Learn more about various topics in health and wellness. From migraines and back pain to infantile colic and constipation.

Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to help with neck and low back pain, but what about mid back or thoracic pain? Chances are you...

The issue to be discussed in this edition involves two things that are extremely common in our westernized healthcare system....

Most people know that chiropractors adjust the spine as their main form of treatment. However, here at Advantage Chiropractic, we have...

Often the question comes up asking about the education for chiropractors and to my surprise many do not know of all the requirements and...

If you didn’t catch part one of our discussion on vitamin D, now is your chance to go catch up! Last week we covered the importance of...

Although chiropractic care should be a cornerstone of everyone’s personal health and wellness protocol, there are additional aspects that...

Practicing good posture is something we are familiar with, starting at a young age, but for most people can be a relatively hard goal to...

When evaluating a patient who has arm or hand tingling or weakness, it is important as a chiropractor to determine what the problem is...

Instead of going into great depth of a topic and discussing broad concepts, I am going to focus on a single study I came across this week...

Again this week we will look at another way chiropractic can impact patients through their body-brain connection. Two recent studies...

Human bodies are made of 45-75% water by weight (1). That should make it pretty obvious that consuming appropriate amounts of H2O is...

Lasers are traditionally thought to be hot so the therapy known as cold laser or low level laser (LLLT) may sound like an oxymoron, but...

One of the reasons why I decided to become a chiropractor was first hand experiencing the benefits of chiropractic care while...

With the school year right around the corner, it is important to discuss something that affects our students that is not frequently...

A study published this January looked at the differences in health related quality of life (HRQOL) in military members with low back pain...

Frequently patients attribute some of their ailments to their familial ties. While genetics certainly have some effect on one’s health,...

A case study focusing on Bell’s Palsy and chiropractic care was published on Monday (September 19, 2022). Bell’s Palsy, also known as,...

One of the main things associated with chiropractic is the popping noise sometimes heard when an adjustment is delivered. The proper name...

An advantage Iowans have over some other areas of the country is the ability to seek chiropractic care without a referral, which in turn...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects older people and is progressive in nature (1). The main effect felt...