Tune Chiropractic From the Doc

                You don’t have to worry about this micro-trauma crap, right?   You pick up heavy objects 4 days a week and participate in tough mudder and run a 10k every weekend, so you’re obviously in too good of shape to need to worry about this.   Micro-trauma is to be worried about by the obese guy who sits in his cubicle all day.   … Right?                 Maybe… Maybe you move enough throughout the day.   Maybe you are perfectly mindful of your posture.   Maybe you have escaped what many people have experienced, so far.   Realistically, (if you’ve read any pieces from my blog in the past you know this) there is a cross-section of the population whom I believe don’t required chiropractic care weekly, or even monthly, (or even at all?) to live a good, long, healthy life.   I think everyone ca...

                We’ve been discussing trauma lately and most people think of the major traumas when they think of the word.   How about micro-trauma?   There are syndromes associated with the desktop life style.   Many people sit for HOURS a day.   In fact, it isn’t a stretch to imagine someone who is in a standing position for less than an hour total a day.   Moving from bed to shower to car to work to car to couch to bed.   I would venture that many reading this spend the majority of their waking day sitting – I won’t even mention the poor sleep hygiene we are facing.   YOUR BODY WAS MEANT FOR MOTION!                 Upper Cross Syndrome and Lower Cross Syndrome are associated with sitting in a poor posture for hours on end a day.   Rounded shoulders and weak muscles on the front and back add u...

                So why do some people not seem to need a chiropractor, while others can’t seem to live without one?   How can some people live their lives basically never getting sick, or never seem to be flustered or stressed?                 We seem to need much more help in our society lately.   Mental health issues, cold and flu “seasons”, we’re more obese, and more people seem to need chiropractic care than they did previously.   I’d argue that our whole societal mindset has become such that we are less connected and less healthy in a multitude of ways, but this post, I want to focus on traumas.                 Everyone knows about “throwing your back out”.   They associate it with improper lifting technique and jobs that require m...