Spine and posture care

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Spine and Posture Care

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Spine and Posture Care Program

• Who doesnt remember being told off as
  a kid at school?
• Sit up straight, tuck your shirt in, dont talk
  with your mouth full. Most people wish they had
  listened to their teachers. At least to the first
  bit anyways.
• If only you knew how sitting in your chair back
  at school would impact on the way your posture is
  as you sit in your office chair now. When it
  comes to bad posture, staying aware of it and
  sitting up straight works well, at least until
  you stop thinking about it. Thats where a
  chiropractor can help. A chiropractor can help
  improve your posture by assessing and finding the
  underlying cause of your poor posture to correct
  it and get you sitting and standing up straight
  without you constantly reminding yourself.

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Posture to Straighten Your Back
As already discussed, for correction of poor
posture it is important to determine where
improvement is needed, such as when sitting in an
office chair. Next, patients must work on
changing daily habits to correct those areas.
This effort will improve back support and over
time help decrease back pain. It will take some
effort and perseverance, and will seem a little
unnatural at first. It is typical to feel
uncomfortable, and even feel a little taller, but
over time the new posture will seem natural and
more comfortable. Following are some guidelines
of how to achieve good posture and ergonomics in
the workplace and other situations.
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Sitting Posture for Office Chairs
Be sure the back is aligned against the back of
the office chair. Avoid slouching or leaning
forward, especially when tired from sitting in
the office chair for long periods For long term
sitting, such as in an office chair, be sure the
chair is ergonomically designed to properly
support the back and that it is a custom fit When
sitting on an office chair at a desk, arms should
be flexed at a 75 to 90 degree angle at the
elbows. If this is not the case, the office chair
should be adjusted accordingly
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Lower Back Pain

• When you begin to feel pain in your lower back
  when youre sitting, standing or exercising it
  can really affect your lifestyle.
• If youre experiencing lower back pain it can be
  frustrating when it starts to hurt for no real
  reason.
• Well help to identify the underlying cause of
  your pain so that you can get relief and learn
  how to stop it from coming back.
• Lower back pain treatment involves identifying
  which joints and muscles in your body have been
  aggravated and started to cause pain so they can
  be treated through various joint movements,
  muscle work and rehabilitation to get you feeling
  better as quickly as possible.
• Experience Pain Relief
• Move Freely
• Stay Pain Free

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Lower Back Pain
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Mid Back Pain
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How We Can Help Stop Your Mid Back Pain
If you experience mid back pain, especially if
you sit for long periods of the day, it can
really affect your concentration levels at work
and home because the pain can become a
significant nuisance. Mid back pain treatment
addresses the joints and muscles which have been
affected in between your shoulder blades to not
only increase movement and reduce tension to stop
your pain, but to correct any postural changes
which may cause your pain to come back.
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Neck Pain
Stop Living with Neck
Pain Neck pain and stiffness can become a big
problem for your everyday life especially when
any movement you make starts to cause
discomfort. With neck pain treatment you can get
back to your normal daily activities like sitting
at work, exercising or turning your head while
you drive, without the worry of neck pain coming
on each time you move. Our treatment focuses on
gently increasing the movement of your joints,
reducing muscular tension through your neck and
shoulders and improving and strengthening areas
of your spine to stop your pain from coming back.
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Neck Pain
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Headaches
How We Can Help Stop Your
Headaches? When you suffer with headaches,
whether theyre throbbing, dull or intense enough
that you need to lock yourself in a dark room,
youll do just about anything for the pain to go
away. Headache treatment will allow you to free
yourself of the fear of your next painful episode
by addressing the root cause of your problem so
that you can get rid of your headaches for good.
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 Sciatica
How Can We Help
Stop Your Sciatica? If you experience sciatica
it can be an extremely painful problem to live
with since it can really limit your daily
activities. Sciatica treatment will give you
effective relief, specific to your problem by
addressing the joints and muscles causing your
pain so that you can get back to doing what you
enjoy, without sciatica limiting you.
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Sciatica