While there are environmental reasons for a tougher than usual allergy season, a part of what people are experiencing is because we are all emerging from being inside most of the time and whenever we’ve been around people for the last year and more, we’ve been wearing masks.  This had made our natural immunity weaken and our susceptibility to contagions more intense. Here are some tips for managing your symptoms the natural way.

Now that schools are out all over Northwest Arkansas and summer activities are starting, it’s important to not let healthy habits go on vacation, too! 

Between a frigid winter and a year of social distancing requiring many events and activities to be canceled, many people have not been able to get out and enjoy many of their normal activities. It’s warming up and events are coming back so it’s only natural that you’re wanting to get back out to being active again.  I’m so glad! But it’s important to keep in mind a few safety precautions to make sure you don’t leap back into activity too quickly. 

I’m so excited to introduce you to Flannery Quinn, who started a couple of weeks ago. You will see her mostly in the mornings as she checks people in, prepares new patient paperwork, answers the phones, schedules patients, and helps me with other duties as they come up!  I wanted to give Flannery a chance to tell you about herself in her own words so here are her responses to the interview questions

Walking may not be high impact, but it's still high-quality exercise. Here are the benefits of going for a walk.

It would be easy to put off getting chiropractic care after having a baby, but I can’t urge you enough to make sure to make your own self-care a top priority. Here are a few reasons why

Do you live with the frustrating and painful disorder fibromyalgia? It’s an illness that causes a lot of pain and emotional strain on everyone who lives with it. There is no cure but I’m sure you’ve researched many different remedies to manage the symptoms.  Today, I want to share how chiropractic care can make a difference in your fight against fibro. 

Infant chiropractic care is easy, pain-free, and completely safe. 

Let me propose this idea to you:  Couples who get adjusted together feel better together. I have a growing number of patients who, after seeing how much better they feel after getting regular adjustments, convince their spouse to come in. These couples (and even sometimes the kids become patients!) report back to me that they discover they are nicer to each other and their relationship improves simply because chiropractic care helps them feel better. 

If you’re sleeping in a less than ideal position or using the wrong pillow, it will have a negative effect on your spine. Any kind of strain on your back or neck leads to pain, inflammation, and your body generally not performing at its best. Maintaining top spine performance with consistent chiropractic care is most effective if you are following good habits at home!