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Welcome To The Accident & Injury Chiropractic Blog!

By on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 | No Comments

On behalf of all the doctors and staff here at Accident & Injury Chiropractic – Welcome to our Blog.  Our team here at A&IC set up this forum with our patients and followers in mind.  This is where we share health and therapy information that helps you better understand the topics we discuss together on [...]

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Depression Isn’t All in Your Head

By on Thursday, May 17th, 2012 | No Comments

We all experience highs and lows. But when the lows become increasingly often and begin to interfere with the functions of daily living, then it’s a cause for concern. Depression affects twice as many women as men and most people fail to seek the help they need. Those that do, usually receive some type of [...]

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Sciatica

By on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 | No Comments

Sciatica is a distracting pain that begins in the lower back and extends down one or both legs. It typically worsens with periods of sitting or standing. The discs between the spinal bones of the lower back are often involved. Trauma can cause one or more discs to bulge. This crowds nearby nerves, causing irritation [...]

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The Master System

By on Sunday, May 6th, 2012 | No Comments

The nervous system is made up of two parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The brain and spinal cord comprise the CNS. The spinal cord transmits sensory messages to the brain and motor messages from the brain. Sensory nerves carry messages to the brain. If you touch a hot [...]

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Bell’s Palsy: What Is It? What Can Be Done?

By on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 | No Comments

Bell’s palsy happens suddenly.  You may wake up with one part of your face drooping.  The 7th cranial nerve is responsible for this problem.   The 7th cranial nerve passes through an opening in the temporal bone located on the side of your head.  If irritated, stretched or impinged it will lose its ability to innervate [...]

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Stress Management Journaling for Optimal Health

By on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 | No Comments

Health care professionals have long praised the benefits that keeping a journal has on one’s mental health. And it can certainly be proven that journaling or recording one’s life experiences is an aid to self-development and self-awareness, since it records information about one’s innermost feelings and ideas. In fact, much has been written about the [...]

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Obesity Epidemic

By on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | 2 Comments

People just love to squeeze chubby cheeks on little babies and young children and tell them how cute they are! But childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic problem. And there isn’t even any agreement on how to measure it! According to a recent article in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, approximately 50% of all [...]

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Women and High Blood Pressure

By on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 | No Comments

Besides reducing the risk of having a baby born with spina bifida, new research suggests that women who increase their daily intake of folic acid can also reduce their risk of high blood pressure. The results of two studies presented at a hypertension conference of the American Heart Association examined the health consequences of over [...]

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The Specificity of an Adjustment

By on Friday, April 20th, 2012 | No Comments

You may have noticed that visit-to-visit; your adjustments seem the same. Seem is the key word! To those without a chiropractic degree and professional experience, the timing, angle, force and intent may appear to be the same on each visit. Even more inaccurate is the assumption that all patients are adjusted in the same way. [...]

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Why Don’t More Medical Doctors Refer Their Patients to a Chiropractor If They Can Help?

By on Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | No Comments

  Most MDs are skeptical of DCs because of their differences in training. Both medical doctors and chiropractors contribute to the health and welfare of our nation by offering two very different approaches to the restoration and maintenance of better health. Medicine is the study and practice of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and relief [...]

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