holidays

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Your Guide to Pain-Free Holiday Travel

Ending Chronic Pain /

Holiday travel can be brutal on your body. Long hours spent jammed into a small seat on an airplane has the potential to cause a flare up of pain in your low back or neck. Even if you are traveling by car, be careful when lifting suitcases that are stuffed with an entire closet worth of clothes and gifts.  Proper spinal alignment can help your body function at it’s the highest level and keep the holiday back pain at bay!

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Treat Yourself To Good Health

General Nutrition /

Treat yourself to good health this holiday season by making good choices with your nutrition. The week between the end of the holidays and the new year can be a difficult time to eat healthy. The abundant leftovers, travel, and stress make it easy to compromise and stop by the drive-thru on the way home. But, did you know recent research indicates that the foods you eat can actually impact your likelihood of getting sick?

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How To Avoid Getting Sick During The Holidays

General Nutrition, Handling Stress /

 Do you get sick around the same time each year? The stress of the holidays (if not carefully managed) can wreak havoc on your immune system. When you feel stressed out, your immune system’s ability to fight off harmful bacteria and infections is reduced. The stress hormone cortisol can suppress the effectiveness of your immune system, and many people become more prone to a not-so-healthy coping mechanism like eating inflammatory foods, smoking, and getting less sleep as a result.

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Feeling Great This Holiday Season

Ending Back and Neck Pain, Handling Stress /

The holidays often bring plenty of cheer…and a healthy dose of seasonal stress. Between the travel, parties, and shopping, there are a lot of demands placed on your time, your mind, and your body, and all this commotion can result in muscle spasms and the re-occurrence of familiar aches and pains. For many people, these aches show up in two distinct areas – the low back and the neck and shoulders. Sound familiar?

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How Stress Affects The Body

Handling Stress /

The holidays are STRESSFUL!!! Chemical, emotional and physical stress lead to complications within your body and even death. Stress along the nerves or your spine interferes with your organs and how they function. These interferences, called subluxation, can cause sleep issues, low energy, allergies, digestive issues, reproductive issues, anxiety, depression, headaches and more.  Are your

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