Winter is here. With it, comes unpredictable weather and an influx of illnesses. Many consider winter to be flu season, but along with an increase in flu cases recently, there has been a spike in RSV and COVID cases, too. It’s important to prioritize your health and immune system to stay healthy and reduce your
If you’re a current or past patient of ours, you have obviously already found us and we sincerely hope you consider us a “good” chiropractic office in the Kansas City area. However, what if you have a friend in another city or are moving to another city? We often get asked how somebody in those
There are numerous things that cause sciatica or sciatic like pain. Last week we looked at disc herniations or disc bulges putting pressure on the nerve roots and causing sciatica. The focus of this article will be on adhesions along the sciatic nerve that cause sciatica and how nerve flossing can help. I’ve always pictured
Here we are. Last week of the shoulder series. We started with the shoulder joint itself not moving enough. We then moved on to the shoulder blade being too mobile. We’ll end on the shoulder blade not moving enough or a cause of shoulder impingement. We see this more often in individuals that have very
Rotator Cuff Tears and Shoulder Pain Surgery Right? Dr. Tom Cotter, DC, DACRB Active Health KC So often we hear of a friend or family member that has been struggling with ongoing shoulder pain. Most try to ignore it for a while. Eventually they go to their doctor. The doctor takes either an X-ray or
Headaches and How to Fix Them – Part 4 Posture and Your Headaches Helping Prairie Village eliminate their headaches Finally, here we are. The final part to our four part headache series. A culmination of it all. This week we are looking at posture and how it affect your headaches. Poor posture leads to everything
One of our pet peeves is when we, as chiropractors, get lumped in with all other chiropractors. While we share the same profession as our colleagues, that’s where a lot of the similarity ends. The purpose of this blog is to emphasize a few of these differences. Two Types of Chiropractors A good way to
Common Gym Exercises to Avoid It pains us to see some people routinely performing exercises that are destroying their bodies. The worst part of it is that many people believe they are actually helping themselves! The purpose of this article is to look at five gym exercises that you shouldn’t be performing, tell you why,