It's easy for cervical instability to creep into our lives and become a prominent reason for the aches and pains you are experiencing. With the increase in smartphone use, computers, and other technology devices, neck pain has become more common among men and women. What exactly...
Everyone experiences stress, but we all experience that stress in different ways. Stress causes tensions in your life physically, mentally, and emotionally. Learning to cope with our stress in a healthy way can sometimes feel unattainable. April is Stress Awareness Month, and it's important to...
The Cranial nerve is also referred to as the Vagus Nerve. The Latin word Vagus means wandering. This nerve is named because it originates in the medulla part of the brain stem, then winds through the body. Networking the brain with the stomach and digestive...
It might be hard to believe, but the foods you eat can play a significant role in your spinal health. Suppose you've been experiencing spinal problems lately. In that case, getting on track with the proper diet is probably the next step to feeling your...
Googling “Why can’t I sleep” in the middle of the night? We’ve all been there at one time or another. You’re tossing and turning, your mind is racing, and you just can’t quite let go and ease into blessed, life-giving, necessary sleep. Whether your sleeplessness is brought...
You just crashed your car. Your mind is racing, your heart pounding. Am I injured? Are other people in my car or the other car injured? How badly is my car damaged? Are we in danger of being hit by oncoming traffic? Should I get out? Where’s...
Every year, the weight-loss industry in the US makes billions of dollars on products and services that range from evidence-based to complete scams that could be detrimental to your health. [caption id="attachment_18859" align="alignnone" width="740"] Photo by Arek Adeoye on Unsplash[/caption] Where to begin?! It can be confusing and...
With the rise of COVID-19, most of us have wondered, “How can I boost my immune system?” And, as if COVID-19 weren’t enough, now we’re heading into cold and flu season—and our bodies are already stressed after months of weathering a pandemic. So it’s an excellent time...
Arm or Leg Pain Arm or leg pain is a radiating pain that is a result of nerve irritation or nerve compression of one or more nerve roots of the cervical spine. Because the cervical (neck) nerves travel to the shoulders, arms and hands, an injury...
Disc Pain Spinal disc problems are widely misunderstood for a number of reasons. First, medical and chiropractic professionals do not always agree on the causes of disc pain and nerve pain. Patients can have a difficult time understanding this complex – and often not well explained...
To put things in simple terms, the sympathetic nervous system can put our body into a "tense" state. It can increase the blood flow to the muscles, stimulate the production of epinephrine and nor-epinephrine, and even increase our heart rate. These are all functions that...
One of the main causes of neck pain is a condition called vertebral subluxation which results from misaligned vertebrae in the spine of the neck. Fortunately, chiropractors such as Dr. Nygaard are trained to pinpoint these areas and work with you on correcting them. Chiropractic adjustments...