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Meet the huge demand for weight loss with all-natural GLP-1 products

Chiropractic Economics

Nearly half of Americans will be obese by 2030; with obesity rates soaring and associated health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and joint problems on the rise, the need for safe, effective weight management strategies is critical.

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What is Chiropractic?

ABCA

Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.

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Combating forward head carriage

Chiropractic Economics

Evaluating patient posture has been an essential tool in chiropractic care for decades, and it provides us with necessary information about how well the body is adapting to trauma, stress and the influence of gravity. It’s also interesting to note posture analysis was used to promote the chiropractic profession.

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Back pain Facts & Statistics

ABCA

The back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. You can sprain ligaments, strain muscles, rupture disks, and irritate joints, all of which can lead to back pain. In addition, arthritis, poor posture, obesity, and psychological stress can cause or complicate back pain. Maintain proper posture.

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Ensure patient compliance with radiology

Chiropractic Economics

Radiology images can detect postural alterations, vertebral body malpositions, bone density, osteoarthritis, congenital anomalies, prior trauma and pathology. This is an opportunity to educate the patient on how abnormal stresses of the foot/ankle can transfer to the remaining joints of the extremities and the spine.

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Giving Student Athletes the Chiropractic Edge

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

The benefits of chiropractic care have long been acknowledged in professional athletics. Doctors of chiropractic (DCs) can be seen on the sidelines as crucial members of the medical staff for 90% of professional sports organizations including Major League Baseball, all of the National Hockey League teams and all of the teams in the NFL.

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How Chiropractic Care is Combatting the Tech Neck Epidemic

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

The unnatural positioning of the body while using phones, tablets, computers and other devices is creating undue stress on the involved joints and soft tissues of the body such as joint capsules, muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves. and it is altering normal posture.