Have you been thinking about your eating habits lately? When you read the news, are you confused about what diet you should follow or better yet, how much you should be eating to reach your goals? I’m pretty sure, like a lot of clients of mine, you don’t like to diet, restrict the foods you love, ea...
Written by Mary Miller, AT, ATC As an Athletic Trainer in a chiropractic and rehabilitation clinic, I often treat patients of all ages for injuries resulting from deficiencies and imbalances throughout the spine due to poor posture. These injuries take years, sometimes decades to develop but when t...
Written by Mary Miller, AT, ATC People have been running since the beginning of time and a lot has stayed the same but much has changed. People used to run without shoes and on all kinds of terrain; they were not running to decompress or exercise but out of necessity for survival. Now, so many run...
Here at Midland Sports Rehab, we always have patients who come in with complaints of pain associated with sitting due to employment. No surprise that the rate at which we see these types of complaints has significantly increased since COVID-19 affected us all. People are still working from home at a...
No matter what type of sport you are active in it will have an effect on your body and sometimes not a positive one. The great news is that physical therapy can be very beneficial to athletes as it can help your joints, muscles and other systems during your training. Here are three of the benefits t...
Physical therapy is the branch of medicine that is focused on treating and improving our body’s physical conditions through the application of a wide-range of methods, such as the use of cold and hot patches, water, electricity, and massages in the most affected areas. Physical therapy has pro...
Massage has many scientifically proven health benefits for pregnancy such as stimulating the blood and lymph systems, thereby increasing immunity and removal of toxins; stabilizing hormonal levels; and adding tone and flexibility to muscles — all of which enhance the health of both you and your baby...
1. Increases Energy An acupuncture session helps to balance the body’s energy systems and helps you recharge, a forced nap so to speak! 2. Diminishes Pain Acupuncture works as a collective system throughout the body to improve blood and energy flow. By increasing blood flow to certain areas...
ART Stands for Active Release Techniques. It is a new and highly successful hands-on treatment method to address problems in the soft tissue of the body, including the muscles, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. ART treatment is highly successful in dealing with hip injuries because it is specially desi...
As more athletes discover the benefits of chiropractic care not only for injuries but additionally for increased performance, more athletes and teams are using chiropractic to gain an important edge. A recent study published in the March/April 2002 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologi...
