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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 23, 2013 | Health Articles
Fibromyalgia can create many challenges for a person suffering with this disorder. The challenges often go well beyond the typical characteristic of chronic pain. Suffering from chronic pain alone can be debilitating. For a fibromyalgia sufferer just trying to explain all of their locations of pain is often confusing to their doctor and to complicate...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 21, 2013 | Health Articles
Most people that have experienced this painful condition will call it a "pinched nerve", exclaiming, "it feels like I've pinched a nerve". However, the majority of the time there's a bit more going on! Between each of the bones of the spine there are a pair of openings, which are individually called the intervertebral foramen...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 16, 2013 | Health Articles
Whether you are a competitive athlete in training or a person who just wants to keep fit by visiting the gym frequently, protecting your back and spine from injuries during workouts is not only the most important but your first priority. Studies found that after injuries to the hand, injuries to areas ranging from the...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 14, 2013 | Health Articles
As a child, you were probably told a few times to “Stand up straight!”, “Sit up straight!” or my favorite "Stop Slouching!" Good posture isn't really about being “straight”. The basis for good posture is a “neutral and balanced” position that minimizes asymmetrical strain on the various joints of the body. That means that we...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 9, 2013 | Health Articles
Scoliosis, an abnormal sideways curvature of the spine, primarily affects girls between the ages of 8 and 18. It will often onset with what appears to be a postural distortion: one shoulder higher than the other or the torso shifted or twisted to one side. However, if it is allowed to advance it can become...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | May 7, 2013 | Health Articles
Have you ever woken up after a full night’s sleep and felt more exhausted than when you went to bed? Of course you have, but what is the difference between good sleep and bad sleep? The difference is in our sleep cycle and most importantly about the REM our brain was able to experience during...
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