Why Does My Lower Back Hurt When I Run?
You’re not alone if you suffer from lower back pain: Studies show that more than 80% of us will deal with it at some point in our lives.
And if you’re …
You’re not alone if you suffer from lower back pain: Studies show that more than 80% of us will deal with it at some point in our lives.
And if you’re …
Though the question doesn’t come up as frequently as it once did, I still get asked “Are you a real doctor?” surprisingly often. The answer is a definitive yes, chiropractors are real doctors, …
When it comes to being fit and healthy, the recommendation to walk 10,000 steps per day has been around for decades. The 10,000 step goal is still the pre-programmed activity goal on many …
Sure, putting miles and miles on the bike helps keep you entire body in peak shape, from your cardiovascular system to your quads. But it also means you’re spending hours upon hours …
If you spend every day staring at your computer screen for hours on end, you probably know the agony that is ‘tech neck,’ even if you don’t know it …
Brookfield students head back to classes this week, and if you’re like most parents (myself included), you probably don’t think about your kids’ backpacks other than to make sure they have everything they need.
But …
Sleep is essential for our physical and emotional well-being. It helps us recover from injuries, regulate our hormones, perform at our best on the field and in the office, and …
There are lots of things that are a pain in the butt: a flat tire, that pile of laundry that’s sitting in the corner of your bedroom, being forced to listen to the …
Chiropractors are not all created equal. In fact, there is likely no other healthcare field where the gap between one practitioner and the next is as wide as it is in chiropractic. And, as many of our …
Of course, pregnancy is an incredible time of transformation for an expecting mom, but the physical changes in a woman’s body that accompany a baby on the way can be, well, less …
You’re getting out of bed in the morning and feel a sudden twinge in your upper back between your shoulder blades. The muscles around it start tightening, and before long you’re getting a stabbing sensation every …
With all the science that’s been done on how to exercise, what we know about what works for fitness is almost embarrassingly simple — yet we keep inventing ways to cloud, over-complicate, and obscure the …
Americans are spending more money than ever to treat low back pain, but as a chiropractor in Brookfield WI, I can tell you that our spine problems – collectively …
May is Arthritis Awareness Month, and at Brookfield chiropractor Ascent Chiropractic we wanted to take the opportunity to remind our patients and readers that it’s a good time to check on the status of your …
A new paradigm-shifting study out of McGill University suggests that using anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, diclofenac or prednisone to treat an injury, like an ankle sprain or wrenched back, actually increases…