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Chiropractic care is a viable treatment for a number of conditions that occur due to spine misalignment. Treatment also includes evaluation of leg lengths discrepancies, the application of approved heel lifts, and orthotics implementation in order to help relieve Lower Back Pain as well as enhance athletic performance.

More on Heel Lifts

Heel lifts (which are commonly referred to as shoe inserts) are often used as a form of therapy for leg-length differences which can lead to knee, hip, joint, and back pain. Heel lifts attempt to reduce stress that gets put on the Achilles’ tendon during the healing process in addition to other rehabilitation purposes.

Orthotics

Orthotics, right in line with heel lifts,  are custom-made heel inserts which are designed to reduce knee, hip, joint, and back pain.

Heel lifts and orthotics can also be used by athletes to improve foot support, bolster speed, and prevent future injury.

If you’dl like to learn more about inserts, orthotics, and how you can treat low back pain, knee pain, hip pain, and joint pain, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to schedule your consultation. We help athletes, family members, and anybody else in need of all-natural, drug-free pain relief.

Acupuncture offers many distinct benefits for a variety of patients with a variety of physical and spiritual ailments. We’ll focus on the physical today, as acupuncture provides drug-free pain relief to patients who choose acupuncture as a treatment.

Below, Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope provides more information about acupuncture and pain relief.

Acupuncture: Now Being Used in the US and Many Other Western Countries

Acupuncture is now being used in the US and other Western countries to help treat conditions that arise from injury as well as everyday wear and tear, conditions like low back pain, nerve pain (like shingles), headaches, arthritis, inflammation, fibromyalgia, even menopause pains, and menstrual cramps.

Acupuncture Activates the Body’s Natural Pain-Killers

Acupuncture is believed by many to be effective in pain relief through releasing the body’s natural endorphins, the body’s own pain-killing chemicals which are interconnected with the part of the brain that manages serotonin, which is a chemical in your brain involved with mood.

Try Acupuncture at Zero Risk

Acupuncture is virtually risk-free, too. The advent of more pragmatic, single-use, sealed needle packages has all but eliminated risks of getting blood-borne infections HIV or hepatitis B. 

If you have any questions about how acupuncture can help you with everyday pain and injury, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to schedule your consultation.

Did you know that acupuncture offers distinct benefits to women going through menopause? Common symptoms that women experience during menopause include hot flashes, pain and discomfort, sleep issues, mood swings, and more. 

Acupuncture is actually showing itself to be a viable treatment for patients who do not wish to undergo hormone therapy. 

One Danish study team that was spearheaded by KammaSundgaardLund (from the department of public health over at the University of Copenhagen) noted that patients who utilized acupuncture showed improvement when it came to hot flashes, not to mention reduction of overall night sweats, sleep dysfunction, emotional imbalance, not to mention skin and hair problems. 

80% of the women who explored acupuncture during this study expressed that they felt acupuncture had been effective in reducing their menopause symptoms.

We are also finding that acupuncture is better for moderate to severe cases of menopause symptoms, which means that the harder a patient goes through menopause, the more acupuncture kicks into gear!

If you have any questions about how acupuncture can help relieve or do away with your menopause symptoms altogether, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to schedule your consultation. We have a long track record of helping patients from all walks of life.

You might have heard myths and rumors about what to do if you’re trying to induce labor. Going on a gnarly hike might be one you’ve heard. Some doctors even suggest that having intercourse can induce labor. However, acupuncture remains a treatment that even medical professionals are starting to consider as a viable assistant to a smooth-going childbirth process.

The Facts Are Not Quite In

Medical professionals generally agree that there simply is not enough evidence to support the viability of acupuncture when it comes to inducing labor, however, studies have suggested a causal link. One University of North Carolina study found that women who received acupuncture were more likely to go through labor without medical or surgical intervention. 70% of women who received acupuncture went into labor on their own while only 50% of those who received standard care went into labor on their own.

Acupuncture Stimulates the Body

If you receive acupuncture while pregnant, there’s a good chance certain areas of the body will be avoided due to their stimulating effects. During labor induction, these sensitive areas are now incorporated, which can inspire the body to go into labor sooner.

Acupuncture is Win-Win

Even if your acupuncture session doesn’t quite send you into labor that night or the following day, you’ll achieve a more restful night of sleep as a result and be more comfortable and relaxed during this key stage of motherhood.

Contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope if you’d like to know more about how chiropractic treatments and acupuncture can help you during pregnancy.

Whether you get your screen time in with your smartphone, tablet, TV, laptop, or personal computer (or, more likely, some combination of all of these things), chances are you’re putting strain on your body just as much as your eyes.

We generally hold our phones low in our hands and crane our neck downwards to read texts and articles, which puts a tremendous amount of strain on your neck and your back.

Sitting in front of the computer for long periods of time, even if you’re sitting with perfect posture will also put strain on your neck and your spine, making it compress, much like a spring experiencing pressure.

Chiropractic adjustments are a great way to relieve excessive hours:

• Looking at our cellphones
• Staring at the computer
• Sitting in awkward positions 
• Hauling around backpacks
• And more!

Chiropractic adjustments also help relieve pain and tension due to lack of upper body exercise and core engagement. 

If you’d like to learn more about how exactly chiropractic adjustments can help set your back, neck, and spine up for success, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope. Chiropractic re-alignment might just be the drug-free, all-natural solution to a variety of your problems and ailments.

At Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope we would like to remind our patients and readership that, as we start to head into the tail end of September, it’s actually a great time to assess how this year’s wellness goals are going. How are you stacking up to the original goals you set out for yourself?

How Do You Feel?

If you’ve been staying up on exercise, nutrition, as well as engaging in effective recovery methods like yoga and chiropractic treatment, you should be feeling increasingly better. As you fine-tune your routine, zero in on the foods and beverages that you’ve noticed get great results for you nutritionally. In yoga we know the moves that feel great, so let’s explore those more than the ones we can tell put undue pressure on areas of the body. The same should be true with your fitness routine.

Where Can You Improve?

When it comes to the mind, body, spirit, work, and familial aspects of our lives, there might be some areas where we are noticeably slacking. Let’s focus on improving in these areas while making sure that it doesn’t come at a detriment to the other aspects.

Schedule An Appointment with Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope!

Seeing your chiropractor as Q3 of 2019 comes to a close is a great way to assess how your body is doing since you’ve been on your active wellness routine. Schedule your appointment today. We have a long track record of keeping our patients healthy and well.

Maybe you’ve never heard the expression “You’re only as healthy as your spine” but just because you’ve never heard the expression doesn’t make it any less true. As a matter of fact, your spine is incredibly important when it comes to motion and movement, not to mention communication between your brain and the rest of your body.

If your spine is out of whack, that means that all sorts of problems can start to occur, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, leg pain, insomnia, dim bulb, GI problems, compromised immune system, and more.

Below are a few ways to keep your spine healthy.

Engage Your Core

When you’re exercising, it’s important that you engage your core muscle group. Sure, it might not be as fun or as sexy as working more popular muscles like the arms and chest, but you’ll start to feel amazing after a few workouts. Eventually, your body will start to feel bad when you don’t engage your core during workouts.

Hydrate

Water is to humans what engine oil is to automobiles. Making sure that you drink the requisite amount of water each day will have your body, brain, and spine working at optimum capacity.

Visit Your Local Chiropractor

Visiting your local chiropractor will help ensure that your spine is in line at all times. Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to provide an immense amount of benefits including drug-free pain relief, increased range of motion, improved immune system and bodily functionality, increased cognitive function, and more. Contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to schedule your consultation.

Millions of Americans are in various types of pain, pain which is often treated with prescription medicines that simply mask symptoms instead of treating underlying problems effectively. If you’ve recently experienced an injury or are living with pain of some sort, it’s understandable that you might be interested in drug-free pain relief, especially in the face of today’s opioid crisis.

Below are a few ways to treat pain without resorting to medication. Drug-free pain relief is at least worth consideration, where prescription medication might be looked at as a last resort.

Chiropractic Treatments

Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to provide drug-free pain relief for problems related to the back, neck, spine, legs, and joints. Continuous treatment can help relieve chronic pain (like rheumatoid arthritis).

Yoga and Meditation

Many of our pains are related to daily wear and tear that we undergo from our jobs and our chosen activities. Yoga and meditation are both great ways to relieve the body and brain from the day’s events.

Breathing and Mindfulness Exercises

Your body has a built-in pain relief system that is strengthened by controlled breathing exercises and engaging in mindfulness exercises. Instead of using medication to numb yourself, explore your own ability to sit with (and even dissolve) various pains before considering drug intervention.

Contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope to schedule your consultation if you’re living with pain that you think might be alleviated from all-natural, drug-free chiropractic treatments. We have a long track record of keeping our patients healthy and well. 

Keeping a healthy diet is one of the foundational practices of living a healthy life. If you combine a healthy diet with chiropractic treatments, you’ll unlock untold health benefits, including drug-free pain relief, improved cognitive function, increased flexibility and range of motion, not to mention improved immune system.

Below are a few ways to quickly improve your diet.

1.) Eat Good Food or Don’t Eat

If it comes down to either eating fast food or not at all, choose the not at all. There is not a whole lot of nutritional value. It’s best to hold off until you can eat clean, whole foods.

2.) Eat Smaller Portions

Eat smaller portions for easier digestion. Eating 5 smaller meals is preferable to 2-3 throughout the day.

3.) Eat for Fuel

Think about what you eat and what it does for your nutritionally. Try to only eat things that are good for you.

4.) Eat the Color Wheel

Try to eat all of the colors of the color spectrum, green, purple, blue, red, orange, etc. You’ll find yourself eating innovative salads, healthy vegetables, and clean whole foods as a result.

5.) Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate

Staying hydrated is of paramount importance in maintaining a healthy balance. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water.

Contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to learn more about how chiropractic treatment along with a balanced diet can improve your overall wellness.

Those who practice martial arts, whether it be Muay Thai, boxing, MMA, wrestling, and other forms for combat sports stand to gain a tremendous amount of benefits from chiropractic treatments. Read on for a few ways that chiropractic benefits martial artists.

Drug-Free Pain Relief

Martial arts hurt when it comes right down to it. Whether you’re taking shots directly, blocking, or even throwing effective shots, you’re putting a tremendous amount of pressure on your spine, which results in a tremendous amount of wear and tear on your back that can certainly result in pain. Chiropractic is an effective form of drug-free pain relief.

Boost Mental Clarity

Chiropractic treatments will help improve your mood, boost cognitive function, not to mention improve your hand-eye coordination, which will help make you more effective in your training.

improved Range of Motion

Chiropractic treatments help improve your range of motion, which will help you throw more effective kicks and help your overall movement while training and sparring.

If you have any additional questions about how chiropractic treatments can benefit you, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today. We have a long track record of keeping a diverse set of patients healthy and well.