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
July 24th is International Self-Care Day. With everything in our lives, we want to take the time to address self-care, the importance of it, and more. Self-care means taking care of yourself to keep yourself healthy physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It’s about the steps an individual takes to manage stressors in their life and
June is filled with quite a few awareness events to recognize the amazing men in our lives, including Father’s Day, Universal Father’s Week, Men’s Health Awareness Week, and Men’s Health Month. I’d like to especially recognize men’s health this month. Many don’t think about all the components of their health and oftentimes, men try to
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to highlight the importance of mental health and wellness. Our mental health affects how we think, feel, and act, and it also helps determine how we deal with stress, connect with others, and make decisions in our lives. Mental health is important for our overall health and
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It’s the office worker’s ‘tennis elbow’. The problem with both of these diagnoses is they are poor over-generalizations and affect more than one isolated population. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) affects more than just the office worker. It is prevalent in pregnant women, trade workers, dentists, and more. Conventional Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment
Follow me on the story of a patient and her search for the best sleeping position. Cheryl is a stay-at-home mom. Most days she’s busy driving the kids to and from school, sports, and after school activities. Recently Cheryl and her husband had sold their house. She had been busy packing up the house and
Treatment Philosophy As we mentioned earlier finding a good chiropractor is like finding a good mechanic. Once, you’ve found a good chiropractor, or mechanic for that matter, hold onto them. It can be tricky to find another good one. Since we’ve covered how to find a good chiro, let’s talk about our thought process and
Wow, that was an amazing Super Bowl! I’m still watching highlight clips and reliving the night over and over. Honestly, we couldn’t have asked for a more exciting game. It certainly was not Mahomes’ best game, but he and the Chiefs demonstrated such resilience. It’s exciting and promising for the city to see such a
How was your sleep last night? And what about the night before that? How about three nights ago? Did you feel relaxed and refreshed each morning after getting the recommended 7-9 hours? Or are you among the growing group of people who don’t get 7+ hours each night? A 2013 Gallup poll showed that a
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
Low Back Pain Prairie Village Chiropractic Care How prevalent is low back pain today? Research has show that 70-80% of the population will suffer from low back pain. That means that in the Kansas City metro area alone, over 1,750,000 people will suffer from low back pain. Often, low back pain will go away on its
Proper Breathing Can Help Kansas City Have Less Stress Can You Really Breathe Wrong? Right now you’re probably saying, “Really? An article about breathing? What’s next, an article about watching paint dry?” While a little harsh, those are pretty fair questions. After all, if you’re reading this article, you’re obviously able to breathe, so what
We use various different treatment techniques and methods in our office, but one of the most important is the McKenzie Method of Diagnosis and Therapy, or MDT for short. Named after renowned physical therapist Robert McKenzie, this technique is an absolutely invaluable tool for muscle, joint and spinal pain. Rather than babbling on about what
My Diagnosis Doesn’t Matter?! That statement might sound a little extreme, so let me clarify it a bit. First, our clinic deals with pain and injuries. So this post is about diagnoses for musculoskeletal conditions. Hopefully, it’s obvious that if you’re dealing with pain caused by something like cancer, your diagnosis is VERY important and
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,
Pregnancy and Unresolved Back Pain: Part 2 – Post-Partum Pain Last week we focused on back pain during pregnancy. This week I want to focus on back pain after pregnancy. As mentioned before, 68% of women who experienced moderate to severe low back pain during pregnancy continue to have back pain after birth, according to
Pregnancy and Unresolved Back Pain Don’t Let Back Pain Interfere with Your Pregnancy Part 1 Our first child coming in 8 weeks and my wife is now coming in for regular visits to keep pregnancy-related back pain at bay. Pregnancy, as you can imagine, has been on my mind a lot. Pregnancy can be a
Everyone has a different viewpoint on chiropractors. Some absolutely love them while some think they’re all “quacks.” While these varying viewpoints are frustrating to us as practicing chiropractors, we can understand the confusion. Generally, it is due to the general public not really knowing what we do. So to help clear things up, this article