Category: Seniors
How Chiropractic Patients Can Help Shape Legislation
Legislators rely on stakeholder input to understand how proposed policies will affect their communities. Data is essential, but when it comes to matters of health care especially, firsthand perspectives from patients can help lawmakers connect policy to the real world. Your lived experiences – the positive outcomes you have experienced from chiropractic treatment – offer […]
What Your Grip Strength Says About Your Health
When you hear “grip strength,” your mind may naturally travel to whether it feels easy or hard to twist the lids off bottles and jars. But your ability to firmly grasp objects with your hands goes way beyond this — research indicates that it can also provide deeper insight into your health, and even your […]
Seniors Need Better Access to Chiropractic’s Non-drug Pain Management
New federal legislation would usher in an important change that is 50 years overdue. Many individuals, and their families, have been touched by the opioid overuse crisis in the United States. The stats are sobering: between 1999-2022, nearly 727,000 people died from an opioid overdose. In addition, as many as one in four people who […]
Bulletproof Your Body: The Importance of Resistance Training as We Age
By Jeff Remsburg, DC, MS, DACRB Aging is a natural process, but some aspects of it can be less appealing. The sagging skin, the decreased strength, the seemingly random joint pains, and of course the increased forgetfulness regarding where you put your phone. But perhaps one of the most serious aspects of aging is something […]
Health Disparities Create Added Challenges for Those in Pain
Chronic pain impacts an estimated 20% of Americans, but it disproportionately affects certain groups, including older adults, women, veterans, adults living in poverty, and people in non-metropolitan areas, among others.1 This is an example of health disparity, a growing concern among chiropractors and other healthcare professions. In honor of National Chiropractic Health Month this October, […]