Gadget Apps and Posture Co-morbidities A recent sampling of a group of young people in their twenties confirmed what I feared could happen and it is happening. Posture problems are getting worse and affecting an even larger percentage of the population, especially the children. What’s behind it? What could be having such a broad-based negative influence on so many people? If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
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Scoliosis Perspective Treatment of scoliosis, the lateral curving of the spine in an ‘S’ shape, is commonly misunderstood. The first thing to understand is that this is not a dreaded disease that medical scare tactics have forced many into undergoing spinal surgery. Second, spinal experts agree that a cure for scoliosis is not possible. To suggest this is irresponsible. The ideal process to best manage scoliosis is early identification at the ages of 8 or 9 for advanced cases and…
There is a growing public opinion and awareness of the importance of good posture. This is not a new topic discussed here on docMIKEblog.com. This author has been quoted as saying: “As the Eyes are the mirror to your Soul, Posture is the mirror to your Health.” Today we can walk into a number of retail stores and find various products being sold that attest to improving one’s posture. Are they really able to do that? Truth is yes and…
With everyone spending more and more time in regular use of their gadgets chiropractors are concerned about the higher incidence of Forward Head Posture we see with our patients. In early years this can alter normal development of the spine subjecting children to Kyphosis or Kyphoscoliosis. As we open this topic I would like to point our readers to a National Posture Campaign that can provide useful tools to improve posture. The best way to make the case is to let…
With so many Call Centers in operation in the Philippines it is not surprising that an industry focused on International telecom service solutions recognizes the need to address repetitive postural stress aspect of their workforce. This week the Philippine College of Science and Technology invited me to present information on Posture and Ergonomics to their students, to their faculty and to the corporate partners in Industry. In the same week I was approached by the makers of BackJoy to work…
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Fitness Focus – Thera-Band Rubber Tubing Exercises
Posted on 06/21/2014
Many of my chiropractic patients suffer with shoulder and other extremity problems; which are present in addition or in part as the result of their spine and nerve conditions; such as spinal misalignments and related nerve entrapment or irritation. I am placing this Thera-Band Instructional Manual on my blog to refer my patients to this manual and to promote general rehabilitative health to our community. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
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Chiropractic Focus – Lordosis and Kyphosis explained
Posted on 11/22/2013The word scoliosis is a word we have all heard before; it is the lateral bending of the spine mostly observed to the left and right and back again to form the letter ‘S’. Two other terms that you may have heard somewhere are Lordosis and Kyphosis, and these are forward bending of the spine and backward bending of the spine, respectively. At the time of birth we all have a spine shaped in a ‘C’ or in the fetal…
Martha had dropped her cup of tea more than once and naturally began to worry about what that meant. Her doctor had her undergo an MRI of the neck area and the results were quite shocking to her since she had so little neck complaints over the years. What was so surprising was the advanced levels of spinal disc degeneration with associated disc bulging that was there in black and grey on the MRI image and how the discs had…
Chiropractic Fitness Health Wellness, general
Spinal Hygiene – Tindig Diretso! Pinoy
Posted on 08/26/2013
Spinal Hygiene is Chiropractic’s contribution to Public Health! Spinal Hygiene is more important than Oral Hygiene but not as well understood and not yet established in public health. Posture Screening Campaign we call: Tindig Diretso! Pinoy Mabuhay Chiropractic did thousands of spinal screenings on school children in Makati City and Bacoor Cavite, Philippines. These screenings tested advanced protocols designed to serve as Pre-Scoliosis screenings and to serve as a model for public and private schools in the Philippines to follow. If you liked…