Total Chiropractic Care & Wellness Blog

Remember in grade school when your mother told you cracking your knuckles would make them bigger or give you arthritis? While that was not quite true, she still had a good reason. Cracking your knuckles is not known to cause arthritis, but it can cause hand strength and mobility issues later in life if you do it a lot as a kid. The same basic truth applies to cracking your own back. It’s not necessarily

Chiropractic care is a treatment people seek to help alleviate chronic pain when surgery isn’t an easy option or to avoid surgery outright. While many can delay surgical procedures or don’t feel they need it after receiving chiropractic care, for others, surgery is simply unavoidable to achieve the pain relief they need. Some may find themselves needing surgery unrelated to the source of their chronic pain and unsure if or when they can resume chiropractic

Your spine is the major support structure for your body, keeping you moving and protecting your spinal column, the cluster of nerves that communicate everything from your brain to the rest of your body. But how much do you really know about the anatomy of the spine and back, as well as vertebrae, and how they are supposed to interact? Your spine is made up of 33 individual vertebrae divided into three distinct sections that

As winter takes hold, that means snow will be part of your day more often. Whether you love or hate it, we can all agree that shoveling it is a chore. Snow shoveling can leave your back and arms aching, but can it cause legitimate injuries? If so, how can they be prevented or treated? Is Shoveling Snow Bad for Your Back? Shoveling snow is a common cause of back pain and can aggravate any

The days are getting shorter and colder but staying active is important no matter the time of year. As we age, the need to be active gets even more critical for our overall health. Some of us may work on getting our steps in, while others who are more athletically inclined will participate in winter sports. Although being active is important, when it comes to participating in sports, we must make sure we’re doing everything

Many of us have experienced anything from mild to severe back pain. Sometimes these pains linger for days or weeks; in some cases, the pain never seems to disappear completely. We know there are certain tips we should follow to maintain our back’s integrity and reduce the risk of problems over time. Some of these include being careful with heavy or repetitive lifting, watching our weight, keeping a good posture, getting proper rest, and doing

We all have that relative who says they can predict the weather by their aching bones. The science is still out on if the weather actually affects our pain levels, but most of us know someone who swears it does. So, does weather play a role in the pain we experience? Why Do I Ache When the Weather Changes? Grady Dixon, an associate professor in the department of geosciences at Mississippi State University, told weather.com