Tackle Back Pain Early

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Are you ignoring your low back pain (LBP) – or masking the pain temporarily with over-the-counter pain medication? That's two mistakes that can lead to chronic LBP – pain that lasts more than a few months and is tough to resolve. In fact, according to new research, once your back pain becomes chronic, your chances of getting rid of it are much lower,...

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Time to Go Green

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Take a look at the overwhelming majority of items on fast-food and restaurant menus and you'll notice a disturbing omission, particularly if we focus on color: green. You'll see plenty of brown / beige (meat, French fries, bread, etc.), but far too little green in the form of vegetables. The problem: We're fast becoming a fast-food world, eating most of...

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Get in Motion - to Prevent and Relieve Back Pain

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Most people know what back pain feels like, and whether you're pain free at the moment or in the middle of a painful episode, you probably wish you never have to feel it again. Chiropractic care is the mainstay for preventing and relieving back pain, but your chiropractor will also provide useful advice to supplement your spinal adjustments and keep you...

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Good for the Bones

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Bone health is important at any age, but particularly when we're older. Fragile, brittle bones can lead to fractures that reduce mobility and independence, and in some cases (i.e., the hip) can prove fatal. Fortunately, it appears the seeds of bone health can be planted when we're younger, especially if we participate in certain types of physical activities.

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Biological Aging 101

As we've noted on several previous occasions, biological aging is different than chronological aging. You can't control your chronological age – every day, you get another day older. But biological aging is based on variables you can control; lifestyle variables such as what you eat, how well you manage stress, and much more. More specifically, as recent...

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The Keys to Healthy Aging

Recent research paints an interesting picture of what it takes to age well. The first, a study of almost 50,000 older female nurses, found that "(g)reater gratitude at baseline was associated with a lower hazard of mortality ... the highest tertile of gratitude, compared with the lowest tertile, was associated with a lower hazard of all-cause deaths."...

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