Category Archives: Neck Pain

The Benefits of Practicing Good Posture

Practicing good posture throughout the day can have a significantly positive impact on aspects of your physical well-being. While posture may not be the first thing on your mind during your day-to-day activities, you may wish it had been when experiencing the neck and back pain poor posture can lead to. In this article we…

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Chiropractic Therapy for Pain Management

Bodily pain can rear its head in many different forms, preventing people from taking part in the activities they once enjoyed. Fortunately, chiropractic therapy can help you effectively manage that pain, enabling you to be more physically active.

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How Does Cold Weather Affect Back Pain?

There are a variety of outside factors that can potentially affect the intensity and frequency of back pain. One of the more widely known and studied factors is the weather. Many people tend to experience back pain more frequently during the winter months. In this article we are going to discuss the reasons why this…

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Vitamin D and Back Pain

When your skin is safely exposed to the sun, it forms a healthy cholesterol made up of vitamin D. And as the weather gets colder and the days become shorter, it may be more difficult for people to spend enough time outside in the sun, receiving that nourishing vitamin D boost. As vitamin D deficiency…

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Celebrating National Chiropractic Health Month

October is National Chiropractic Health Month in the US and this year’s theme is “Active and Adaptive”. The “Active and Adaptive” theme focuses on naturally adapting to and dealing with the uncertain times we are all currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Decreasing Pain While Increasing Performance

Pain has a direct impact on your body’s overall capabilities and the levels you are able to physically perform at. Chiropractic therapy has been proven to aid in the prevention and reduction of bodily pain, increasing your peak performance capacity.

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The Benefits of Therapeutic Stretching

Ensuring that your body is nice and limber before and after physical activity can be extremely helpful in preventing and alleviating muscle pain. Performing simple stretches only takes a little bit of time and the benefits that follow are well worth the effort.

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Chiropractic Care From The Comfort of Home

As an Essential Business, Merckling Family Chiropractic has remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to provide our patients with the care they deserve. We do however understand that many of you are continuing to isolate in the safety of your homes. Therefore, we are also offering Telemedicine appointments.

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Preventing Neck and Back Pain When Working From Home

Many of us have had to work from home recently; and there is not always an ideal workspace available to sit comfortably. We are going to provide you with some ergonomic and posture-related tips to help prevent the neck and back pain often associated with working from home.

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Helpful Tips to Prevent Neck and Back Pain

Neck and back pain are all too common ailments that nearly all of us experience at some point in our lives. Fortunately, there are many effective ways to prevent yourself from having to deal with neck and back pain.

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