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Douse the Flames of Inflammation

By on Friday, April 29th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Our ances­tors from the Stone Age sur­vived because their phys­i­ol­ogy evolved to match the envi­ron­ment that existed back then. But the typ­i­cal diet and lifestyle of today — far dif­fer­ent from those of Pale­olithic times — puts you at risk for chronic degen­er­a­tive conditions.

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Top 5 Exercises to Strengthen Your Shoulder and Avoid Rotator Cuff Problems

By on Monday, April 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Shoul­der prob­lems are an all-too-common occur­rence. Dr. Lavine offers guid­ance on the best exer­cises to keep your shoul­der flex­i­ble, strengthen your rota­tor cuff, and avoid shoul­der pain.

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Rebuilding Cartilage Health: One More Rationale for Chiropractic Adjustments

By on Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Car­ti­lage is an exam­ple of a bod­ily tis­sue that’s been honed to a high degree of per­fec­tion over our mil­lion plus years of evo­lu­tion­ary devel­op­ment. (Quick anatomy refresher course:  car­ti­lage cov­ers the ends of bones where they meet to form a joint.) Here’s one exam­ple of its design genius:  The fric­tion between two car­ti­lage sur­faces is […]

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Barefoot Running Benefits — Reality or Hype?

By on Friday, April 8th, 2011 | 3 Comments

I heard a lot about “bare­foot” run­ning and wanted to find out more about it, so I read much of the research and even tried it out myself.…

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Cardio Conditioning for Back Pain

By on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Proper exer­cise is crit­i­cal to alle­vi­at­ing low back pain and keep­ing it from com­ing back. Exer­cises for core sup­port and spine lim­ber­ing are well-established modal­i­ties in the war on back pain. But what about the spe­cific effects of car­dio­vas­cu­lar con­di­tion­ing on the low back?

Can low back pain suf­fer­ers help them­selves by hit­ting the treadmill?

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