Self-care blog
Notes from the adjusting room
Short, practical articles from Dr. Jeff Haynes on posture, back and neck pain, life on the road, and keeping your body working the way it should.
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Tightness in the Trapezius
So much of solving musculoskeletal dysfunction and, consequently, dispelling pain, begins with relearning what was lost. It begins with unlearning bad habits…
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Why Plank?
Planking is a super exercise that has blown up in popularity during recent years and, while plank-offs on YouTube make for exciting…
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Anatomy of Pain: the Upper Back Edition
The thoracic spine, which corresponds to what we consider the upper back, is a region of relative stability and little motion. Compressive…
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Movement as Medicine
Medicine doesn’t come cheap, but movement does, and from the chiropractor’s perspective, simply getting up and going for a walk could be…
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Sciatica
Sciatica is a condition characterized by pain, numbness and tingling that affects the lower back, hip and legs and is most often…
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Posture and Hamstrings
Sitting is already the worst position for your spine- imagine if we lived in a world that required us to sit for…
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How Diet Creates Muscle Tension
Muscle tension is not a way of life, but it does define many people’s lives who suffer from the knots of tension…
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Swimming for Spinal Health
From a chiropractor’s perspective, when it comes time to get more activity into your life, swimming should be a top contender. The…
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A Stable Core
What does your core mean to you? For many people, “the core,” refers to an ambiguous group of muscles in the middle…
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Breathing made Easier
Breathing is our most essential bodily function: every last cell in the body needs a constantly refreshing supply of oxygen in order…