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Take This Vacation Without Back Pain

by | May 7, 2015 | Health Articles

Back Pain New Fairfield CT VacationSummer vacation is near!  The excitement of warm weather and the well needed break from school or work  is upon us.  As the last school bell rings or the final confirmation of your travel plans arrives make sure you not only pack accordingly but prepare with these simple tips so you may enjoy the most of your holiday.

Leave Your Back Pain at Home

Traveling in any mode of transport can be physically demanding.  Even if the final destination is a luxury holiday, getting there can leave you tired, stressed and in pain.

Sitting down for too long can cause significant problems for the body. No matter how comfortable the seat or surroundings, pressures build and blood flow is restricted. This is why some people experience DVTs on long-haul flights; because pressure builds up in the blood vessels of the lower legs as the blood becomes more sluggish. Contracting and relaxing the muscles can help to counter this and help the blood flow better.

Here Are Some Great Tips for Safe and Enjoyable Travel:

Stretch and Warm Up

Travel should be looked on as a form of strenuous exercise that requires a period of warming up and cooling down. Warm up and stretch before you travel, and cool down with a brisk walk when you arrive to reinvigorate your hamstring and calf muscles.

Road Trip by Car

  • If you are driving, adjust the seat so you’re as close to the wheel as you can be while still feeling comfortable. Keep the knees just a little bit above the hips.
  • Use a back support if the seat does not provide adequate support by design. This will help reduce the risk of lower back pain and injury. The support should be widest between the lowest ribs and the waist.
  • Exercise your legs while driving to keep the blood flowing and limit any swelling or pain. Count to 10 while spreading your toes wide; count to 5 while tightening your calf muscles, followed by your thigh muscles, then your glutes (butt); roll your shoulders back and forward (keeping your hands on the wheel!).
  • Alternate holding the wheel with your hands at the 2 and 7 o’clock positions, and then the 10 and 5 o’clock positions.
  • Try not to grip the wheel too tightly, which reduces the circulation and increase fatigue in the muscles of the hands, wrists and arms.
  • Vary your focal point to reduce eye strain and headaches, but keep your eyes on the road.
  • Take frequent breaks from driving; remember that fatigue behind the wheel can kill.

Sky Miles

  • Airline seats are incredibly spine-unfriendly. Standing up straight, familiarize yourself with the normal curve of your spine, then use rolled-up towels to recreate that curve when sitting down. Use another between your neck and the headrest.
  • Bags heavier than 5-10% of your body weight should ideally be checked in rather than carried on. Lifting heavy bags into overhead lockers can hurt the spine. Whatever the weight of the bag, make sure you stand directly in front of the compartment and do not twist your back or neck when lifting.
  • Under seat luggage should not be forced in using feet or hands while standing, which can cause muscle spasms given the confined and awkward space between the seats. Instead, sit down first, then push it in using both your hands and feet.
  • Move about in your seat frequently to keep the blood flowing and guard against cramps. Massage your thighs and calves, then push up with your toes to shift your knees up and down. Use a bag to raise your feet higher.
  • Don’t blast yourself with the overhead air vents which can cause your neck and shoulders to tense.

Safety First with Kids:

  • Use an approved car seat appropriate to the age of the child when traveling in a car.
  • Infant car seats should always face rearwards so that any impact is spread around the back and shoulders and not taken directly by the neck.
  • A car seat should not be used in the front seat of a car where an airbag could deploy into it. Similarly, if the rear doors or the rear of the front seats are equipped with airbags, position the child seat in the center of the rear seat to avoid it being hit by any of them.
  • Secure the car seat as per instructions and make sure it is properly fixed in place and cannot shift. The seat should be at a 45-degree angle to properly support the child’s head.
  • Traveling by air, ask if a car seat can be used which is safer than seating a child on your lap.

Plan Ahead for Ultimate Vacation Success

For the ultimate success plan ahead and schedule a spinal examination and address underlying issues that may be aggravated by the journey of your holiday.  Our fantastic team is just a simple call away and ready to have you jump into your well earned break!

Reflections Of Neck Pain

by | Apr 23, 2015 | Health Articles

Headaches New Fairfield CT Neck Pain

Have you ever been walking along and caught your full body's side profile in a reflective surface?  At first glance we are worried about our hair, our clothes, or worse - "look how fat and out of shape I am". Now look again closer.  Is your chin out in front of your shoulders and chest?  Worse...

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The Crack in Chiropractic

by | Apr 16, 2015 | Health Articles

Adjustment New Fairfield CT Cracking

In my office I quite frequently hear that one of the scariest parts of going to a Chiropractic office is "well the fear that my head my be torn from my body but more importantly the sounds that sharply snap, crackle, and pop".  As I explain more about what that sound is to my patients,...

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Welcome to Arch Madness!

by | Mar 31, 2015 | Health Articles

Foot Pain New Fairfield CT Orthotics

Shoes glorious shoes!  Most women and a great deal of men love their shoes.  They are designed to be worn for about eight months or 500 miles but like most of us it really depends on what we do in those 500 miles.  Just as a great car we want them to look good but...

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Great Solution for Migraine Headaches

by | Mar 24, 2015 | Health Articles

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Have you ever woke up with a dull headache and just knew it was going to escalate into a full blown migraine headache by lunch?  If you are a migraine sufferer that scenario is all to real.  The worst part is that the migraine pain can or will leave you debilitated for possibly hours or days.

Understanding Headaches

Very few people avoid ever getting a headache, and when they appear they can manifest in many different ways.  They may affect the whole head or just a part, and they may be felt as anything from a dull ache to a sharp stabbing. Unfortunately headaches can last a few minutes or a few days and produce ill side effects such as nausea.

There are many reasons for headaches, including drug reactions, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), tight neck muscles, low blood sugar, high blood pressure, stress and fatigue, but most can fit into one of two categories: tension (cervicogenic) headaches and migraine headaches. A third less common category is called cluster headaches which is similar to the migraine.

The Migraine Headache

Around 25 million people a year in the U.S. experience migraine headaches, 75% of whom are women. Migraines are characterized by intense pain and throbbing, often coupled with nausea and sensitivity to light or noise. Their duration may be a few hours to several days, and there is sometimes a precursory visual symptom known as an “aura” that alerts the sufferer to the coming attack. This aura may be experienced as flashing lights or a dream-like appearance to the world.

Migraines tend to run in families and sufferers usually have their first attack before they reach 30 years old. Apart from this, the experience varies, with some people having several attacks every month, others perhaps once a year. They may also become more or less severe as the sufferer gets older.

The process of a migraine headache is that the blood vessels in the brain firstly constrict, and then dilate. The constriction decreases the blood flow, causing the visual symptoms many people experience. Even if an aura does not occur, most sufferers know when a migraine is nearing. When the blood vessels then dilate, the rapid increase in blood pressure is what leads to the pounding headache, which thumps in time to the heartbeat.

Why exactly the blood vessels constrict is not fully understood, although several common triggers have been identified. These include lack of sleep, stress, flickering lights, strong smells, a change of weather, and certain foods – the chief culprit being the amino acid tyram.

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 inclusive of the most debilitating one – the migraine headache.

A Safe Effective Natural Solution

Chiropractic care has been proven to 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 headache brought on by tension.

Headache sufferers also 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 and optimal function.

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.  Call Now!

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