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Watch the attached video to learn more about how neck pain and shoulder position are related to one another. If you found it helpful, be sure to hit the like button and leave a comment! The way you carry your shoulders can greatly influence the way your neck works and generate pain. In this video,...

In this blog we go over tips and tricks for reducing pain while caring for and feeding infants. A good number of my patients are getting to that age where they are having their first children, and more recently a couple of them have come in complaining of neck/shoulder and back pain that they have...

Chances are that if you have come to see me that you and I have discussed this topic, but I wanted to outline the different positions that I recommend, the one I don't, and the reasons why. Let's jump in with the absolute worst way to sleep. Stomach Sleeping The one position that has pretty...

More and more, people are switching to using laptops as their primary computer. The convenience is hard to beat, but these computers were not designed with the human frame in mind. Due to the screen and keyboard being attached, it is very difficult to get a laptop into an ergonomic position which will decrease strain...

Backpacks. They're not just for kids anymore! I recently had my own little bout of back pain, which seemed to come on with no known cause. I went to stand up one morning and all of a sudden it felt like someone had a death-grip on my spine. Fortunately, I was able to work through,...

Smartphone Use and Your Health There is no doubt that smartphones are an integral part of many people's lives. They help us do so much, and stay connected to the world around us. There are estimates that an average person picks up their device more than 1,500 times per week! Other estimates put an average...

One of the biggest differences between chiropractic care and western medicine is that we tend to see out patients more frequently even when they are feeling well. In this blog, I will try to explain why that is and how you can benefit from occasional wellness/maintenance adjustments. Spinal stiffness can manifest as result of the...

A new article from The Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) that focused on the effectiveness of various treatments for neck pain is getting a lot of press these days, so I figured it was a good time to talk a little bit about various aspects of this condition. Neck pain is a fairly common complaint...

There is a quote that escapes me at the moment, but it is something along the lines of "it is only when a person cannot sleep that they truly appreciate the length of the night."  If you know the quote and / or who said it, please email me! Adequate sleep is a major component...

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...