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Chiropractic Care to Treat & Prevent Sports Injuries

Canadian Chiropractic Association

One such injury is a torn anterior cruciate ligament which results from a quick deceleration, hyperextension or rotation of the knee joint that may or may not involve contact with another person. Such injury, and others, may cause significant pain and debilitation taking you away from the sports that you enjoy.

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How To Minimize Your Low Back Pain During Pregnancy

Beecher Chiropractic

The extra weight being carried in the abdomen changes the posture of the mom. Toward the end of the pregnancy, the body releases a hormone, Relaxin, which helps the ligaments to loosen and allow the pelvis to open for delivery. As the weight in the abdomen pulls the body forward, the shoulders tend to lean backwards to counteract this.

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Combating forward head carriage

Chiropractic Economics

Evaluating patient posture has been an essential tool in chiropractic care for decades, and it provides us with necessary information about how well the body is adapting to trauma, stress and the influence of gravity. It’s also interesting to note posture analysis was used to promote the chiropractic profession.

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Back pain Facts & Statistics

ABCA

The back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. You can sprain ligaments, strain muscles, rupture disks, and irritate joints, all of which can lead to back pain. In addition, arthritis, poor posture, obesity, and psychological stress can cause or complicate back pain. Maintain proper posture.

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Relief is Here: Non-Surgical Back Pain Solutions in Atlanta

Any Spine

Various factors contribute to this pain, including stress, posture, and injuries. Spinal manipulation and adjustments target misaligned joints, while soft tissue therapies and massage relieve tension in muscles and ligaments.

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How Chiropractic Care is Combatting the Tech Neck Epidemic

Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

The unnatural positioning of the body while using phones, tablets, computers and other devices is creating undue stress on the involved joints and soft tissues of the body such as joint capsules, muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves. and it is altering normal posture.