Chiropractic Blog

Your body shape determines how you carry your weight Most women fit into four primary body shapes: Apple: triangle downwards, with weight accumulation primarily in the lower abdomen Pear: triangle upwards, weight accumulation primarily in the hips and thighs Banana: straight/rectangular, weight accumulation in the butt and abdomen Hourglass: triangles opposing and facing inwards, fat…

A healthy weight makes for a healthy spine Determining, and setting a course to maintain, your target weight should be a health priority for all adults. If you look at it from a spinal perspective, keeping off the extra pounds is essential. Every pound over your target weight represents an unsupportable burden for your spine;…

Overuse injuries are, by their very nature, nasty The causes of overuse injuries are insidious- you spend so much subconscious time performing the same activity and you simply can’t feel the micro-traumas that occuring until they one day reach a breaking point. Today, some of the most common overuse injuries occur in the workplace which…

The most important risk factors for chronic sitters Modern life is a seated affair: we sit to commute, to work, to relax and, increasingly, to recreate. We pass time seated flicking through our phones, eating meals with our friends and binge-watching Netflix series. The primary seated activities of reading, or simply watching television, have taken…

Healthy spinal curvature is essential In a normal, healthy spine, there are three primary curves- one kyphotic curve in the thoracic segment; two lordotic curves in the cervical and lumbar segments. There is a further kyphotic curve in the sacral segment, but overall, the curves fit together to form a large S-shape. This curvature is…

Our daily habits, rather than acute actions, are what set us up for pain Many people are able to point to a time when they, “threw their back out,” or “cricked their neck,“ blaming a specific action like lifting or an excessive motion in sport on their injury. But the injury might not have happened…

Movement in an office setting Your office presents your body with more challenges than you know. A stiff neck or tension headache is just the tip of the iceberg for many office workers at the end of the day. The nature of office work is such that your body never has time to catch up…

Is tennis as low-key as it seems?  Short answer: no. Though tennis is used by people of all ages to maintain a high level of fitness, it is generally considered a more gentle sport. But no matter the intensity that you play at, you are still performing a series of movements that cause unique stresses…

There is nothing like taking to the golf course on a sunny day. Golf offers us the opportunity to maintain physical wellbeing while challenging ourselves mentally; it is a wonderfully social sport that gets us outside for hours. But as a physical activity, golf is much more involved than it is given credit for- as…