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Giving Student Athletes the Chiropractic Edge

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

Chiropractic care can help stabilize skeletal inequities through spinal adjustments, restore optimal alignment and address issues such as gait issues, uneven shoulders or hips that can affect both balance and stability. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury, not unlike what is experienced with whiplash.

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Smart Timing After Slips, Trips and Falls

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

In 2020 over 42,000 people died in falls at home and at work and more than 6.8 If the fall causes a jerk or hitting of the head, the effect can be like that of a whiplash injury and a concussion may be present along with injury to the cervical spine (neck). million people were treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries.

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