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Bad Backs - 10 Tips to Better Back Health

March 10th, 2012

Does your back ache after a long day at work? If so, you aren’t alone in your misery. Back injuries account for 1 out of 5 workplace injuries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While it is possible to injure your back by lifting incorrectly, carrying heavy boxes or turning the wrong way, more often back injuries develop slowly. The most common cause of a bad back is related to how the bones are aligned (your posture), which in turn directly affects the health of the ligaments, and muscle tone, promoting balanced strength and flexibility.

The following tips will help you improve your posture and decrease muscle fatigue to keep you on your feet and ready for dancing!

Tip #1

Stand in efficient alignment. From the side view, the middle of the ear should line up with the middle of the shoulder, hip, knee and ankle. The bones of the skeleton were designed to carry the weight of the body while the muscles create movement. In poor alignment the muscles are asked to overwork, resulting in fatigue and strain. Visualize your head and spine as a helium balloon tied with a string as you are standing and walking. Let it pull you into an upright position. » Read more: Bad Backs - 10 Tips to Better Back Health

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Posted in Chiropractic Spine, Health Spine, Osteoarthritis, Spine Exercise

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What is Chiropractic Medicine?

December 12th, 2011

The various systems of our body are very closely connected to one another, sometimes in ways that aren’t immediately apparent, and oftentimes what happens to one can affect what happens to each part of the body that’s connected.

If you spend any reasonable amount of time studying human anatomy, the future of the human body that is connected to the greatest number of other systems is the human spine.

Chiropractic medicine is the study of the spine, and the skeletal and muscular systems that it affects.

Painful disorders that seemed to originate from other parts of the body may actually be caused by irregularities with spinal alignment. It also doesn’t help that the muscles of the back are often underdeveloped in many people, particularly since so many working Americans spend most of their day sitting down in office chairs. This causes the unprotected spine, and the muscular tissue that surrounds it to be even more vulnerable to injury. » Read more: What is Chiropractic Medicine?

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