This is not the time to drop your guard
Posted on: August 14, 2020
As tempting as it may be to lower your guard and get back to “normal” life, it’s as important as ever to take steps to stay healthy.
What You Can Do:
Wear a mask – Multiple studies show masks work to protect you and others. This recent study shows which masks are most effective.
Posted in: Exercise, Health & Well Being, Nutrition
Why I See My Chiropractor Regularly
Posted on: January 28, 2019
I had a patient share with me recently how much my treatments have helped her stay healthy and happy in her body. I asked if she would write up some of the reasons chiropractic care has helped her that I could share with others. Here is what she captured:
1. My body isn’t the same
This may seem obvious, but what I could do in my twenties, I can’t as easily do in my fourties–even seemingly low impact things like yoga. Go figure!? Seeing Dr. Chopyak regularly helps my body stay aligned so that I can still do a wide range of sports and exercise without getting injured.
Posted in: Back pain, Exercise, Health & Well Being, Neck pain, Vector Point Cranial Therapy
Tagged with: back pain, Chiropractic Services, Cranial Therapy, General health, Vector Point Chiropractic, Vector Point Cranial Therapy
This never used to hurt, why does it now?
Posted on: October 7, 2018
I had a patient come in recently who was dealing with a strain from playing his favorite sport. He shared with me that he had been doing that sport for over a decade without injury, so why now?
Has this happened to you? Is there an exercise or sport you used to do easily and without pain that now seems to be more taxing or even injuring your body, such as basketball, hiking, golfing, or running?
Posted in: Back pain, Exercise, Foot pain, Health & Well Being, Neck pain
Tagged with: back pain, Chiropractic Services, Flexibility, Foot pain, General health, neck pain, Therapeutic Exercises, Vector Point Chiropractic, Vector Point Cranial Therapy
Are you sitting too much?
Posted on: August 12, 2018
Have you heard the buzz phrase, “Sitting is the new smoking?” It seems that with our advancement of technologies, people are sitting more than ever. Where smoking used to be seen as the major detriment to people’s health, sitting for long periods of time is having serious consequences for structural health and cognitive function.
Posted in: Back pain, Exercise, Headaches, Health & Well Being, Neck pain
Tagged with: back pain, Chiropractic Services, Cranial Therapy, General health, Migraines, neck pain, stress, Therapeutic Exercises
Reversing the cause of unnecessary pain
Posted on: October 21, 2017
We talked about the importance of taking corrective action so that the body does not develop well-traveled pain pathways. Reversing the cause of unnecessary pain can also prevent deterioration of a condition into something much worse––and perhaps untreatable down the road.
Left untreated, simple conditions become complex.
If a simple sprain of one of your ligaments, in the joints of your back, neck, wrist or ankles goes untreated, it will tend to re-injure more easily. This is because a poorly treated injury creates an opportunity for the ligaments to heal looser than the original, creating an unstable joint.
Mechanical imbalances left untreated often lead to premature arthritic degenerative changes which can be difficult if not impossible to control once established.
Posted in: Back pain, Exercise, Foot pain, Headaches, Health & Well Being, Neck pain, Vector Point Cranial Therapy
Simple ways to improve your flexibility
Posted on: March 1, 2017
How loose and flexible do you feel in your body? Where could your joints move more freely? Could you find opportunities to do some light stretching throughout the day?
Here are some simple ways to improve your flexibility:
1. Create a realistic goal
If you think flexible means you can easily touch your toes, do a backbend, or twist like a yogi, I encourage you to reframe your vision to one that works for your body. Maybe for you, being able to bend over and touch your knees without pain would be a win. Or, maybe you just want to be able to do a side stretch and feel more space in your abdomen and chest. (more…)
Posted in: Back pain, Exercise, Health & Well Being
Tagged with: back pain, Chiropractic Services, Flexibility, General health, stretching
5 Keys for Safely Exercising in the Heat
Posted on: July 20, 2016
Exercising in the heat can be very tricky. It’s not about just being uncomfortable, there are some real dangers often overlooked.
Hydration
It’s common knowledge that we humans need to drink more water when exercising in the heat. The lack of water can cause weakness, lightheadedness, fainting, nausea and even total collapse. But the answer to being safe is not just to drink gallons of water.
Exercising in the heat creates a big increase in the need for your body to produce perspiration to cool down the body by evaporation. You may not even notice the perspiration because it can evaporate quickly.
Posted in: Exercise, Health & Well Being