Healthy Living

How Soon After Surgery Can You Have Chiropractic Treatment?

2020-07-14T22:59:38+00:00

Surgical operations are a standard part of modern medicine. By many estimates, the average person will have about nine surgical procedures during their lifetime, including outpatient and in-office procedures. These surgeries may be quite minor and routine, such as a mole removal - or extremely serious, as with organ transplants. Proper postoperative care is a [...]

How Soon After Surgery Can You Have Chiropractic Treatment?2020-07-14T22:59:38+00:00

Heat vs. Ice: Which Works Best for Treating Injuries?

2020-07-14T22:59:45+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   Heat vs. Ice … It may sound like the title of an upcoming blockbuster movie, but it’s a question most active people have mulled over during their life after they’ve sustained an injury. Like most dilemmas, there isn’t really an easy answer to this question. [...]

Heat vs. Ice: Which Works Best for Treating Injuries?2020-07-14T22:59:45+00:00

“If it Hurts” Campaign Kickoff

2020-07-14T22:59:55+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   The ACAC is pleased to announce the kickoff of our “If it Hurts” campaign. The campaign kicked off with our new television commercials, which can be viewed here, hitting the air on April 17. You can view all three commercials here. The commercials depict Albertans, in [...]

“If it Hurts” Campaign Kickoff2020-07-14T22:59:55+00:00

Chiropractic Tips for Gardening

2020-07-14T23:00:05+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   As the weather warms, many Albertans will be dusting off their spades and unraveling their hoses in anticipation for a spring and summer full of gardening. As peaceful and relaxing as gardening can be, it’s undeniable that it brings with it a lot bending, twisting, [...]

Chiropractic Tips for Gardening2020-07-14T23:00:05+00:00

Food for Thought: Nutritional Counselling in Chiropractic Practice

2020-07-14T23:00:16+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   We all know nutrition is an essential part of a healthy, active lifestyle. It’s been engrained in us. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” ““You are what you eat.” What may seem foreign to you though is how nutrition and chiropractic go hand-in-hand.  [...]

Food for Thought: Nutritional Counselling in Chiropractic Practice2020-07-14T23:00:16+00:00

Chiropractic a Piece of the Puzzle in Dealing with your Child’s Concussion

2020-07-14T23:00:24+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   The hardest injuries to diagnose and treat are the ones we can’t visualize. Imagine trying to tend to your child’s scrapped knee if you couldn’t see it. Even with all the publicity that concussions receive, they still remain, in large part an enigma in [...]

Chiropractic a Piece of the Puzzle in Dealing with your Child’s Concussion2020-07-14T23:00:24+00:00

Avoiding Injury While Shoveling Snow

2020-07-14T23:00:32+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   Shoveling. It’s a sad reality of living in Alberta. Every time the powdery white stuff falls, someone has to be outside to clear it. Some winters can be harsher than others, but shoveling is inescapable. What can be avoided is the stress shoveling can put [...]

Avoiding Injury While Shoveling Snow2020-07-14T23:00:32+00:00

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS COMING. DON’T MAKE GIFT WRAPPING A PAIN

2020-07-14T23:00:40+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   We’ve moved into November. Whether we like it or not, the weather is getting colder, snow is beginning to fall and……gulp……. Christmas music is already starting to ring through the speakers of your local, probably over crowded, department store. Sadly, you are only a few [...]

THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS COMING. DON’T MAKE GIFT WRAPPING A PAIN2020-07-14T23:00:40+00:00

Stay Out on the Dance Floor and Out of Pain

2020-07-14T23:00:48+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   Dance is a beautiful art form. The hallmark of a great dancer is one who incorporates fluidity and mobility into their movements. This also means a dancer is one who places tremendous stress on their body. As of 2011, 35 per cent of Canadian children aged three [...]

Stay Out on the Dance Floor and Out of Pain2020-07-14T23:00:48+00:00

Chiropractic for Tennis Elbow

2020-07-14T23:00:58+00:00

Originally posted by the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors   Tennis elbow is a misleading name for a common injury. Despite the name, tennis elbow is not just a concern for Serena Williams or Roger Federer. While tennis players can be affected by this problem, it also affects baseball players, swimmers, carpenters, plumbers, meat cutters, [...]

Chiropractic for Tennis Elbow2020-07-14T23:00:58+00:00
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