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How to Stay Fit and Healthy at Home
- May, 2020
- Sam Clavell
- Exercise, Nutrition
- Coronavirus, Healthy Eating, Indoor Exercise, Outdoor Exercise
- 0 Comments
States across the country are slowly beginning to roll back their shut down orders, but that doesn’t mean that life will return to normal any time soon. Extensive social distancing, masks, and gloves are still highly recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but more self-isolation can lead to bad habits developing and a more sedentary lifestyle. Let’s take a look at what you can implement today to stay fit as well as healthy from the comfort of your home.
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Boosting your Immune System at Home
- April, 2020
- Sam Clavell
- Immune System, Nutrition
- Healthy Eating, Improved Immune System, Supplements
- 0 Comments
Coronavirus is causing fear, confusion, and sickness throughout the world. Most countries were deeply unprepared for a pandemic and have since placed orders on their citizens to stay at home and practice social distancing to protect those most at risk. While masks, gloves, and disinfectants play an extremely important role in keeping you and your family safe during these events you should also be thinking about your body’s immune system. Your immune system is the critical defense mechanism that protects you from viruses and infections. During times such as these, it’s important to take care of your body and boost your immunity in any way possible.
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Different Ways to Go Green This St. Patrick’s Day
- March, 2020
- Sam Clavell
- Nutrition
- Eating Green, Healthy Eating
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If you are someone who cares very much about what they put into their bodies, or you are someone who is just starting to explore the world of healthy eating there is one amazing place to start: vegetable intake. While all vegetables are delicious and good for our bodies, this post is specifically about green vegetables in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Green vegetables are full of nutrients and vitamins that your body needs to function at an optimal level. Keep in mind each vegetable has a different makeup of vitamins and minerals, so have fun and get creative with combinations and recipes!
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Let March Madness Inspire Healthy Life Choices
- February, 2020
- Sam Clavell
- Exercise, Healthy Living
- excercise, walking
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March is a magical time of year for basketball enthusiasts, we compare our favorite teams, watch every game and have a great time bonding with friends, coworkers, and family over an incredible sport. Basketball and chiropractic care have had a long relationship in both college basketball and the NBA. We look at basketball players and see the pinnacle of good health and physical discipline, but to perform in every game, these athletes have to align their mind and body to ensure everything is working in perfect order. Let’s unpack some of the things these athletes do on a daily basis and use them to inspire our own fitness journey.
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Health Benefits of Walking
- January, 2020
- Sam Clavell
- Exercise, Healthy Living
- excercise, walking
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In the past, walking was a daily activity and became an integral and unspoken part of people’s lives. Today, with modern conveniences and comforts everywhere you go exercise has become something you have to plan into your day and intentionally do. For some Americans, the most walking they do during the day is from their house to the car and then from the car to the office. What you may not know is that there are some surprising health benefits to walking as little as 30 minutes per day.
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Tips for a Healthy Back-to-School Season
- September, 2019
- Sam Clavell
- Healthy Living, Kids, Nutrition
- Children, Health, immunity, Routines, school
- 0 Comments
The summer season is filled with vacations, unstructured days and valuable time as a family. But even summer has to come to an end, and the school year must begin again. Your kids are probably excited to get back to school and spend time with their friends, so they are probably not thinking about developing habits and routines that will keep them healthy all semester long. That’s where you come in, and hopefully, use these tips to ensure the entire family has the best back-to-school season possible.
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How to Save Your Back While Gardening
- August, 2019
- Sam Clavell
- Healthy Living, Outdoor Activities
- gardening, protecting your back, spring activities, summer activities
- 0 Comments
Gardening is an amazing and cathartic summer activity. Working with your hands in the outdoors and providing food for yourself and for your family is a practice that goes back thousands of years. While you most likely try your best to use good posture and take care of yourself during other activities during the day, it can be hard to remember to apply that same care when working outside in the hot sun. Unfortunately, during the peak gardening months of the year, most chiropractors see a rise in new patients complaining of back pain as well as other posture and fatigue-related issues. But there are some pretty simple things you can put into practice today that will help you to avoid injury and discomfort while gardening.
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7 Tips for Saving Your Back During the Summer
- June, 2019
- Sam Clavell
- Care, Chiropractic, Healthy Living, Seasonal Chiropractic Care
- healthy living, Injury prevention, Seasonal Back Tips, Staying hydrated
- 0 Comments
Summer’s here, and it’s usually a season of relaxation and exploration. The kids are home from school and it’s time to take the vacations, hikes, and day trips you have been dreaming about all winter. While your mind may be ready to tackle the season, your body may need some time to adjust. During the winter months, our bodies can undergo negative changes due to minimal outdoor activity, poor posture and a diet with fewer fresh fruits and vegetables. Bearing this in mind, here are seven tips to make sure you are taking care of your spine and enjoying the summer months.
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How a Chiropractor can help your sports injury
- April, 2019
- Sam Clavell
- Exercise, Healthy Living, Sports
- Injury prevention, Pain Relief, Performance improvement, Treatment without drugs, Treatment without surgery
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We are constantly amazed by athletes and the things they put their body through in the name of performance. An athlete has to train often and train hard to operate at their peak level. For this reason, athletes are much more susceptible to sports injuries. Sports injuries can be any number of things, but what we see most commonly is tendonitis, torn muscle tissue and sprains. In more extreme cases, there are injuries that require months of physical therapy and time away from practice.
While injuries can’t be completely avoided, there are steps you can take with your chiropractor before and after an injury happens to insure quick recovery and a low chance of the injury recurring in the future. Chiropractic care for sports injuries is still considered an alternative form of medicine, but the improvement in an athletes health and performance after they have undergone a treatment really speaks to the benefits. Let’s take a look at some of the ways chiropractic care can help you. Continue reading “How a Chiropractor can help your sports injury” »
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5 Mistakes First Time Runners Make (And How To Fix Them)!
- September, 2017
- Sam Clavell
- Care, Education, Exercise, Featured, Healthy Living
- exercise, healthy living, spine, strength training
- 2 Comments
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For the last couple of months I’ve taken up the sport of running and doing races! At first it was very daunting to just say, “I want to lace my sneakers up and go running”. Sounds Dumb….but maybe you’ve felt scared or nervous about starting to run as well. Today I want to share some of the mistakes I’ve made as a first time runner and how to fix them to help you be more successful on your new goal (and better performance on races)!
And if you do start running, hit me up below on the comments section and let me know how it’s going!
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