San Jose Chiropractor, A Chiropractic Blog

Sleep Health: Sleeping Postures from Flikli on Vimeo . We all know good posture during the day is healthy for us...but what about when you're sleeping? Check out the rest of our series on sleep & sleep health here: https://vimeo.com/album/3442692 *Interested in licensing these videos for institutional or corporate use? Get in touch at hello@flikli.com or visit us at http://flikli.com ! Loose transcript of the video. Posture is important for improved health & increased productivity. Research shows that good posture during sleep improves mood and lowers health risks. Sleeping on your back relieves your spine of pressure. More likely to snore. Side sleepers lower chance of heartburn but also severe numbness & tingling to arms and legs. Stomach sleepers least likely to snore can also cause long-term damage to low back and neck. Reduce by placing pillows under shoulder or hips. Posture is important 24 hrs a day. Other quick tips and some views from a chir...

October is both Breast Cancer Awareness month (with link)  and National Chiropractic Health month . They should make it a health awareness month and have people post at least one health awareness tip on social media. Some infographics about chiropractic: Putting Neck Pain Treatment Risks into Perspective Risk of death from spine surgery: 1,800 per 1 million 1 Risk of serious side effects/death from cervical spine (neck) surgery: 500 in 1 million 2 Risk of death from combined use of NSAIDS/aspirin: 153 per 1 million 3 Risk of death from aspirin: 25 per 1 million 4 Association between neck manipulation and stroke: about 1 in 5.85 million adjustments 5 (or     Feel free to look at some NCHM brochures: Conservative Care Brochure Back Pain Brochure Neck Pain Brochure Visiting a Chiropractor Brochure More articles regarding health: TV news interview for NCHM Why are you looking at my back when I have foot pain? Opioid prescriptions led to 92,...

Connecticut advocacy groups are trying to force chiropractors warn patients of strokes with every chirorpractic neck adjustment. Strokes after a chiropractic adjustment is probably one of the most common concerns that I find with patients who have never had chiropractic treatment. It is almost like the "dirty" little secret in chiropractic. Chiropractic stroke aka "vertebral artery dissection" (VAD) and "vertebrobasilar arterial ischemia" (VBI) can occur in the beauty salons with "Beauty parlor stroke syndrome," painters, swimming and bow hunting. For a good source of information about chiropractic strokes, you can visit chiro.org's link here or NCMIC's brochure here . It is important to keep in mind some common symptoms associated with strokes in general: 5 D’s And 3 N’s: SIGNS OF STROKE Diplopia -- Double vision or other vision problems Dizziness -- Vertigo, light-headedness Drop attacks -- Sudden numbness/weakness of face/arm/l...