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by Health Touch Chiropractic | Nov 13, 2012 | Health Articles

Stress that is short term can be beneficial in that it serves to focus our attention on important matters. However, when stress becomes ongoing and chronic, it can cause immense problems for the sufferer and may end up in depression. It can adversely affect our performance at work and elsewhere, and it can lead to...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | Nov 8, 2012 | Health Articles

If your home is subjected to leaves falling each year, you’ll have to rake them up, and probably more than once each season. And you’ll almost certainly know about the consequences of leaf-raking on the body, including strain and pain in the neck, the upper and lower back, and in the shoulders. Just because you’re...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | Nov 6, 2012 | Health Articles

What is Workplace Ergonomics? Workplace ergonomics is the practice of designing or redesigning the area in which a person works to the specific needs and job requirements of that person. It follows that, for an ergonomic workplace to be created, a proper assessment of the environment must first of all take place so that appropriate...
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by Health Touch Chiropractic | Nov 1, 2012 | Health Articles

Your sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in your body, and runs from the lower back, down through the buttock, and all the way into the lower leg, where it controls the muscles in that area. It also provides sensation to the thighs, legs, and the soles of the feet. When the sciatic...
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