Patient Education
Headaches/Migraines
The more you understand your body and how it functions, the better equipped you'll be at taking care of yourself to achieve optimal health. Our chiropractor empowers patients to take charge of your own health and future, educating you about your condition to decrease your need for future care. We've included the Patient Education section on our website to provide you with valuable, practical wellness information which you can incorporate into your lifestyle to improve the quality of your life. We hope you will turn to these pages whenever you have a question about health related issues and urge you to contact our practice at any time to make an appointment with our chiropractor.
April Articles (Time for your Spring Tune-up; Easter ideas and Cancer Prevention/Treatment)
11 Ways to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally - http://www.rd.com/slideshows/11-ways-to-dye-easter-eggs-naturally/
Healthy Easter Recipes - http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/menus-for-entertaining/easter-menus-00400000042057/page11.html
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/easter_celebration
Cancer and Chiropractic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ssW0csCtPQ
Chiropractic for Cancer Patients - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FZZaHd1yR4
Cancer and the Chiropractor - http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=45271
The Role of Chiropractor in an Integrated Cancer Treatment Setting - http://www.theamericanchiropractor.com/articles-cancer/5290-the-role-of-chiropractic-in-an-integrative-cancer-treatment-setting.html
Cancer Basics - http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerBasics/index
Chiropractic Treatment - http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/ManualHealingandPhysicalTouch/chiropractic
March Articles (Spring Is In the Air…and So Is Everything Else)
Chiropractic Care for Allergies and Kids - http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=139183
Allergy Treatment - http://chirocommunity.com/allergies.htm
Infants and Allergies - http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=37499
Beat Those Allergies - http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1531
10 Nutritional Tips for a Healthy Spring Season - http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/ten-nutritional-tips-for-a-healthy-spring-season/article_ba6965ac-680b-11e1-8ccf-0019bb2963f4.html
February Articles (You're Heart Deserves More)
Chiropractic and Heart Attacks - http://www.livestrong.com/article/552538-the-role-of-chiropractic-in-myocardial-infarction/
8 Steps to Prevent Heart Disease - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-healthy-diet/NU00196
Heart Attack Risk in Diet "fizzy drinks" - http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/healthy-eating/heart-attack-risk-in-diet-fizzy-drinks_15465.html
Warning Signs of a Heart Attack - http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Conditions_UCM_305346_SubHomePage.jsp
Sugary Drinks Increase Risk of Heart Attacks - http://www.naturalnews.com/034959_sodas_sugar_heart_disease.html
Cholesterol and Statins: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - http://www.salisburypost.com/Opinion/022612-insight-nagy-cholesterol-statins-qcd
American Heart Association Nurtition Center - http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/Nutrition-Center_UCM_001188_SubHomePage.jsp
January Articles (A New Year for New You!)
Chiropractic on the Dr. Oz show - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozGkA3roSGA&sns=fb
Worst Habits that Hurt Your Back - http://health.msn.com/health-topics/pain-management/back-pain/worst-habits-that-hurt-your-back
Best and Worst Food Trends to Watch for - http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/8-food-trends-2011-will-make-you-fat-or-keep-you-skinny-2012
20 Salads Worse than a Whopper - http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/20-salads-worse-whopper?cm_mmc=ETNTNL-_-775522-_-01162012-_-body
How to Lose Weight All Day Long - http://shine.yahoo.com/vitality/lose-weight-day-long-164200821.html
How to Identify Genetically Modified Foods - http://www.kipnews.org/2011/07/14/how-to-i-d-genetically-modified-food-at-the-supermarket/
The 10 Worst Kid's Breakfast Cereals - http://fitbie.msn.com/eat-right/10-worst-kids-breakfast-cereals
Chronic headaches and migraines afflict many Americans. The severity of pain can go from mild and intermittent to episodes of debilitating throbbing, unrelenting agony, as well as nausea. Relief comes from a variety of means, including over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs, rest, and ice/heat packs on the forehead or neck. Sources of headaches include, but are not limited to, certain kinds of foods, sounds and excessive noise or bright lights, changes in blood sugar, and even too much exercise.
Some recent studies have shown that patients suffering from chronic headaches and migraines may benefit more from long-term chiropractic care than drug therapy alone. For headaches that originate in the cervical, or neck, area, chiropractic treatment, such as spinal manipulation, has been shown to be quite effective. A 2001 Duke University study, for example, found that spinal manipulation provided relief for patients with headaches that originate in the neck, and resulted in fewer side effects than medication. Researchers in that study concluded that such treatments as relaxation training, thermal biofeedback combined with relaxation training, electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and to a lesser degree, acupuncture, are all modestly effective in treating migraine headaches.
Close to 15 percent of people who visit a chiropractor do so to seek relief for pain from chronic headaches or migraines, according to the American Chiropractic Association.