Category Archives: Nutrition
How Diet Supports Joint Health
Did you know that your diet plays a major role in the health of your joints? The foods you eat can either help reduce inflammation and support mobility or contribute to pain, stiffness, and long-term joint stress. Maintaining a balanced, nutrient-rich diet is one of the most effective ways to protect your joints and support…
How to Maintain a Healthy Spine as You Age
Maintaining a healthy spine is key to maintaining a good quality of life. This is especially important as our bodies age. Here are some tips to keep your spine in good condition no matter what age you are.
Diet and Joint Health
According to the CDC, about a quarter of the population in America suffer from arthritis and are dealing with symptoms of joint pain, hindering their everyday lives. Medication can help relieve joint pain, but so can a better diet.
Speeding up Recovery With Proper Nutrition – The Anti-Inflammatory Diet
When suffering from the pains associated with joint inflammation, there is nothing you want more than to mitigate your discomfort. An Anti-Inflammatory Diet, sometimes referred to as the Mediterranean Diet, can work in combination with chiropractic therapy, speeding up the recovery process while promoting a healthier lifestyle. This article discusses the primary benefits of an…
Boosting Your Back Health With Professional Nutritional Products
While chiropractic therapy has been proven to help treat and alleviate many forms of back pain and other ailments, proper nutrition can further increase the benefits provided by chiropractic treatments. At Merckling Family Chiropractic, we offer a wide array of professional nutritional supplements to help you meet your daily dietary needs and improve your overall…
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…
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.
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.
Vitamin D Brightening Your Day
What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is an essential fat soluble vitamin, which actually functions more as a steroid hormone than a vitamin. Hormones are responsible for genetic expression causing the production of various proteins which perform direct functions within the body. Vitamin D aids with calcium absorption, bone development, immune functioning and alleviating inflammation. It is involved in…
