If you suffer from any condition that compromises your sense of balance, there are exercises that can help you to improve your balance, strengthen your spine and restore your overall vestibular function. Depending on the cause of your condition, these simple exercises may help to alleviate many of your balance problems. Always consult your physician [...]
A recent article that showed up examiner.com titled “Low back pain? Think twice about seeing a chiropractor.” talks about how seeing a chiropractor for low back pain has no real benefit, provides little treatment, and may not be worth the cost. Bain de Vie | Advanced Chiropractic Care begs to differ and here is why: [...]
Falling is a common and serious problem for the elderly. Falls are associated with injury, decreased independent function, premature admission to nursing homes, and even early death. The incidence and severity of complications related to falling increases steadily after age 60. In 2005, more than 1.6 million seniors were treated in emergency departments for fall-related [...]
Bad cholesterol, depression, high blood pressure; these are all conditions that often prompt a trip to the pharmacy. But now, physicians are administering a different treatment entirely: produce. Doctors at select clinics across the country are writing some obese patients “prescriptions” for fruits and vegetables. The Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program provides daily $1 subsidies to buy [...]
Though it’s mostly one-sided and sometimes plays like a commercial for the alternative medical community, “Doctored” makes a cogent case for real cooperation between Western medicine and less traditional protocols. Writer-director Bobby Sheehan (he also produced and shot the documentary) begins by exploring chiropractic care and presents a case that, despite mainstream medicine’s longtime crusade to brand [...]