This important article was published by Planet Chiropractic, By Harry Engel.Read more and watch for updatesIf you have employees or patients, it is prudent to create a set of action and contingency plans to protect the staff, your patients and your practice from the Coronavirus. Even though we’re exposed to viruses every day as patients come in and out of our offices, and yet we don’t get sick, this Coronavirus seems to be different from the flu.

When you see the words “injury-proof your back,” you already know one of the things we’re going to say, so let’s get it out of the way now:Lift with your legs and not your back.Now that you’re not waiting with breathless anticipation for us to drop that time-honored admonishment, we can move on with the advice-giving!There’s a reason that little nugget of wisdom is repeated ad nauseam (other than the fact that it actually is great advice). Most of us will experience some degree of back pain at some point, so it’s understandable we all feel like experts.

Chiropractic and nutrition provide a more active treatment and recoveryYour brain is the foremost nutrient-dependent and energy-demanding organ in your body. It weighs about three pounds and has the consistency of Jell-O.

This is an important update from Dynamic ChiropracticThe Clinical Compass has released new recommendations for the nondrug treatment of neck pain and whiplash disorders. The document summarizes a 16-point best-practice approach to neck pain and provides specifics regarding patient recovery / maximum therapeutic benefit; informed consent; red and yellow flags; pain parameters; diagnostic imaging guidelines for acute and chronic neck pain; treatment frequency and duration; passive modalities for acute and subacute neck pain and other clinical considerations.

There’s nothing like a glass of cool, clear water to quench your thirst. But the next time you turn on the tap, you might want to question whether that water is in fact, too toxic to drink.

Colic can make caring for an infant an exhausting and distressing. Traditional remedies provide mixed results, why not try Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT).

What does it mean to be healthy? There is so much more to being healthy than how you feel! The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity”. Webster’s Dictionary defines health as “a state of wholeness in which all organs are functioning 100%, 100% of the time”.

More than 70 million Americans suffer from some form of sleep problem or wakefulness. Achieving a good night of sleep requires balance in the autonomic nervous system.

One of my specialties the Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) and I am one of the few practitioners in our region. NET can have a tremendous benefit for patients.

One of the best documentary series to help you understand what you eat is Rotten available now on Netflix. 12 episodes are streaming now.

A comfortable work space can help you feel your best. Give your sitting work area a makeover with this visual guide to office ergonomics.If you sit behind a desk for hours at a time, you're not doomed to a career of neck and back pain or sore wrists and fingers.

The MIND diet eating plan is a combination of two well-known and well-researched diets that are also effective at preventing cognitive decline.Sometimes it seems like there are so many diets on the market that it’s difficult to keep track of them all. But chiropractic wellness practitioners should be aware of the MIND diet eating plan because it can really help your patients in ways that singular diets can’t.Andrea Nazarenko, PhD, owner of Old Mill Chiropractic and Family Wellness in Lexington, S.C., and author of the international best-selling book “When Food Hurts,” says that the MIND diet eating plan is “a combination of two well-known and well-researched diets: The Mediterranean Diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet.

Human joints come in many shapes and sizes and allow us to move and carry out normal activities of daily living. Joint health is imperative.

Identify patient biomechanical problems that start on the ground with foot instabilityAthletes and active lifestyle individuals of all levels will touch our practice in some form or another during our careers as chiropractors. Even if one does not specialize in treating sports injuries, it never fails that the opportunity to treat someone in this category will arise frequently.These days athletes come in all ages, shapes and walks of life.

Tips for chiropractic patients and care providers on avoiding arthroscopic hip surgery or hip replacementIn the United States, 3-7% of older adults will deal with some form of hip osteoarthritis during their lifetime. “Osteoarthritis” or “OA” is the proper term for overuse or age-related degenerative joint conditions.