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Why is Cross Training Important?
Why should I participate in or start cross training or diversifying my training? The easy answer to that is injury prevention. By building some of the “other” muscles than what your normal activities are used to and giving your body a break from repetitive trauma, you will help prevent more injuries and do what you love longer.
Exercise away your back pain
I’ll go over 2 main exercises in this video that have a whole lot of variations that can make things more difficult as well as address different issues. Anytime you injure your back, there is an immediate change in the way the muscles activate in normal daily activities and if not trained back, may not turn back on as effectively. These exercises address different planes of motion to help your body learn to stabilize and keep yourself moving when you should and not moving when you shouldn’t.
What to expect on your first visit
I want to make you feel comfortable when you come into the office and how things are going to run and welcome to the new space. We will go over your past health history, your current condition, give you some treatment options and recommendations, and financially manage your care with the best option available to you.
Low Back pain exercises you can do from the start
This is for the very early phase of low back pain. These are exercises that what I would recommend to almost all patients whether very mild, or extremely severe. Depending on how painful the low back is, this will determine how fast you can progress through these exercises.
Chiropractic Treatment Options: Activator or Low Force
A common concern some people have for visiting a chiropractor is being scared that all a chiropractor will do is “pop” your spine or joints. To clear one misconception, there are various research studies that support the use of chiropractic care for many conditions and are relatively “safe” (clarifying that no treatment is “perfectly” safe, always a little risk in everything).
What can a Sports Chiropractor do for you?
Sports Chiropractic takes a chiropractor’s expertise of the spine and musculoskeletal system, and extends it all the way out to the fingers and toes. There are things sports chiropractic can do to improve all areas of the body. We are here to help you improve.
Why do I not improve flexibility after constant stretching?
A common question I’ve been getting is why do I not improve flexibility after constant stretching? “I am constantly trying to stretch and I don’t feel like I can move any easier.” We will address this in a couple ways.
4 tips for Avoiding Running Injuries
Here are 4 tips to help you avoid common overuse and running injuries that you can adjust on your own. Good rule of thumb with adjusting any of these factors is increase one of them or maybe just a couple by 10% at a time.
Dr. Darin Haworth
DC, MS, CCSP®
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