When stress overwhelms Cortisol is the predominant stress hormone, and understanding it on a deeper level helps explain why. Cortisol is involved in a spectrum of processes in the human brain and body, from blood sugar regulation and metabolism to your body’s immune response. It is central to the body‘s fight or flight response which…

Heat and ice are nature‘s pain relievers For people managing chronic pain, heat and ice are indispensible aids in the quest to keep pain and inflammation down. But heat and ice are often conflated- throw either one on your sore back for pain relief. As their names suggest, they actually perform opposite tasks: Heat boosts circulation…

Sleep starts with circulation Your brain is relying on you! Relying on you to provide it with the nutrients it needs to help you function. At night time, the function your brain wants to provide you with is sleep. You know, the restful, restorative sleep you need to wake up energized and on top of…

Oh! The joy of healthy joints Once we were young and our joints were unencumbered; our body weight was seemingly too insignificant to cause joint degeneration and we lived without pain. But that was then and this is now- with each passing year, the natural resilience of our joints recedes a little more. You may…

Responding to the unique health demands of 2018 At Associates in Chiropractic, we are passionate about preventative healthcare. As each year goes by, we treat more people who are suffering from 21st century lifestyles: forward head syndrome from cell phone use, early onset spinal degeneration from white collar work, poor static posture because of underdevelopment…