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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jul 17, 2014 | Health Articles
With today's hectic lifestyles our stress and pain overload is up and our time and resources are limited for solutions. For solutions many of us head to the internet to search for these solutions. Unfortunately there is too much information on the information highway which allows us to become paralyzed with confusion. Here are a...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jul 15, 2014 | Health Articles
What do you do when you suffer from a pounding headache? Do you grit your teeth and carry on? Lie down in a dark room? Pop a pill and hope the pain goes away?
We all recognize this old saying. If we don’t listen to our body, it cries louder AND LOUDER! Until we finally listen and take the action to make some important changes. That point of nothing to lose is unfortunately when many new people begin seeking alternative solutions.
Relax, breath deep, and read on for a great solution.
Unsettling Statistics on Headaches
More Americans complain about headaches than any other health condition, including back pain; in fact, approximately 45 million Americans say they suffer headaches each year.
That’s one in every six people or more than 16 percent of the population. More than 8 million Americans visit their doctor seeking relief for symptoms of headaches each year. Unfortunately, the most popular treatment is over-the-counter pain relievers or prescription medication.
There is some good news when it comes to headaches. There are safe and effective natural solutions available to help reduce or eliminate the symptoms of various headache types. Let’s first learn about that headache you may be suffering from and then the natural solutions available to relieve those headaches.
Defining the Difference
The most common type of headache is the tension headache. It is estimated that 80-90 percent of the U.S. population suffers from tension headaches at some point in their lives.
Tension headaches are intimately connected to abnormal posture, muscular tightness, joint stiffness, and restricted range of motion in the body. To obtain optimum health and function, it is important to remember that everything is connected and everything matters. Dysfunctional patterns of movement and posture affect how much tension and stress your body holds. The body must compensate for these dysfunctional patterns by any means necessary, and it accomplishes this by altering tension points. Your brain and nervous system must compensate for this dysfunction by altering blood flow, muscle movement patterns and breathing. These alterations often lead to tension headaches.
The second most common type of headache is the migraine headache. Approximately 16-17 percent of the population complains of migraines. These headaches are far more debilitating than the tension-type headaches. More women than men suffer from migraine headaches, leading researchers to believe there may be a hormonal component to migraines. The majority of migraine sufferers correspond the episodes with trigger factors.
How Chiropractic Can Help
Chiropractic care can help alleviate the symptoms of tension and migraine headaches by improving and restoring normal postural patterns. Chiropractic treatment is aimed at normalizing muscle tension, restoring joint range of motion, and stabilizing the body to reduce abnormal stressors. Optimizing postural control of the head and neck reduces the workload your muscles must apply just to keep your head up during the day. The proper spinal alignment and muscle control helps give the body a fighting chance of avoiding a tension headache.
Headache sufferers tend to breathe more from their chest and shoulders as opposed to their diaphragm. This leads to repeated elevation of the shoulders and upper back muscles hundreds of times a day, leading to increased tension in the head and neck. Chiropractic restores function to the spine, ribs, and hips to maximize breathing and good postural control. Better breathing equals better health.
We Can Help!
If you’re suffering from headaches and are tired of taking pain-relieving medication day after day, our expert team looks forward to helping you regain the quality of life back you desire – pain free- medication free. Can Now!
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jul 1, 2014 | Health Articles
An optimal spine equals optimal health with your posture being the window to you spine, but that’s not all…A new study has revealed that good posture also gives you more confidence in your own thoughts.
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Researchers have concluded that people sitting up straight think more positively about themselves, and are more likely to have confidence within themselves when it comes to believing their own thoughts. In the study those in the upright position reported more confidence in the thoughts they generated.
On the other hand, those with poor posture who are slumped over their desks are less likely to accept the thoughts they are generating.
The results show how our body posture can affect not only what others think about us, but also how we think about ourselves, said Richard Petty, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at Ohio State University.
“Most of us were taught that sitting up straight gives a good impression to other people,” Petty said. “But it turns out that our posture can also affect how we think about ourselves. If you sit up straight, you end up convincing yourself by the posture you’re in.”
“People assume their confidence is coming from their own thoughts. They don’t realize their posture is affecting how much they believe in what they’re thinking,”
Why Chiropractic?
Every single chiropractic adjustment that you receive is given with the intent of realigning your spine to the nice healthy position is was designed to be in. Any time your posture shifts away from the ideal position you are putting dangerous pressure on the nervous system which ultimately affects the functioning of the entire body!
If you have graduated from the initial intensive program of care and have made your exercises part of your daily routine – Great Job! They are a vital part of your chiropractic care, accounting for 40% of the change that you will experience from your chiropractic program.
If you haven’t been doing your exercises daily, make sure you start today! Every day you do not do your prescribed exercises, you are limiting the results that you get from the next adjustment, and your overall chiropractic care. Alternatively, when combined with your regular scheduled adjustments, every day you do your prescribed exercises you are ensuring you gain the very most from your chiropractic care, and you are one step closer to living an outrageously happy, fulfilled and healthy life!
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jun 26, 2014 | Health Articles
Our Team this summer would like to help you better understand a chronic inflammatory response and explain how it manifests in the body based on two triggers: genetics and lifestyle. Our family history can provide us with a sneak peak of which health issues we may be at increased risks for developing. However, our lifestyle...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jun 24, 2014 | Health Articles
Finally summer is here! But with the great weather that arrived late this year so did the massive pollen levels that are causing an historic spike in cases of seasonal allergy, also known as allergic rhinitis. Bad news for those of us who anxiously awaited to emerge from our winter cocoons and enjoy the great outdoors....
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