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What is “Referred Pain”?
What is “Referred Pain”?
“Referred pain” can be a perplexing phenomenon for anyone who experiences it. Referred pain is what happens when you feel pain in an area of your body that is not actually the original source of the pain signals. The most common example of referred pain is when pain is felt in the left arm, neck or jaw of a person suffering a heart attack, while they often have no feelings of pain in the chest…
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Spinal Anatomy 101
“Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.”
-Clementine Paddleford, American Writer (1898 – 1967)
It’s no accident that so many philosophers and writers have used the backbone as a metaphor for discipline, force of will or character. Your spine (or “backbone”) is the primary physical support for your body’s entire frame. It’s a remarkable piece of natural engineering…
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Tips and Precautions for Winter Exercise
Tips and Precautions for Winter Exercise
For many people, colder temperatures outside—whether at home or while traveling over the winter holidays—can mean big changes in exercise routines. Some will move their workouts indoors or hibernate during the winter months. Others, though, will decide to work with the seasons and find ways to be active outside. If you’re one of those people, this article is for you.
While there’s certainly no…
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Chiropractic for Chronic Back Pain
Chiropractic for Chronic Back Pain
About a third of the millions of people who make appointments with chiropractors every year seek relief from back pain. Back pain can be acute, meaning it happens suddenly, lasts 6 weeks or less and often clears up on its own; or back pain can be chronic, meaning it comes on gradually and lasts 3 months or more. Chronic back pain can be particularly debilitating and can limit movement and…
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Text Neck and More: How Our Electronic Devices Are Changing Our Posture
Text Neck and More: How Our Electronic Devices Are Changing Our Posture
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The last 10 years have seen exceptional innovation in personal electronics. Our smartphones, laptops, and tablets have undoubtedly made it easier to create, consume and share all kinds of content as well as to shop online anywhere and anytime. But they do also have their drawbacks—including negative health consequences. This applies in particular to our posture. The overuse of…
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Techniques for Improving Circulation
Techniques for Improving Circulation
A healthy circulatory system is crucial to good health. To be at its best, your body needs to be able to keep blood pumping from the heart and lungs through the arteries to your organs and extremities, and then keep pumping it back to the lungs for re-oxygenation. Anything that interferes with the proper circulation of blood puts your body’s health at risk for lots of reasons.
“Poor circulation”…
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Good News About the Cost of Chiropractic Care
Good News About the Cost of Chiropractic Care
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A recent evidence-based report on the effectiveness of chiropractic treatment for people dealing with low back and neck pain contains some very good news. And it’s good news for three important groups of people—patients who benefit from chiropractic, employers who sponsor health care plans, and insurance companies who manage the costs.
The report is called “Do Chiropractic…
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Older Adults: Chiropractic Care Protects Your Spine—And Your Active Lifestyle
Older Adults: Chiropractic Care Protects Your Spine—And Your Active Lifestyle
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Older adults have long relied on chiropractic care to help keep them healthy and active. However, little scientific data has been gathered about the use of chiropractic by seniors, and few studies have been conducted to evaluate the potential benefits. New research published in the March edition of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics has helped to fill…
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Women’s Feet Are Paying a High Price for Fashion
Women’s Feet Are Paying a High Price for Fashion
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Fashion before comfort… and health! That seems to be a prevailing attitude in the United States, particularly among women out shopping for new shoes. And while there are a number of shoe styles that can cause foot problems, the high heel (especially the ultra-high heel) is by far the biggest culprit. According the American Podiatric Medical Association:
72% of women wear high-heeled…
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Fruits and Vegetables Add Years to Your Life – Literally
Fruits and Vegetables Add Years to Your Life – Literally
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We’ve been told for years – and by pretty much everyone involved with either nutrition or health care – that eating more fruits and vegetables is good for you and can improve your life. Well, it turns out that these people weren’t telling us the whole story. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables can actually extend your life, and add years to it.
That’s the message of a…
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Happy New Year’s from Oblander Chiropractic!
What Causes Muscle Tension?
What Causes Muscle Tension?
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Muscle tension occurs when a muscle (or group of muscles) remains contracted for an extended period of time. This might be characterized as a low-energy or low-intensity muscle cramp. Such tension in the muscles constricts blood flow, which in turn keeps oxygen and nutrients from reaching the muscle tissues and tendons. Muscle tension also keeps cellular waste from being carried…
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How to Know if Stress is Affecting Your Health and Well-Being
How to Know if Stress is Affecting Your Health and Well-Being
Everyone deals with stress in their lives. And—in small doses—this can be a very good thing. Manageable amounts of stress can actually help you perform at your best and may even help you develop your abilities. However, far too many of us are stressed to the point that our health and well-being could be compromised.
Stress: Helpful or Harmful?
When you are in a dangerous situation, your body…
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Thinking About Food Labels: What the Future Might Bring
Thinking About Food Labels: What the Future Might Bring
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In a move applauded by nutritionists and health experts (but criticized at the same time for not going far enough), the Obama administration has proposed sweeping changes to the regulations surrounding the labeling of packaged foods. The new proposal, announced and championed by first lady Michelle Obama, aims to make it easier for consumers to figure out whether a…
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Use it or Lose it: Five Tips for Maintaining Your Sense of Balance Beyond Middle Age
Use it or Lose it: Five Tips for Maintaining Your Sense of Balance Beyond Middle Age
If you are middle-aged (40-60, by some definitions) or older, here’s 15-second self-test for you. Do you often find yourself needing to sit down or steady yourself against a table when putting on your shoes or stepping into pants? Do you increasingly need to use the armrests of your chair to “push off” when getting up? Do you generally hold on to handrails whenever you go up and down stairs? If…
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