief from Headaches

Bottom Line: Finding natural relief from headaches doesn’t mean you need to join a food co-op and start eating granola with every meal. Natural (or organic) healthcare solutions are now being recommended by many leading healthcare organizations because of the associated reduction in dangerous side-effects and high rates of patient satisfaction following treatment.  Why it…

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The Top 3 Causes of Headaches

Causes of Headaches

Bottom Line: A variety of factors can cause headaches. The good news is that many of these are lifestyle factors and habits and patterns that you can control. By understanding a few of the most common causes of headaches, you will have the information you need to make those key changes and to get on…

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Reduce or Eliminate Chronic Headaches: The Facts You Need to Know

Reduce or Eliminate Chronic Headaches

Bottom Line: Death, taxes, and…headaches? Almost everyone will experience a headache at some point in their life, and over 50% of people will deal with the effects of headaches in a given year. Fortunately, headaches are rarely life-threatening. However, for people dealing with chronic headaches…they can dramatically impact your quality of life. Here are some…

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Your Body is Designed to Move – Spinal Disc Movement

Spinal Disc Movement

Bottom Line: Your body is built to move. Every spinal disc movement and joint is designed to help you sit, stand, run and well…move! Your discs are soft enough to flex as you bend forward and back. The spinal facet joints slide as your turn and twist. The ligament-connected spinal bones keep you supported as…

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How Chiropractic Helps the Brain and Spine Connection

Chiropractic Helps the Brain

Bottom Line: Every thought and movement in your life occurs through your brain and spinal cord, which is collectively known as the central nervous system. Your spinal column acts as the armor and pathway for your spinal cord to travel down and split into the nerves that reach every cell of your body. Every moment…

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Facet Joints: Gliding Your Way to Better Health

Facet Joints

Bottom Line: If you’ve had neck or back pain that you could pinpoint with your finger, or experienced sharp pains when you move, it may be related to the facet joints of your spine. It’s easy to think of your facet joints like the “knuckles” of your spine. They are small joints and have a…

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The Bowling Ball and the Pin: How Poor Posture Causes Neck Pain

Poor Posture Causes Neck Pain

Bottom Line: The average human head weighs about 8 pounds. Each day we all walk around with a bowling ball (our head) balancing on a toothpick (our neck). We are designed this way to allow for the full range of motion we all know and love. Even under the best circumstances, this places a lot…

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Why Lifetime Wellness?

Mount Pleasant Chiropractic Care

“One and Done” only works in college basketball! It is a doctor’s responsibility to follow-up with their patient. It is the standard of care to make sure your treatment is working. Regardless of your specialty, you gave an oath to serve the greater good and to provide health to the masses. As Chiropractors, our treatment…

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How to Prevent Spinal Disc Injuries

Hint: Not Medications or Surgery! Bottom Line:  “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. I often wonder if the author of that quote happened to have a disc herniation. By investing in a pro-active approach to your spinal health now, you may be able to avoid suffering from a disc injury later…

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