As a healthcare practitioner, I am regularly asked what patients can do for themselves at home. Many times, an application of heat, ice, or topical lotion can go a long way towards soothing tired muscles and relieving simple back pain. However, heat and ice have very different methods of action and are not always appropriate. It is important to realize that at certain times heat can actually make the problem worse by bringing additional swelling and inflammation to an already inflamed area.
My colleague Dr. Dan Sallee, DC, has created an easy reference diagram for the usage of heat and ice. Visit his chiropractic website and blog, or better yet, if you're in the Kansas City area, visit his office!
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Happy October! Now that fall is here and with winter around the corner, it will become more and more tempting to laze around the house and become a hibernating couch potato. Don't do it! Don't become sedentary! Find ways to remain active during the colder winter months, even if it's just as simple as exercising in the comfort of your own house. Activity is vital for joint health and spinal stability. Sitting accelerates joint degeneration, spinal instability, and is a major cause of low back pain and neck pain. Visit the official website for National Chiropractic Health Month at www.chirohealthy.com, for workplace ergonomic tips, joint health tips, chiropractic fact sheets, and more. This celebration of chiropractic care could not come at a better time: today's Daily Mail from London highlights a trend that chiropractors have been speaking out about for some time, namely, the erosion of proper posture from phone and tablet use. This loss of posture can cause chronic neck and back issues for a lifetime. This condition has been called "text neck" and "iPosture" and "upper crossed syndrome". It can be solved by chiropractic care, simple home exercises, posture education and... getting vertical! |
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