Gardner Family Chiropractic Health and Wellness Blog

Maintaining proper posture while at work is critical to preventing neck and back pain and other repetitive motion injuries. Workplace ergonomics is the process of creating workstations that support healthy, functioning body positions while working.

People suffering from pain and stiffness due to frozen shoulder can find relief with chiropractic adjustments that restore the normal joint mechanics, increase the range of motion, and increase the strength of the shoulder joint and surrounding muscles.

Some injuries can be prevented both in the workplace and at home just by incorporating consistent exercise, stretching, ergonomics and chiropractic care into your lifestyle.

Chiropractic care helps to reduce the pain of fibromyalgia naturally by correcting misalignments in the spine to restore proper nerve function.

Chiropractors treat joint pain and joint dysfunction by adjusting the joints to release pressure off the nerves and by creating specific exercise and stretching programs to help restore full range of motion in the joints.

Chiropractic care increases the body's ability to fight off allergens, including seasonal allergies, by taking pressure off the nervous system allowing the immune system to function at it's best.

Physiotherapy is used to help correct neck and back posture. It incorporates stretching and strengthening exercises for the neck and back which helps improve range of motion and ensure proper posture.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a weakness in the structures that make up the carpal tunnel of the wrist which causes pain and numbness in the hand and fingers. There are ways to treat it and ways to prevent it from happening.

There are a few classic symptoms of Sciatica including pain down the leg and numbness. Chiropractors can help remove the pressure off the sciatic nerve and decrease the pain by providing adjustments to the spine to increase motion within the joint.

It is important to maintain flexibility and range of motion as we age so that our bodies can react to stress and avoid injury. Drinking water, exercising, moving and stretching are all ways to stay flexible.