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Chiropractic Care and Whiplash Injuries
Chiropractic care for whiplash! Whiplash is a common injury that can happen in several different situations such as a slip and fall, riding roller coasters at amusement parks, contact sports, bike accidents and of course the well known car accidents. When a whiplash injury occurs there is hyperextension (head thrust backward) and hyperflexion (head thrust forward) of the cervical (neck) spine. Whiplash not only affects the joints but the muscles, tendons and ligaments that help support the head and neck. These muscles, tendons and ligaments are stretched beyond their normal range of motion. The ligaments and muscles of the neck contract to help protect you from the excessive force of…
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Chanhassen Chiropractors Top 5 Items for Your “Medicine” Cabinet
We grew up with Tylenol, Benadryl, and Neosporin in times of need. Now that we have kids, we tend to not think twice about the safety or necessity of these products. Just check out the ingredients in Infants’ Tylenol – parabens, artificial dyes, artificial sweeteners and more. What if there were better options with safe ingredients and not potentially harmful available to use? There are! You just don’t know about them since you don’t see them on TV commercials. You can slowly replace items or clear it all out at once to start over. I want to present the top five items in our medicine cabinet for bumps, bruises, burns and…
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