Avoiding Pain This Fall - 3 Easy Steps!

Avoiding Pain This Fall - 3 Easy Steps!

Here are three easy tips to help you avoid flare-ups of chronic pain during the autumn season.

Is Your Child's Back-Pack Causing Harm?

Is Your Child's Back-Pack Causing Harm?

Each morning millions of students across the nation are racing to the school bus or scurrying to their classrooms with an overstuffed back-pack slung over one shoulder. While carrying a back-pack to school each morning might seem harmless, it can cause painful back and neck problems for your children who do not pack or carry their back packs properly.

How to Sit Better - 3 Easy Steps!

How to Sit Better - 3 Easy Steps!

One of the most common questions that I receive from my patients is how to attain proper posture. First we must understand what exactly posture is. In simple terms, posture is the relationship with the skeleton to the earth’s gravitational forces. The skeleton is designed to disperse forces from the top of the head, through the feet and eventually to the floor. With a totally “neutral” posture, the body is designed to disperse these forces with minimal impact on the surrounding tissues of the body.

3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Posture

3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Posture

July is Postural Awareness Month. Throughout the month of July, we will be talking about the benefits of holding proper posture, and ways you can improve your posture throughout your day in order to reduce stress on yourself and on your body. 

The Great Debate: Heat vs. Ice

The Great Debate: Heat vs. Ice

When to use heat and when to use ice as a means of home treatment.