At Barton Chiropractic we often stress the ways that your spine and back health is related to your overall health and wellness. Your spine is directly linked to your mind and your body, and when things go wrong and situations like subluxation occur, all sorts of health conditions can occur, like neck and back pain, insomnia, ear infection, reduced mobility, and more.
Below are a few ways you can improve the strength and functionality of your back.
Build Your Back Muscles
Start incorporating back exercises into your strength training routine and engage in activities that incorporate your core. It will help you build a great foundation for your back.
Stretch it Out
Yoga is a great way to ease your body’s muscle tension and improve your body’s flexibility and overall range of motion. Yoga will also help you reduce stress, increase mindfulness, and even help you avoid injury.
Visit the Chiropractor
Visiting the chiropractor is your best bet when it comes to taking care of your back, neck, and spine. Give us a call today to schedule your consultation. Barton Chiropractic Clinic has a long track record of keeping our patients healthy and well.
Read MoreHaving good posture is one of the keys to achieving overall health. Not only that, having poor posture can directly affect your health and come with consequences like headaches, lack of mental clarity, pains and aches, spine misalignment, and more.
Below are a few ways to optimize your posture on a daily basis.
- First, put your weight on the balls of your feet.
- Make sure your knees are bent a little.
- Maintain your feet at should-width apart.
- Your arms should hang down naturally from your sides.
- Make sure you stand straight up.
- Pull your shoulders backward.
- Tuck in your stomach.
While sitting, make sure to look straight, keep your lower back arched, and keep both feet on the ground. If you can, try to adjust your chair in a way that your knees rest slightly lower than your hips.
If you have any question about how you can improve your posture and how chiropractic care treatments can benefit you, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today.
Read MoreDid you know that basketball players stand to gain specific benefits from chiropractic care that can help them excel on the court?
Below Barton Chiropractic Clinic goes over a few ways that chiropractic care benefits basketball players in particular.
The Hardwood is Hard on Your Back
Running back and forth, jumping for rebounds and landing hard on the hardwood floor, or, worse, someone else’s foot! You can sustain serious abuse, especially in the lower back area that chiropractic care can address the drug-free, all-natural way.
Your Joints Take Abuse, Too
Your joints also take the brunt end of the abuse from running and jumping. The perfect antidote for joint relief and drug-free pain relief is chiropractic care.
Increase Range of Motion
Chiropractic care has been shown to improve your range of motion, which will help you be more effective on the court, not to mention help you avoid future injury.
Avoid Another Injury
Chirorpactic care can actually help you avoid injury sustained on the court by improving your mind/body balance.
If you experience an injury on the court or in the game of life, contactd Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation. We have a long history of keeping our patients on the court and in the game.
Read MoreAt Barton Chiropractic we provide wellness services and drug-free treatments that help relieve pain, treat an injury, and even prevent injuries from happening to you down the road. Another part of what we do is educate our diverse patient base about what they can do outside our offices to live healthy, balanced lives.
Below are a few tips to spend the Memorial Weekend safe and optimize your health and wellness at the same time.
Remain Hydrated
Make sure you’re drinking plenty of water throughout the day, especially if you’re hitting the beach or staying outside. Drink about half your weight in ounces of water for good measure — it’s good for your body, joints, your spine, and your cognitive functionality.
Eat Healthily
Eat lots of healthy greens and fruits. Try to limit red meat, cabs, and processed sugars. You’ll end up feeling great as you close out the day and get ready to start the shortened work week.
Do Something Active
Go on a run or even go rock climbing. Ride a bike, paddleboard, or go on a hike. You can stay active over the holiday weekend and keep your body running at optimum capacity. If you’re having a light active day, you can even count that as a day of active recovery.
If you’d like to learn about how you can optimize your health and boost your wellness through our drug-free chiropractic treatments, contact Barton Chiropractic today.
Read MoreIce therapy is an excellent companion to chiropractic care for the athlete and for regular folks who work busy workweeks as well.
What is Ice Therapy?
Ice therapy entaisl the application of ice as a method of reducing inflammation and temporary pain in the body.
What Happens During Ice Therapy?
During ice therapy, ice inspires constriction in the veins of the affected tissues of the body, which ends up limiting blood flow — which acts as an all-natural, drug-free anesthetic. When we remove the ice, your blood will rush back to the area, which will provide useful nutrients which will help boost the healing process.
When is Ice Therapy Useful?
Ice therapy is incredibly useful for the treatment of back and neck pain and lessens muscle spasm severity, reduces overall pain without drug intervention, and also aids in diminishing soft tissue damage.
If performing ice therapy at home, you should apply an ice pack to the affected area within 24-48 hours from your initial ache or injury. You can reapply every 10 minutes to achieve maximum effect. Do not leave on for more than 20 minutes at a time.
Ice therapy should not be used by patients who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, Raynaud’s Syndrome, colds or allergic conditions, paralysis, or areas of impaired sensation should not use ice therapy.
Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to learn more if you’re a cadidate for ice therapy.
Read MoreYoga is an activity that is only gaining in popularity as more and more folks take classes or build their own yoga practices at home. Yoga is a great companion with chiropractic care when it comes to keeping the body flexible and at peak functionality, which will help you both treat injuries and avoid injuries.
Below are a few health benefits one can expect after building a strong yoga practice.
It’s Good for Your Heart and Circulation
Yoga increases your heart health and also boosts circulation in the body, which will help you function at optimum capacity. Yoga has also been shown to be beneficial in preventing heart disease and diabetes alongside a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Boost Cognitive Function
Your brain and body might have a communication jam which can result in “dim bulb.” If you’re feeling anything less than 100% between the ears, yoga and chiropractic care can improve cognitive function by improving the brain/body communication system.
Increase Flexibility and Range of Motion
Increasing your flexibility and range of motion (two of the most noticeable benefits from yoga) will help you avoid injury and improve your athleticism.
As we mentioned previously, chiropractic care is a great addition to an active lifestyle. Yoga and chiropractic care are a one-two wellness punch you need in your life. Contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today to schedule your consultation.
Read MoreMany folks only associate chiropractic care with the back, which, it’s true, that’s a lot of what we do at Barton Chiropractic Clinic since we specialize in chiropractic care, which has to do with the spine and all. However, chiropractic care has a host of benefits to offer patients they might not be aware of. Whether you’re in pain or suffering from lack of sleep, chiropractic care might be the all-natural, drug-free answer to your problems.
Read on for a few signs you could benefit from chiropractic care.
1.) Your Back is in Pain
Back pain, whether it’s in your lower, middle, or upper back, can be treated with chiropractic care. We can provide adjustments for spine misalignment that will give you benefits like increased circulation, reduction of pain, treatment of injury, and more.
2.) Your Range of Motion is Limited
Sometimes a car accident, a work injury, or even sleeping the wrong way can leave us limited in our mobility due to neck or back pain. Chiropractic care is the perfect antidote that will help increase your flexibility and your range of motion.
3.) You Suffer from Dim Bulb
If you feel like your brain isn’t firing on all cylinders, this could be because your nervous system is disrupted. Chiropractic care has been shown to clear the lines of communication between your body and your brain, increasing awareness and mental clarity.
4.) You Suffer from Anxiety
If you’re feeling anxiety or suffering from insomnia, chiropractic care has been shown to benefit symptoms associated with these conditions.
If you believe you could benefit from chiropractic care, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today.
Read MoreAt Barton Chiropractic Clinic we believe in the power of a good night’s sleep. Restful sleep will help you feel more energized throughout your day and will also help your body regenerate and cleanse itself of toxins you’re exposed to without even knowing it.
When we’re drowsy, we’re more prone to getting an injury (back injuries being a big one), whether that occurs at home or in the workplace, or anywhere else in between.
Below we go over a few ways to capture more restful sleep every night.
Get Active
Running, swimming, or doing some other type of cardio 4-5 times per week will help you achieve more restful sleep. Our bodies are wired genetically to hunt and gather, and many of us get anxiety because we’re inactive at work and at home most of the week. We carry that unused energy straight to bed with us. You’ll be surprised how well you sleep after you go “out there” and “get after it” a little.
Have a Caffeine Cut-Off Time
Stop letting yourself have caffeine past 4pm if you plan on going to sleep around 10pm. Try to make sure you’re not getting anything more than 50 grams of caffeine on a daily basis.
Visit Your Chiropractor
Visiting your chiropractor is a relaxing experience that will help your body’s functionality — and you’ll feel great afterwards. Chiropractic is a drug-free pain management solution that can help you get better sleep at night.
If you have any additional questions about how chiropractic care can benefit you on a daily basis, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today.
Read MoreSo we all likely know the obvious health benefits of chiropractic care, such as drug-free, all-natural pain relief, as well as the correction of spine misalignment, which helps increase the functionality of the body and brain, increase range of motion, etc. However, there are an entire host of benefits to chiropractic that fly below the radar.
Below are some of the less obvious benefits of chiropractic care.
Increase Cognitive Function
Chiropractic care helps clear neural pathways, which will help you achieve better focus throughout the day.
It’s Good for the Heart
Chiropractic care has been shown to be beneficial in maintaining healthy blood flow and a healthy heart.
Helps Patients Achieve Restful Sleep
There are few things in this world as relaxing as chiropractic care and the feeling you leave our offices with. You’ll be able to maintain states of relaxation longer and have more quality rest on a nightly basis.
Increases Mental Awareness
Chiropractic care will help put you more in touch with your own body, which will increase your awareness down the road should you experience any pain or issues.
If you have any questions about the many benefits chiropractic care will bring to all facets of your life, contact Barton Chiropractic Clinic today.
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