Posts made in September, 2019


If you or someone you know is pregnant, consider chiropractic care. Why should pregnant women see chiropractors? Chiropractic care helps maintain the body’s spinal column, as well as discs, bones and nerves. Through chiropractic adjustments, things are aligned properly, reducing nerve stress and promoting health and wellness without drugs or surgery. When a woman is pregnant, she’ll experience many changes in her body as it prepares...

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Vertebral Subluxation Defined


Posted on Sep 22, 2019

If you visit a chiropractic office like Lakewoods Chiropractic you might hear people talking about “vertebral subluxations.” Or you might see posters on the wall with those words. To the average person, they might as well be another language. So, what are they, anyway? What’s the definition? In layman’s terms, a vertebral subluxation is a misalignment of a person’s spinal column. In the medical world, the term subluxation refers to an...

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome


Posted on Sep 15, 2019

So many people have digestive problems. And for some, their digestive problems can be labelled with terms like ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, or, most likely, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). IBS is quite common. It’s not technically a disease, but, rather, classified as a “functional disorder.” Does it have specific identifiable causes? Nope! That said, researchers think that nervous system miscommunications are probably a main...

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Shoulder Pain and the Spine


Posted on Sep 8, 2019

Do you work on a computer all day and sometimes experience shoulder pain? This is not an uncommon occurrence for many office workers all over the country, including folks here in Minnesota. Think of all the people hunched over keyboards, putting themselves in weird postures and positions during the day! While most people go to the chiropractor for neck or back pain, it’s not unusual for people with shoulder pain to pay a visit to a...

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Do some people visit the chiropractor for the purpose of headache prevention/relief? Yes! Getting “adjusted” by a chiropractor can help with headaches, including migraines. Indeed, chiropractic visits are just one of the many drug-free approaches to headache prevention. What are some others? If you do have a headache (or feel one coming on) and you want to get some relief, try using your fingers pressing both the brow line as well as...

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