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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Trigger Point Therapy: What’s it Good for?
In the adult human body, muscles make up between 60-70% of total body weight, meaning that there are a lot of them!…
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The Power of the Pelvic Tilt
Lower back pain is epidemic and even the healthiest people we see in our office have had some experience with a stiff,…
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Overtraining
The syndrome of overtraining is a pitfall that only the human can have: under the influence of the reward system in the…
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Athletic Performance Part 2
Regardless of your chosen sport, chiropractic can help keep your body in conducive shape for growing muscle, increasing stamina and avoiding injury.…
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Athletic Performance
Everyone is their own type of athlete: no matter where you find yourself in the spectrum, from novice to Olympian, the endeavor…
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Text Neck
You read it right: text neck is now a viable ailment and it is causing the premature onset of spinal degeneration in…
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A Healthy Weight
Here is a simple truth, of which the importance cannot be stressed enough: maintaining a healthy weight is the best thing you…
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Walking
Walking is a profound activity: it gets us off our butt and out the door to interact with the day, to take…
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Netflix and Stretch
In the last post we discussed stretching on the job, which, when done correctly, should not get you in trouble with the…
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Stretching in the Workplace
Can you dedicate a few minutes out of every hour to keeping your body limber and inoculated against the worries of the…