As some of you may have heard, a study was recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that exercise alone cannot counter-act the effects of sitting! In the last 10 years there has been a plethora of research that has brought to light the complications that occur from excessive sitting both at home and…
A common question that I often get from new patients is “how long will this take to fix?” This is a tricky question to answer. The beauty of physical medicine is that we don’t prescribe any foreign substances to mask pain, instead we focus on correcting the cause of it. That being said, this can…
Research has shown that spinal manipulation is an effective treatment for those with musculoskeletal pain. The American Medical Association recommends spinal manipulation as a conservative approach before trying other more invasive procedures such as surgery! But just how does an “adjustment” work, and what exactly is it doing? In this post I will cover just a few of…
As a chiropractor in the city of Boston, I see a lot of cubicle dwellers and students. I have come to realize that majority of them have the same complaint: upper back/neck pain and occasionally low back pain. When I ask them what’s provocative, the answer is almost scripted: “Sitting at my computer! “Or on…
The shoulder is a complex region which is made up by a culmination of several joints. One of these joints that is perhaps the most prone to injury is that of the acromioclavicular joint (AC joint). The AC joint is made up of the part of the shoulder where the clavicle (collar bone) meets the…
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