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How to Keep Your Spine Healthy: Simple Steps for Improved Spinal Health

Petrak Family Chiropractic Center

​Maintaining the health of your spine is crucial for your overall well-being. The spine plays a vital role in your body, supporting your frame, enabling movement, and protecting the central nervous system. Over time, this can lead to structural changes in the spine, resulting in persistent pain and discomfort.

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Combating forward head carriage

Chiropractic Economics

Ideal posture, when viewed from the front, includes a vertical gravity line in the midline of the spine, with the ears, shoulders and hips aligning on the horizontal plane. Quantifying forward head posture DCs have practiced posture evaluation for many decades. In the young patient population, we have the benefit of time.

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What Causes Back Pain When Breathing (& What Can You Do About It)?

Oviedo Chiropractic

Scoliosis Scoliosis is an abnormal curving of the spine. Obesity When a person carries excess weight , it puts a strain on their muscles, bones, and ligaments, causing them to work harder over time. However, long-term use of painkillers can lead to some nasty side effects.

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How Do Chiropractic Adjustments Work?

Oviedo Chiropractic

And it all starts with the relationship between your spine and your central nervous system. Your spinal cord runs directly from the brain through the spine, where your peripheral nervous system branches out and runs throughout your entire body. But in fact, your entire body is connected. What Causes Misalignment?

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Chiropractor Care: What You Need to Know About Spinal Adjustments

Fisher Chiropractic

These may include manual adjustment of the spine, manipulative therapies such as massage or traction, and exercises. If you are diagnosed with a herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, or scoliosis, seeing a chiropractor helps to improve your symptoms. Consult with a trained spine specialist to determine which is best for you.

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NovoPulse- Where Recovery Meets Performance

The Evidence Based Chiropractor

I've had five torn ligaments and five arthroscopic surgeries, starting with my first skiing accident at age 12 in the days of bear-trap bindings. I have had lower back pain for twelve years due to degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, and arthritis, among other things. Routine daily activities were not so routine and were painful.