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What Does a Chiropractic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Specialist (DACRB) Do?

Physiotherapy has been a part of chiropractic care since its early days in the 1880s. Chiropractic founder D.D. Palmer taught a type of massage with “magnetic manipulation” that applied physiological therapeutics to chiropractic care. Today’s Chiropractic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (DACRB) Specialist is a chiropractor who, as the title suggests, has had extensive postgraduate training in […]

What is Scar Tissue and How Does it Affect Your Range of Motion?

Everyone develops scar tissue over time. This is the body’s normal reaction to injury—no matter how slight. Even simple actions that most people wouldn’t regard as injury-producing can lead to a buildup of scar tissue. Repetitive motions like typing, for example, can cause micro-trauma to the soft tissue (often referred to as an overuse injury), […]

Best Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis can cause more inconvenience than almost any other type of ligament inflammation, since the injured ligament is put to use every time you take a step. This means that resting it is difficult and recovery is prone to setbacks. The plantar fascia is the ligament that connects your heel to the ball of […]

The Bright Side of Aging

Our culture places a lot of value on maintaining our youth for as long as possible. But no matter how hard you try and how many products you buy that guarantee you a more youthful appearance, we all eventually grow old. But getting older does not necessarily mean that life is all downhill from the […]

The Science Behind No-Carb and Low-Carb Diets

Our earliest Paleolithic ancestors naturally followed a low-carb diet, since we hadn’t yet learned how to cultivate grains. They relied primarily on protein and fat to keep them going until about 10,000 years ago when modern humans developed agriculture. If a diet high in protein and fat had not been healthy for our ancestors, they […]

Keys to Strengthening Your Immune System

We are bombarded daily with all sorts of microbes that can cause illness. Interestingly, if we are exposed to a wide range of these microbes as children, studies have shown that we will have a lower risk of asthma and allergies as well as a stronger immune system. There are a number of factors that […]

Overview of Chiropractic Specializations

Many Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) are not only trained in standard chiropractic adjustment techniques, but also specialize in other areas as well. Like medical doctors, DCs increasingly choose to specialize in order to better treat their patients. According to Robert E. Dubro, DC, DACBOH, DABCO, president of the American Board of Chiropractic Specialties, “After graduating […]

Making Weight Loss a Public Health Challenge: Does it Really Work?

Obesity, and the chronic diseases that accompany it, cost both individuals and the government a lot in terms of both health and money. So it’s not surprising that a growing number of public health initiatives have tried to help curb the obesity epidemic in local communities. Unfortunately, most have been relatively unsuccessful. Why is this […]

Kids and Heart Disease: The Latest Research

Most of us think of heart disease as a problem that older people (or at least adults) have. However, children are increasingly becoming victims of heart disease, and at progressively earlier ages. Although heart disease is still relatively uncommon among children, more kids than ever are obese, and this has caused an uptick in factors […]

Is There Really Such a Thing as “Positive Stress”?

Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? When the going gets tough, the optimists among you can take heart—new research that has found that viewing stress positively can be of benefit to both the mind and body. When the brain perceives stress (either physical or psychological), it reacts by releasing cortisol, adrenaline and […]