Tips to Protect Your Spine This Holiday - Dr. Langmaid featured on Studio10 Live

Just last week, I was able to be featured on Studio10 Live morning show giving holiday travel tips to the people of Tampa Bay.

We focused on the items below-
Check your posture. Remember all of those times your mother told you to sit up straight with your feet on the ground? Well, believe it or not, she was actually teaching you a very valuable lesson in posture, one that could mean the difference between bliss and pain for your back. When traveling make sure that you are sitting upright with your knees at no greater than a 90-degree angle.
Embrace heat. Whether you are traveling, visiting a friend, shopping or just roaming around the house, heat therapy can help reduce your chronic back pain. Consider getting the heating pads that adhere to your body to help with inflammation. You can remove or reposition them at any time.
Stretch it out. Take some time to walk around and stretch your legs and arms once every hour. Getting up to walk around and stretch can do wonders when you’re trying to avoid a flare-up of your chronic pain on a cross-country flight. That’s because stretching increases blood flow, elongates muscles to promote flexibility and can keep your back and leg muscles limber, all of which can help prevent your chronic back pain from turning your flight into a nightmare.
Make sure you pack smart. Though not having to wait in the baggage claim line may seem like a good idea before you are trucking your luggage from one end of the airport to the other, carrying around heavy bags will do more damage than good to your back. Make sure any luggage you have to carry for a prolonged amount of time is a manageable weight, or on wheels.
Wear the right shoes. Traveling is not high fashion, and the runways at the airport are for planes — not heels. Choose shoes that provide good arch support and comfort this season, and your back will thank you.
Just rest. If your baggage allows, bring along a pillow for extra neck support while you dream away your stress.

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Dr. Langmaid Live on Studio10

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Chiropractic Featured in Prevention Magazine

    PREVENTION magazine is a "sensation" in the health care world.  It garners 2-3 million unique visitors each and every month and creates a lot of influence with its readers for healthcare decision making.
 

     I was fortunate to be included in a fantastic piece titled, "6 Things Chiropractors Can Help with- and What They Can't".

     This piece touches on back pain, headaches, pregnancy care, as well as blood pressure and digestive issues.

   This article, in a leading publication, is a huge "win" for Chiropractic and shines an extremely favorable light on what we are doing each and every day in practice. Enjoy, share, and let me know what you think!

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Chiropractic Care in the NFL

The NFL and Chiropractic Care

The National Football league is a tough place to make a living. Many athletes last less than 4 years as a professional, and the competition is fierce. Everyone is looking for advantage to perform at the highest level. What do you think some of these “advantages” are- Healthy eating? A top notch trainer? What if I told you chiropractic care has been essential part of the “secret sauce” that many future NFL Hall of Famers are using to get a competitive advantage!

As a matter of fact, this is not a very big secret for those in know. Every NFL has a chiropractor on staff, and periodicals such as USA Today have written pieces regarding the relationship between chiropractic care and the NFL. The truth is that these athletes are using chiropractic care for rehabilitation from injuries, possible prevention of future injuries, as well as for achieving top performance. The chiropractic adjustment has been shown to directly interact with the central nervous system. It can reduce pain, decrease muscle spasm, reduce intra-discal pressure, amongst a host of other positive effects. 

The best thing about chiropractic care is that you don’t need to be a professional athlete to experience its powerful benefits. Whether you are professional athlete looking for top performance or a weekend warrior looking to stay active..

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The Evidence Based Chiropractor Featured on iTunes "New and Noteworthy"

Less than 1 week after the launch of The Evidence Based Chiropractor Podcast, we have been featured on iTunes as "New and Noteworthy".

iTunes is one of the worlds largest podcast platforms with over 1 BILLION subscriptions. For us to be featured in a main category less than 1 week after launched is a monumental accomplishment, and we couldn't have done it without you.  This feature is typically based on Reviews, Downloads, and Ratings. 

Now is the perfect time to listen, review, subscribe or rate our podcast. 

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The Evidence Based Chiropractor featured on iTunes "New and Noteworthy"

Each and every week we are going to be providing Chiropractors with research and marketing content to build your practice in the time it takes to drive to the office. Are you ready? 

Start listening right here!

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

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Is My Pain Coming from My Neck or Arm?

Is My Pain Coming from My Neck or Arm? 

Millions of people each day suffer from pain, numbness, and/or weakness in their arms and hands. This type of pain can range from mild to unbearable. Often, the people suffering report muscle spasms and headaches as well.

Does those sound like you?

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It may surprise you to learn that these symptoms (the arm and hand pain, numbness, weakness) can stem from a problem in your neck. The nerves that exit between each bone, or vertebrae, in the neck extend out and down the shoulders, arms, and hands. If these nerves come irritated or compressed than it can lead to symptoms in the upper extremities. The irritation or compression commonly results from a challenge such as a herniated disc or bone spur. Both the disc or spur can take up space in the delicate canal which the nerve exits. This can lead to small amounts compression. This compression will irritate the nerve and result in symptoms. 

Researchers have found that nearly 90% of us will have neck or back pain at some point in our life. 

The good news is that 50-60% will recover within one week.  An additional 30-40% will recover within 90 days. But that still leaves 10% of us which will have chronic neck or back pain. Fortunately, there are alternatives aside from surgery or living on higher and higher doses of medication. Chiropractic care care has been shown to greatly improve the symptoms associated with neck pain. Additionally, chiropractic care has been shown to actually DECREASE intra-discal pressure- which can improve the radiating symptoms which appear in the arms and hands. Some people with neck pain may be fearful of going to a chiropractor and having an adjustment on their neck when it hurts. It feels as though any motion would cause more pain, and if you have never had an adjustment before, it can be stressful. What many people don’t know is that chiropractors have a variety of techniques to help with neck pain. Not every patient needs a “traditional” chiropractic adjustment which we often see on TV.  There are many LOW impact techniques which can be used to help reduce neck and arm pain. 

The most important when diagnosing neck pain is always a thorough case history, examination and evaluation. Sometimes additional diagnostics such as an X-ray or MRI are ordered. After a diagnosis has been made then your chiropractor will be able to choose the best technique for your challenges. 

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-The Evidence Based Chiropractor has assisted hundreds of chiropractors around the globe build interdisciplinary referral relationships.

Have you viewed our FREE Guides?  Download The MD Meeting and the 5 Secrets to MD Referrals today.