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Grand Rapids Chiropractor: Jet Lag from the Holidays Can Have Lasting Effects on the Brain

A timely study for those of you traveling! The holiday season brings lots of travel — visiting family and friends, taking vacations. If you have ever traveled and experienced jet lag, you know that you can feel that you are just not quite fully functioning...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Explains How You Can Avoid Holiday Exercise Inertia

by Jamie | where-grand-rapids-mi

Here I go again talking about exercise, one of my favorite subjects as your Grand Rapids chiropractor when it comes to an essential part of good health that no one can do for you but you. In my past blogs I’ve talked about simple ways that you can add exercise to your...

Chiropractor in Grand Rapids: “Sweat” or “Glow,” Exercise Means Health

by Jamie | exercise

As a Grand Rapids chiropractor I have to say that there isn’t much difference between the skeletal structure of men and women, with the exception that the female pelvis is wider to allow for childbirth, and the forehead bones of the male protrude more and the...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Reveals Recent Study on Failed Back Surgeries

by Jamie | back pain

As your Grand Rapids Chiropractor I feel that it is my obligation to pass along the results of a recent study regarding failed back surgeries: Did you know that complicated spine surgeries that involve fusing two or more vertebrae are actually on the rise? You may...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Discusses a Surprising Benefit of Exercise

by Jamie | exercise

As I’ve written time and time again in my blogs, as a Grand Rapids chiropractor I can’t say enough about the health benefits of exercise. And, I have to admit that I’d thought I’d run out of new exercise incentives to pass along to you. But,...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Offers Health Tips As National Chiropractic Health Month Puts Emphasis On Obesity Prevention

by Jamie | chiropractic, obesity

After blogging for most of the year about the benefits of exercise and the national need for obesity prevention, as your Grand Rapids Chiropractor I am pleased and gratified to inform you that this month obesity prevention is being “officially emphasized”...

Grand Rapids Chiropractor Explains How Walking and Biking to School Can Help to Reduce Childhood Obesity

by Jamie | childrens health issues

As a Grand Rapids chiropractor I am well-aware of the toll that lack of exercise and excess weight takes on the musculoskeletal system over time. I see adverse effects such as wear and tear on knee and hip joints and shifts in the skeletal frame, especially the back,...

Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor Warns: There Is No Such Thing as a “Minor Fender Bender”

by Jamie | whiplash

Chiropractors, like your Grand Rapids Chiropractor, treat plenty of people who’ve been in major car accidents, but all too often, a check up after a minor car accident is overlooked by those involved. If you drive a big car and you’re in an accident, it’s easy...

Ask Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor If Chiropractic Care Can Stop Your Sciatic Pain

by Jamie | sciatica

Sciatica is an extraordinarily painful condition. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help. Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor knows about the pain of sciatica, the deep discomfort that is constant during your waking hours and interferes with your daily...

Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor Explains How Chiropractic Treatment Can Help Your Hip Pain

by Jamie | hip pain

Your Grand Rapids Chiropractor asks: Do you feel pain in one or both hips whenever you twist them or when you cross your legs? Does the pain keep you awake at night and make it difficult to get a good night’s sleep? When you get out of bed in the morning, or when you...

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