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Chiropractic for Football Players and Fans Alike

Today, professional football players have access to highly trained sports medicine practitioners to keep them in fighting form. Professional teams now rely on the presence of professionals like chiropractors to take the best possible care of the players, treating injuries but also maintaining alignment and balance for optimal performance. This reality led to the formation […]

ADHD is a more common condition these days, many children are being diagnosed with it and more and more medications are being prescribed. While medications have their place, there’s lots of other things that Manhattan ADHD patients can do to help their condition and help more. We recently posted an article on the positive effects […]

Fibromyalgia is a very real condition which is widely misunderstood. Because those who live with fibromyalgia may soldier on despite the pain they’re often in, people tend to think that because they don’t “look sick”, that they’re either hypochondriacs or fishing for attention. And that’s really sad. I treat fibromyalgia sufferers, so I know what […]

Our New York whiplash doctor found that studies show that in a rear end collision, injuries described as whiplash associated disorders (WAD) happen because of hyperextension of the lower cervical spine and hyperflexion of the upper cervical spine. This can lead to many injuries to the bony / soft tissues of the neck. Some of […]

When you strike out to do something new in your life, it’s not unusual to make a few mistakes while you’re trying to get it right. That’s how we live and learn. And exercise is no different. If you’ve resolved to change the way you feel with exercise, you’re eager to enjoy the benefits and […]

Winter is coming, so it’s time to get all our ducks in a neat little row, ready to face the most inclement of seasons. That means fall cleaning. Packing away the patio furniture, power washing the deck and getting the lawn seeded makes us feel the hatches are duly battened down. Achievement! But fall cleaning […]

If you find yourself running with back pain in New York, this information can help you. It’s not an uncommon condition and we see many patients with this complaint at our 58th Street clinic here in Manhatten. In fact, a recent study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine conducted a study of 72 […]

Biking is a relaxing, healthy activity beloved by millions of people around the world. But it’s also a sport which can lead to serious injuries, if you’re not careful. And many of those injuries are visited on the structures of the spine in the back and neck. While accidents certainly do happen, you can prevent […]

Arthritis is a common problem in people, and we see it here frequently at Back & Body NY and we get a lot of patients with neck pain in Manhattan. There are multiple different types of arthritis, a common on being osteoarthritis (oa), known also as degenerative joint disease (djd). Osteoarthritis wears and tears at […]

Vertigo can drive you nuts, especially if you don’t know what’s causing it. The nauseating sense of dizziness or that you’re moving when you’re not can come at any time. There are several key causes for vertigo, including inner ear infections, issues in the cervical (upper) spine and strokes or heart attacks. But one of […]