Your spine is an intricate entity that makes up your back and your neck, and the activities we engage in on a daily basis are constantly putting stress on your spine — which means, in effect, your neck and your back.

Below are a few measures you can take that will help ensure your neck and back both work at optimum capacity, which will play a huge role in your overall wellness.

Strengthen Your Neck and Back

Your neck might be one of the last things you think about working out, but it’s important to strengthen your neck — it supports your head after all. Strengthening your back is just as important, ensuring your spine has proper support.

Stretch Like a Boss

Make sure that for every workout session you endure that you have a rigorous stretch routine planned for after. Mix it up by taking a yoga class, or at the very least incorporate yoga poses into your stretch routine.

Visit Your Local Chiropractor

Visiting your chiropractor is essential in ensuring your neck and back are properly aligned. When your spine becomes misaligned, your brain doesn’t work as well, and your GI system, immune system, and respiratory system can become compromised. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation and learn how chiropractic treatment can be the perfect companion to your wellness routine.

Sometimes products and systems we have no choice but to use on a daily basis may not be designed with our health and wellness in mind. That’s basically what ergonomics tends to attempt to address.

Ergonomics has to do with a scientific discipline that is concerned with understanding interactions which occur between people and these additional elements that make up a system. Ergonomics might also be considered a profession which applies principles, methods, theories, and data, taking all of these elements into consideration, then designing products and systems that optimize your well-being — not to mention overall system performance as a whole.

Ergonomics Can Help You At Work

There are all sorts of work-related stress and injuries that can occur, which ergonomics attempt to address, ultimately helping reduce your chances of falling victim to tissue or skeletal damage, not to mention overuse and repetitive motion.

Ergonomics and Your Chiropractor

Your local chiropractor should be able to recommend products and practices that will optimize your health and lower your risk of injury. Your chiropractor can also provide treatments that help optimize your body, not to mention offer drug-free pain relief for everyday wear and tear.

How to Recognize the Signs and Symptoms of Stress or Injury

If you’re experiencing any of the symptoms mentioned below, it’s time to consult with your local chiropractic care specialist.

• Persistent Pain (Especially if Severe and Getting Worse)
• Radiating Pain
• Numbness or Tingling of Extremities
• Improper Sleep

Contact Barton Chiropractic today to learn more about how our treatments can benefit you on a daily basis. We have a long history of keeping our patients healthy and happy.

If you’re human, chances are you’ve felt tenderness, soreness, and tightness in a concentrated area of your body — which to the layman is called a “Muscle Knot.” Muscle knots can cause an immense amount of discomfort and disrupt your daily routine.

Below is more information about how chiropractic treatments can help relieve muscle knots and get you back to work and back in the game quicker.

Causes of Muscle Knots

Muscle knots can come about due to stress, poor ergonomics, joint problems, sleep disorders, bad eating habits, dehydration, fatigue, improper lifting technique, bad posture, and more.

Chiropractic vs Muscle Knots

Chiropractic adjustments and treatments are designed to go to work on the back, neck, joints, muscles, and even the interior systems of the body, helping you feel more functional and comfortable along the way, whether you’re healthy and well or working through an injury.

Chiropractor in Homewood, IL

Barton Chiropractic Clinic offers treatments which provide drug-free solutions to problems like muscle knots, back pain, joint disorders, and even more exotic problems like insomnia and GI issues. Contact us today to schedule your consultation to learn more about how our treatments can enhance your life and improve your wellness.

In this day and age, there seems to be a healthy (and sometimes not so healthy) suspicion when it comes to just about anything. There’s even still discourse going on about whether or not the world is round. So, just the same, there’s obviously going to be some discourse as to whether or not chiropractic treatments are a viable option to help people get (and stay) healthy and well.

Below are a few reasons to give chiropractic treatments a shot that even the most doubtful critic can appreciate.

1.) It’s Low Risk

Cost of chiropractic treatments can generally fit any budget, your visit will be around an hour, and you don’t have to undergo any sort of anesthesia. Chiropractic treatments, as a result, represent an extremely low-risk treatment avenue for patients of all ages!

2.) Chiropractic Aims to Get to the Root of the Problem

Whether it’s pain in your upper back, low back pain, neck pain, leg pain, headaches, sinus problems, not to mention other symptoms you’re experiencing, chiropractic aims to recalibrate the body to help you perform at optimum capacity. All a chiropractor wants is to provide you with drug-free solutions that work.

3.) All You Have to Lose is Pain

Chiropractic treatments are designed to have you feeling better and functioning more effectively, plain and simple. Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to reduce overall pain without drug intervention, not to mention treat back, neck, and joint pain, as well as provide relief for conditions like insomnia and depression.

Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today if you’re interested in scheduling a consultation. 

Warming up before a workout is an excellent practice and habit to engage in. A good warm-up is preferable to doing a stretch routine before your workout since warming up will get your muscles ready and make your body more pliable for the performance to come.

Below are a few tips to more effectively warm up before your workout.

Use Power Motions

Use power motions that get your body, joints, and muscles moving. Body squats, body lunges, as well as mobility movements that engage your hips and joints are all ideal to include in your warm-up routine.

Stay Away from Weights

Using your own body weight during warm-ups is ideal due to the fact that you don’t want to overload your body right out of the gate.

Work Up a Minor Sweat

You don’t want to gas yourself out too early in your routine, so make sure that your warm-up works up a bit of a sweat before you engage in the activity or exercise at hand.

After your workout, chiropractic treatments are a viable option to help you engage in active recovery. After a visit to the chiropractor, your body and brain will feel amazing, especially after a hard workout. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more about how chiropractic treatments can benefit you!

Barton Chiropractic continues to stay committed to providing our patients and readership with education about how chiropractic treatments and taking other healthy measures in your daily life will help you enjoy a happier, healthier. Our primary goal is to keep all of our patients in the fight longer by providing drug-free, all-natural treatments that optimize our patient’s health.

Below are a few ways in particular that chiropractic adjustments benefit MMA fighters.

Relieve Your Pain

Chiropractic adjustments provide drug-free pain relief which helps those who practice martial arts deal with the associated pain of pushing their body to the limits. You’ll leave the chiropractor feeling amazing no matter how many rounds you went at your last practice or fight.

Improves Cognitive Function

Chiropractic adjustments provide benefits beyond treating back pain, including sharpening the mind and improving the communication between your brain and your body. You’ll land and defend more strikes as a result!

Treat Minor and Major Injuries Along the Way

As you practice martial arts it’s likely that you’ll get minor to major injuries, which you can treat along the way with chiropractic care.

Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more about how chiropractic adjustments can benefit those living more active lifestyles.

When it comes to diet, it’s important to think with a clear head instead of following the latest trends. Below are a few tips for a smart and healthy diet that will last through the ages.

Eat Smaller Portions

Instead of cramming all of your nutrition into 2-3 meals per day, eat closer to 5 smaller meals throughout the day. Try intermittent fasting if it works for you for increased health benefits.

Eat More Vegetables

No matter how much veggies you eat per day, chances are you could eat more. Going as green as you can with your diet will help your digestive system, not to mention the fact that veggies are packed with essential vitamins and nutrients.

Stop Fast-Food

Instead of getting a few fast-food meals per month, treat yourself to an amazing meal at a good restaurant that uses fresh ingredients once a month. Cut out sugar and processed carbohydrates wherever you can.

If you have any additional questions about how diet can help fuel your healthy lifestyle, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation.

As we get through the workweek, some days might go by faster than others and some days we might have more energy while others we might be sluggish and lethargic. Below Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over a few ways that you can stay energized throughout the day in order to achieve new levels of productivity.

Have a Soundtrack

While you’re at work, play music with positive energy. When you get bored with the rotation, switch it up. You’ll be surprised how much music can influence your mood and your energy.

Eat for Fuel

Stop eating for mouth pleasure and start eating for fuel. Eat clean, whole foods that are easier to process, so your body can spend its energy on other things besides digesting processed foods.

Hydrate

When we’re dehydrated we can start to feel slow, tired, and we can also experience blurred vision and headaches. Drink the requisite amount of water each day to maximize your energy and make sure your body is functioning at optimum capacity.

Getting up and stretching is another good way to activate the body, not to mention a great way to switch up the monotony. Another great way to increase your energy is by undergoing chiropractic treatment regularly, which has been shown to improve cognitive function, increase alertness, and decrease anxiety and insomnia symptoms. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation.

As parents, raising a teenager can often be the most challenging time. A teenager will have more questions about your decisions and the rules you enforce. A teenager has several more opinions moment to moment than, say, a baby does. That’s why it’s important to stay engaged as a parent and provide the guidance, structure, love, and support your teen needs to thrive in this fast-paced world.

Read on for a few tips that serve as suggestions to boost your teen’s engagement and overall happiness in life.

The Pursuit Of a Skill

Putting your teen in a dance class, yoga class, or even a martial art will pay off in dividends when it comes to discipline and building your teen’s self-confidence.

Let Them Choose

Giving your teen options will help them feel like they’re a part of the process. Instead of giving them ultimatums, give them a few options when it comes to something you’d like to achieve. If you want your teen to play an instrument, let them pick which one. If you want your child to learn a new language, leave it up to them to choose which.

Develop a Metric and Reward System

Make sure that your teen knows they’ll be rewarded for their hard work. You can give them added incentives that will motivate them toward achieving their goals — like, say, a trip to Europe after graduating with honors, for instance.

Chiropractic care has also been shown to reduce anxiety and depression, not to mention provide a host of health benefits that will have your teen functioning at optimum capacity. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation in order to learn more.

At Barton Chiropractic Clinic we like to encourage our diverse patient base to stay active, but we also like to provide them with information that will help them get the most out of their workouts — which becomes a combination of best practices, nutrition, getting good sleep, and reducing joint, muscle, and ligament strain. 

Read on for a few ways to maximize your output and your results at the gym.

1.) Train Smart

Don’t overload the weights, which entails overloading muscles and joints. Instead, opt for lower weight at higher reps. Whenever you can, do exercises that utilize your own body weight as this is the least detrimental to your joints and your back.

2.) Make Hardcore Mixes

Exercise to the music that pumps you up, whatever that may be. You’ll notice that your runs will get faster and longer. You’ll also notice more energy coursing through your veins during your workouts.

3.) Eat Well and Hydrate

Eat clean, whole foods and remember to drink half your body weight in ounces of water — you’ll be more energetic and focused during your time at the gym. You’ll also notice your body recover quicker and you’ll feel better overall.

4.) Engage in Active Recovery

Instead of sitting on the couch and streaming endless TV, go on a nature hike, or take a yoga class. Do something that isn’t so strenuous, that way you’re engaging in what fitness gurus call “Active Recovery.” You’ll be giving the body the rest it needs without having to feel like you’re being lazy.

Chiropractic care is another way to get the most out of your workouts. Call Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more.