Sparks Chiropractic

Diet: Can Cartoons Make Kids Eat Healthier? Characters like Shrek, or Donkey on food packaging, particularly cereals, can influence children to choose sugary items that provide little/no nutritional value. When there is no licensed cartoon character on the box, kids prefer a cereal whose name suggests healthy eating rather than sugar consumption. Annenberg School for Comm., U of Pennsylvania, Feb 2011

Chiropractic: Another Analogy. "Not following through with maintenance care is like wearing braces for 3 years and not wearing the retainer." The idea of wellness/maintenance chiropractic care is simple: maintain proper spinal/joint motion and decrease the risk of muscles tightening and the spine degenerating.

Wellness/Prevention: Lower Your Risk. Consistent exercise (30-minute walk every day) lowers the risk of colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other cancers. Those who exercised consistently for at least 10 years had the lowest risk of all. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, December 2010

On December 11th, we will be having a Patient Appreciation Day and Toys for Tots Fundraiser. Patients will receive a free adjustment with the donation of a new, unwrapped toy. There will be free food and live music. Please join us from 10-2 :)

Chiropractic: Why Get Adjusted? Maintaining proper motion is needed as we constantly overwork the joints. All the small jobs performed throughout the day add up and cause the muscles around the spine to shorten, trapping chemicals in the muscle leading to adhesion formation in just a few days.

Diet: Get Your Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased odds of cognitive impairment and dememtia later in life (a 42% higher rish for those deficient in vitamin D). University of Exeter Peninsula Medical School (UK), 2010

Wellness and Prevention: What's Wrong With a Beer Belly? Beer bellies are linked to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Fat around the waist, thighs, hips and buttocks is not as dangerous as fat around the waist. When the fat around your waist exceeds 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men, it increases the risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome and overal mortality. Mayo Clinic

Chiropractic: Good News For The Neck. Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck dysfunction and headache. Duke Evidence Report, 2001

"When it rains, I let it." ~113 year old man in response to his secret of his longevity .

Diet: Blueberries! Drinking blueberry smoothies helped obese adults who were pre-diabetic improve insulin sensitivity. 67% of people who drank a blueberry smoothie twice a day for six weeks experienced a 10% or greater improvement in their insulin sensitivity. Blueberries contain antioxidant properties, which may contribute to health benefits such as improved insulin sensitivity. Journal of Nutrition, October 2010

Wellness/Prevention: An Effect Of Alcohol Consumption. The liver is forced to break alcohol down into fatty acids, which then accumulate in the liver. Liver cells and brain cells actually die from excessive exposure to alcohol. A glass of wine has 170 calories and a bottle of beer has 150. A 1.5-ounce shot of liquor has 105 calories, not including soda or mixers you may drink along with it.