A Brief History of Stone Massage

Posted in: Mental Wellness, Chiropractic
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The first stone therapy known to be offered publicly to non-Indian people came from Hawaiian tribes and is a form of Lomi Lomi. It involves heated stones and ceremonial application.

Here on the mainland several tribes including the Cherokee, Ogallala, Assinaboin, and Santee have used all kinds of stones for Shamanic healing in a variety of ceremonies.

Everything from basalt to crystal, lava to turquoise, has found a way to offer wellness. A prominent practice known as “Inyan Pejuta,” a Lakota term meaning “Stone Medicine,” involves both hot and cold stones with specific strokes and layouts using a variety of stones. Unlike Lomi Lomi, Stone Medicine was hidden from non-Native people until recently.

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Managing Your Backache

Posted in: Pain Management, Chiropractic
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Are you tired from work? Then most likely you are experiencing an excruciating backache because of strained muscles in your back. A lot of people will just disregard this pain without knowing that it can possibly lead to more serious complications in the future. And when this happens, treatment is more intense.

A backache happens when there is a straining on the muscles of your back. In some cases, this pain is caused by fatigue and overwork. Once you have experienced back pain, it might be automatic for you to take pain medications. Taking medications is not acceptable and not always recommended because it will only block your pain receptors so that you will not feel any pain.

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5 Ways Poor Posture Can Limit Height Growth

Posted in: Chiropractic
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Many posture problems exist that people pick up over the years and may not even realize they have. These could lead to pain, especially back pain, and as far as height is concerned, can make us not only physically shorter, but appear shorter as well. Some of the most common posture problems are looked at below.

1. Walking posture: This is an easy one to get into bad habits with, probably the one which is the hardest to break, and also the one which is discussed the least. It’s often assumed that proper sitting posture and to a lesser extent, sleeping posture, can be taught, while walking is just something we naturally do and cannot be changed or critiqued. Poor walking posture is quite common for this reason.

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Back Pain at the Office

Posted in: Chiropractic, Pain Management

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It’s getting to be so bad that by Monday afternoon, you’re already tired of being at the office. You’re not even thinking as far ahead as Friday. Just getting to hump day is going to be challenge enough.

 

In reality, it’s not the folks you work with who are getting you down—they’re tolerable, mostly, although there is that one guy in accounting. Where do they find these people?

 

It’s not even your boss, who, if he knew even half as much as you do, WOULD be a shoo-in for Executive of the Year. No, the biggest pain in your neck is actually located a bit lower. And it’s really what’s making working where you do seem a lot worse than it actually is.

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Back Pain and Pregnancy

Posted in: Chiropractic, Pregnancy & Baby
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For many women, back pain and pregnancy go hand in hand, and not surprisingly, there are a number of physical reasons why it occurs. This article will look at some of them.

1. Hormones. During pregnancy, hormones can soften ligaments causing more movement in the joints than usual. In some cases, the ligaments are stretched or strained.

2. Uterus. The growing fetus in the uterus can cause changes in posture which result in lower back pain. As the entire area enlarges, pressure is put on the spine and vertebra.

3. Position of fetus. Especially in the later stages of development, the position of the fetus can compress nerves in the spinal column, causing back pain.

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