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Your neck, also called the cervical spine, begins at the base of the skull and contains seven small vertebrae. Incredibly, the cervical spine supports the full weight of your head, which is on average about 12 pounds. While the cervical spine can move your head in nearly every direction, this flexibility makes the neck very...

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Our gardens this year are well underway after a  late and cold spring.  With the weather getting warmer and the rain bringing great growth, many people will spend more time outside mowing the lawn and pulling weeds. Gardening can provide a great workout, but with all the bending, twisting, reaching and pulling, your body may...

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Many people struggle with long standing knee pain. It is far to common and yet  many people learn to live with it.  With a diminished quality of life, many people begin to look for solutions that will return them back to where pain and discomfort are no longer associated with their daily lives. Getting to...

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Over the last few decades the number of total hip and knee replacement surgeries have been rising at an alarming rate. In the United States for total hip and replacement surgeries have increased more than 50% and 170%, respectively. Europe is also seeing similar rises for these procedures with some the northern European countries reporting...

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What are you looking for in a practitioner?  Like anything else in life, when you want a service or need a service, which would you prefer:  A Master or a technician?  When life requires you to get a job done right, do you go with the basics, or do you go with what will truly...

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Help for Long Haul Drivers Ergonomic principles are used to make a workplace suitable for the employees.  Making beneficial changes improves the safety and productivity, but what about occupations with variable conditions.   According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, truck drivers top the list of professionals who lose the most time from work...

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As the summer weather finally begins to arrive, many of you will be spending as much time as possible outdoors and creating all the Vitamin D your body could possibly need.  This is done as the ultraviolet rays from the sun convert skin oil to Vitamin D.  The Vitamin D that is created then moves into...

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Speeding Up Recovery Time For most people, recovering from a broken bone is an exercise in patience. For an active person, being told that you have to significantly reduce or cease activity in order to let the bone heal is equivalent to torture. However, there are a few things you can do to help speed the...

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Lowering the Risk Factors Diabetes is a dangerous health problem. In adults, diabetes is often a result of long-term nutritional neglect and abuse. Most of us don't eat breakfast. Our fuel supply is very low, and we wind up running on fumes. We grab a high-calorie muffin or a candy bar later in the morning...

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Fit For Death I hope by entitling this article the way I did I was able to get your attention.  As Summer begins this week, many of you will be motivated (or I will encourage you if you haven't already started) to go out and begin to exercise in an effort to help shed that excess...

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