The Ascent Sports & Wellness Blog
The Case For Chiropractic As research supporting the clinical effectiveness of chiropractic continues to grow, the greater community of health care providers is increasingly seeing chiropractic care as a a cost-effective alternative to traditional medical care for back pain and neck pain. In...
Get Spine-Friendly Zzz’s! There’s no shortage of advice out there on sleep hygiene – habits that we can adopt to get better, more restful sleep. We’ve all heard about the benefits turning off sources of blue light an hour before bed and avoiding caffeine and exercise at night,...
When it comes to hitting the gym, there’s a difference between building strength and bulking up. You can get stronger without getting bigger, and you can get bigger without necessarily getting stronger. How you should approach your workouts, then, depends on exactly what you want to...
Fix your pushup mistakes! Most of us (including me!) learned how to do pushups in grade school. Ever seen a grade schooler try to do a pushup? It’s not pretty, and unfortunately, few people ever get better. Doing pushups incorrectly can lead to back pain and shoulder bursitis, and prevent...
Four Reasons To Use Chiropractic FIRST! At Ascent Chiropractic, we’re constantly reminding our Brookfield-area patients that the order of priority for treating back and neck problems should be chiropractic first, drugs second, and surgery only as a last resort. Chiropractic is one of the...
Does sitting on an exercise ball actually do anything? About a decade ago, the Swiss ball (the giant inflatable rubber stability balls you’ll find in any well-equipped gym) moved from fitness centers to the office in a big way. Desk jockeys rolled them into their cubicles en masse,...
Want an all-natural solution to decrease pain, improve your mood, protect your brain from age-related decline, and enhance your memory? Sound too good to be true? It’s not, but unfortunately, even though we’d all love a miracle drug that we could take in the morning and go on with...
Studies Show: Chiropractic Improves Healthcare Outcomes! For years progressive doctors have been fighting to effect one of the worst epidemics ever: addiction to prescription pain medications. But it’s an uphill battle, thanks to a pharmaceutical industry that has billions of dollars to...
Bad posture can be a real pain. Ergonomics is the study of your body’s posture and position. Sound boring? Sure, its not the most exciting topic ever, but consider that literally millions of Americans suffer every day from headaches that are directly related to their posture! Whether...
Backpack Misuse in Children Can Lead to Chronic Back Pain With the new school year starting last week for Brookfield students, it’s a good time to talk about backpacks and the disturbing back pain trend that’s emerging among U.S. kids. There’s been a marked increase in the...