Advanced Sports & Family Chiropractic

For many people, the arrival of spring brings the joys of spring gardening. Gardening can be very laborious, even if it is a labor of joy. Chiropractors offer the following advice for minimizing your risk of muscle soreness and injury in your garden. 

Strengthen your core

Gardening itself can be a great way to help strengthen your core muscles, but remember while gardening that you are often lifting and moving heavy tools, soil, mulch, and plants and are in poor positions for an extended amount of time. Chiropractors recommend getting an early start weeks ahead by walking, swimming, or doing yoga to help strengthen your core muscles before digging into heavy gardening. For instructions on core strengthening exercises appropriate for your age and level of fitness, visit your local chiropractor for a quick “how to” and “what to” program. 

Stretch before gardening

Immediately before gardening, dynamically stretch and warm your muscles. This will help prevent back, knee, wrist, and other injuries. A five minute walk or series of yoga stretches immediately before you garden can help you get the blood flowing and improve your flexibility, minimizing the risk of injury. Did you know that doctors no longer recommend static, or hold and count, stretching before activity. Yes that’s correct. Research has guided us to do movement based stretches or dynamic stretches to warm up rather than long holds which have been shown to “numb” receptors in the muscles and tendons leading to reduced performance and increase risk for injury. 

Stretch during gardening

It is equally important to make time to stretch during gardening. Gardening positions are often cumbersome and involve kneeling, squatting, and bending for extended periods of time. Take a break to stand, stretch, and walk out the kinks between your gardening projects.  Gently stretch the muscles in your legs, back, neck, shoulders, and wrists, paying particular attention to any muscles that feel tight. 

Watch your posture

Gardening is as good a time as any to be conscious of your posture. Avoid slouched shoulders and an arched or hunched back. Instead, remember to keep your spine aligned. Use a back brace for support if necessary and knee pads to help reduce the pressure on your knees and back. Use proper lifting and carrying techniques, using your legs, not your back to lift. If standing for long periods, shift your weight periodically to ease the burden on your lower back and legs. Never lift an object and twist. Hold all heavy objects close to the center (the core you previously strengthened) of your body. 

Stay covered and hydrated

Wear sun block or protective clothing and drink plenty of water. Consider gardening in the early morning or early evening when it is not as hot outside. If you are gardening during the hot part of the day, take breaks to go inside and cool off. 

Know when to quit

Don’t push yourself to get more done than you can physically handle. Over exertion can cause pain and soreness and make you more susceptible to injury. If you notice any strains, pops, pulls or tears, stop immediately. You should seek chiropractic care. Minor strains and sprains can usually be handled with ice therapy, rest, and simple adjustments..  A visit to your local chiropractor can assess the extent of your injury and help provide you with the right treatment for recovery but don’t wait till you’re injured to seek care. Prevention is the key. Would you send a racecar on the track without a proper tune up?

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Ear Infections or Otitis media is an inner ear infection generally caused from a blockage of the Eustachian tubes. The Eustachian Tube allows equalized pressure on the eardrum and allows fluid to drain away from the inner ear. When the Eustachian tube is blocked, fluid builds up and causes an infection. The transverse process, bones sticking out from the sides of a vertebrae, run next to the Eustachian tubes at C1, the first Cervical vertebrae. When a vertebra is misaligned or subluxated, swollen tissue will result causing the Eustachian tubes to block. By removing the subluxations at C1 and C2 you can reduce the tissue swelling around the Eustachian Tubes and allow the inner ear to drain, clearing the infection within a couple days in many cases.

Chiropractic care works on relieving symptoms and complications associated with ear infections, by relieving pressure off the Eustachian tubes. Evidence shows Chiropractic care to be helpful within 10 days and fewer than 5 adjustments.

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Advanced Sports & Family
Chiropractic + Acupuncture
127th & Metcalf
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-643-1771

Our eleven year-old is a trampoline enthusiast. He would literally take a trampolining class every day if the family budget would allow…

He loves how his chest is becoming stronger and his shoulders and arms muscle-bound, but as chiropractic parents we feel a little uneasy about his eagerness to bounce and flip from the moment he wakes. Yesterday he took a nasty fall trying to perfect a standing back-sault and experienced for the first time a whiplash injury. He was rather distressed by the acute pain and the headaches that followed that evening. The experience helped him appreciate how the body gives us signs and symptoms when it is distressed. 

Just like adults, children can become ‘out of sorts’ and end up with headaches due to knocks or falls, poor diet, a lack of sleep or a lack of water etc. Interestingly, they are also susceptible to stress particularly when it relates to family matters-one such presentation for stress even in children may be headaches or abdominal migraines. 

Headaches are a common problem for adults however they also affect a large number of children. A 2006 study reported that over 3.7 million American children between the ages of 4 and 17 experienced headaches in the previous 12 months. A study of Australian children found that only 36.8% of 10-18 year olds had never experienced a headache. Headaches are in fact one of the top 5 health problems experienced by children.  

Should parents worry about their child’s headache?

Any headache in a child should be discussed with a health practitioner. It is possible for headaches in children to be caused by serious underlying conditions, however this is rare and there are generally other highly concerning signs and symptoms such as paralysis, drowsiness or loss of consciousness . A new headache that is progressively worsening over days to weeks, or a persistent one-sided headache are cause for concern. Most commonly however, childhood headaches are tension-type and migraine, and in 60% of cases they run in the family. Aside from pain and discomfort, childhood headaches can lead to missed days at school, poor school performance and emotional difficulties. 

What symptoms do children with migraine or tension headaches experience? 

Children that are too young to verbalize their pain may instead grab or hold their face, hit their head against the floor, show sensitivity to light or be disinterested in food. Infants may display ineffective latching, grimacing or positional discomfort when feeding from the breast or a bottle. 

Parents who are aware that their child suffers from migraine can sometimes predict when a migraine is about to start. Their child may become lethargic, have mood changes, yawn excessively, crave food or become thirsty, or turn pale with dark circles under the eyes. Migraine does not always involve headache but can instead manifest as episodes of abdominal pain, cyclical vomiting or dizziness, and children with migraine often seek refuge in a quiet and darkened bedroom. Tension-type headaches tend to occur frequently (daily or several times per week), can be associated with stress at home or at school and are more common in anxious or highly emotional children. 

What are potential causes of childhood headaches?

Headaches can be due to a number of environmental factors and may also have genetic links. A significant finding in a chiropractic study of thirteen cases found that birth trauma and assisted birth (forceps, ventouse extraction or caesarean) were associated with each case of headaches. In this study all children demonstrated significant dysfunction of the upper neck joints and musculature. The authors stated: “Forces of 30-70N show transient neurological effects when applied to the upper cervical spine (neck) in infants. The forces exerted upon the cervical spine during assisted deliveries range from 77-199N. These forces would likely be sufficient to cause muscular and mechanical joint impairments considering the increased laxity of the infant spine”. Along with damage or irritation of the neck region, the birth process can also lead to jaw problems in infants that are particularly painful when trying to latch and breastfeed. Interestingly, jaw problems and headache often overlap in adults. 

Is it safe to offer children medication?

Many parents will give medication to a child who has a headache, as this is what they might do for their own pain. However, studies that specifically look at the safety and effectiveness of medication for children are very limited. A number of medications are shown to have serious side-effects in children and some of the more common-place medications such as paracetamol can have longer-term effects on the integrity of the immune system. Children also have a particularly high placebo response rate of up to 70%; oftentimes children report feeling better after they are unknowingly given a sugar pill than after being given a medicine itself.  

What alternatives to medication are there?

Although chiropractic does not treat headaches per se, many case studies demonstrate that by enhancing the function of the spine and nervous system, headaches and other symptoms may then resolve. In considering the number of children who have difficult births, and the number of children showing strain to the spinal joints and surrounding muscles, it is logical to prioritize a chiropractic check-up. In addition to chiropractic, other alternative approaches for chronic headaches that have been shown to be effective include cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation training, and self-hypnosis. 

To read more on this topic: 

http://welladjustedbabies.com/headaches-in-children