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Over the past couple decades, people's occupations have forced them to work primarily seated at a desk in front of a computer, typing and mousing away for hours at a time.  The human body, believe it or not, was not designed for sitting for hours at a time and the physical manifestations of these stresses...

Aesop and Homer realized and wrote about the incapacitating power that foot pain can have on mighty warriors like Achilles and Androcles' lion, so what are we mere mortals to do about it? Well the first thing to do is rule out speared heels and bloody thorns and find out exactly what is going on....

Physicians of all backgrounds throughout time have recognized the healing power of light.  Things like the implementation of sun rooms in hospitals to personal light boxes have been used to effectively treat diseases from tuberculosis to depression.  New technologies have been developed over the years to harness the power of different wavelengths of light to...

Stand Up to Pain Do you suffer from daily aches and pains but can't quite figure out where they are coming from?  A good place to start is by looking at the way you carry yourself, or more simply stated, your posture. Back when your mom kept nagging at you to "sit up straight" and...

June is National Scoliosis Awareness Month, so I thought I would take a step away from the technique blogs to talk about a problem that affects 5 to 7 million Americans. What is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a condition of side to side curvature of the spine.  It most commonly affects the thoracic spine, which is...

Instrument assisted soft tissue manipulation (IASTM) has been around in some form or another going back as far as ancient Chinese medicine known as Gua Sha.  The premise is to utilize some sort of tool to get to tissue layers that are otherwise inaccessible to the practitioner using only their hands.  Graston® Technique utilizes six...

With the grand opening of the clinic under my belt I figured I would take some time to explain in more detail just what I do here at Assurance Chiropractic.  So over the next few months I will be writing some short articles about the therapies that I offer and their potential benefits.  The obvious...

Do you have a six pack that has been locked behind the fridge door for longer than you care to admit?  Well it's time to do something about it, and I'm going to tell you why. Sure we can't all achieve the washboard abs that are promised to us by late night infomercials and 'get...

Stiff neck? Sore hands? Desk job? Repetitive stress and overuse injuries are very common amongst people whose primary duties require them to work on computers.  The truth of the matter is that most of these conditions are quite preventable.  In as little as 16 minutes spread out throughout your workday you can reduce your risk...

With February in full swing, I think it's only appropriate to talk about matters of the heart.  Hypertension to be more specific.  Also known as high blood pressure, this condition currently affects as many as 1 in 3 adult Americans.  In this article I will outline some natural approaches that you can take to decrease...