Astrid Trim
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Aug 02
What is your life plan?
At 92, Ed Stafford golfs, dances, travels – and sees his chiropractor regularly to help him do it all with ease Use it or lose it. That’s the motto constantly repeated by Ed Stafford’s chiropractor, and the 92-year-old takes it to heart. Three days a week, he’s out on the golf course, chalking up nine …
Jul 26
How an Outfield-Wall Collision Changed One Baseball Player’s Life
In 2000, Chicago White Sox minor-leaguer Greg Shepard violently crashed into the left center field wall while trying to run down a fly ball. When he woke up the next morning, he was basically paralyzed. “I couldn’t lift my body out of bed, turn my head, or move my right arm,” he says. He then …
Jul 19
Exercise and Chiropractic Reorganize the Brain to Be More Resilient to Stress
Physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is reduced and anxiety is less likely to interfere with normal brain function, according to a research team based at Princeton University. While this experiment was done on mice, it represents a model for what happens in people. One group of mice was given …
Jul 12
Postural Changes Help Those With ADHD
Doctors of chiropractic and chiropractic neurologists offer a non-drug and non-invasive treatment alternative for ADHD patients that targets the underlying problems, not just symptoms. “Motor activity-especially development of the postural muscles-is the baseline function of brain activity. Anything affecting postural muscles will influence brain development. Musculoskeletal imbalance will create imbalance of brain activity, and one …
Jun 26
Children Need to Practice Good Computer Ergonomics
At least 70 percent of America’s 30 million elementary school students use computers, according to a recent New York Times article. As a result of this increased usage, doctors of chiropractic are treating more young patients suffering from the effects of working at computer stations that are either designed for adults or poorly designed for …
Jun 21
Chiropractic Patients Less Likely to Undergo Lumbar Surgery
A study in the medical journal Spine found a strong association between chiropractic care and the avoidance of lumbar spine surgery. The American Chiropractic Association is encouraged by this and other recent research supporting chiropractic’s conservative, less costly approach to low-back pain. Key findings of the Spine study show that: Approximately 43 percent of patients who saw a surgeon first had surgery Only 1.5 percent …
Jun 12
New Product Reduces Stress from Sitting
If you have been keeping up with the posts and our newsletters at Momentum, you will notice that the theme has been on posture and how important it is for your health and wellness. Check out this video on a new product that I found that is great for releasing the stiffness that comes with lots …
Jun 07
Boys With ADHD May Become Obese Adults
Boys with ADHD may be at risk for obesity later in life, according to a new study. Researchers at NYU’s Langone Medical Center have been following more than 200 kids for four decades. They found those who had ADHD in their early years were twice as likely to be obese at age 41. “This study …
May 31
Sitting is the new smoking…
“Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us,” says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women’s health at theUCLA Comprehensive Health Program. “The chair is out to kill us,” says James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. The human body was designed for walking, and people did a whole lot …
May 27
Physically Active Kids Make For Happier Adults
Depression is a significant health issue for several different reasons. Now here’s some good news: A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests physical activity, particularly early in life, may help reduce the risk of depression later. Specifically, the study found that “lower cardiovascular fitness at age 18 was associated with increased risk of serious …
