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Why would a parent not take a child to see a chiropractor? The basic answer might come down to no information or incorrect information.
Here are three basic reasons why not: 1. They don’t know about Chiropractic, 2. They don’t know about the potential benefits of Chiropractic or, 3. They think that a Chiropractic adjustment might [...]

Americans spend a lot of money to find relief from back and neck pain problems. With expenditures rising annually, people should be experiencing more relief, but that does not seem to be the case according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A recent study conducted at the University of Washington, Seattle, [...]

Two recent surveys point to widespread and growing use of alternative forms of medical treatment in both the United States and in Canada. In the US, more that 37% of households regularly turn to alterative treatments over those provided only by a medical doctor and drugs. In Canada, the figure is over 50%.
The US survey [...]

Today’s adult athletes are competing in sports much later in their lives than did players of pre­vious generations. Baseball players don’t “hang up the spikes at 29,” they play in senior leagues into their 60s and 70s. Tennis players compete in their own national championships into their 90s. Golfers continue to compete as seniors well [...]

The health of the heart and the death rate due to heart disease has made an interesting increase over the past 150 years. In the 1800s, death by heart attack was almost unheard of. Now, it has taken the position of the single largest killer of American men and women.
According to statistics provided by the [...]

Numerous factors in a person’s life and lifestyle seem to have an effect on whether or not they chose to use the services of a chiropractor to help them through their daily activities. Recently, Chiropractic & Osteopathy, a publication of the Chiropractic & Osteopathic College of Australasia presented some interesting find­ings
The study in particular took [...]

When should a child have their very first Chiropractic examination? The recommended answer to that would be as soon after birth as possible and then continue to have them adjusted right on through childhood.
A child is susceptible to spinal trauma from the birth process and all the way through their childhood when they take many [...]

Whether there is indeed a posture crisis among children in our population today is a point of debate. However, with youngsters spending many hours behind computers or in front of television sets, not to mention lugging around backpacks of many shapes and varying sizes, the possibility of misplaced posture seems greater than in decades past.
Many [...]