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Why You Should Get a Pregnancy Massage

Why You Should Get a Pregnancy Massage

Being pregnant can take a toll on the body, in more ways than one. Apart from gaining weight, the joints and muscles are often stretched and stressed to their max. This happens as a woman enters the later stages of pregnancy. Seeking out an experienced prenatal chiropractor can be an all-natural way to manage the aches and pains of being pregnant. According to the most reputable pediatric and pregnancy clinic centers, here are the top three reasons why pregnancy massage should be part of your pregnancy health regime.

Pregnancy Massage Helps with Back Pain

As the baby grows and your stomach protrudes, it is common for many women to experience lower back pain. When you throw in lack of sleep and stress, the level of pain and discomfort felt can intensify very quickly. Your posture will shift making changing positions or walking difficult. Taking a proactive approach and receiving pregnancy massages to make sure your joints and back are healthy and aligned can be a great way to ensure your pregnancy is as smooth and pain-free as possible.

Pregnancy Back Pain Cannot Be Treated with Medication 

Doctors will advise against taking pain medication during pregnancy.  They suggest using heat pads or placing pillows under the lower back when in a seated or lying position. Though these options are somewhat successful in reducing back pain, they are not as nearly as effective as pregnancy massage. Visiting one of the best pregnancy and pediatrics chiropractors can help you curb any back pain you may be experiencing.

Pregnancy Back Pain Can Negatively Affect Your Baby

Whatever you experience is transmitted to your growing baby. When your spine is misaligned, this impacts your nervous system and can cause your body to produce stress hormones that will cross the placenta and be absorbed by your baby. With high levels of the stress hormone, cortisol being found to negatively influence infant birth weights. Finding natural and preventive ways to decrease their production in your body is vital. Recent studies have shown a link between chiropractic treatments and a reduction in the level of cortisol in the body, thereby providing further evidence that visiting a pregnancy chiropractor is an essential part of your prenatal health routine.

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Chiropractic Benefits You Never Knew

Chiropractic Benefits You Never Knew

When you think of chiropractic treatments and chiropractic benefits, many patients will outline the back and spinal advantages of chiropractic therapy. This is just one of many health benefits chiropractic can offer, even for those not suffering with debilitating back pain. Here are the top three little-known chiropractic treatment benefits:

Long-Term Headache Relief

Chiropractors see as many patients with chronic headaches and migraines as they do those with back pain. With regular chiropractic treatment and spinal alignments, long-term headache relief can easily be achieved. Recent research found that when patients visited a chiropractic center at least once every three months, they experienced a 90% drop in the number and intensity of their headaches.

Natural Blood Pressure Control

Hypertension is one of the leading chronic illnesses in the country. With one in every three adults having the disease, finding non-medication ways to control and reverse the symptoms can be life-changing. Researchers found that even after a one-time chiropractic adjustment, participants saw a significant decrease in their blood pressure. This was equivalent to taking two blood-pressure drugs at once.

Improved Metabolism and Digestive Functioning

When your spine is misaligned, even slightly, your nervous system will be most impacted. When your nervous system is not functioning properly, all other areas of your body, including your digestive system, will be adversely affected. This can lead to other health issues. Digestion can be reduced if you have poor posture. Chiropractic care can be an all-natural, non-invasive way to improve your posture. This can, in turn, get your digestive system performing at its best.

BONUS: Kickstarts Your Immune System

Whether you’re the type of person who gets sick often or stays sick longer than normal, chiropractic treatments and chiropractic medicine as a whole can be your silver bullet to staying healthy all year round. Chiropractic adjustments focus on getting your skeletal system back in line. It is believed that this also helps increase your blood flow to all areas of your body and gives your immune system that added boost to ward off illnesses.

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When Should You Seek Chiropractic Treatment?

When Should You Seek Chiropractic Treatment?

Chiropractic treatment is not only needed when you have severe or chronic back pain. Oftentimes you can benefit from the non-invasive, all natural spinal adjustments that chiropractic medicine is known for. It is recommended seeking chiropractic treatment if you experience any of the following:

Chiropractic Treatment for Poor or Disturbed Sleep

Sleep disturbances can be caused by a host of issues. When it is prolonged and not easily treated with other medical diagnoses then it is time to try chiropractic medicine. When your spine is out of alignment, this directly and negatively impacts your nervous system. As the body’s control center, your nervous system controls a variety of necessary body functions. This includes digestion, mood, and sleep patterns. If you have been silently suffering and find that you either have a hard time falling asleep or are unexpectedly awakened from your sleep, then consult with a reputable chiropractor in your area to schedule a back evaluation.

Chiropractic Treatment for Recurring Headaches

Debilitating migraines and headaches can make it hard for you to function and adversely impact your quality of life. Taking medication for prolonged periods of time to curb the pain of a headache can make your body more vulnerable to addiction. Chiropractic medicine can be a safe alternative to treat your headaches. It can also get your spine back in alignment to help you feel like yourself again.

Pain When Changing Positions

Whether you are moving from a seated position to standing or vice versa, wincing or straining to stand upright can be one of the first signs that you need to visit one of our Atlanta or Charleston, SC chiropractic centers. Having poor posture or spending long periods of time in an uncomfortable position can put strain on your spine and muscles, that over time can worsen and require more aggressive intervention. Struggling to bend over or experiencing pain when completing routine tasks such as tying shoes or lifting items is not a “normal” occurrence and should be checked out by a reputable chiropractic treatment specialist.

Use Mobile Devices for Extended Periods of Time

Known as “text neck”, more and more Americans are experiencing neck pain from looking down at mobile devices. Often paired with having poor posture, text neck, if left untreated can lead to muscle strains making it excruciatingly painful to move the head and neck muscles. If you are like most working professionals or students, you may be spending over 7 hours a day with your neck in an unnatural position while you work on your mobile devices. Having regular chiropractic treatments can help to keep text neck at bay and keep your back in the best shape.

You’ve Had Trauma to Your Back

Spinal misalignments occur naturally from the wear and tear of everyday movements. Your back could have experienced trauma and have symptoms and pain that appear and worsen months or years later. Your back health is an important component of your overall health and should be treated as such.

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Chiropractic Benefits for Seniors

Chiropractic Benefits for Seniors

The natural aging process can take a toll on your body. For seniors getting up and moving can be a challenge, if not painful. With less physical activity, it is easier for the body to become stiff. This can have a negative effect on a senior’s health. Many studies have pointed to the health benefits for seniors of remaining active into late adulthood. Staying physically fit, as you age can be a surefire way to protect yourself from disease and illness. In fact, regular exercise has been linked to preventing Alzheimer’s and depression among seniors. Staying active is equally good for your brain as it is for your body.

A Study of Benefits for Seniors

A recent study from the University of lowa has established a link between chiropractic care and our health as we age. Researchers studied the medical records of Medicare patients to examine patterns in patient reports of function, activity levels, and self-reported health outcomes, specifically of patients who had visited a chiropractor, compared to those who had not.

For those patients that had visited a chiropractor, they were less likely to have functional or mobile limitations, difficulties participating in physical activity and had, on average, a lower number of doctor’s visits and hospitalizations. So, in short, visiting a chiropractor can be an insulating factor to protect aging seniors from inactivity and physical deterioration.

Researchers found that patients with spine conditions, receiving chiropractic adjustments provided a protective effect against 1-year declines in functional and personal health. Previous studies have shown that regular chiropractic adjustments can not only alleviate spinal pain but can also be a great way to manage your overall health.

Get the Help You Need

If suffering from back pain or want a natural way to boost your health, visiting a chiropractor can help. The award-winning chiropractors at Corrective Chiropractic are at the forefront of the industry. Their friendly and comprehensive approach will get you the information you need and the added health boost you deserve.

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Skyrocket Your Productivity By Improving Posture

Skyrocket Your Productivity By Improving Posture

Working smarter, not harder is a mantra we have all come to live by. If you’re finding you’re still not performing at your best, your posture could be to blame. How do you dramatically improve your productivity at workplace? What about at home or at anything you do? Read more to know that improving your body posture is the simple and best way to do it.

Posture in Sitting

How you sit can mean the difference between your body being energized or feeling sluggish.  In fact, recent research has found that slouching can decrease your oxygen intake with each breath by 30%. That means less oxygen going into your body and less energy your body can crank out to keep you running on all cylinders.

Slouching can also indirectly affect your overall health. By putting more strain on your upper body and back, your spine can be pushed out alignment. This can lead to more tension and pain in your upper body. In turn, that can result in poor sleep, and continued feelings of sluggishness. And, this effect can take its toll on your personal and workplace performance. According to a recent Gallup poll, depressed moods and lower employee health outcomes result in over $300 billion lost in productivity.

Correcting the Problem

Correcting and improving your posture is one of the quickest ways to naturally boost your productivity level, without the use of medication or energy drinks. The key to an improved posture is to identify the root cause of why you may be slouching and what you can do to correct the issue.

At Corrective Chiropractic, we take a proven and award-winning approach to helping you manage your posture and your overall health. Our experienced doctors will meet with you and assess your current posture and work with you to determine the best way to correct and maintain your posture moving forward. We can also partner with you to enhance your nutritional intake to ensure that you are getting both the nutrients and energy you need to take your productivity to the next level.

Helping you get the most out of life is our highest priority at Corrective Chiropractic. Our expert posture correction services will ensure that your spine is properly aligned and you are well on your way to performing at your best.

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Improve Digestion with Proper Posture

Improve Digestion with Proper Posture

Boosting your digestive system doesn’t start with your gut – it starts with your posture. Checking your (proper) posture is one of the easiest ways that you can manage your digestive system. When you go from a standing to a seated position, your body has to quickly compact itself into a smaller space. If you slouch or have poor posture, your body has to contort itself that much more. This often slows down important body systems.

Posture at the Workplace

If you’re like most working professionals, you may spend a lot of your week sitting. You likely spend an average of 13 hours per day in a seated position. That means for more than half of every day your intestines are constricted into a smaller than normal space.

Sitting up straight could aid better digestion. In order for your digestive system to function at its best, your stomach and intestinal walls must contract through a series of coordinated movements called peristalsis. It is this process that enables our food to travel throughout the digestive system, delivering nutrients to keep us energized. When you sit up straight, this process is naturally slowed down, but when poor posture is factored in, it nearly grinds to a complete halt.

Imagine trying to navigate your way through a long, dark hallway, as the ceiling is collapsing on top of you. It becomes very hard, very quickly, when the space you’re traveling in is getting smaller and smaller. This is exactly what happens to the food in your digestive system when you sit with poor posture. A decrease in food digestion often leads to a decrease in energy, as your body struggles to process foods and absorb nutrients. This can also lead to the production of gas, painful constipation, and acid reflux.

But, the good news is…

Poor or slouching posture can easily be corrected. The award-winning posture specialists at Corrective Chiropractic are experts in assessing spinal misalignments and using proven, pain-free techniques to help you feel your best. Our non-invasive procedures will help restore your posture to near perfect alignment, so you can live a happier and healthier life.

If you would benefit from having more energy, less stress, and an improved digestive system, then contact the trusted chiropractors at Corrective Chiropractic today to schedule your first appointment.

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Breathing and Posture

Breathing and Posture

Sitting up straight could be your most effective way to manage your health. Shocking, but true! Having an improved posture can help to not only alleviate stiffness in your neck and back, but it can also play a vital role in your mood, stress level, your breathing. In fact, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation found that patients with poor posture, characterized by slumped shoulders and a tendency to lean forward while sitting, had 30% lower lung capacity.

Proper Posture is Important for Breathing

When you sit naturally, your organs are compressed into a smaller space. And, the organ that becomes the most compressed is your lungs. This is how proper body posture is important as it affects your breathing. Your lungs are designed to be flexible and continually expand and contract. However, with poor posture, the space that is available for them to expand as you inhale is severely restricted. This results in lower lung volume, meaning you draw in less air with each breath. When you slouch, you also decrease the movement of your diaphragm. The thick muscle at the base of your lungs. This is responsible for regulating how your pleural cavity contracts and expands.

Your lungs will not be able to take in the maximum amount of air. They also will not be able to energize your body cells with the high levels of oxygen it needs. When your body is seemingly starved of oxygen, your body’s natural stress responses are put into overdrive. This often results in shortness of breath, which can lead to mental fog and decreased energy levels. Slouching also puts more muscular strain on your chest, neck, and shoulder muscles, and, if left untreated could lead to chronic pain.

How a Chiropractor Can Help

The exact cause of poor posture can vary, but working with an experienced chiropractor can be one of the most effective ways to pinpoint the issue and correct it without the need for medication or surgery.

At Corrective Chiropractic, our focus is on alleviating your stress areas and ensuring your body is in proper alignment to help you feel your best. We will do a thorough and pain-free spinal assessment and work with you to identify those trouble areas that may be contributing to your poor posture. With regular chiropractic adjustments, our clients are able to both improve their posture and boost their entire respiratory system functioning.

To schedule your first appointment or to explore how our expert chiropractic services make the difference in our patients’ lives, click here.

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Chiropractic Care and High Blood Pressure

Chiropractic Care and High Blood Pressure

American adults are on a path to set a startling record for high blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), two out of every three Americans have high blood pressure or hypertension. And, the most common form of treatment, comes courtesy of Big Pharma, in the way of expensive and health-damaging blood pressure medications. However, recent studies are pointing to a unique chiropractic adjustment that can be used to effectively and significantly lower high blood pressure – naturally, without medications.

When performed correctly, the adjustment has been found to be the same as or more effective than taking medications for hypertension. Doctors, in a 2007 study, have also cited no adverse side effects or long-term health risks associated with this chiropractic treatment to manage hypertension.

The success of this chiropractic adjustment is rooted in the realignment of the Atlas vertebra, a doughnut-shaped bone located at the base of the skull and the top of the spine.

Patients that underwent this pain-free alignment, saw a 14 mmHg drop in their systolic blood pressure and an 88 mmHg or greater drop in the diastolic blood pressure. This means, a patient with a BP of 130/90, could see immediate effects from the procedure and have their BP naturally lower to 116/82, back within healthy range.

 

How is the Spine Related to High Blood Pressure?

The proper spine alignment adjustment is essential in how the body and brain function. When the Atlas vertebra is misaligned this can cause muscular stress in the surrounding area. At the base of the brain, are critical muscular control areas that, if pinched, misaligned vertebrae could disturb blood flow through the arteries, resulting in hypertension. By performing a non-invasive Atlas adjustment, chiropractors are able to relieve the stress at the base of the brain and help the body naturally regulate its blood pressure levels.

If you’re struggling to control your blood pressure or want to explore the health benefits that a chiropractic adjustment can provide, click here to contact the experienced doctors at Corrective Chiropractic.

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Can Chiropractic Adjustments Help Kids with Ear Infections?

With more than 10 million new cases a year, ear infections are the most common reason for a visit to the pediatrician and the 2nd most common reason for surgery in children under 2 years of age (following circumcision). According to the American Chiropractic Association, it is estimated that 50% of children will experience at least one middle ear infection before they are 1 year of age, and 75% of children will experience one before 3 years of age.

Why is Ear Infection So Common To Kids?

Babies and young children are very susceptible to ear infections because their Eustachian tubes are shaped differently than their adult counterparts. Children’s Eustachian tubes are horizontal and shortened. This shape makes it easy for bacteria to migrate from the ears and throat into the middle ear space, which causes the fluid to pool in the middle ear.

What can Chiropractic do?

In our office, we see several children each week who suffer with chronic ear infections. Many of these children have taken multiple rounds of antibiotics or have gone through surgery, still with no success.

Luckily, chiropractic care can help! Gentle chiropractic adjustments to the Atlas (the top bone in the neck) and the Occiput (base of the skull) allow fluid in the middle ear to drain, which boosts the body’s immune system. By strengthening the body’s ability to fight the infection naturally, the child is able to recover faster and prevent future ear infections. In fact, a recent research study showed that after receiving a six-month series of chiropractic adjustments, nearly 80% of the children treated were free of ear infections.

This means of healing is a safe and effective alternative to treating ear infections in babies and young children. Also, to avoid or prevent this certain conditions to your child, you can follow these 3 tips to fight ear infection.

Does your child is suffering with ear infections or suspect them to have one? Consult to our nearest Corrective Chiropractic offices in Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Decatur & Alpharetta to help your child now. You can also call us at 404-355-5499 and request appointment.

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Chiropractic Benefits On Fighting Decreasing Life Expectancy Trend

America is on a silent (and rather deadly) downward trend. Over the last two years the average life expectancy of American adults has decreased to 78.6 years, shaving nearly 10% off of previous estimates. And, when you examine the gender life expectancy numbers, with women living an average of 81.1 years and men reaching 76.1 years, it becomes clear that how you live now will play a critical role in how long you will live, in the future.

Experts are warning that unless individual Americans begin to reverse their lifestyle and exercise habits, the life expectancy will continue to decline, year after year. This could translate into higher numbers of premature deaths and increased rates of preventable diseases. Though heart disease and cancer remain the leading causes of death among Americans, medical specialist strongly advise adults to begin implementing healthy regimes now into their daily lives.

In fact, according to the National Cancer Institute, adults who exercise regularly, defined as at least 45 minutes, three times a week, have statistically lower rates of lung, kidney, colon, and breast cancers1. Likewise, when coupled with a healthy diet and taking proactive medical precautions like visiting a physician for an annual exam, the risk of developing cancer and heart disease can be lowered even more.

Interestingly, another even more startling trend is quickly emerging. As the life expectancy rate has dropped, the prescription drug use in America has skyrocketed. It is now estimated that nearly 3.2 billion prescriptions are ordered each year, accounting for nearly 70% of the population actively taking a medication, at least once per day2. And, with the growing opioid addiction crisis sweeping across the nation, it is more important than ever for you to start finding healthy ways to restore your health – without the use of prescription drugs, whenever possible.

This is where exploring alternative wellness options like chiropractic benefits and living proactive lifestyle to achieve optimal health benefits can be key in keeping your body in the best shape possible. Visiting to Chiropractors are leading the way in this regard and partnering with adults to relieve pain, stress and discomfort using all natural and non-invasive techniques. There are long-term benefits chiropractic care can do to help improve quality of life. Chiropractic techniques are safe and proven medical techniques that date back to over a 100 years ago. So, if you are at all concerned about your health or want to increase the chances of you living a long and happy life, you cannot ignore these emerging trends. Your health and longevity is completely within your control, if you’ll invest the time to maintain it.

If you adopt the right eating habits, commit to exercising, and and proactively stay on top of your lifestyle and health, you can be the exception and live well beyond 78.

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