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Do My Pillow and Mattress Affect My Back Health?

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We’ve all been there. You wake up in the morning, your back feels tight, or your neck seems stiff and a little “off.” You may shrug it off, saying, “I guess I slept funny,” but is that really the case? Did you accidentally twist yourself into an odd position in your sleep, or is the problem actually your pillow or mattress?

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3 Conditions That Can be Treated with Chiropractic Care

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When most people think of chiropractic care, they immediately think of spinal adjustments. It makes perfect sense as spinal adjustments or manipulation are a unique form of care that chiropractors provide. This can lead to people underestimating the full scope of what chiropractic care can encompass.

It’s more accurate to say that chiropractic care involves a multi-pronged approach that can include spinal adjustments, massage, stretches, lifestyle advice, and much more. Because of how encompassing chiropractic care can be, it can treat several different conditions for so many people.

So, what are some of the different conditions that chiropractic care can treat?

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Graston Technique® for Sciatica Relief

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Sciatica refers to pain that is felt along the path of the sciatic nerve, an area that goes from your lower back through your hips down past your buttocks into your leg. It typically affects one side of your body at a time. It can be the result of a herniated disk or bone spur on the spine that’s caused a compression of the nerve.

The Graston Technique® is a soft-tissue instrument-assisted mobilization, a manual therapy technique applied during chiropractic treatment. Instead of only using the hands, this technique uses six instruments in combination with a specialized form of massage to create a therapeutic effect.

The six core tools used in the Graston Technique® are made of stainless steel and are a variety of convex and concave shapes. The tools have blunt, rounded edges and are used to scan and detect areas of injured fibrotic tissue.

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Can Playing an Instrument Cause Back and Neck Issues?

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Our bodies are intended to work with gravity, but sometimes we fall into bad habits of poor posture and over-exerting ourselves, especially during music performances. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to decrease the chances these minor aches turn into living with chronic pain.

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The Relationship Between Migraines and Chiropractic Services

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We’ve discussed the connection between neck and back pain, the causes of said pain, and how chiropractic care can help manage or relieve that pain. However, there are other pain centers in the body that need to be addressed. This time we’ll be going above the neck to discuss a different kind of pain; migraines. More than 35 million Americans suffer from migraines. Furthermore, about 1 out of 5 men and nearly half of women will experience migraine headaches in their lifetime.

Many chiropractors have patients that suffer from migraines. So, what is it about migraine sufferers that leads them to seek out chiropractic care?

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