Patient Education
The more you understand how your body functions, the better equipped you’ll be at taking care of yourself to achieve optimal health. At Blomerth Chiropractic we empower you to take charge of your own health and future, educating you about your condition to decrease your need for future care. You can learn more by clicking here on My Blog for our latest health information. Or, we’ve included this Patient Education section on our website to provide you with valuable, practical wellness information which you can incorporate into your lifestyle to improve the quality of your life. We hope you will turn to these pages whenever you have a question about health related issues and urge you to contact our practice at any time to make an appointment with one of our chiropractors.
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Understanding Bone Health
Older women lose calcium from their bones. But did you know that men and younger women can also suffer loss of bone if they do the wrong things? Here are some of the consequences: breaking bones, weaker muscles and greater disability as we age. Loss of muscle strength...
NATURAL HEADACHE HELP
Headaches are hard to ignore. You may be able to take your mind off most other pains, but headache pain gets 'in your head'. (Even when it often has nothing to do with your head!) It's true that anyone can get an occasional headache. But it is never normal to have...
Balance and Neuropathy Treatment
One of the more common but sometimes under diagnosed components of some forms of peripheral neuropathy is loss of balance. Patients will often say “I don’t have neuropathy; I only walk like I’ve had a few drinks”. In the clinic, we call this “gait” changes. This is...
SUFFER LESS REDUCE STRESS
Do you suffer sleeplessness, irritability, fatigue, burn out, feel overwhelmed? Headaches, back pains, or neck pains? Stomach pains or nausea, irritable bowels? How about hair loss, weight gain around your stomach and loss of sex drive? All of these are symptoms of...
Muscle Cramps, Knee Pain & Daily Headache Answers
This article features questions from the Natural Health Today TV show hosted by Dr. Steve. Here are some answers about post work out muscle cramps, knee pains and daily headaches. Post-workout Muscle Cramps Karen from Danversport: I have been getting muscle cramps...
NATURAL INFLAMMATION FIGHTERS
Inflammation causes swelling, painful joints, painful muscles and weight gain. It can also cause problems in all the body’s systems. For example anyone overweight can be headed for diabetes due to inflammation’s effects in their body. However many of the...
NATURAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION
Most people with peripheral neuropathy also have inflammation that goes with their neuropathy pain. And they often get treatment with a variety of drugs by different doctors. But the truth is that the same factors that led you to having neuropathy pain may also lead...
MID BACK PAIN HELP
When you have pain in your neck you can barely drive because you can’t turn your head. When you have low back pain you can’t get in or out of your car, or chair…But, what about mid back pain? That pain between your shoulder blades or ribs. Mid back pain needs...
Hip pain makes you feel older, hip pain makes you move slower, most hip pain treatment needs no drugs or surgery
Hip pain makes you feel older, move slower, and most hip pain can be helped without drugs or surgery (And you don't need to be old to have hip pain) Hip pain makes you feel older, because every move you make will be slow and lame, as if you were much older than you...
Non-Surgical Shoulder Pain Treatments
Shoulder pain is not fun. Not only can the pain sap your enjoyment of life, but along with the pain, often comes loss of full shoulder mobility. Your shoulder needs to be a very mobile joint so you can do all sorts of activities from doing cartwheels to lifting and...
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY SELF HELP TIPS
Here are five simple self help tips for peripheral neuropathy sufferers. Move As Much As Possible! Just move the big muscles in your legs as often and as much as you possibly can. Exercise, even very gently at first, improves circulation. Improved blood flow to the...
DO YOU HAVE THIS “HIDDEN” CAUSE OF PAIN?
The most common pains seen in any doctor’s office are: headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, low back pain and knee pain. Often the patient does not know what caused their complaint. They are suffering from one of the hidden causes of pain. What do most people say...
NATURAL WAYS TO DECREASE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS
Is Spring... the ahh choo Season for you? Allergy symptoms are common this time of year, simply from breathing the pollen in the air. But allergies are also dose dependent, which means that they depend upon your total exposure to allergens, both outdoors from pollen...
What Is The Biggest Reason For Low Back Pain Attacks
(You might be surprised by the answer) We hear it all the time, “I was doing nothing different” when one day someone bent over and got horrible low back pain. Sometimes the pain shoots from their back and down their leg. Sometimes you know what caused your pain....
Indigestion, Gas, Bloating, Heartburn, Flatulence? You may be low on enzymes.
It is not always easy to talk about these things. Digestive problems are not only potentially embarrassing, they are also very common. You can find a whole section of “remedies” devoted to these problems at any drug store. But do you think that digestive problems are...