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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | Jun 19, 2012 | Health Articles
Back pain is pervasive among American adults, but a new and disturbing trend is emerging. Young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations, and the use of overweight backpacks is a major contributing factor. In fact, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that backpack related injuries sent more than 9,000...
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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | Jun 14, 2012 | Health Articles
A Chiropractic-based research project is being used to study the effectiveness of Chiropractic care and it’s relation to the general health status of patients. Data was collected from 311 patients for the project using the RAND Health Survey and a global well-being scale. X-rays of pre-adjustment and post-adjustment were also reviewed for the study. Participants...
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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | Jun 12, 2012 | Health Articles
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway on the palm side of your wrist made up of several bones and ligaments. The nerve which controls sensation and movement in the thumb and first three fingers, called the median nerve, travels through this passageway along with tendons to both the fingers and thumb. If the median...
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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | Jun 7, 2012 | Health Articles
A baby born “down under” who was weak and underweight at birth is now living and walking normally thanks to Chiropractic. When Caylee Taylor was born in Mawson Lakes, Australia, she weighed just 3 pounds. This may have had to do with the fact that her twin sister weighed in at 7 pounds and there...
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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | Jun 5, 2012 | Health Articles
Because asthma and many allergic reactions are caused by a hypersensitive immune system and/or respiratory system, they fall comfortably within the remit of chiropractic care. This is because, for your immune system and respiratory system to function well, they must rely on healthy communication from the brain and the spinal cord. A misaligned neck can...
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by Dr. Mark Hardwick and Dr. Mitchell Jacobs | May 31, 2012 | Health Articles
Chiropractic has been effective in treating patients with various vision problems, as shown by the results of the studies below. A nine-year-old female child had failed vision in both eyes; after Chiropractic treatment her vision returned to normal. One year later, the same patient returned after being hit in the head by a ball, which...
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