FBRC Health Updates

Suffer From Headaches in Fanwood? Most people will experience some form of headache during their lifetime. The good news is that most headaches are related, at least in part, to the neck or cervical spine (a cervicogenic headache or CGH) and can be easily managed with chiropractic care in Fanwood. Although the exact mechanism of…

Best Exercise Protocol for Low Back Painin Fanwood Is it possible to identify which patients that suffer from low back pain in Fanwood might experience the most benefit from spinal manipulation combined with exercise? In a 2011 study, researchers identified which patients might respond best to this combination of care and which patients might need…

Getting Fit in Middle Age Can Boost Life Span It’s never too late to begin exercising. A review of two decades of data concerning 315,000 adults found that those who exercised all their lives had a 36% lower risk of dying during the study period than to those who never exercised. However, researchers were surprised…

Thoracic Spine Mobilization Benefits Stroke Patients in Fanwood Among a group of 33 patients with a history of subacute stroke, those who received a single mid-thoracic spinal mobilization treatment (a therapy commonly provided by doctors of chiropractic) experienced improvements related to balance and inspiratory function that persisted for at least six weeks. Technology and Health…

Back Pain Increases Fall Risk in Seniors For older adults, falling down can result in a serious injury that can dramatically reduce their mobility and independence. An analysis of data concerning 2,738 seniors revealed that among those with medium-high levels of back pain-related disability (which accounted for 7.4% of participants) were more than twice as…

Low Zinc Levels Increase Risk of Hypertension Low zinc levels may contribute to high blood pressure by changing the way the kidneys handle sodium. In this study, researchers compared male mice with zinc deficiency to mice with healthy zinc levels and found that the zinc-deficient mice were more likely to develop high blood pressure with…