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Boost Your Summer with Chiropractic

Chiropractic care is crucial for the summer months! Check out this blog to learn why.

If you are from New Jersey, you love summertime! Increased outdoor activities, working around the home, and expanding our variety of exercises is all part of the summer fun and what we look forward to all year. Along with all these new things to do, comes the extra pressure and strain on your back and body.

Let’s face it, every year summer comes around and we go out to finish the projects unfinished from last year and start new ones. We commit to new exercise routines whether it is walking, running, or biking. We all love to get out there and play summer sports like golf, tennis, lacrosse or something else you love to do when the weather gets warm. Whether you have been training over the winter or not, all this new activity is a bit of a shock to your body and you are using your muscles in a way that you are not used to doing.

The fatigue and stress these activities place on your body can lead to all sorts of problems and injuries. Chiropractic can help you recover from these problems more quickly and can also help to prevent these problems from occurring.

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Injuries come about when the body is not flexible, strong and functioning at its best. Fatigue can lead to many injuries and systemic problems. When our muscles are fatigued they are sore, achy, and tight. This can lead to sprain/strain injuries to the muscle and ligaments in the back, neck and extremities. Fatigue can leave the body more vulnerable to infection. The common cold or worse can creep up on you if the body is not working at its maximum potential to fight. What could have been a simple cold can last longer or become a worse problem if the body is not working at its optimal level.

When you begin to do those summer projects and you are not fit, you can become injured more easily. Lower back and neck injuries are very common from doing yard work, housework and do-it-yourself projects. Most of these can be avoided with proper form and stretching. There are also a lot of complaints of pain that are attributed to overuse such as tendonitis or bursitis. This pain is from stressing the joints too much and too often which causes a chronic inflammation of the tendons that are trying to protect your joints.

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Chiropractic is a science and art based on the premise that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system free from interference from the spine or adjacent structures. When there is interference in the nervous system caused by a misalignment or dysfunction of the spine, tissues, muscles and organs may not function properly. Detection of these problem areas (called “subluxations”) and their correction by spinal manipulation will relieve nerve interference and allow the spine and nervous system to return to a healthy state.

Correction of these problems and maintaining good health is the goal of Chiropractic. Also proper nutrition and exercise are components of Chiropractic care and good health. Chiropractic is a great preventative treatment, but as I’ve described above, will help the body recover from an acute injury or strain by ensuring the body is in proper alignment and free of interference.

Summer time is a great time to start receiving Chiropractic care to make sure that your body is in great shape for all the fun things you’ll be doing this summer. It’s also a great opportunity to get your body functioning at 100% and to be healthy and happy!Chiropractic care is also great for the whole family. Before you venture off to those summer activities, it’s important to get your family checked for subluxations.

From now until the end of July, we are offering free first visits at our office. Give us a call at 732-530-4088 if you would like to schedule your free first visit. Or email us at Back2Healthnj@gmail.com.

Get out there and enjoy the summer! Make sure to pace yourself and take care!

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