An interesting and frightening paper about youth football. We have seen in prior studies, the longer someone plays football, the greater their risk of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). A recent study looks at another factor, age the the player started playing football. It appears in this relatively small study of 211 autopsied brains with 84 […]
How The Spine ‘Feeds’ The Brain
Spinal movement is a strong driver of input into an area of the brain called the cerebellum. I know, it sounds complicated! We’ll keep it simple and look at why the spine is so important to our nervous system in this post. The spine is a primary driver of cerebellar and amazingly all brain function. […]
Your Neck’s Major Impact On Balance, Movement, and Brain Function
A study published in Experimental Brain Research looked at the neck’s influence on brain’s balance and knowing where we are in space. Researchers found that neck movement had a major impact on our brain’s ability to maintain these systems (the vestibular system). This is very important for people with losses of neck motion, neck pain, […]
Chiropractic Improves Military’s Performance
Research shows significant, immediate increase response time to perform complex movement in Special Forces Personnel after ONE chiropractic treatment. The study military subjects were asymptomatic with no pain. Improving performance is a key part of chiropractic benefits. Yes, we’re great at helping injuries recover and getting them out of pain… BUT this is just the […]
Better Performance and Injury Prevention
This is a really interesting article that will change the way you think about injuries and injury prevention… whether it’s in sports, on the job, at home, or anywhere else. We often don’t think about the complex system that allows our bodies to move and function properly. The system that does this for us is, […]
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