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The Problem of Radiating Pain
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Many people experience radiating pain as a component of neck pain or low back pain. A person with neck pain might have pain that radiates down her arm, possibly into the hand.1 A person with low back pain might have accompanying leg pain, possibly traveling into the foot. Such arm/hand pain or leg/foot
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The Quest for Strong Abs
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
The abs rule. As a result of this not-so-subtle imperative, a flat abdominal musculature is one of the primary goals of all exercise programs. Flat abdominals have great aesthetic appeal, not only to the "owner" of those abs, but also to the person's spouse or partner.
Of course, a flat abdominal musculature
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The Rising Costs of Health Care
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Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips
Health insurance costs are out of control. We're all painfully aware of this inflationary spiral. Monthly premiums are through the roof. Co-payments keep going up and up. Out-of-pocket expenses are so high we often wonder what we're saving by purchasing health insurance at all. Every family has been
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The Skating Rink
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
In his 1856 journal, the great American philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau wrote, "I love the winter, with its imprisonment and its cold, for it compels the prisoner to try new fields and resources." Thoreau, a fearless explorer of inner and outer landscapes, welcomed opportunities to learn
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The Sounds of Summer
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
The variegated songs of the mockingbird. The crack of the bat on the baseball diamond. The screaming of little children at play in the community pool. Wherever we turn, the sounds of summer surround us in a joyful uplifting cacophony. Summertime may mean barbecue and it may mean the beach, but it also
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The Stress of Life
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Newsletter Library, Stress & Anxiety
"The Stress of Life" is a perennial bestseller by Hans Selye, written in 1956. Selye almost single-handedly introduced the notion of stress into the worldwide consciousness. By doing so, Selye changed the way we think about ourselves, our values, and how we conduct our lives.
As Selye observed, stress
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The Sunshine Vitamin
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We all know that Vitamin D is a critically important component in building strong bones and strong teeth. It turns out that Vitamin D has a vast number of additional functions.
For example, recent research shows that low Vitamin D levels is related to increased risk for diabetes as well as cardiovascular
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The Three Ps
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Pasta, pizza, and peanut butter. We've all been there. For some of us, these three delicious, yet nutritionally limited, pantry items constituted our three main food groups for months, if not years of our 20s and 30s, possibly even our 40s. But there comes a time when the party's over and we need to
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The Time Machine
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Newsletter Library, Staying Young
The Macintosh operating system contains a subprogram called "Time Machine" that allows you to reset your status to any previously saved state. Provided that you have designated a location for backups, you can literally go back in time and recover documents, directories, and applications you may have
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The Top Shelf
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Newsletter Library, Injury Rehab & Prevention
Many adults begin to develop shoulder pain, even though they may not have sustained a specific injury. It's important to pay attention to such shoulder issues, as a healthy shoulder joint is the key to full function of the upper extremities. We all know at least one person whose ability to perform normal
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The Truth About Multivitamins
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Newsletter Library, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
During a graduate nutrition course at the University of Minnesota, a professor
posed a challenge to the class: Construct a 2000 calorie-per-day diet that
at least met the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for vitamins and
minerals without the use of supplements. Most of the graduate
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Time's Arrow
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Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips
As we get older, most of us begin to experience the acceleration of the passage of time. The sensation of time passing gets faster and faster, until for many of us weeks begin to feel like days and months begin to feel like weeks. This is very disconcerting and we'd like to be able to slow things down.
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Tips for Avoiding Yard Work Pain and Injury
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Does your back, knees or neck hurt every time you work in the yard? These tips could help prevent aches and pains.
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Tips for Good Hip Health
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Having a pair of healthy hips is a key to healthy aging. But healthy hips are not only important for people in their 60s, 70s, and beyond. Your hips are one of your most important structural components, regardless of how old you are. Whether you're 20, 30, or 40, your hip joints provide biomechanical
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Tips for Safe and Healthy Travel
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Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips
Here come the holidays - Thanksgiving, Channukah, Christmas, and New Year's. And the travel - Thanksgiving is one of the biggest travel days and the day before Christmas is just as busy. If you're flying, you know what to expect - long lines, delays, crowded flights. But knowing what's to come doesn't
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To Lift or Not to Lift?
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
If a great Shakespearean protagonist had, anachronistically, joined a gym, his internal existential inquiry might have been, "To lift or not to lift?". Many centuries later, the identical inquiry, or controversy, persists. Joining a gym (health club) usually implies the new club member is going to engage
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Today's Fashion Can Be Tomorrow's Pain
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Newsletter Library, Injury Rehab & Prevention
Looking your best might not always be the best thing for you. Today's
society is extremely fashion and style conscious. Unfortunately, clothing
designers and stylists aim to please by creating unique looks that might
not always be practical or even comfortable.
The look of the season
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Too Much Tech Could be Causing Your Neck Pain
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Wondering why your neck hurts? Your tech habits could be the reason.
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Top Three Fitness Tips from the World of Dance
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
Professional dancers are a pretty select group. These elite athletes are arguably among the fittest people in the world. Dance training provides flexibility, strength, speed, and agility - qualities of which we'd all like to have more. As a result, the dancer's experience provides lifelong guidance for
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Top Two Tips for Reaching Your Normal Weight
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Newsletter Library, Weight Loss
It's well-known that one-third of American adults are overweight and an additional one-third are obese.1 In addition, 17% of U.S. children and adolescents are obese.2 Worldwide statistics are similar. These facts are strongly associated with ongoing epidemics in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Diabetes
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Travel Can Be a Pain In Your Back
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Traveling can be rough on the body. Whether you are traveling alone on businessor on your way to a sunny resort with your family, long hours in a caror an airplane can leave you stressed, tired, stiff and sore."Prolonged sitting can wreak havoc on your body," says Dr. Scott Bautch, immediate past president
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Treat Your Joint Pain With Chiropractic Care
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Are you looking for a natural way to control your joint pain?
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Treating Work Injuries With Chiropractic
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Are you eager to get back to work after an on-the-job injury? Chiropractic treatment can help.
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Treating Your Shin Splints with Chiropractic Care
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Does shin splint pain keep you on the sidelines far too often? Chiropractic care can help you get back on your feet.
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Trigger Points and Pain
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Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain
Trigger points are persistent, localized muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain. Trigger points alone may be responsible for many cases of neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. This relationship is fairly common knowledge among physicians who treat pain, including chiropractors,
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Triple Axel
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Newsletter Library, Exercise & Fitness
Mao Asada, Silver Medalist in Ladies Figure Skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, landed three triple axels in the competition, a feat no competitor had done before. There are no easy figure skating jumps, spins, or technical elements, but the triple axel is particularly difficult. This jump has many
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Turn Your Medicine Chest into a First-Aid Cabinet
Category:
Newsletter Library, Wellness
Many people have medicine chests in their bathroom, small shelving units filled with bottles of pills, capsules, and tablets. Others, instead, have first-aid and personal grooming cabinets in their bathrooms, containing rows of bandages, tubes of antiseptic, rubbing alcohol, and adhesive tape, as well
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Turn off the Television
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Health & Wellness, Wellness Lifestyle Tips, Treat Yourself Well
There are three major trends in the health of both children and adults that have public health workers concerned: an increase in obesity, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and the amount of time spent watching television. Several recently published research studies indicate that television may be the
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Understanding How the Spine Works
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Do you know how the spine functions?
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Ups and Downs
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Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention
Is it possible that ups and downs with respect to our health and well-being are yet another reflection of the ebb and flow of all things? Aren't ups and downs part of the natural process of life? If ups and downs are natural, should you really be concerned with the downs? Isn't disease merely the normal
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Videos, Books, & Internet
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Health & Wellness, Wellness Essentials, Exercise
With today's technology there really is no good excuse not to stretch and exercise properly. You can check out exercise videos for free at the local library, rent them from video stores or access free information online. You can even purchase exercise, yoga and pilates programs to download onto your
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Viscoelasticity: The Hidden Ingredient
Category:
Newsletter Library, Injury Rehab & Prevention
Most of us have experienced a painful bout of low back pain brought on by a seemingly innocuous movement such as bending over to pick up a pencil or a dropped set of keys. These painful episodes may last a couple of days or be more severe and last more than a week. We're left wondering, "What exactly
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Vitamin D - The Superstar Supplement
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Newsletter Library, Wellness
You may remember the public health slogan, "Vitamin D helps build strong bones". This message could be seen on colorful school posters and heard on radio and television programs as early as the1950s. Getting enough Vitamin D was a major health issue, primarily for its role in preventing childhood rickets
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Vitamins & Supplements
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Health & Wellness, Wellness Essentials, Nutrition
Unless you live on an organic farm, most experts agree that we should take a daily supplement in order to ensure that our bodies are receiving the nutrients necessary to promote our optimum health. Multi-vitamin supplements help your body stay nourished to keep healthy and strong. One of my favorite
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Vitamins for Vitality
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Newsletter Library, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
People often wonder about taking vitamins. Should I bother? Are they worth the money? Which ones should I take? In order, the answers are yes, yes, and ask your chiropractor to recommend the brand best for you. Why take vitamins at all? The purpose of supplementation is to cover all bases -- to make
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