Doctor of Chiropractic Tips and Advice

  There's no question that your diet can play a major role in keeping your immune system healthy and functioning normally. Your body is much better able to stave off infection when you make good nutritional decisions, and include the right types of food and supplements in your diet. A good deal of research has discovered that proper nutrition will stimulate the cells of the immune system and inhibit the development of chronic diseases. Here are some other ways that diet can play a key role in maintaining a properly functioning immune system. Fighting inflammation through nutrition Your immune system has a natural inflammatory response when it gets activated to fight infection. It requires more energy from current food intake and from stored nutrition, and the immune cells will actually navigate to whatever infection has begun, and cause inflammation to be triggered. One of the best ways of fighting this inflammatory response is by maintaining a diet which is heavy in long chain om...

Chiropractor vs Massage Therapist: Who Should you see for Back Pain? The number one reason why most people visit a chiropractor or a massage therapist is because they have back pain. Muscle relaxers and pain-killers only serve to mask the symptoms and really don't do anything in the long run to solve the underlying problem. When you really want to find a solution to ongoing back pain, you will have to visit either a massage therapist or a chiropractor who can attack the root cause of your discomfort. In some cases, soliciting treatment from one of these professionals can be a life-changing event, and can legitimately change your whole outlook on life. However, you should not assume that this will be the case, and you should instead set realistic expectations about what might be achieved by professional intervention. Chiropractor versus massage therapist There is one strong similarity in the approach taken by both massage therapists and chiropractors, which is that both professional...

Whiplash can not only be incredibly painful, but the physical toll it takes on the body is significant. Unlike other injuries, it can take time for the symptoms of whiplash to be felt, so once the pain begins, damage has already taken place. In addition, many people don't realize that whiplash injuries need immediate attention, which can lead to greater pain and injury. In most cases, whiplash can lead to radiculopathy, which can be treated by a chiropractor. Understanding the link between whiplash and the pain of radiculopathy helps underscore the importance of seeking treatment immediately. Understanding radiculopathy Radiculopathy comes from a nerve root that has been pinched. Unfortunately, when that happens, it can radiate pain through the entire length of the nerve, even extending into your fingers. If you've pinched a cervical nerve bundle, this can result in pain in your neck, face, shoulder, arm, and hand. You may also experience hand numbness. When chiropractor...