The Worker as an Athlete Written By: Korey Jay, BSc DC With few exceptions, most of us have enjoyed the thrill of playing sports at some point or other during our youth. A seemingly endless run of practice, game and repeat as we forced our tired (and no doubt bored) parents to ferry us from […]
The Basics of Nutrition
Toward a Healthy Life : Nutrition Basics By: Dr. Korey Jay, BSc DC The following is the first in a series of posts in which a discussion on health and wellness will be initiated, with an emphasis on nutrition. However, as some of the specific concepts can tend to become verbose and somewhat complicated, […]
10 Tips For Maintaining A Healthy Back
Maintaining a healthy back is very essential as all our daily activities revolve round a little bit of stretching, lifting, playing and walking. The more you know, the better chance you have of avoiding back pain, which affects 80% of the adult population and is the second most common reason people visit their doctors. Exercise […]
How To Shovel Snow Properly And Avoid Back Pain
Snow shoveling is the number one cause of winter back pain. When you consider that a shovelful of snow weighs 5 to 7 pounds, you realize how much weight you have to lift to clear your sidewalk or driveway – on average, several hundred pounds! There is a right way and a wrong way to […]
Pack It Light – Wear It Right
Women seem to carry everything in their hand bags. Increasingly, women are toting around more gadgets such as iPods, cell phones, and digital cameras which has created a demand for larger handbags and totes. So, it comes as no surprise that more and more women are turning to their chiropractors for neck and back pain […]