It seems like we, as a society, are dealing with one traumatic event after another — which can create a lot of stress and anxiety. In many cases, our stress and anxiety can wreak havoc on our mental health, but stress can also create tension in the body that can lead to pain and injury.

Below, Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over a few ways that chiropractic treatment helps patients deal with stress.

First, chiropractic treatment can help release tension in the body, which includes your muscles and joints. One simple adjustment can help with body aches and lack of flexibility. Chiropractic adjustments also help release tension that results in headaches. 

Your spine is connected to your central nervous system, and spine misalignment can lead to mind/body communication issues. One chiropractic adjustment can help ensure that your brain is firing on all cylinders.

Lastly, chiropractic treatment has been shown to boost mood, reduce insomnia, and improve the GI system, which will help reduce your overall stress on a daily basis. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more about how our treatments can help you get through the most trying times with grace and ease.

Deciding on topics to write about at a time like this, as a chiropractic care specialist, can be a challenge at times. But we here at Barton Chiropractic Clinic believe that times like these are crucial for spreading accurate and valuable information.

Right now, it might seem like the world has been experiencing turmoil after turmoil.  Whether that’s actually true or just our perceptions doesn’t actually matter, because what really matters is how we handle these events that occur in the world. 

Getting right with ourselves has to do with being healthy, making healthy choices, and finding a way to achieve some sort of inner peace and serenity, even when the world seems to be more than a little out of sorts around us.

Below, Barton Chiropractic gives 3 key mindfulness techniques that will help you stay mentally well during this time.

1.) Build Your Meditation Practice

Taking 10 minutes out of each day to meditate is extremely beneficial for mental health and wellness. It might seem difficult to get “down to nothing” — as in thinking of nothing. Whenever you catch yourself in a familiar thought pattern, simply stop yourself without judgment and continue with your meditation. As you practice, you will get better at calming down the mind during this time and even throughout the rest of your day.

2.) Start Thinking of Others

Since you’re with yourself 24/7, shouldn’t you be given a break from that from time to time? Well, the only way to do that is to start investing in and thinking of others, perhaps even more than you think of yourself. By now, you should be kind of boring to yourself anyways, right? Watch your life begin to enrich, open up, and you’ll also find that your mind is healthier when you’re not indulging in selfishness.

3.) Consider Chiropractic Treatment

Chiropractic treatment might not seem like a path to mindfulness upon initial glance, but spinal adjustments can seriously improve mental cognition, helping your mind and body fire on all cylinders, which is sure to boost your mindfulness efforts at the same time.

Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more about how our treatments can unlock the best version of you.

When it comes to exercise, it’s just as important to have as active a recovery plan as you have a workout plan. Below, Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over a few at-home recovery essentials for your consideration, which will help you bounce back from a hard workout, get a better night of sleep, and more.

Foam Roller

Foam muscle rollers and plastic muscle rollers are good for getting rid of muscle tension after a workout. Spend 10 minutes or so on your legs and your lower back for better recovery and for a relaxation boost.

Acupressure Mat/Pillow

Acupressure mats and pillows are great investments. It might be uncomfortable your first few times, but you’ll immediately start to notice a difference in muscle tension relief. This product is sure to become a staple in many fitness guru’s recovery repertoires.

Yoga Mat/Blocks

Investing in your at-home yoga practice is a good idea. There are tons of resources online that make in-person yoga classes a thing of the past.

Chiropractic treatment is considered essential during this time and is available for patients seeking drug-free pain relief and muscle tension relief. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn about the many benefits our treatments have to offer.

If you’re one of the millions of Americans who are working from home as most of us shelter in place, it’s important that you get into a groove and show your employer you’re not one of the countless people who are slacking off while working from home.

On the contrary, you can actually show your employer that working from home has you getting more work done… and at a higher quality as well.

Below, Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over a few tips that will help you get more out of yourself during COVID-19 closures.

Get Up Earlier

Getting up earlier will have you likely starting your morning off the way you like — maybe with a little exercise, some yoga, a light breakfast (if you’re not intermittent fasting), and some mindfulness exercises. Set the tone for your day right away, then swing into work mode and watch yourself feeling inspired and the opposite of sluggish.

Eat Clean

Eating clean, whole foods (and plenty of veggies) will help energize you throughout the day. Eating processed carbs and refined sugars will only gum up the works for you — and you’ll bog your body down with digesting complex foods, which will make you tired.

Pick the Right Soundtrack

Listen to classical, jazz, heavy metal — whatever gets your engines going when it comes to your work. Try to avoid having the television on, unless it’s part of your highly productive routine already.

Here’s another free suggestion: Try Chiropractic Treatment! At Barton Chiropractic Clinic we provide treatments that help optimize your body and brain, which will help you get more stuff done! Contact us today and let’s get started.

If you’re using a smartphone or a smart device for an extended amount of time during work or at home — or while working from home for that matter — then you’ve likely experienced some side effects that have to do with tech neck, symptoms that you may or may not even be aware of.

Below, Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over tech neck as well as a few ways to counteract the effects that staring at smart devices has on our neck, spine, and posture.

First, try stretching throughout the day. At the top or bottom of every hour, try to take about 5 minutes to get out of your seat and stretch your body. Your neck and spine will thank you for it!

Next, try to limit screen time. Try to only be on your computer for x amount of time each day and counteract that time with good old fashioned exercise.

Instead of craning your neck to look down at your phone to text and surf the web, hold your phone slightly above your eye line and keep your chin slightly raised — we know this may look strange, but it’s best to stop looking down at your phone now to avoid having some serious neck and spine problems down the road.

Visiting your local chiropractic care specialist is another great way to release tension related to tech neck, helping your spine and other essential bodily systems function at optimum capacity. We’re only as healthy as our spines, after all. Contact Barton Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation if you’d like to learn more.

Now that we’re starting to see the COVID-19 curve begin to flatten out, it’s okay to start thinking about your own wellness protocol, since your immune system is now likely compromised by months spent in self-quarantine.

Those of us who are still wearing masks everywhere can begin to calm down a little bit. The people who should be wearing masks outside are now the sick and those who have a propensity to be affected by Coronavirus. It’s probably also okay to start meeting with someone you haven’t seen in awhile, as long as they’re low risk and have not been exposed to COVID-19. Human contact is essential in many ways, including the biological informational exchange that occurs. When we come into contact with people we help build each other’s biome, so our immune systems can be in great shape to ward off infection.

Start building your cardiovascular system again and get outdoors so you can get some Vitamin D, which you need in order to keep your body and immune system working properly.

If you have any questions about how our essential treatments can help facilitate your new wellness protocol and build your immune system at the same time, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation.

As most people in this great country of ours have been observing social distancing and shelter in place regulations, it’s likely that many of us might have put our own health protocols on the backburner, especially those of us who undergo physical therapy or visit a specialist on anything close to a normal basis.

If your neck, your back, your legs, or even your sinuses are out of whack, chiropractic treatment is considered essential during these times. As more businesses start opening up, it’s okay to start thinking about continuing with your wellness protocol if you’ve put it on hold.

If you have any questions about how you can safely get back to your normal chiropractic treatment, we’re here to help. Contact Barton Chiropractic today to learn more. Our treatments have been shown to help boost your immune system, promote a good night of sleep, reduce anxiety, and much, much more. Chiropractic treatment offers a plethora of great benefits during these uncertain times.

Now that we’re starting to see some lightening up when it comes to restrictions as well as a limited amount of non-essential businesses set to open up in larger and more liberal counties like Los Angeles, it’s pretty safe to say that we can get out of crisis mode and start to focus a little…

Stiffness in the neck can come about from our extracurricular activities as well as our vocations, not to mention from our at-home routines. Whether you’re spending a significant amount of time sitting in the car or at the desk for your job, it’s likely that you’ll contend with neck stiffness at some point, especially with how preoccupied so many of us are with our smartphones and electronic devices. 

Neck stiffness can be treated in a variety of ways and should never be dealt with in terms of quick fixes. At Barton Chiropractic Clinic we help patients dealing with neck pain to regain mobility and range of motion pain-free, so they can go about their lives happily and in good health.

There’s a few things you can do at home to treat your neck stiffness, one of which includes yoga and practicing neck stretches and motions that will build strength and improve mobility. Hot and cold therapy can also be used to reduce pain you experience while working through your neck stiffness.

Things might even get a little worse before they get better, but with commitment, you’ll notice pain decrease and range of motion increase in your neck. It’s well-worth the investment. If you have neck pain that persists strength training, stretching, and PT, contact Barton Chiropractic today to schedule a consultation. We’re here to provide essential treatments for neck and back pain during this time.

Stress is something that plagues humanity even when we think that things are operating on some sort of “normal” level. When it comes down to it, stress and anxiety can come from a variety of factors, whether it’s external factors, like your job, your spouse, your friends, or something else happening in your life. Stress can also come from internal factors, like lack of sleep, muscle tension, and more. Anxiety and stress can also be the byproduct of making unhealthy choices, like loafing on the couch all day instead of being productive.

Chiropractic adjustments happen to be a viable option for stress and anxiety relief, not to mention an alternative to surgeries and prescription medication.

First, chiropractic adjustments influence just about every area of the body. A significant amount of health studies have shown that spinal manipulation triggers an increase in healthy hormones released in the body (cortisol, neurotensin, and oxytocin), which helps boost neuro communication, provides drug-free pain relief, especially pain that comes along from inflammation.

At Barton Chiropractic, our treatments also help relieve tension in the body, especially the neck and spine, which helps reduce headaches and promotes a better night of sleep, which will reduce stress and improve overall wellbeing.

If you have any questions about how we’re providing our essential treatments in a safe and regulated environment, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today. We have a long track record of keeping our patients happy, healthy, and stress-free.