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Score a Healthy Season for Young Athletes with Chiropractic

While playing sports is an important rite of passage for children, they come with their own sets of risks. Baseball, golf, soccer and other summer sports can involve frequent twisting motions. Other highly competitive sports such as football, gymnastics and wrestling involve rigorous training schedules can be potentially dangerous to an adolescent or teenager. Here are some great tips parents can use to help their young athletes prepare their bodies and protect themselves from sports-related injuries before they happen:

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Active Men Need Chiropractic

We love our patients with active lifestyles, whether it’s their job that keeps their bodies busy or whether it’s their hobbies and passions. Our bodies have the innate ability to become stronger and improve, but unfortunately, injury and disease can result when that ability is blocked. Mike shared his testimonial with us of how chiropractic …

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Up and Running: A Story of Abundant Life

 “Well, maybe it’s just degenerated. I mean, we all get old.” I hoped that my mouth was gaping open, and I attempted to swallow my shock. I was 26-years-old, in shape and healthy, but I had such severe shoulder/upper back pain that sneezing was horrible and I had trouble lifting my baby from her crib. …

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Turtle Posture and Chiropractic

You may not realize the dangerous effects of sitting. More specifically, sitting like a turtle. If turtle were sitting at a computer, it would look like you do hunched over your computer. Turtle Neck Posture or Forward Head Posture is becoming increasingly common and could even be called Smart Phone Posture as it is the …

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Hockey Players Up Their Game With Chiropractic

If you’ve ever seen a hockey game, in person or on TV, you’ve definitely witnessed bodies smashed, heads rattled and necks whipped left and right. If you’re a chiropractor like Dr. Ryan Dopps, you think, “That guy needs an adjustment!” From 2009-2014, Dr. Dopps served as the team chiropractors for the Wichita Thunder hockey team …

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10 Things Most People don’t Know About Chiropractic

1. Pain is the last symptom of dysfunction. A patient’s back is often restricted or unstable for months or years before it presents as a problem and they show up in a chiropractor’s office. In addition, the absence of pain is not health. While medication may be needed, if you take a pill and the …

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Out Run Kidney Cancer!!

Hitting the trails could pay dividends: Runners are two-thirds less likely to develop kidney cancer, according to a new study from the University of California at Berkeley. Researchers analyzed more than 90,000 runners and walkers through national surveys for 5 to 7 years and found the most active group—runners who logged at least 15 miles …

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Glow Run 2012

Last night was a beautiful night for a run! Fortunately the KC Running Company was in town hosting an event, the GlowRun! This was a great event that was an interesting departure from the traditional early morning run. With temperatures at a cool 84 degrees and a 8:45 pm start time, I felt right at …

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