Welcome
We at City Chiropractic would like to welcome you to our brand new website. Please feel free to send us feedback, we want our new website to be useful and beneficial to you! Please take some time to contact us and let us know what you think.
Understanding Spinal Health
We invite you to watch the professionally produced Big Idea video. In just 7 short minutes, you'll have a much better understanding of how chiropractic works and whether or not chiropractic care might be appropriate for you and your loved ones.
Why are We Sick and How Do We Get and Stay Healthy?
With most treatments available today being directed at symptoms and not the cause, are we getting any healthier? The research says "No."
Latest News
Will My Insurance Pay For That?
Published on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 1:20pm |
If you have ever had the experience of shopping for a new car you quickly come to the realization that it can be quite exciting. Sitting in the car and playing with all the new fangled equipment, kicking the tires and taking a test drive will eventually allow us to purchase the car best fitted for our wants and needs.
Seated Abdominal Exercises Improve Spine and Waistline!
Published on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 4:41pm |
Crunches don't work. They are out, old news, finished. Crunches make your gut bigger, not smaller, and they rip apart the connective tissue in your abs leading to diastasis. If you disagree, think about all the hundreds of crunches you've done throughout your life, and then look at your waistline. If you want an exercise that truly works your entire core, then don't lay down ... Sit down!
...Read moreMovement is Life
Published on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 4:14pm |
As a chiropractor, we recognize the link between function and health, or lack of function and disease. This requires the detection, and subsequent correction, of the vertebral subluxation. A subluxation is defined as a joint that does not have proper movement or position, which results in impaired nervous system function, and subsequently impairs our overall health.
...Read moreWhat's For Dinner?
Published on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:17pm |
Here in the United States obesity has become an epidemic and the incidence of obesity is continuing to climb at an astounding rate. This climb continues in both sexes, all ages, all races and all educational levels. Among adults, obesity prevalence increased from 13 percent to 32 percent between the 1960s and 2004. In 1991, only four states had obesity rates of 15 percent or higher, while in 1998, 37 states had exceeded this level. Currently, 66 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese.
...Read moreFight or Flight Stress Response
Published on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:40pm |
Hans Selye, a pioneering researcher on cell function and developer of the modern stress theory (General Adaptation Syndrome, 1936), identified three stages of adaptation which a person goes through in response to stress. They are: Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion.
In the alarm stage the body recognizes a challenge or threat and goes into a “fight or flight” response, releasing the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol resulting in appropriate physiological changes. Some of the short term physiological responses to stress include:
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