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Running is great for cardiovascular health, but it’s hard on your joints and on your back, neck, and spine. Nearly as often as you get in those miles you should be getting in stretching sessions, yoga classes, and even visits with your local chiropractic care specialists.

Below are a few tips for runners that may end up saving you from pain and discomfort associated with running.

1.) Engage in Active Recovery

If you’re vegging out on your days off, stop! It’s better to go on a nice long walk or a hike, or even to take a weekend yoga class low in intensity. Your body will remain active yet have the space it needs to recover from a previous workout.

2.) Stretch it Out

Whether you stretch at home, watch yoga videos from home, or attend a yoga class multiple times a week, you should be stretching out your body and relieving tension that running certainly attributes to.

3.) Invest in Good Shoes

You have to figure a good pair of running shoes will last you 300-400 miles. Your running shoes should be some of your most expensive and supportive shoes. Try to get them made custom if you’re willing to spring for it because they’re worth it.

Another thing you can do to save your back and your joints is schedule regular visits with Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope. We have a long history of keeping our patients healthy and well, as well as treating any pain and discomfort that comes about from living an active lifestyle.

Back pain comes in many shapes and sizes and can come about from a variety of everyday activities, not to mention strenuous activities of any sort.

When back pain strikes it’s hardly ever at a convenient time. Back pain can disrupt your daily routine and even leave you unable to perform your function at work. Back pain is actually the 3rd most common reason patients visit a physician, behind skin disorders and joint disorders.

Below are some of the most common reasons for back pain.

Improper Lifting Technique

Many of our back pains can be chalked up to trying to lift something the wrong way, which can seriously tweak our back, neck, and spine.

Car Accident

Car accidents are among the most common reasons patients experience back pain, usually in the form of whiplash.

Workplace Injury

Workplace injuries happen quite commonly. Injuries occur while lifting something the wrong way at work, from performing the same motion over and over, or sitting at an uncomfortable desk for hours on end.

Bulging Disks

Disks are made up of soft material that can bulge or rupture, which can then press on a nerve, creating back pain.

One simple, drug-free solution to back pain is visiting your local chiropractor in Brooklyn, NY. Community Chiropractic & Accupuncture of Park Slope has a long track record of keeping our patients healthy and well.

Many pains and injuries that we experience throughout our lives are due to stress. Many of us are living the grind culture, which has us working 40+ hours a week, some of us raising families on top of that — all while trying to keep a healthy diet, maintain and keep healthy relationships, and find a little time for ourselves in between.

Below are a few ways you can reduce your stress levels to increase your well-being and help you achieve new levels of health and wellness.

1.) Eat Well

Eating the right foods (which should include plenty of vegetables) is paramount to keeping a healthy body and mind. Eating too much sugar and having too much caffeine can make us feel jittery, anxious, and increase overall stress levels.

2.) Work Out Hard

Pushing yourself to physical exertion is a great way to reduce stress, relieve anxiety, and let your body do what it needs to do. You’ll get a restful night of sleep as a result.

3.) Chill Out

Meditating and taking the time to practice deep breathing exercises will help reduce your stress, increase mental clarity, and help put your mind at ease in an oftentimes chaotic world.

Chiropractic adjustments are also a great way to manage pain, reduce chances of injury, and help you maintain optimum physical and mental health.

If you have any additional questions about how you can reduce your stress levels for peak wellness, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today to schedule your consultation.

Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope would like to remind our patients that living a healthy lifestyle is the cornerstone of achieving peak wellness, not to mention avoiding injury.

Making sure that you get a restful night of sleep is paramount to staying well and making sure that you’re alert and focused when you need to be throughout your day. Below we go over a few ways that are in your power to achieve a more restful night of sleep.

1.) Get 7-8 Hours In

Making sure that you get the requisite amount of sleep each night is your first step toward restful sleep. Try to stick to a routine — your body will start waking up on its own; no alarm clock needed!

2.) Nap if You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep

Try not to lean on napping too much, but it’s a great way to refresh and re-energize, say, if you only get 5 or 6 hours of sleep on occasion.

3.) Cut Caffeine After 4 PM

If you need to be in bed around 10pm, then your last caffeine drink should be no later than 4pm. Having a cup of joe any later than that can seriously disrupt your sleep cycle.

4.) Be More Active During the Day

Nothing will give you a better night of sleep than pushing your body to exertion. 

Another great way to boost your quality of sleep is to visit Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope. We help our patients achieve more restful sleep with drug-free treatments and innovative chiropractic techniques. Call today to schedule your consultation.

So we all know that chiropractic adjustments have been shown to be beneficial in pain management and in the treatment of back pain, neck injuries, leg pain, and more, but here are a host of additional benefits that patients who pursue chiropractic care get from their efforts.

Below Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope goes over a few of the health benefits of chiropractic care that you might not have heard about.

1.) Treatment of Neurological Conditions

There is some exciting research being conducted around MRI scans that support the idea of upper cervical adjustments having a beneficial effect on various brain-based conditions. These scans have revealed that cerebral spinal fluid and blood flow are showing marked improvement and increasing after a series of chiropractic adjustments.

2.) Chiropractic Helps Treat Colic, Acid Reflux and Ear Infections (in Children)

Chiropractic is beneficial for patients of all ages! A 2011 review published in Explore that included a review of 26 articles found that chiropractic adjustments were shown to greatly reduce colic symptoms. Also, there are many case studies which support that children suffering from ear infections or acid reflux experience complete to near-complete resolution of adverse symptoms after only a few visits to the chiropractor.

3.) Insomnia Treatment

For patients who have insomnia or trouble sleeping tied to pain, anxiety or trouble breathing properly, chiropractic adjustments have been shown to work wonders in helping patients get a restful night of sleep.

If you have any additional questions about how chiropractic can help you in your everyday life, contact Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope today.