Bottom Line: Pain in your hand, wrist, or arm can be frustrating. You don’t realize how much you use your arms and hands each second of the day until pain, numbness, or tingling gets in the way. But, getting rid of the pain may be easier than you think. Why it Matters: Hand, wrist, and [...]
Bottom Line: The dreaded degenerative disc disease. Well, it may not be so dreaded after all. You may be surprised to learn that degenerative disc disease is a part of the normal aging process. As we age, our discs lose some of their water content and become less supple. This makes them appears darker on [...]
Bottom Line: Staying connected to friends and family is easier than ever with social media. The tradeoff is that your daily screen time may be 1, 2, 3 hours or more. And let’s face it, a lot of those hours online are spent in an awkward forward head posture that experts have begun to call [...]
This is a comment we hear often in the clinic. Sometimes people injure themselves in obvious ways. Or they do something over a long period of time that creates damage in the body. But sometimes the cause of pain and symptoms isn’t so obvious. Sometimes it can seem totally random. Like you [...]
Inflammation is a natural part of life. It’s the body’s first response to injury. In fact it’s the first step in something called the healing cascade… it’s an essential first step in healing from any kind of tissue damage. However it should be short lived. If everything works the way it should, the [...]
Sounds unreasonable? Not really. Your skin is the biggest organ of your body, and its job is to protect us, as well as assist in detoxifying internal toxins (for example, when we sweat). It is also semi-permeable – that is, it has the ability to absorb from the outside in, as well as detoxing from [...]
With so many nutritional supplements on the market these days, trying to figure out which is the best for you can often be overwhelming! There is a supplement for just about everything! Look younger, feel more energetic, help your joints, help your memory, renew your skin, hide your age... the list goes on. But there [...]
Not sure if multivitamins are a good idea for you? Do you think all multivitamins are equal? Watch this short video to find out more.
If I asked you what you needed to do to be healthy, no matter who you are you'd probably be able to tell me - Eat Right and Exercise. We all know it, so why don't we do it? Putting it into action is another thing entirely. We are so busy, with so many things [...]
Part of our vision at Hills Spinal Health is to increase the health and vitality of our community. Unfortunately our practitioners, myself included, don’t always have a chance in our consults to share all of the knowledge you really need about healthy living and chiropractic. That’s where this blog comes in. We all [...]
