USDA guidelines call for two and a half cups of vegetables per day. While I don’t agree with all of the USDA guidelines, I think they are on target with this one. If you stop by the farmers market on a Saturday, it’s easy to load up on greens and get your recommended servings early […]
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Upon initial observation, it may not look like there is much of a difference between a chiropractic treatment using Active Release Techniques and one using deep tissue massage. Let’s dive a bit deeper and find out what makes them different. A deep tissue massage is generally only focused on one area of the body, as
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Traditional chiropractic consists of the art and science of adjusting the spine to restore function to the nervous system. While it has many amazing benefits for our health (increasing immunity, lessening our pain, decreasing anxiety, etc), it leaves much to be desired in terms of getting you back on the field or back to your
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You may have heard sports chiropractors and massage therapists talking about different modalities to treat soft tissue injuries like sports injuries and repetitive use injuries. Terms like deep tissue massage, Active Release Techniques, and Graston Technique are thrown around frequently here in Oakland. But how do you know what will work best for you, or
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To answer this question, we need to define the term reciprocal inhibition: Reciprocal inhibition: Muscles on one side of a joint relax, in order to accommodate a contraction on the other side of the joint. For example, the triceps muscles (on the back of the upper arm), relax to allow movement of a dumbbell during
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Here are some of the most frequent questions we get here in our office. There are many myths and misconceptions about what chiropractic is, and we hope this information will be helpful to you in learning what to expect at a chiropractor’s office and determining how chiropractic care can benefit you. What is a chiropractic
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If you’ve regularly attended group exercise classes or sports practices for years or even decades, you may have noticed a shift in the sequencing of the workouts. Gone are the days of a one-minute “march-in-place” or a quick jog, followed by 5-10 minutes of “warm-up” consisting of 30 second holds (static stretches) of hamstrings, quads,
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Dorsiflexion: Movement of the ankle which brings the toes closer to the shin. The tibialis anterior and the ankle extensor muscles (deep to the front of the leg) guide this motion. Typical range is about 12 to 18 degrees. Plantarflexion: Movement of the ankle that increases the angle between the front of the foot and
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Do you ever find yourself asking your significant other, “Please, just press here, right between my shoulder blades!” Are there tight, sore muscles that you notice yourself pushing on frequently to try to get some relief? You may have trigger points in your muscles. Trigger points are taut, irritable bands (about the size of a
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What are adhesions? When the load placed on the body is greater than the capacity of the body’s tissues to handle that load, the result is dysfunction. Any time a muscle is overworked (repetitive motions, repeated contractions) or acutely injured (fall or collision causing a tear or crush), it receives a decreased amount of bloodflow
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