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Get Better Sleep This Spring

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Discover Health & Wellness

Spring is a time of growth and progress, but it is also a time for seasonal joint pain. Changes in temperature, humidity, and air pressure can affect your joints and cause you to feel pain, especially if you have prior injuries or arthritis. Plus, overlooked minor injuries from the winter ski season can quickly lead to chronic pain. Sleep is a necessity for injury recovery, pain management, and...
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Chiropractic Versus Massage

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Discover Health & Wellness

One of the main topics of questions we have here at the office is about massages. Should I get a Massage? Should I get chiropractic instead? Should I get massage with chiropractic? Should a massage come before chiropractic? Or chiropractic before the massage? What we recommend is very simple. Massage first, followed by chiropractic care. The idea behind it is very simple. A massage will help y...
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Can you “self-adjust” between visits?

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Discover Health and Wellness

This is one of the most common questions we get from patients and to answer it simply- No. Not even Dr. Wygonski can adjust himself. Most people associate the “popping” or “cracking” noise as an adjustment. The adjustment is much more than that! This specific maneuver will either place a vertebra in the correct spot, or will help to restore proper motion to the joint. When you are forcing your ...
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The Difference Between A Chiropractor And A Physical Therapist

Posted on March 15, 2018June 11, 2018 by Discover Health and Wellness

When making a decision to seek pain relief, the first focus should be on what type of medical professional you are going to see. To do so, it is important to understand the difference between a chiropractor and a physical therapist. The three main differences between chiropractors and physical therapists are: Treatment Philosophy Education Clinical Expertise Treatment Philosophy Chi...
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Three Causes Of Subluxation: Trauma, Toxins, And Thoughts

Posted on March 9, 2018June 11, 2018 by Discover Health and Wellness

In 1910, D.D. Palmer identified the causes of vertebral subluxation as the Three T’s— trauma, toxins, and thoughts. These basic concepts he laid down for the profession he founded have survived the test of time. So how do the Three T’s cause subluxation and affect the function of the nervous system as a whole? Trauma Let’s consider the area of trauma, specifically physical trauma, as a cause. It...
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Salmon Found To Be Flooded With Drugs

Posted on March 1, 2018June 11, 2018 by Discover Health and Wellness

Many health-aware Americans have been told of the dangers in food, including salmon. They have been educated on the health concerns of farmed salmon given its contaminants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and several chlorinated pesticides. They have also learned that toxic contaminants from oceans can still harm the wild fish as well. But what many weren’t prepared for was salmon f...
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